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

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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 25th to 11th place. Jason Ingalls and Clayton Thompson (Fort Worth) each moved up eight spots (Ingalls 19th to 11 and Thompson 21st to 13th).

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 250th 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)

  1. Matthew Day- 862
  2. Dean Abbey- 761
  3. Jason Ingalls- 742
  4. Shane Hartline- 732
  5. Jason Sartain- 718
  6. Chase Hatton- 645
  7. Wesley Veal- 597
  8. Chad Melton- 582
  9. Steven Ashcraft- 569
  10. Troy Taylor- 564
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Melton wins first career TOMS feature at Abilene Speedway

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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 13th 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.

Click here to view photo gallery from Abilene https://doubletmedia.shootproof.com/gallery/29365557/album/23239279

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

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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 18th to 5th, while Callan Hill (Lawton, Oklahoma) moved up 11 spots from 24th to 13th and Fred Wojtek (Blackwell, Texas) moved up 10 spots from 20th to 10th 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 24th to 13th position.

Jason Sartain (Royce City, Texas) moved up 10 spots from 17th to 7th. Chris Huckabea (Midlothian, Texas) also advanced 10 spots from 20th to 10th, 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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Christian wins TOMS opener, Day wins night two

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ARDMORE, OK- The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) kicked off its 2026 season with two nights of racing March 20 and 21, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

There were 44 cars checked to races with the TOMS on night one of the double-header. 

Gary Christian (Broken Bow, Oklahoma) and his No. 58X car started on the pole and led all 25 laps to claim the win on the opening night. 

Gary Christian (Broken Bow, Oklahoma) was the feature winner of the TOMS season-opener March 20, 2026, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

The 25-lap feature race had two cautions (lap two and lap five) as Troy Taylor (Midlothian, Texas) and Dillion Pike (Waxahachie, Texas) got together in the middle of turns 3 and 4 as both cars spun and came to a rest on the track. 

Three laps later, Wesley Veal (Princeton, Texas) and Matthew Day spun in turn 4, drawing the caution flag. 

The race went green for the next 20 laps as Christian was able to stretch his lead while navigating lap traffic and ended up winning by 7.82 seconds. 

Christian’s fastest lap was on lap six with a time of 18.659 seconds according to My Race Pass timing. 

“It felt pretty good. I didn’t really know where to be at,” Christian said standing in victory lane. “I kind of just kept looking out of the corner of my eye for someone’s nose. I just tried to get through lap traffic the best I could.”

“It takes a lot of pressure off when you can win one early in the year,” he said. “You can just have a lot more fun with it.”

Bo Day (Greenville, Texas) was the second-place finisher, while Matthew Day (Farmersville, Texas) was third. Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas) finished fourth and Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma) rounded out the top five.  

Abbey was the biggest mover, up 13 spots from his 17th starting spot, while M. Day moved up nine spots from 12th. 

Earlier in the night the TOMS raced two B-Mains, which were won by Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) and Taylor.

Heat race winners for night one included:

Heat 1- Colby Smith- Greenville, Texas

Heat 2- Rodney Sanders- Happy, Texas

Heat 3- Gary Christian- Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Heat 4- Bo Day- Greenville, Texas

Heat 5- Jeff Taylor- Locust Grove, Arkansas

Full results can be found at the following link.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/603399/media-results

Night two at Southern Oklahoma Speedway saw Matthew Day win his first career TOMS feature race. 

The first 10 laps of Saturday’s feature race went green with Ryan Veal (Princeton, Texas) leading the first seven laps. Christian gained the top spot on lap nine before a caution from a Jason Sartain (Royce City, Texas) spin in turn 4 brought out the caution. 

Matthew Day (Farmersville, Texas) picked up his first career TOMS win on night two at Southern Oklahoma Speedway.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

Day took the lead with 12 laps remaining before a spin by Rusty Trevathan (Wylie, Texas) brought out a caution with two laps remaining. 

With an impending green-white-checker finish coming, Day was able to jump out to the lead and claim the win. 

“I’ve had a couple outlaw wins, but nothing with the TOMS,” Day said on his first win with the series. “It’s definitely a cool deal to get and especially against the talent level that we had here. 44 cars at this level and probably 12 guys could win it any given night, and we drove up through the field. I wish Gary (Christian) wouldn’t have broken. I’d like to see if I had anything for him, but sometimes that’s the way it goes.” 

Abbey was the second place finisher behind Day, while Hartline finished third. Chris Henigan (Marshall, Texas) was fourth and Colby Smith rounded out the top five. 

Hartline was the biggest mover driving his car up 15 spots to third, Henigan and Jeff Taylor each moved up 15 spots as well for a fourth and seventh place finish, respectively. 

Christian had the fastest lap of the race on lap seven with a lap time of 18.474 seconds before something malfunction on his racecar on lap 18 and he had to pull to the infield. 

B Feature 1 winner- Colby Smith

B Feature 2 winner- Matthew Day

Heat 1- Mitchell Clement (Bonham, Texas)

Heat 2- Jason Sartain (Royce City, Texas)

Heat 3- Jason Langford (Palestine, Texas)

Heat 4- Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma)

Heat 5- Ryan Veal (Princeton, Texas)

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

https://www.myracepass.com/events/603402/media-results

The TOMS series will be back in action Saturday, April 4, at RPM Speedway, in Crandall, Texas, weather permitting. 

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Hartline wins 2025 Touring Outlaw Modified Series Championship

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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 11th 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 11th.”

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

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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 11th 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 23rd starting position for an eighth-place finish, while Carr moved up 12 spots from his 21st 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)

  1. Shane Hartline- 1256
  2. Dean Abbey- 1205 -51
  3. Jason Ingalls- 1133 -123
  4. Jake Huckaby- 1047 -209
  5. Chase Hatton- 1019 -237
  6. Wesley Veal- 991 -265
  7. Troy Taylor- 927 -369
  8. Sam Cox- 866 -390
  9. Ryan Veal- 855 -401
  10. 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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Abbey stays in TOMS Championship hunt with win at Kennedale Speedway Park

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Dean Abbey (center) picked up his second Touring Outlaw Modified Series win of the 2025 season Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Kennedale Speedway Park. Abbey currently sits second in the points behind Shane Hartline.
(Photo Courtesy of Mike Frieri /Photos by Mike)

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was in action Saturday evening under the lights at Kennedale Speedway Park, in Kennedale, Texas. The event was a make-up race from April 5 when it rained out.

With clear skies and warm summer temperatures, 30 drivers checked in for the event and the fans were not disappointed as the drivers displayed their talents in front of a packed crowd.

Saturday’s 25-lap feature race went caution free from start to finish, however there was some early drama during the parade laps as a car suddenly came to a stop on the front stretch during the series’ traditional four-wide salute to the fans. The mishap collected four other drivers in the process that were in line.

Once the drivers were able to take the green flag, the action on the track was exciting and fun to watch as Mason Day (Farmersville, Texas) and Chris Huckeba (Midlothian, Texas) swapped the lead back and forth on the opening four laps with Day leading lap one and three and Huckeba leading lap two and four.

As the drivers settled in and found their rhythm, Huckeba led eight laps until Justin McCoy (Grandview, Texas) took over the top spot with 12 laps remaining.

McCoy went on to lead four laps until Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas) passed McCoy with eight laps remaining.

Abbey went on to pick up the win, his second TOMS win of the 2025 season, while McCoy finished in second place.

Huckeba finished third, while Chase Hatton (De Berry, Texas) and Matthew Day (Farmersville, Texas) rounded out the top five.

The win was particularly important for Abbey as he tries to chase day current points leader Shane Hartline.

Hartline had a 68-point lead prior to the Kennedale race, but Abbey was able to cut the deficit to 38 points following the win and an 11th place finish in Saturday’s feature.

Abbey, who has seen a great deal of success at Kennedale Speedway Park was happy following the win.

“Man, it’s awesome to be back to victory lane,” Abbey said standing in victory lane. “Especially here. It seems like this place has been really good to us this year. We won when we were here on the tour, we sucked the one time we been here in the stockcar, and then the one time we bring the outlaw car, we were able to get it done.”

Huckeba recorded the fastest lap of the race with a time of 16.992 on lap two, according to My Race Pass timing. Abbey was right behind him with a fastest lap time of 17.051 seconds on lap 18.

The hard chargers of the night were Matthew Day and Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma). Day moved up nine spots from his 14th starting position for a fifth-place finish, while Westover moved up six positions from 13th to seventh place, respectively.

Click the following link for full race results.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/548751/media-results

B-Feature Winner- Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma)

Heat 1 winner- Justin McCoy (Grandview, Texas)

Heat 2 winner- Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas)

Heat 3 winner- Chris Huckeba (Midlothian, Texas)

Current Points Standings-

(Top 10)

  1. Shane Hartline- 1156
  2. Dean Abbey- 1118-38
  3. Jason Ingalls- 1065-91
  4. Jake Huckaby- 952-204
  5. Chase Hatton- 947-209
  6. Wesley Veal- 913-243
  7. Troy Taylor- 871-285
  8. Sam Cox- 821-335
  9. Ryan Veal- 801-355
  10. Jason Webb- 704-452

The series will be in action again Aug. 29 and 30, at Rocket Raceway Park for the Brian Mize Memorial. 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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Hartline wins 11th Annual Hella Shrine Classic at Hunt County

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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 11th 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 13th and moved up to sixth place, while Abbey started a little deeper in the field in 20th and moved up to 13th, 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)

  1. Shane Hartline- 1086
  2. Dean Abbey- 1018-68
  3. Jason Ingalls- 991-95
  4. Jake Huckaby- 892-194
  5. Wesley Veal- 862-224
  6. Chase Hatton- 860-226
  7. Troy Taylor- 805-281
  8. Sam Cox- 776-310
  9. Ryan Veal- 743-343
  10. 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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Hartline wins TOMS feature at Southern Oklahoma Speedway; extends points lead

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Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) won his second Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) feature of the season Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. Hartline currently holds a 36-point over second place Dean Abbey.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was in action once again Saturday, Aug. 2, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway.

It was the final trip to SOS for the series as 32 drivers checked in to chase the $1,500 prize money at the end of the night.

Austin Bonner (Elk City, Oklahoma) and Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas) started on the front row of the 24-car A feature race.

Abbey led the opening lap and went on to lead the first 13 green flag laps of the 25-lap feature before the caution flag waved with 12 laps remaining.

Kale Westover took the top spot with 10 laps to go; however, the caution flag waved once again three laps later as Sam Cox (Flower Mound, Texas) spun in turns three and four.

The field completed one green flag lap before Jeff Taylor (Locust Grove, Arkansas) spun in turns one and two collecting Fred Wojtek (Blackwell, Texas) as he came to a sliding stop trying to avoid Taylor.

Leading with six laps remaining, Westover was forced to pull off the track during the caution after an issue on the rearend of his 15w car. Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) inherited the lead.

Two laps were completed before Abbey spun in the middle of turns three and four. The restart didn’t go as planned for Abbey as him and Ryan Veal (Princeton, Texas) made slight contact enter turns one and two bringing out the caution once again with four laps remaining.

The race would stay green for the final four laps as Hartline cruised to the win.

The win was Hartline’s second TOMS win of the 2025 season, having won at Rocket Raceway Park on May 31.

Hartline, who has led the points for the majority of the 2025 season, increased his points lead significantly with the win.

Hartline entered Saturday’s race at SOS with a four-point lead over Abbey. He received the maximum number of points (100 points) with the win. Abbey’s 12th place finish in the feature race helped him stretch the lead even further to 36 points of second place Abbey.

Shane Hartline, his crew and TOMS flagman Ricky Randall pose for a photo in victory lane following Hartline’s feature win Saturday at Southern Oklahoma Speedway.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

“It means the world to me right now (to win),” Hartline said in victory lane. “It was only four points between me and Dean. So, I saw him spin out in (turn) three so that really helped and it just took all the I don’t know nerves away. I just started trying to pick my lane and go.”

Being in the right place at the right time helped Hartline’s effort with Westover pulling off the track with 10 laps remaining.

“I stayed pace with him there after that one caution, but I don’t know,” Hartline said on catching Westover. “Maybe if the top would have went away in three and four, maybe. “I got there on the bottom, I used that most of the race, at least at the start of the race when it was two wide to get there.

“I worked the bottom in three and four and I found a grove trying to stay on the (infield tractor) tire, so I had to slow down a lot,” Hartline continued. “I felt like I managed their speed on the top, so I feel like that was the key to the race.”

Justin McCoy (Irving, Texas) finished in second place after winning B Feature 2 and starting f4th, while Wesley Veal (Princeton, Texas) rounded out the podium finishers in third place.

Jason Webb (McKinney, Texas) finished fourth and Chase Hatton (De Berry, Texas) rounded out the top five with a fifth-place finish.

Westover recorded the fastest lap of the feature race with a time of 18.481 seconds.

Hatton and Steven Ashcraft (Forney, Texas) were race’s hard chargers by moving up 15 spots each from their 20th and 23rd starting positions for a fifth and eighth place finish, respectively.

Wesley Veal moved up 13 spots from his 16th starting position for a third-place finish. Troy Taylor (Midlothian, Texas) also moved up 13 spots to finish ninth after starting in 22nd place.

Click the following link for full race results.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/557616/media-results

B Feature 1 winner- Fred Wojtek (Blackwell, Texas)

B Feature 2 winner- Justin McCoy (Irving, Texas)

Heat 1 winner- Mitchell Clement

Heat 2 winner- Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma)

Heat 3 winner- Matthew Day

Heat 4 winner- Billy Brierton

Current Points Standings-

(Top 10)

  1. Shane Hartline- 986
  2. Dean Abbey- 950-36
  3. Jason Ingalls- 925-61
  4. Jake Huckaby- 832-154
  5. Chase Hatton- 784-202
  6. Wesley Veal- 784-202
  7. Troy Taylor- 743-243
  8. Sam Cox- 704-282
  9. Ryan Veal- 685-301
  10.  Jason Webb- 623-363

The TOMS will be back in action this Saturday, Aug. 9, at Hunt County Speedway, in Greenville, Texas for the 11th Annual Hella Shrine race.

If you can not make it to the racetrack, you can stream the race on RACEON.com.

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Huckaby wins TOMS feature at Abilene Speedway; Becomes first repeat winner in 2025

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Jake Huckaby (Texarkana, Texas) celebrates following his TOMS feature win Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Abilene Speedway, in Abilene, Texas. Huckaby became the first driver to win back-to-back TOMS feature races in 2025.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

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

Saturday’s race was the first time in two years that the TOMS had been to the track as the 2024 race being cancelled a year ago.

Fred Wojtek (Blackwell, Texas) won both trips the series made to Abilene Speedway in 2023 with wins coming on April 22 and Aug. 5.

Saturday’s race was also a first for the TOMS as Jake Huckaby became the first driver in 10 feature races to repeat as a TOMS feature winner.

Jake Huckaby (second from left) stands in victory lane with his check for $1,500 following his TOMS feature win Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Abilene Speedway.
(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)

He was also the first back-to-back winner since Jack Sartain (Royse City, Texas) won back-to-back TOMS feature races at Hunt County Raceway on Sept. 7 and Oct. 9 during the 2024 season.

The young Texarkana, Texas native picked up his first career TOMS feature win a week prior at Heart O’ Texas Speedway on July 11.

With a field of some of the most talented modified drivers in the southern United States, Huckaby understood the significance of the achievement of winning back-to-back races while standing in victory lane Saturday evening in Abilene.

“Yeah, that means a lot,” he said. “You know, there’s a stout field of competitors that run up and down the road. Kudos to Dean (Abbey). He raced me clean, and it was good right there at the end.”

“It’s pretty cool to win my second ever feature back-to-back…All glory to God for sure.”

Jake Huckaby

Huckaby said he had limited experience at HOT Speedway, and it was his first trip to Abilene Speedway, and he will have both wins stored as a memory for years to come.

“It’s pretty cool to win my second ever feature back-to-back, but I’ll never forget it for sure,” Huckaby said. “It was two tracks I really don’t race at a lot, and I come out here and was able to get it done again. So, it’s awesome and all glory to God for sure.”

With the TOMS not making as many trips to Abilene as some of the other tracks on the schedule, several drivers notepads on possible setups may have been stretch thin.

“I started watching Youtube videos of some in-car cams of the guys that run around here locally and just tried to get a feel for the track,” he said of his prep leading up to Saturday’s race. “First time here and it’s a cool track man. It was really racy there in the feature and the track prep was awesome, but yeah, this is real. This is cool.”

Huckaby credited his mom and dad and his faith for the recent success.

“I had a lot of down at the beginning of the season and then we turned it around and I just got to keep the faith in it,” he said. “I want to thank my mom and dad for sure. You know, this is just a blessing to be able to get to do any of this and it all came from God really.”

A total of 27 modifieds checked in for Saturday’s race in Abilene.

Wesley Veal (Princeton, Texas) started outside of Huckaby on the front row and led the opening lap, before Huckaby was able to power back and take the lead on lap 2.

The caution flag would wave as Dakoka Bechler (Sackets Harbor, New York) spun in the middle of turns three and four.

Two more laps were completed before the next caution came on lap four as Rickey Wilkerson (Gunter, Texas) came to a stop exiting turn two.

The field completed 10 more laps with Huckaby leading, but the caution flag waved again as Jaxon McGaha (Abilene, Texas) spun in the middle of turns three and four.

With 11 laps remaining, Huckaby led the next five laps before Abbey was able to roll the bottom line on both ends of the track and took the lead with six laps remaining.

Abbey continued to use the bottom groove as Huckaby worked the high side of the track and retook the lead with three laps remaining.

Huckaby would hold on to the lead for the remaining three laps with Abbey finishing in the runner-up spot and Veal rounding out the podium finishers in third place.

TOMS points leader Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) got himself another top five finish by finishing in fourth place. John Neal Reid (Loving, New Mexico) rounded out the top five in fifth place.

Huckaby recorded the race’s fastest lap at 17.272 seconds (unofficially) coming on lap two according to My Race Pass timing.

 Josh McGaha (Abilene, Texas) was the hard charger of the race moving up 13 positions from 23rd to 10th.

Abbey moved up seven spots from his ninth place starting position. Hartline, Shane Priddy (Merkel, Texas) and J.D Davis (Merkel, Texas) each moved up four positions for finishes of fourth, 13th and 18th, respectively.

B Feature 1 winner- Sam Cox (Flower Mound, Texas)

Heat 1 winner- Steven Ashcraft (Forney, Texas)

Heat 2 winner-John Neal Reid (Loving, New Mexico)

Heat 3 winner-Jake Huckaby (Texarkana, Texas)

Full results for the event can be found at the following link-

https://www.myracepass.com/events/545616/media-results

Current Points Standings-

(Top 10)

  1. Shane Hartline- 866
  2. Dean Abbey- 882-4
  3. Jason Ingalls- 844-42
  4. Jake Huckaby- 760-126
  5. Chase Hatton- 700-186
  6. Wesley Veal- 693-193
  7. Troy Taylor- 669-217
  8. Sam Cox- 651-235
  9. Ryan Veal- 627-259
  10.  John Smelley- 540-346

The next TOMS event will be at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 2, in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

As always, all the action of the TOMS race at SOS will be streamed on Raceon.com.

Brant Thurmond Sports Journalist/Sports Photographer