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Final lap pass leads to TOMS win for Hartline at Rocket Raceway Park

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(L to R) Jason Webb, Jack Sartain, Jason Sartain and Dean Abbey lead the TOMS drivers onto the front straightaway during the parade laps leading up to the feature race Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Rocket Raceway Park, in Petty, Texas.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

Following a series of rainouts and cancellations, the Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was finally able to get a full night of racing completed Saturday, May 31, at Rocket Raceway Park.

Saturday’s race was the first race attempted to complete in nearly two months, as the last time the series was in action was April 4 at Heart O’ Texas Speedway (HOT) in Waco.

The race on April 4 was called at the conclusion of the heat races as a rain shower moved in on the speedway. The race was later rescheduled for the next time the series would be at HOT on May 2.

Unfortunately, that race was also canceled due to rain.

It has been a tough start to the 2025 for the TOMS with the series seeing four rainouts in the first seven races, including four in a row (Kennedale April 4, HOT May 2, Hunt County May 3, and Grayson County May 17), so Saturday’s clear skies and temps in the mid 80s was a welcome sign for the series officials, drivers, fans and track promoters.

The action on the track was equally exciting as 35 drivers checked in to race in the Outlaw Modified class.

Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) made a last lap pass going into turn 3 over leader Mitchell Clement (Bonham, Texas) to claim the feature win.

“That feels pretty good being a last lap deal,” Hartline said following the race. “I was just trying to buy my time and stay on the bottom, but that was pretty exhilarating.

“I worked the bottom down here in (turn) 1 and 2 the whole race because I kept seeing every caution there was a car that jumped the cushion,” he continued. “It was getting pretty treacherous up there (top line), so I figured it was better for me to minimize the mistakes I could make.”

Shane Hartline celebrates following his Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) win held May 31, 2025, at Rocket Raceway Park, in Petty, Texas.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

Hartline finished runner-up to Clement in the TOMS opener at Southern Oklahoma on March 21 after Hartline led the first 14 laps of that race.

In Saturday’s race, Jack Sartain started on the pole and led six laps before the race’s first caution as Chase Hatton brought out the caution following a spin in turn 2.

A second spin by Hatton brought out another caution before a lap could be scored on the restart.

Sartain went on to lead the next five laps before Josh Cain’s car went for a spin in turn 2 on lap 11; however during the caution, Sartain would pull off the track and not finish the remaining 14 laps of the race.

Shane Hartline (25) takes the checkered flag as Mitchell Clement (32) follows in a close second. Hartline passed Clement in turn 3 and 4 coming to the finish line. (Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

Two more laps were completed before Colby Smith spun on lap 13 off of turn 2 with Clement leading the race.

Clement went on to lead the next 11 laps and took the final lap leading the race, however, a slight slip up exiting turn 2 allowed Hartline to dive to the inside of him in turn three with the two battling to the finish line in an exciting finish.

Dean Abbey was the third-place finisher and the hard charger of the race, moving up 10 spots from his 13th start position. Jason Ingals and Jason Sartain rounded out the top five.

Mathew Day finished sixth, while Hatton finished in seventh place after bringing out the race’s first two cautions. Justin McCoy, Sam Cox and Troy Taylor rounded out the top 10 finishers.

B Feature winners:

B Feature 1 winner- Dean Abbey

B Feature 2 winner- Jason Webb

Heat Race winners:

Heat 1- Chase Hatton

Heat 2- Colby Smith

Heat 3- Sam Cox

Heat 4- Jack Sartain

Heat 5- Shane Hartline

A full and complete breakdown of the results can be found at the following link:

https://www.myracepass.com/events/557589/media-results

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Blown motor ends Wojtek’s feature early at Rocket Raceway Park

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Fred Wojtek (44F) passes Justin McCoy (87) and sets his sights on Sam Cox (3) as the three exit turn 2 of the TOMS feature race held Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Rocket Raceway Park. (Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

By Brant Thurmond

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) were back in action Saturday night at Rocket Raceway Park, in Petty, Texas.

Coming off an up and down season opener at Southern Oklahoma Speedway back on March 21 and 22, Blackwell native Fred “Fast Freddy” Wojtek was hoping to build off a strong rebound finish in the feature race.

However, with around 18 of the 25 laps completed, Wojtek’s motor blew and ended his night with a 17th place finish.

“We had a rod that is hanging outside the pan,” Wojtek said. “Another crappy night, but I guess it could be worse. It’s going to be a little bit before we are going to be able to race with the TOMS guys. We are going to have to get us a motor a built or fixed or see what we got here.”

Wojtek started 12th in the feature and moved up to ninth, before falling back to around 10th when the motor blew.

“It’s just more bad luck,” Wojtek said. “I hate to say that all the time. I had no warning that it was going to blow.”

Saturday’s night at Rocket Raceway Park started out pretty good for Wojtek, who finished second in his heat race behind Jack Sartain.

“We had a pretty decent heat race,” Wojtek said. “The car was a little tight in the heat race. We didn’t do anything to it for the feature.”

The race Saturday night was the series’ first full event since the opening weekend in March.

The race on April 4, was called after the heat races with a make up date set for May 2, however that race was rained out as well.

Mother Nature has been victorious in the last five of seven races for the TOMS.

Wojtek raced one race outside of the TOMS on May 10, at Abilene Speedway where he raced an IMCA Modified.

Wojtek started 13th in the feature race and moved up 10 spots to finish in third place.

Having been a few weeks since he last raced, Wojtek said it took him a few laps to find his rhythm and battled tight conditions most of the night.

“The car was tight on the throttle,” Wojtek said. “I was fighting it a lot. Every once and a while, I could find a good groove and pass a few cars but just couldn’t stay consistent. The track was a little different than what we normally run. I think this is the third time we have been on this track, so I don’t have a lot of notes for it. Hopefully, when we come back next time, we will be a little better.”  

The next scheduled race for the TOMS is Saturday, June 14, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

At the time of this article, it is unclear if Wojtek will be competing at the next race.

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Rain shortens TOMS race at HOT Speedway; make up date set for May 2

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The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) race at Heart O’ Texas Speedway was cut short Friday evening, at Heart O’ Texas Speedway, in Elm Mott, Texas.

Mother Nature was the ultimate winner as track and series officials were forced to cancel for the night due to rain after the second B Main of the stock car division .

Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) won the TOMS’ first heat race, Friday, April 4, at HOT Speedway. (Photo Courtesy of TOMS)

The TOMS were able to get all three of their heat races in and later said in a Facebook post on the series’ Facebook page that the series will make up the feature race on Friday, May 2, when the series plans to return to HOT Speedway.

“We will make up tonight’s A Feature for the 18 cars that were checked in tonight,” the Facebook post reads. “We will also run a full show as scheduled from tonight’s makeup A Feature. The feature lineup will remain the same as posted tonight.”

The rainy weather was the main concern all week as early forecasts showed rain in the area on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The TOMS’ second show of the weekend at Kennedale Speedway Park scheduled for Saturday evening, in Kennedale, was cancelled early Friday and announced in a Facebook post on the track’s page.

“We want to give the fans and the racers a great experience for the TOMS race and the weather is just not going to allow for that,” the post reads. “We have looked at the forecast and it’s just not getting any better for tomorrow (Saturday) night’s race. With the rain, 15-20 mph winds and upper 40 temps at race time. So, we have decided to cancel the race for April 5th, however, we know the racers and fans want to see the TOMS race, so we will look at our schedule and try to find a date that works for KSP and the TOMS for a makeup date.”

Steven Ashcraft (Forney, Texas) won the second TOMS heat race Friday, April 4, at HOT Speedway.
(Photo Courtesy of TOMS)

The 2024 TOMS race at Kennedale Speedway Park was also rained out.

Friday’s action at HOT Speedway featured 18 cars and three heat races.

Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) moved up two spots from his third starting position to pick up the opening heat race win. Hartline led all eight laps of the heat race according to My Race Pass timing.

Jason Ingalls (Longview, Texas) and Eric Tomlinson (Robinson, Texas) rounded out the top three finishers of the first heat race.

Steven Ashcraft, (Forney, Texas) was victorious in the second heat after he moved up one spot from his second starting position. Ashcraft led all eight laps of the second heat race according to My Race Pass timing.

Wesley Veal (Princeton, Texas) moved up three spots to finish second, while Troy Taylor (Midlothian, Texas) moved up one spot to finish third.

The third and final heat race was won by Jack Sartain (Royse City, Texas). Sartain started on the pole and led all eight laps.

Jack Sartain (Royse City, Texas) won the third TOMS heat race, Friday, April 4, at HOT Speedway. (Photo Courtesy of TOMS)

Ryan Veal (Princeton, Texas) moved up one spot to finish second and Chase Hatton (De Berry, Texas) advanced two spots to round out the top three.

Full heat race results were as follows:

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25H-Shane Hartline [3]; 2. 12-Jason Ingalls [1]; 3. 45T-Eric Tomlinson [2]; 4. 33C-Carl Large Jr [5]; 5. 13S-John Smelley [6]; 6. (DNF) 19-Robert McKinney [4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56R-Steven Ashcraft [2]; 2. 11X-Wesley Veal [5]; 3. 56-Troy Taylor [4]; 4. 94-Chris Morris [6]; 5. 18J-Jake Huckaby [3]; 6. 5-Dwight East [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Jack Sartain [1]; 2. 11R-Ryan Veal [3]; 3. 211-Chase Hatton [5]; 4. 14V-Dean Abbey [4]; 5. P1-Paul White [2]; 6. 716-Trey Votaw [6]

The makeup feature race on May 2, will see Ryan Veal start on the pole, while Jack Sartain will be to his outside, starting second for the 25 lap feature race.

The rest of the 18-car field will start in the following positions:

Row 2- Jason Ingalls (12); Chase Hatton (211)

Row 3- Troy Taylor (56); Steven Ashcraft (56R)

Row 4- Wesley Veal (11X); Shane Hartline (25H)

Row 5- Chris Morris (94); Eric Tomlinson (45T)

Row 6- Carl Large (33C); Dean Abbey (14V)

Row 7- John Smelley (13S); Jake Huckaby (18J)

Row 8- Paul White (P1); Trey Votaw (716)

Row 9- Dwight East (5); Robert McKinney (19)

Other classes competing with the TOMS Friday at HOT Speedway included IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Southern Sportmods, Outlaw Street Stocks and Factory Stocks.

Results for each class can be found at the following link.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/544998/media-results

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Clement wins TOMS opener at SOS; Hatton scores first career TOMS win on night two

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Mitchell Clement shown with his family and TOMS official Ricky Randall in victory lane following the 25-lap feature race, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) kicked off its 2025 season with two nights of racing Friday and Saturday night, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore.

Mitchell Clement (Bonham, Texas) moved his No. 32 car up seven spots from his eighth starting position to claim the win on the opening night.

The 25-lap feature race had one caution as Steven Ashcraft (Forney, Texas) came to a stop entering turn three on lap 10.

Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) was the race leader at the time of caution and went on to lead an additional four laps as Clement worked his way up to the second position with 11 laps remaining.

Clement passed Hartline for the lead with seven laps remaining as the two would battle for the lead for an additional two laps.

Clement went on to lead the remaining laps and won over second place finisher Hartline by 1.601 seconds, according to My Race Pass timing.

“The car has been good all night and we just made some minimum changes there for the feature,” Clement said standing in victory lane after the race. “I was able to lean on that cushion a little bit, and it felt good up there.”

Mitchell Clement (32) races with Bo Day off of turn two during the feature race held Friday, March 21, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

“The track definitely had some character to it,” Clement said. “I think it may take some time for him to get it worked after putting new dirt on it three days before we race on it. It is what it is. We all got to race on it.”

Jason Ingalls (Longview, Texas), Chris Henigan (Marshall, Texas) and Bo Day (Greenville, Texas) rounded out the top five finishers

Earlier in the night the TOMS raced two B-Mains, which were won by Jason Sartain (Royce City, Texas) and William Gould (Celera, Oklahoma).

Heat race winners for night one included:

●Heat 1- Mitchell Clement

●Heat 2- Jason Ingalls

●Heat 3- Chase Hatton (DeBerry, Texas)

●Heat 4- Shane Hartline

Full results can be found at the following link.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/557571/media-results

Hatton wins night two at SOS

Chase Hatton (second from right) picked up his first career TOMS win Saturday evening, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

Night Two at Southern Oklahoma Speedway saw Chase Hatton win the A-Feature race.

For Hatton, it was his first TOMS win with the series.

The field started the race three wide as Hatton was in the middle between Michael Ables and Chris Henigan.

Chris Henigan (16) leads Mitchell Clement (32) and Chase Hatton (211) off turn four and down the front straight away during the early stages of the A-Main, Saturday, March 22, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. Hatton ended up winning the race, while Henigan finished second and Clement fell back to 21st.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

Hennigan led the first lap and a half before Shawn Johnson (Marlow, Oklahoma) spun in the middle of turn three and four bringing out the caution.

On the restart, Henigan took the lead and set sail and lead the next 15 laps. However, as the field got strung out and lap traffic became a factor, Hatton decided to take the outside groove and Henigan stuck to the bottom as they passed a lap car with 13 laps remaining.

Hatton used the momentum from the high line and was able to use a lap car to put distance between himself and Hennigan.

Hatton went on to lead the remaining 13 laps en route to score his first career TOMS win and first in win 2025. The margin of victory was 4.419 seconds, according to My Race Pass timing.

“After last night’s mishap, we definitely had to work on the left rear of this thing and right front pretty hard all day today,” Hatton said after the race. “We came out in the heat race, and we were alright. We weren’t really good. The slick track kind of caught us off guard.

“We made some changes,” he said. “We didn’t get too aggressive with it. Whenever Henigan got out front and the 32 got by me, I was like, ‘Oh man. I’m running third tonight guys.’ We had that caution and then I was able go to the outside of the 32. Lap traffic really played a favor in tonight.”

Henigan finished behind Hatton in second, while Hartline finished third; Dean Abbey was fourth and Ingalls rounded out the top five in fifth.

Saturday’s heat race winners were:

•Heat 1- Clement

●Heat 2- Hartline

●Heat 3- Henigan

Full results from the second night can be found at the following link.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/557574/media-results

The TOMS series will be back in action Friday, April 4, at Heart O’ Texas, in Elm Mott, Texas and Saturday, April 5, at Kennedale Speedway Park, in Kennedale, Texas.

TOMS Points

(Top 10)

  1. Shane Hartline – 186 pts
  2. Chris Henigan – 182 pts (-4)
  3. Jason Ingalls – 175 pts (-11)
  4. Dean Abbey – 161 pts (-25)
  5. Mitchell Clement – 153 pts (-33)
  6. Chase Hatton – 153 pts (-33)
  7. Michael Ables – 147 pts (-39)
  8. Sam Cox – 140 pts (-46)
  9. Ryan Veal – 134 pts (-52)
  10. Jake Huckaby – 132 pts (-54)