Gary Tomkins (born March 4, 1966) is an American dirt modified racing driver. Tomkins has 146 feature event wins in the U.S., Canada and Australia.

Racing career

Gary Tomkins gutted a Dodge Challenger at the age of 15 and entered it in the Street Stock class at the Canandaigua Speedway NY, winning 26 times over the following two years. Gary then spent the next few years attending college and working for chassis builder Maynard Troyer, while piecing together a Sportsman car, which he raced to Canandaigua's division title in 1989. Gaining some attention as Danny Johnon's relief driver for one race in 1990, Tomkins was next invited to race full time by car owner Darrell Simmons, and scored his first Modified victory in 1992. Tomkins claimed the track championship at Brewerton Speedway NY in 2004, and was the

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NY Modified champion in 2004 and 2005. He was victorious at 14 different tracks including Can-Am Speedway,

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and

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in New York; Cornwall Motor Speedway ON;

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MD; and Lismore Speedway in New South Wales, Australia. Gary Tomkins was inducted into the

Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame The Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame was established in 1992 to recognize individual achievements in the sport of stock car racing. It is located at 1 Speedway Dr., Weedsport, New York. History The inaugural induction ceremony was held on Ap ...

in 2024.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomkins, Gary Living people 1966 births Racing drivers from New York (state) Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame