I-80: Steve Kosiski Wins Fifth Annual Alphabet Soup Race

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB. 05/28/06)- The cars and stars of the WDRL, MLRA, and NCRA made their way to the I-80 Speedway for the fifth annual Alphabet Soup race. Nebraska native Steve Kosiski walked away with $10,000; which included the $5,000 winners purse and a $5,000 Afco Shock bonus.

The 50 lap Alphabet Soup Race presented by Dodge saw pole sitter Kelly Boen jump out to an early lead over outside front row starter Steve Kosiski. Kosiski would show his dominance early by taking the lead from Boen on lap two. Kosiski would hold the lead during the next sixteen laps when the race would see its only cautions. On the lap seventeen restartsecond place would change hands after Brian Harris slid in front of Boen. Boen would take the spot back five laps later. Meanwhile, consolation winner and Georgia resident Clint Smith would work his way up to the third position by lap 31. Kosiski would maintain the lead for the rest of the way while Boen and Smith battled it out for second. On the final lap Smith and Boen would make contact in turn one. Boen would keep control and go on to take second to Kosiski. Smith finished third, John Hampel was fourth, and the 2005 WDRL Champion Denny Eckrich finished fifth.

The Home Pride Modifieds found J.C. Wyman in the early lead on lap one in the eighteen lap feature. Wyman would hold it until lap six when Grant Junghans took control in his #2x machine. The Kansas driver would race like a veteran on his first night at the Speedway by leading the rest of the race and taking the checkered flag. Dan Mueller would start and finish second . Jesse Dennis would slide infront of J.C. Wyman for third, while Wyman ended up fourth, Brian Foote finished fifth.

Dave Doll would take his #97d to the front of the field on lap one of the 20 lap Grand National feature. Dolls lead would not last long, as on lap five the #1 of Jason Hobscheidt took the point. Hobscheidt's luck would end when on lap eight his hood would come loose. The yellow would wave as Hobscheidt went to the pits The new leader would be Doll again, but on lap twelve Billy Leighton Jr. would grab the lead. Leighton would keep the lead and go on to win. Doll, Mike Wallace, Ron Tex Jr., and Dave Livingston rounded out the top five.

Nebraska Raceway Park is located off I-80 at exit 420 between Omaha and Lincoln and is home to I-80 Speedway, the Little Sunset Speedway go-kart track and Soaring Edge Motocross Park. The Speedway hosts events weekly from April through September. For race day track information call (402) 944-2233 or check out the official I-80 Speedway website at www.neracewaypark.com. The Omaha General Office can be contacted during normal business hours at 402-342-3453.



I-80 Speedway Results From 05/28/06

WDRL, MLRA, and NCRA Latemodels.

"A" Feature: 1) 52 Steve Kosiski, 2) 07 Kelly Boen, 3) 44 Clint Smith, 4) 2h John Hampel, 5) 50 Denny Eckrich, 6) 53 Joe Kosiski, 7) 58 Dave Eckrich, 8) 21h Brian Harris, 9) 33p Al Purkey, 10)1k John Anderson, 11) 1 Davey Nall, 12) 22v Alan Vaughn, 13) 6h Al Humphrey, 14) 32 Chris Simpson, 15) 14 Kyle Berck, 16) 98 Ben Schaller, 17) 31 Jason Utter, 18)427 Mike Brown, 19) 9r Charles Randolph, 20) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 21) 77j John Nicholson, 22) 31t Trent Follmer, 23) 42 Mark Wyman, 24) L88 Larry Clawson, 25) 9m Billy Murphy, 26) 92 Delbert Smith, 27) 2j Johnny Bone Jr., 28) 56 Chris Spieker, 29) 9 Ed Kosiski, 30) 26jr Vorey Zeitner.

Home Pride Pro Modifieds

"A" Feature: 1) 2x Grant Junghans, 2) 43x Dan Mueller, 3) 70 Jesse Dennis, 4) 4 J.C. Wyman, 5) 43 Brian Foote, 6) 15 John O'Neal, 7) 5 Chris Hogan, 8) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 9) 4f Tom Flegg, 10) 1 Trent Jackson, 11) 5s Bob Zoubek, 12) 1s Scott Carlson, 13) 3x Mike Johnson, 14) 1c Nick Carlson, 15) 1m Robert Brinkman, 16) 3w Stacey Wilhelm, 17) 1r Matt Richards, 18) 28 Don Lang, 19) 3r Rodney Stopak, 20) 2ez Mark Kasper, 21) 74 Justin Clark, 22) 44 Jonnie Wyman, 23) 77 Duatin Jarillo, 24) 72 Mike Lineberry, 25) 18x Derek Nadler, 26) h1 Lowell Holland, 27) 33r Larry Robinson Jr.

Grand National

"A" Feature: 1) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 3 Mike Wallace, 4) 8x Ron Tex Jr. 5) 17 Dave Livingston, 6) 55d Curt Drake, 7) 9 Dave Cook, 8) 88 Brian Scott, 9) 2k Jody Krug, 10) t3 Gary Leapley, 11) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 12) 56t Ron Tilley, 13) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 14) 50 Brad Soll, 15) 23 Dave Hanke, 16) 2d Todd Morgan, 17) 25 Kenny Edwards, 18) 9x Kathy Cook, 19) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 20) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 21) 25x Brad Perdue, 22) 12 Todd Hipnar, 23) 22m Trevor Millikan, 24) 5s Marty Steinbach