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Hennigan, Day split TOMS double- header at Hunt County, Rocket Raceway Park

July 1, 2026 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was in action for a double-header this past weekend at Hunt County Raceway and Rocket Raceway Park.

Chris Hennigan (center) from Marshall, Texas was the Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) feature winner of the Charlie Brown Classic held Friday, June 26, 2026, at Hunt County Speedway. Shown with Hennigan are Charlie Brown (left) and TOMS flagman Ricky Randall.
***(Photo Courtesy of Mike Frieri /Photos by Mike)***

The series opened the weekend on Friday with the annual Charlie Brown Classic.

With 35 drivers in attendance, the fans were treated to a great night of racing as Chris Hennigan (Marshall, Texas) won the feature race.

Hennigan led all 30 laps of the feature race, but was challenged for the majority of the race by Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma) and Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas).

An early caution two laps into the feature set up for some thrilling door-to-door racing for the next 23 laps as Hennigan began working his way through lap traffic.

The yellow flag waved with five laps to go and set up an exciting finish between Hennigan and Hartline with Hennigan picking up the win.

It was Hennigan’s first TOMS win of the 2026 season although he has recorded three top 5 finishes and three top 10’s in 2026.

Stormy Scott (Las Cruces, New Mexico) finished in third place, while Cody Smith (Kaufman, Texas) and Talan Willis (Elizabeth, Louisiana) rounded out the top five finishers.

Mason Day (Farmersville, Texas) had the fast lap of the race on lap 5 with a time of 16.380 seconds, according to My Race Pass timing. Hennigan’s fastest lap came on the opening lap with a time of 16.388 seconds.

Earlier in the night, Jack Sartain (Royse City, Texas) was the winner of the first B feature, while Jason Sartain (Royse City, Texas) won the second B feature.

Heat race winners were as follows:

Heat 1- Chris Hennigan

Heat 2- Cody Smith

Heat 3- Colby Smith

Heat 4- Mason Day

Click here for full race results:

https://www.myracepass.com/events/620910/races#class798676-1

Day wins fifth TOMS race of 2026

It’s undeniable that Matthew Day is hitting his stride at the right time as the 2026 TOMS season closes in on the halfway point.

Matthew Day (Farmersville, Texas) was the TOMS feature winner at Rocket Raceway Park Saturday, June 27, 2026.
***(Photo Courtesy of Michael Heliker/Mikelangelo Photography***)

Day closed out the second night of the TOMS double-header with his fifth win of 2026 with the series Saturday, at Rocket Raceway Park.

Dating back to May 2, Day has won 3 of the last 7 races with the series with wins at Grayson County Speedway on May 2, RPM Speedway on May 30 and Rocket Raceway Park on June 27.

Day is also the current series points leader over Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas).

In the TOMS race at Rocket Raceway Park, Day was able to lead all 30 laps and overcame a couple of early cautions before the final 18 laps went green to the checkered flag.

Scott was the second place finisher behind Day, while Willis finished third. Bo Day (Greenville, Texas) and Cade Dillard (Robeline, Louisiana) rounded out the top five finishers.

Scott had the fastest lap of the race with a lap time of 17.087 seconds on lap 15, while Day was second fastest at 17.298 seconds on lap 1, respectively.

Steven Ashcraft (Forney, Texas) was the biggest mover gaining 14 spots from 25^th to 11^th place. Jason Ingalls and Clayton Thompson (Fort Worth) each moved up eight spots (Ingalls 19^th to 11 and Thompson 21^st to 13^th).

Earlier in the night Hartline won the first B feature, while Gary Christian (Broken Bow, Oklahoma) won the second B feature.

Heat race winners included:

Heat 1- Cade Dillard

Heat 2- Cody Smith

Heat 3- Lance Plant

Heat 4- Matthew Day

Heat 5- Talan Willis

Click here for full race results:

https://www.myracepass.com/events/619086/races

The series will be back in action Saturday, July 4, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 7 p.m. The cost for general admission is $20; kids 6-12 are $15; Military with ID are also $15 and kids 5 and under are free. Pit pass will be $35.

The first 250 fans through the gate will get a commemoration flag as the track and our country celebrate its 250^th anniversary.

Joining the TOMS will be IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Southern Sport Mods, Hobby/Factory Stocks and Eco Mods.

As always, if you can not make it out to the track, you can stream the action live on Race On.

Current Points Standings (Top 10)

Matthew Day- 862
Dean Abbey- 761
Jason Ingalls- 742
Shane Hartline- 732
Jason Sartain- 718
Chase Hatton- 645
Wesley Veal- 597
Chad Melton- 582
Steven Ashcraft- 569
Troy Taylor- 564

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Melton wins first career TOMS feature at Abilene Speedway

June 26, 2026 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

Chad Melton (center) picked up his first career Touring Outlaw Modified Series feature win Saturday, June 20, at Abilene Speedway.
***(Photo By Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)***

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was back in action June 20, at Abilene Speedway in Abilene, Texas.

While the car count was lower at 17 total modifieds, the action on the track was non-stop as Mineral Wells, Texas native Chad Melton parked his No. 71 modified in victory lane for his first career win with the series.

“I’m speechless man. It’s hard for me not to get emotional. I’ve been wanting to win one of these (TOMS feature) forever and these guys are so fast,” Melton said in victory lane. “I just want to say if there’s anyone out there and they have doubts, you keep going boy. Keep digging.”

Chad Melton celebrates his TOMS feature win at Abilene Speedway June 20, 2026.
***(Photo By Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)***

The 25-lap feature race had five cautions with the first one coming three laps in as the 17A car of Aaron Alley (Lakeside City, Texas) made contact with the back stretch wall and came to a stop on the track.

Three laps later, Mark Patterson (Merkel, Texas) brought out the second caution of the race as he came to a stop in turn two.

Jason Sartain (Royce City, Texas) took the lead briefly from Melton with 10 laps to go, however, Melton regained the lead on the next lap.

With eight laps remaining the 14v car of Clayton Thompson (Fort Worth, Texas) went for a spin in turn four and brought out the caution. Sartain would spin one lap later in the same corner for the race’s final caution.

Matthew Day (Farmersville, Texas) finished in a close second behind Melton, while Jason Ingalls (Longview, Texas) was third. Troy Taylor (Midlothian, Texas) and Josh McGaha (Abilene, Texas) rounded out the top five finishers.

Sartain had the fastest lap of the race on lap 12 with a lap time of 16.003 seconds, according to My Race Pass timing.

Chase Hatton (De Berry, Texas) and Day were the hard chargers of the race with both drivers moving up seven spots. Hatton started 13^th and moved up to sixth, while Day started in ninth and moved up to second, respectively.

Earlier in the night, Fred Wojtek (Blackwell, Texas) and Sartain were the winners of the two heat races.

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TOMS set for double-header this weekend

The series turns its attention to Hunt County Raceway this evening, June 26, as they will take part in the Charlie Brown Classic.

The drivers will be competing for a top prize of $2,072 to win and $272 to start. There will also be a dash paying $540 to win and $54 to start.

Races start at 8 p.m. and as always, if you can’t make it out to the track, be sure to catch all the action on Race On.

The TOMS will also be in action on Saturday, June 27, at Rocket Raceway Park to complete the weekend double-header.

Saturday’s race will feature a $1,500 top prize and $240 to start. Gates open at 5 p.m. with hot laps starting at 6:30 p.m. and racing starting at 7 p.m.

General admission will be $25 and $20 for seniors 62 and older or those with a military ID. Kids 6-12 are $10 and kids 5 and under are free. Pit gate cost will be $40. Five and under are free.

Joining the TOMS Saturday will be factory stocks, stock cars, limited/ B-Mods, Jr. limited mods and eco mods.

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Willis wins TOMS race at Southern Oklahoma Speedway

June 19, 2026 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

Talan Willis of Elizabeth, Louisiana was the winner of the Touring Outlaw Modified Series race held on June 13, 2026, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway.
***(Photo By Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)***

Over 45 Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) drivers took to the high banks of Southern Oklahoma Speedway June 13 to compete for a top prize of $1,500.

Talan Willis (Elizabeth, Louisiana) started on the pole and led all 30 laps of the TOMS feature race.

Willis had to survive a handful of cautions along the way and held off second place finisher Stormy Scott (Las Cruces, New Mexico) put up a fight.

“Man, that was the hardest race I have ever had to lead,” Willis said standing in victory lane. “I just didn’t know where to go. Every time a caution came out, I would over think.

“The middle of (turns) one and two looked good,” he added. “I felt like I could hear someone on my right rear every single lap of the race. The middle started dirtying up so I moved back down to the bottom after the last caution. The track was just real racey. This is my first time here and it is awesome.”

Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma), Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas) and Matthew Day (Farmersville, Texas) rounded out the top five.

Abbey turned the fastest lap of the race with a time of 18.128 seconds on lap three.

Day was the biggest mover of the race by moving up 13 spots from 18^th to 5^th, while Callan Hill (Lawton, Oklahoma) moved up 11 spots from 24^th to 13^th and Fred Wojtek (Blackwell, Texas) moved up 10 spots from 20^th to 10^th place, respectively.

B Feature 1 winner- Shane Hartline- Ivanhoe, Texas

B Feature 2 winner- Jeff Taylor- Locust Grove, Arkansas

Heat 1 winner- Kale Westover- Altus, Oklahoma

Heat 2 winner- Chase Hatton- De Berry, Texas

Heat 3 winner- Dean Abbey- Boyd, Texas

Heat 4 winner- Talan Willis- Elizabeth, Louisiana

Heat 5 winner- Kale Murphrey- Tullos, Louisiana

Click here to see complete results: https://www.myracepass.com/events/603435/races

Day Wins Third TOMS race of 2026

Matthew Day of Farmersville, Texas picked up his third TOMS win of 2026 at RPM Speedway on May 30. Day is also the current points leader.
***(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)***

Day led 15 of the 30 feature race laps en route to his third TOMS race of 2026 May 30, at RPM Speedway. Day’s fastest lap of the race came on lap 13 with a lap time of 13. 619 seconds.

Hartline, who finished runner up to Day, led eight laps, while Jake Upchurch (Midlothian, Texas) led seven laps and finished third.

Cody Smith (Kaufman, Texas) finished fourth and Clyde Dunn Jr. (Rockwall, Texas) rounded out the top five finishers.

Day’s fastest lap of the race came on lap 13 with a lap time of 13. 619 seconds.

Stephen Ashcraft (Forney, Texas) was the biggest mover of the race, advancing 11 spots from 24^th to 13^th position.

Jason Sartain (Royce City, Texas) moved up 10 spots from 17^th to 7^th. Chris Huckabea (Midlothian, Texas) also advanced 10 spots from 20^th to 10^th, respectively.

B Feature 1 winner- Troy Taylor- Midlothian, Texas

B Feature 2 winner- Colby O’Neal- Midlothian, Texas

Heat 1 winner- Dean Abbey- Boyd, Texas

Heat 2 winner- Jake Upchurch- Midlothian, Texas

Heat 3 winner- Dusty Lee Jr.- Sunnyville, Texas

Heat 4 winner- Shane Hartline- Ivanhoe, Texas

Click here to see complete results: https://www.myracepass.com/events/612360/races

2026 Previous TOMS winners-

May 16 Southern Oklahoma Speedway- Jeff Taylor

May 2- Grayson County Speedway- Matthew Day

April 18- Southern Oklahoma Speedway- Dean Abbey

March 21- Southern Oklahoma Speedway- Matthew Day

March 20- Southern Oklahoma Speedway- Gary Christian

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Hartline wins 2025 Touring Outlaw Modified Series Championship

November 10, 2025 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

Shane Hartline from Ivanhoe, Texas takes the checkered flag during the Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) race at Southern Oklahoma Speedway held Aug. 2, 2025. The win was Hartline’s second of the year.
*(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)*

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) points battle for the 2025 championship has officially concluded.

Shane Hartline from Ivanhoe, Texas, is the official series Champion with a total of 1,256 points. Dean Abbey, (Boyd, Texas) finished 51 points behind Hartline in second place with 1,205 points.

Jason Ingalls (Longview, Texas) finished the 2025 season with 1,133 points and 123 points behind Hartline for third place overall, while Jake Huckaby (Texarkana, Texas) was fourth overall with 1,047 points (-209 from Hartline;) and Chase Hatton (De Berry, Texas) rounded out the top five with 1,019 points and 237 points away from Hartline.

Shane Hartline (25) takes the checkered flag first over Mitchell Clement (32) in a last lap pass win during the Touring Outlaw Modified Series race held at Rocket Raceway Park May 31, 2025. The win was Hartline’s first win of 2025. He went on to win three more races en route to the series championship. *(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)*

The 2025 season was the first full season Hartline ran with the TOMS, and he had a dominant first season, picking up a series-leading four wins, 10 top 5’s and 13 top 10’s in 14 feature races.

Hartline had raced with the series prior to 2025, mostly at Grayson County Speedway, Southern Oklahoma Speedway and Hunt County Speedway, with one win at SOS in 2021.

“This year was one of the most challenging years that I have attempted in my racing career,” Hartline said. “I have raced very local up to this year. This winter my team and I set a goal to run for the TOMS Championship.

“I have won a few track championships in my racing career, but never attempted a touring series,” he said. “With the kind of talent that shows up to the TOMS shows, I didn’t really know what to expect, but I felt like we could be a player at most of the tracks.”

Having a few track championships under his belt, he felt a significant level accomplishment by winning the TOMS championship in his first full year of competition.

“This is the biggest accomplishment in my racing career so far,” Hartline said. “To race with the caliber of guys in this series says a lot about North Texas modified racing as a whole.”

Following a second-place finish in the season opener at Southern Oklahoma Speedway on March 21, Hartline followed that up with a third-place finish and the points lead the following night.

The consistency each night was evident throughout the season as Hartline led the points for the remainder of the season.

“Always bringing a well-prepared car, keeping my nose clean and being consistent,” Hartline said about the keys to success and not losing the points lead.

Hartline picked up his first win of the season at Rocket Raceway Park on May 31 on a last lap pass around Mitchell Clement.

Shane Hartline (25) exits turn 2 during the Touring Outlaw Modified Series heat race at Abilene Speedway.
*(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)*

Second place points finisher Abbey was hot on Hartline’s trail for most of the season and closed Hartline’s points lead to four points after the race at Abilene Speedway on July 19.

“I had only raced Abilene once before and finished fourth this year,” Hartline said. “This was one of my wild card races in the points battle since I hadn’t been there much and salvaged a decent finish.”

A mental reset turned out to be a key turning point in the season after the Abilene race for Hartline.

“This is where my wife and I had a few nights to talk about the season and get a new mindset,” he said. “We decided not to look at the points anymore and just go race and have fun. Well, we definitely had fun after that.”

Hartline took advantage of a test session after the Abilene race and that is where he said he was able to fix some things.

“Rocket had a test and tune, and we went to play with the car and found a few things and fixed a few problems we had been fighting,” he said.

Hartline went on to win back-to-back races in the month of August, including the 11^th Annual Hella Shrine Classic at Hunt County Speedway.

“The Hella Shrine was a good one for me,” Hartline said. “I won the heat, dash and the feature. It’s pretty cool to win one of the crown jewels of the TOMS series.”

Hartline’s only finish of the season that was not in the top 10 came at Kennedale Speedway Park.

“Kennedale is a track I have only raced one time at, also, so we were just looking to get as best a finish as we could,” Hartline said. “I finally found how to race it about the last three or four laps and finished 11^th.”

Hartline picked up his fourth win of the season at Rocket Raceway Park at the Bryan Mize Memorial on a racing surface that had some “character” spots to it.

“The Bryan Mize race looked like weather would win night two, so it was all up to Friday night,” he said. “The track was ‘cowboys up’ with a not ideal track surface, but we hung in there and took advantage of a few mistakes and was able to win that one too. I will remember not wanting to get out of the car because I was worn out.”

Although it may have been Hartline’s first full season with the TOMS series, the success and consistency it took to win the championship will be talked about for years to come.

Sponsors, Family and Crew

Hartline had the following to say regarding his family and crew:

I would like to thank my wife, Chanda, for always supporting me in this adventure and allowing me to spend the hours in the shop that it takes to race; Jasen Loftice for everything that he has done for my racing career … I couldn’t do this without him; and, Don Tomlinson for all the hours in the shop and at the race track.

Sponsors –

J&G Services

Hartline Holdings

Collin County Fence Supply

Gold Star Finance

Alpha Transmission

Grayson County Diesel Service

Gary’s Corner Garage

Hair by Hartline

Muddbones

Skeeter’s Metal Art

Ain’t It Racing

Mom

Trevor Hartline

Seth Hartline

Jason & Amanda Hartline

Donald & Wendy Hopkins

Shannon & Sabrina Hartline

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Hartline picks up fourth TOMS win of 2025 season at Rocket Raceway Park

September 1, 2025 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) picked up his fourth win of the Touring Outlaw Modified Series season Aug. 29, at Rocket Raceway Park. Hartline currently leads the points standings over Dean Abbey with just four races remaining.
**(Photo Courtesy of Mike Frieri/Photos by Mike)**

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was at the Rocket Raceway Park for the 11^th Annual Bryan Mize Memorial race.

The event was originally scheduled as a two-night event, but Mother Nature was the winner on night two as the second night was canceled due to rain in the forecast.

The field was stacked with talent as 39 TOMS drivers checked in for the event.

In the A feature, Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas) led the opening lap, but Jason Ingalls (Longview, Texas) led the next three laps before the field was slowed for a caution as Jack Sartain (Royse City, Texas) lost the handle on his No. 47 car and spun exiting turn two.

The field completed one lap under green before another caution came out as Steven Ashcraft (Forney, Texas) came to a stop at the top of turn four.

On the ensuing green flag, Gary Christian (Broken Bow, Oklahoma) made contact with Ingalls as he hit a “character spot” and slid up the track exiting turn four. The contact put Ingalls into the front stretch wall and ultimately ended his night. Ingalls was leading the race at the time of the incident.

Jake Huckaby (Texarkana, Texas) took over the race lead and went on to lead 11 laps before a caution for debris with 16 laps remaining slowed the drivers down and forced another restart.

Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) took the lead from Huckaby with nine laps to go as Huckaby slipped up exiting turn two.

Hartline would go on to lead the remaining nine laps and capture his fourth TOMS victory of the 2025 season.

Hartline also stretched his points lead over Abbey to 51 points following Abbey’s fourth place finish.

Huckaby finished second, while Sartain was third. Abbey was fourth and Bryan Gunwall (Brookston, Texas) rounded out the top five.

Sartain recorded the fastest lap of the race with a time of 14.420 seconds on lap 17, according to My Race Pass timing.

The hard chargers of the night were Kale Murphey (Tullos, Louisiana) and Dale Carr (Sadler, Texas).

Murphey moved up 15 spots from his 23^rd starting position for an eighth-place finish, while Carr moved up 12 spots from his 21^st starting position and finished behind Murphey in ninth place.

Click the following link for full race results.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/557622/media-results

B-Feature 1 winner- Chase Hatton (De Berry, Texas)

B Feature 2 winner- Sean Gaddis (Diana, Texas)

Heat 1 winner- Jake Huckaby (Texarkana, Texas)

Heat 2 winner- Kyle Slader (Muskogee, Texas)

Heat 3 winner- Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas)

Heat 4 winner- Mitchell Clement (Bonham, Texas)

Current Points Standings-

(Top 10)

Shane Hartline- 1256
Dean Abbey- 1205 -51
Jason Ingalls- 1133 -123
Jake Huckaby- 1047 -209
Chase Hatton- 1019 -237
Wesley Veal- 991 -265
Troy Taylor- 927 -369
Sam Cox- 866 -390
Ryan Veal- 855 -401
Jason Webb- 749 -507

The series will be in action again Saturday, Sept. 6, at Grayson County Speedway in Bells, Texas. The TOMS Nationals will be held Oct. 24 and 25, at RPM Speedway in Crandall, Texas. The make up A feature from the July 12 race will also be held Oct. 24.

As always, if you cannot make it out to the track, you can stream all the action on Raceon.com.

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Hartline wins 11th Annual Hella Shrine Classic at Hunt County

August 13, 2025 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

Shane Hartline (second from left) picked up his third Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) win of 2025 at the 11th Annual Hella Shrine Classic at Hunt County Raceway Aug. 9, 2025. Also shown is Hella Shrine members Tony Norton (left) TOMS flagman and Hella Shrine member Ricky Randall and Hella Shrine member Rick Troutte.
***(Photo Courtesy of Dalton Warren-Brierton/Pics by Dalton)***

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was back in action Saturday, Aug. 9, at Hunt County Raceway for the 11^th Annual Hella Shrine Classic.

Adding to the excitement of the event was a bicycle giveaway for the kids in attendance. Several TOMS drivers contributed by bringing bicycles and they went above and beyond crushing a previous record of 56 bikes with a total of 112 bicycles to give away to the kids.

The event, which is dedicated to helping the Children’s Shriner’s Hospital, is a big race for the TOMS and all those involved.

“This is something the TOMS drivers look forward to every year,” said Ricky Randall, who originally started the Hella Shrine Classic in 2015. “We have raised over $200,000 since we started doing the event each year. The first year, we raised $3,000 and it has gone as high as $30,000.

“The money raised goes to the transportation fund at Hella,” Randall said. “We use the money to transport patients to and from the hospital for various appointments. We can also help the parents with lodging. Some of the rules have changed now to where the Temple can only keep so much of the money raised for the transportation fund, and the rest goes to the (Shriner’s) hospital. We do it all for the kids.”

The action on the track in the TOMS feature race was equally as exciting as seeing the smiles on all the young kids’ faces.

Colby Smith (Greenville, Texas) led the opening 10 laps before Shane Hartline took the lead with 15 laps remaining.

A caution slowed the field down with seven laps remaining as the 477 car of Tracy Adams (Rowlett, Texas) spun in turns three and four.

When the green flag was waved again, Hartline jumped out to a sizeable lead and would lead the remaining seven laps to claim his third win of the season.

With his win at Southern Oklahoma Speedway on Aug. 2, Hartline became just the second driver to win back-to-back races so far in the 2025 season.

Jake Huckaby (Texarkana, Texas) was the first to win back-to-back races with wins at Heart O’ Texas Speedway and Abilene Speedway on July 11 and July 19.

Hartline also extended his points lead over Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas) who is now 68 points behind Hartline.

Smith was the second-place finisher at Hunt County, while Chris Henigan (Marshall, Texas) placed third. Jack Sartain (Royse City, Texas) finished fourth and James McCreery (Midlothian, Texas) was fifth.

Smith had the fastest lap of the race with a lap time of 16.441 seconds according to My Race Pass timing.

McCreery and Abbey were the hard chargers of the race with both drivers moving up seven spots. McCreery started 13^th and moved up to sixth place, while Abbey started a little deeper in the field in 20^th and moved up to 13^th, respectively.

Click the following link for full race results.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/557619/media-results

B Feature 1 winner- James McCreery (Midlothian, Texas)

B Feature 2 winner- Jamie Burford (Keatchie, Louisiana)

Heat 1 winner- Colby Smith (Greenville, Texas)

Heat 2 winner- Chris Henigan (Marshall, Texas)

Heat 3 winner- Jason Ingalls (Longview, Texas)

Heat 4 winner- Chase Hatton (De Berry, Texas)

Current Points Standings-

(Top 10)

Shane Hartline- 1086
Dean Abbey- 1018-68
Jason Ingalls- 991-95
Jake Huckaby- 892-194
Wesley Veal- 862-224
Chase Hatton- 860-226
Troy Taylor- 805-281
Sam Cox- 776-310
Ryan Veal- 743-343
Jason Webb- 704-382

Previous winners of the Hella Shrine Classic-

2015- Sean Jones

2016- Clyde Dunn

2017- Triston Dycus

2018- Triston Dycus

2019- Chris Henigan

2020- Bo Day

2021- Charlie Smith

2022- Troy Taylor

2023- James McCreery

2024- Triston Dycus

2025- Shane Hartline

Click here to learn more about Shriners and to donate to the Shriners Children’s Hospital.

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/about

The next TOMS race will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, at Kennedale Speedway Park. The race was originally scheduled for April 5 but was rescheduled due to weather.

The series will race a two-day show at Rocket Raceway Park for the Brian Mize Memorial on Aug. 29 and 30.

One race will take place in September as the series travels to Grayson County on Sept. 9. The TOMS Nationals will be held Oct. 24 and 25, at RPM Speedway, in Crandall, Texas.

As always, if you can not make it out to the track, you can stream all the action on RaceOn.com.

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

June 4, 2025 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

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 12^th in the feature and moved up to ninth, before falling back to around 10^th 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 13^th 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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Clement wins TOMS opener at SOS; Hatton scores first career TOMS win on night two

March 25, 2025 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

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)

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

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Broken rear end leads to short night 1 for Wojtek; Night 2 yields better results

March 24, 2025 Brant Thurmond Leave a comment

Fred “Fast Freddy” Wojtek races down the front straight away towards turn one during the Touring Outlaw Modified (TOMS) feature race held Saturday, March 22, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

By Brant Thurmond

Heading into Friday’s Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) opener at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, Blackwell, Texas native Fred “Fast Freddy” Wojtek was hoping to put all the bad luck from the 2024 season behind him.

However, just a few laps into hot laps, the crew and others were having déjà vu as Wojtek was forced to pull his 44F car to the infield and ended up getting pushed back to the pit area by the tow truck.

The crew went to work quickly to diagnose the issue and found an issue with the rear end of the car.

“Long story short, we were low on oil and burned up the rear end of the car,” Wojtek said. “I think it might have had a quart of oil in it. That put an end to our night.”

With his night cut short, a decision was made to put in the work and replace it with a rear end from Wojtek’s spare car at his shop.

“Gerrit (Haynes) got here about 10:30 this morning with it and we pulled this one (broken rear end) out of it last night. And we put the replacement in this morning,” he said. “We got everything set where we needed it. We went out in hot laps and everything was good.”

Wojtek started first in the first heat race for the TOMS and after leading the opening two laps, he went off the edge of turn three and dropped back to seventh place.

“I know he (track owner John Webb) flattened it up over there, and I just wasn’t expecting it to hold the car like it used to,” Wojtek said. “My fault. I made a mistake. I went to the back; I think I passed one car there towards the end. It kind of messed our night up, and we should’ve been starting closer in the feature.”

Fred Wojtek (44F) races with Steven Ashcraft (56R) off turn two during the TOMS feature race held Saturday, March 22, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

Wojtek ended up finishing sixth in his heat race, but the good news is Wojtek was second quickest in his heat race with a best lap of 18.944 (lap six) and had an average lap time of 19.197. Mitchell Clement, who won the heat race, recorded a best lap time of 18.882 and an average lap time of 19.074, according to My Race Pass timing.

Wojtek started the feature race on the inside of the seventh row in 19^th as the field started the feature three abreast.

Wojtek passed five cars in the feature race and ended up with a 14^th place finish.

“We thought the track was going to slick off more than it did,” Wojtek said of his feature race. “It rubbered up towards the end of the race. We tightened the car up a little too much and I was fighting tight conditions all night.

“I wish we could’ve done better,” he said. “Our luck is just not with us lately. We are just going to keep plugging away and hopefully we will do better at the next one.”

Fred Wojtek (44F) leads Ryan Veal (11R) to the green flag during the first heat race of the night for the TOMS, Saturday, March 22, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

With two races in the books, Wojtek will now turn his attention to another two-race weekend on April 4 and 5, at Heart O’ Texas Speedway, in Waco and Kennedale Speedway Park, in Kennedale.

Wojtek finished eighth in the last TOMS race he raced at Heart O’ Texas on June 14, 2024. That same night he won his heat race after starting on the pole.

The last trip to Kennedale Speedway Park came on Aug. 16, 2023, where Wojtek finished 22 in the feature and third in the heat race.

The previous trip on April 8, netted better results with a fourth-place feature finish. The same night Wojtek won his heat race after starting in second.

TOMS Points

(As of 3-22-24)

Pos # Competitor Hometown Points

1 25H Shane Hartline Ivanhoe, TX 186

2 16 Chris Henigan Marshall, TX 182 -4

3 12 Jason Ingalls Longview, TX 175 -11

4 14V Dean Abbey Boyd, TX 161 -25

5 32 Mitchell Clement Bonham, TX 153 -33

6 112 Chase Hatton De Berry, TX 153 -33

7 61 Michael Ables Caddo, OK 147 -39

8 3 Sam Cox Flower Mound, TX 140 -46

9 11r Ryan Veal Princeton, TX 134 -52