Tom started racing at age 18 in 1984. After running Hobby Stocks for 3 years, Tom moved up to Late Models running at tracks in Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1993, Tom constructed his first Lightning Sprint to race at Wilmot, Wisconsin with the Wisconsin/Illinois Mini Sprint group. After taking the 2009 Wisconsin/Illinois Mini Sprint and Wilmot Raceway Championships, Tom moved to Lincoln, Nebraska taking a position as design engineer with Speedway Motors. In 2015, Tom was crowned the Midwest Lightning Sprint Point Champion after winning 5 of 14 races with the Kansas City based series. Tom also won the final Illinois Lightning Sprint Series race at the Peoria, Illinois Speedway in October bringing the 2015 season total to 6 wins in 16 races. In 2017, Tom won 9 races with the USAC Midwest Lightning Sprints on his way to the 2017 MLS Championship as well as finishing 6th in USAC National Lightning Sprints points.
2009 Wilmot (WI) Raceway Mini Sprint Champion 2009 Wisconsin Illinois Mini Sprints Champion 2015 Midwest Lightning Sprints Champion 2017 Midwest Lightning Sprints Champion
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