I-80: Leon Zeitner First Three-time Super Late Model Winner

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD, NEB., 06/11/06) Leon Zeitner becomes the first three time winner at I-80 Speedway as he picked up the feature win in the Dodge Super Latemodels. Jerimiah Sillman, Dave Doll, and Jesse Sobbing all visited the I-80 Speedway Winners Circle as well, on night six of the 2006 season.

The 25 lap NASCAR Dodge Super Latemodel "A" feature saw Mike Wallace take the early lead from his outside front row starting spot. On lap three, fifth place starter "Lightning Leon" Zeitner would ride the hub of the track to the lead coming off of turn four. The first yellow of the race would fly on lap ten when second place Wallace would come to a stop in turn four. His night would be over with a mechanical failure. On the restart after a quick yellow for Ron Tex Jr, Bryant Goldsmith would drive his hot rod into the third position after starting the race 15th. Zeitner would keep the lead over Ed Kosiski and Goldsmith until lap 19 when the yellow would come out for points leader Joe Kosiski who had a flat right rear tire. When the green came back out, Zeitner kept the pedal to the metal and drove to his third win of the season. Ed Kosiski and Goldsmith were second and third. Rookie Jerry Warner was fourth, and Al Zeitner was fifth.

The Home Pride Modified Division would see an early race caution on lap one when the cars of Jeremy Leiting, Mark Leiting, Jonnie Wyman, and J.C. Wyman all collided in turn two. On the restart, Bill Bader Jr. would hold the lead until lap three when the #74 of Justin Clark would make the pass for the top spot. Clark, who started fourth row inside, would keep the point until lap eight when the #52s of Jerimiah Sillman slid past him on the outside. Sillman would keep the lead through four mid-race yellows, but during the last few laps he would receive heavy pressure from Brian Foote. On the final lap Sillman and Foote would race side by side, and coming to the line it was Sillman winning by a bumper. Foote, Clark, Nick Carlson, and Mike Lineberry rounded out the top five.

The Grand National Division would have the "Dirt Dawg" Dave Doll pick up his first feature win of the season. The #J1 of Harley Moen was second. Superman Joey Bauer Jr. was third. Mark Wyman was fourth and Dave Cook was fifth.

The Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks had a very scary accident on lap eight of the 15 lap event. The #66 of Bob Kracher would get upside down going into turn three. Mike Mass, Travis Alley, and Jerod Weston were also involved in the wreck. Mass would have to be transported by ambulance to a local hospital, but his status was not available at the time of this release. When racing resumed it was points leader Jeremy Swanson keeping the lead and taking the win. In the tech area after the race, Swanson's engine was claimed by another driver. Jeremy refused the claim causing him to be disqualified. That gave the win to Jesse Sobbing. Josh True was second, Jeremy Smith was third, Weston came back for fourth, and Rick Bradley 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 06/11/06

Dodge Super Latemodels

"A" Feature: 1) 62 Leon Zeitner, 2) 9 Ed Kosiski, 3) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 4) 89 Jerry Warner, 5) 76 Al Zeitner, 6) 80 Scott Koskovich, 7) 00 Clint Benson, 8) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 9) 77 John Nicholson, 10) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 11) 26jr Corey Zeitner, 12) 53 Joe Kosiski, 13) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 14) 33 Jeff Tilley, 15) 1m Todd Bell, 16) 21 Mike Nanfito, 17) 44 Troy Daly, 18) z62 Justin Zeitner, 19) 71 Joe Julian, 20) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 21) 8c Chad Andersen, 22) 92 Josh Most, 23) 1L Mike Wallace, 24) 82 Robbie Andersen, 25) 69j Jay Norton.


Home Pride Modifieds

"A" Feature: 1) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 2) 43 Brian Foote, 3) 74 Justin Clark, 4) 1c Nick Carlson, 5) 72 Mike Lineberry, 6) 37f Randy Foote, 7) 1r Matt Richards, 8) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 9) 3x Mike Johnson, 10) 94 Ian Haas, 11) 4u Ron Stoehr, 12) 1s Scott Carlson, 13) 44 Jonnie Wyman, 14) h1 Lowell Holland, 15) 21j Jeremy Leiting, 16) 20m Mark Leiting, 17) 4 J.C. Wyman.


Grand Nationals

"A" Feature: 1) 97d Dave Doll, 2) j1 Harley Moen, 3) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 4) 96 Mark Wyman, 5) 9 Dave Cook, 6) 56t Ron Tilley, 7) t3 Gary Leapley, 8) 12 Todd Hipnar, 9) 25 Kenny Edwards, 10) 50 Brad Soll, 11) 23 Dave Hanke, 12) 2k Jody Krug, 13) 5 Mike Svagera, 14) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 15) 9x Kathy Cook, 16) 88 Brian Scott, 17) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 18) 85a Rob Kosiski.


Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks

"A" Feature: 1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) 51s Jeremy Smith, 4) 86j Jerod Weston, 5) 28b Rick Bradley, 6) 7 Tom Myers, 7) 4x Chad Bassinger, 8) 14 Greg Houdesheldt, 9) 4 George Whitmore, 10) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 11) 6a Jeremy Auten, 12) 66 Bob Kracher, 13) 40 Mike Mass, 14) 73 Travis Alley, 15) 58 Jason Smith, 16) 68 Jeremy Swanson(DQ).