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  1.   J. Kircher posted:
  04.19.2006 - 4:24 am
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Randy Tolsma's first Truck Series win. I can remember there being a buzz
about Tolsma being the next great Truck driver and ultimately a graduate
of the series. Mmm, didn't really happen.


  2.   Darrell posted:
  04.20.2006 - 3:59 pm
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Not totally his fault. He's a good driver. Impact was having financial
troubles and Rensi wasn't any any better off. By the time they got some
decent funding, they hired Bobby Hamilton Jr.


  3.   Matt posted:
  11.13.2008 - 1:12 pm
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Truck owner for the 34 is Bob Brevak.


  4.   Anonymous posted:
  02.08.2009 - 7:04 pm
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Kevin Harvick first top ten in the truck series.


  5.   ND posted:
  09.27.2009 - 7:50 am
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Tolsma used some pit strategy to come up through the field, if I
remember correctly.

Tolsma just ran to a string of unlucky teams. If he had some stability,
there's no doubt he would have won a lot of races.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.02.2010 - 10:15 am
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This win was an absolute shocker, Tolsma had DNQed for four races that
year and previously had never finished better than 6th!


  7.   83andJoe posted:
  09.05.2013 - 1:38 am
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#55 crew chief: Ernie Cope


  8.   CBASS posted:
  12.22.2017 - 9:27 am
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What happened at Impact was the team owner lost interest in NASCAR
halfway through the season and the team pretty much imploded because of
it, before the sale to Bonnifield.

And yeah he was just at Rensi at the wrong time, Bobby Jr just came in
at the right time when they got Harold Holly and was the perfect
combonation... as long as they were winning lol. Bobby bailed as soon as
a Cup ride opened up for him and Rensi then could never get back to that
level they were at in '03.


  9.   Luke posted:
  06.08.2018 - 9:00 pm
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No. 90 was a Dodge.


  10.   Spen posted:
  01.15.2020 - 2:34 am
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The most recent race without ThorSport's #88 in the field.


  11.   SweetRich posted:
  02.20.2020 - 4:32 pm
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The Commentators For The Race Were Eli Gold And Jeff Fuller. The Pit
Road Reporter Was Glenn Jarrett.


  12.   Jimnsimforever posted:
  03.17.2020 - 1:53 am
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@6

It really was a shocker. If you asked the most hardcore truck fan at the
time of this race to list the drivers in order of most likely to win,
Randy Tolsma would've probably been listed somewhere around 20th to
25th. Tolsma admitted in victory lane he was so nervous at the end, his
leg started shaking so bad he thought he was going to lose it. Then he
thanked his sponsor Dole in victory lane but he forgot to mention he
drove a Chevy during the interview. Chevrolet paid the drivers who won a
10,000 dollar bonus to mention them ("the Dole Chevy drove great all
day") during the victory lane interview, he didn't and they didn't pay
him the 10 grand, poor guy.


  13.   Onion posted:
  04.13.2020 - 6:50 pm
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Tolsma came really close to throwing it all away in the final laps while
battling with Mike Wallace. If it was Hornaday or Sprague in 3rd at the
time, not Compton, Tolsma would have been punted and ended up in the
wall instead of victory lane. Luckily, those two were nowhere near the
lead this time.


  14.   Danish_Pie posted:
  06.06.2020 - 3:15 am
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Still the only win for #61 in the truck series to date.


  15.   BOBO83329521 posted:
  06.06.2020 - 6:55 am
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@14
Only win for #61 in ANY national NASCAR touring series.


  16.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.13.2020 - 1:44 am
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Truck Series rookie Stacy Compton's runner-up finish was his best finish
of 1997. He would break through for his first career win in early 1998.


  17.   Steve posted:
  12.19.2020 - 8:02 pm
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Most recent Truck Series race without a North Carolina driver.


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