Impact Motorsports is a former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team. It was owned by David Hodson and Russell Kersh from 1997 until 2001, when it was sold to Phil Bonifield.
Impact debuted in 1997 at the Chevy Trucks Challenge at Walt Disney World Speedway. Stacy Compton drove the No. 86 Valvoline Ford F-Series to a tenth-place finish. Compton and Impact ran the entire season, and finished third behind Kenny Irwin Jr. and Rick Crawford for Rookie of the Year. The next season, RC Cola jumped on board to sponsor, and Compton won twice that season, at Portland and Kansas. He also was named Most Popular Driver as the team finished seventh in points. At that time, rumors began spreading that the team might run a Winston Cup race at Martinsville Speedway that year with Compton driving, but those plans never materialized. In 1999, Impact switched to Dodge and started a new team, the No. 25 Superguard truck driven by Randy Tolsma. Compton did not win, but collected six poles and finished fourth in points, while Tolsma had ten top-tens and finished 11th in points.
In 2000, Compton left for Melling Racing, and he was replaced by Mike Cope. Despite Cope putting together three top-twenty finishes, he was released from his ride. He was originally replaced by Doug George, then by rookie Scott Riggs. Riggs immediately clicked with the team, posting eight top-ten finishes during his tenure with the team, who finished 15th in owner's points that season. Tolsma, meanwhile, picked up a win at Nashville Speedway USA and finished eighth in points. The team added a third truck to its stable, the No. 12 Dodge driven by Carlos Contreras and sponsored by Hot Wheels. In his rookie season, Contreras had a pair of top-tens and finished 17th in points.
After the season, RC Cola, Supergard, Tolsma, Contreras, and Riggs all left the team. Miccosukee Gambling Group and the National Wild Turkey Federation originally signed to sponsor the 25 and 86 respectively trucks at the beginning of the season, as well as the team switching back to Ford, with Barry Bodine and Derrike Cope driving the two trucks. Bodine had two starts, the best of which being a 12th at Homestead, and Cope finishing 16th at Daytona. After Homestead however, the 25 shut down, and Cope left the 86. Jason White took over the 86, and had a best finish of 13th, but the team was starting to suffer big financial problems, and had to switch to a part-time schedule. Randy Briggs, Dana White, Jason Thom, and Rich Woodland Jr. all ran for the team, before Phil Bonifield finished out the year. At the end of the season, the team's mounting financial difficulties forced the team to close its doors. The equipment and owner's points were purchased by Bonifield.
Truck No. 12 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts 1999 Carlos Contreras 68 Dodge HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL14 74th 121 2000 12 DAY13 HOM33 PHO21 MMR27 MAR22 PIR18 GTY18 MEM18 PPR30 EVG19 TEX20 GLN8 MLW11 NHA21 NZH18 MCH20 IRP27 NSV19 CIC15 RCH19 DOV10 TEX15 CAL26 17th 2529 Doug George KEN16 2001 Rich Woodland Jr. DAY35 HOM MMR 63rd 158 Jason Thom Chevy MAR21 GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH> CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL
Truck No. 25 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts 1999 Randy Tolsma 25 Dodge HOM17* PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL 11th 3173 2000 DAY HOM PHO MMR25* MAR PIR GTY MEM PPR EVG TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH IRP NSV CIC RCH DOV CAL 8th 3157 Chevy TEX 2001 Barry Bodine Ford DAY 43rd 542 Dodge HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP Phil Bonifield Chevy NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX PHO Jonathon Price LVS Lance Hooper CAL
Truck No. 86 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pts 1997 Stacy Compton 86 Ford WDW10 TUS16 HOM34 PHO33 POR12 EVG8 I7030 NHA15 TEX16 BRI25 NZH14 MLW21 LVL6 CNS3 HPT13 IRP26 FLM14 NSV5 GLN25 RCH18 MAR9 SON10 MMR2 CAL17 PHO14 LVS12 13th 3057 1998 WDW30 HOM6 PHO3 POR1* EVG4 I7011 GLN19 TEX5 BRI37 MLW13 NZH2 CAL14 PPR7 IRP13 NHA9 FLM28* NSV9 HPT1 LVL4 RCH23 MEM16 GTY26 MAR4 SON15 MMR3 PHO8 LVS17 7th 3542 1999 Dodge HOM3 PHO4 EVG4 MMR3 MAR2 MEM4 PPR28 I704 BRI2 TEX9 PIR17 GLN15 MLW10 NSV27 NZH10 MCH6 NHA3* IRP2 GTY4 HPT21 RCH11 LVS6 LVL13 TEX12 CAL3 4th 3623 2000 Mike Cope DAY12 HOM15 PHO20 MMR22 MAR36 PIR23 15th 2656 Doug George GTY33 Scott Riggs MEM12 PPR9 EVG9 TEX10 KEN23 GLN24 MLW9 NHA6 NZH27 MCH11 IRP15 NSV7 CIC30 RCH5 DOV19 Derrike Cope TEX23 CAL28 2001 Ford DAY16 HOM23 25th 1532 Jason White MMR16 MAR13 GTY31 DAR25 PPR18 DOV29 TEX MEM MLW Randy Briggs KAN18 KEN NHA Dana White Chevy IRP26 NSH CIC34 NZH RCH35 SBO23 PHO25 Rich Woodland Jr. TEX33 Phil Bonifield LVS24 CAL24
Sources David Hodson - NASCAR Owner Racing Reference