I-80 Results 6-25-06

JOE KOSISKI, LIVINGSTON, FOOTE & BERGREN TAKE NASCAR FEATURES AT I-80 SPEEDWAY
By Jim Brennan

(Greenwood, Ne., 6/25/06) The action of the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series
keeps getting hotter at I-80 Speedway as Joe Kosiski, Dave Livingston, Brian
Foote and Brad Bergren came away with hard fought victories Sunday night.

The Dodge Super Late Model 25 lap feature started with Joe Kosiski and Joe
Julian on the front row based on the one week point average. Kosiski jumped in
front as Jim Stannard waved the green flag with Mike Wallace following in
2nd. Wallace, Leon Zeitner and Al Zeitner would wage a spirited battle for
the 2nd spot before Leon took it on lap 14. But Ed Kosiski was on the move
from his 9th starting position. With the help of several caution periods Ed
was able to move into 2nd on lap 18. He managed to reel his brother in
but could’nt get past him either high or low and had to settle for 2nd. Joe is
currently leading the Division II points and this was his 3rd feature win on
his home track. Ed is leading the track points in his Dodge sponsored Late
Model, but has yet to secure a win on the season.

The Home Pride Pro-Modified feature saw Justin Clark grab the early lead
followed by Tom Flegg. Mike Johnson, who started 8th and Brian Foote, who
started 7th moved into 3rd and 4th on lap 2. Foote took the lead on lap 4 and held
it til a lap 10 restart when Mike Meyers got by him. Foote stayed right with him
and started testing spots on the track and plotting his strategy. Finally with 1
lap left Foote made a high side pass to retake the lead and go on to his 2nd
win of the year. He is the current point leader. Jeremiah Sillman, Clark and
Johnson rounded out the top 5.

Gary Leapley had been plagued by bad luck so far in 2006. So he went back
to the drawing board and brought out his 2005 car. He started the Grand
National feature on the pole and flew out front followed by Trevor Millikan.
After a lap 2 restart Leapley started putting distance between himself and the
rest of the field. Dave Livingston, who started 10th, was making his way to
the front and waged a 3 way battle for 2nd with Millikan and Todd Hipnar.
Livingston won that battle on lap 13 and began to run down Leapley.
A yellow flag with 3 laps left put Livingston right on Leapley’s bumper.
Livingston then challenged Leapley and finally on the last lap got past him
on the back chute and went on to take the checkers first.

The Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stock feature saw “Sponge Bob”
Kracher take the early lead from Jeremy Smith. Kracher lost his lead on
lap 2 when the driveshaft exited his car. Justin Leach inherited the lead
only to lose it moments later to Jesse Sobbing. Leach got the lead back
when Sobbing’s car caught fire and went to the infield. A lap 14 restart saw Brad
Bergren take the lead and go on to his first win of the year. In winning Bergrin
picked up an extra $200 bonus from Tom and Tiff’s Family Restaurant in
Glenwood, Iowa.

NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series action continues next Sunday with the Firecracker
Spectacular and Military Appreciation night and huge Fireworks. There will also be
Double Super Late Model Features. Then on Monday it will be the Lawrence Ideus
Memorial Race featuring the ASCS Midwest Region and Northern Plains Region Sprint
Car Series. Sunday nights hot laps are at 6 with racing at 6:30. Monday night hot
Laps will be at 7 with racing beginning at 7:30.


Nebraska Raceway Park I-80 Speedway NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series
Division II

Dodge Super Late Models

A-Feature: 1) 53 Joe Kosiski, 2) 9 Ed Kosiski, 3) 62 Leon Zeitner, 4) 24 Bryant
Goldsmith, 5) 76 Al Zeitner, 6) 77 John Nicholson, 7) 00 Clint Benson,
8) 1L Mike Wallace, 9) 19 Jason Hobscheidt, 10) 80 Scott Koskovich, 11) Keith
Mander Jr., 12) Alonzo Grosse, 13) Billy Leighton Jr., 14) Jerry Warner, 15) Jeff
Tilley, 16) Joe Julian, 17) Justin Zeitner, 18) Todd Bell, 19) Josh Most,
20) 4 Russ Hadan, 21) Troy Daly, 22) Mike Nanfito, 23) Robbie Andersen,
24) Jay Norton(DNS)


Home Pride Pro-Modifieds

A-Feature: 1) 43 Brian Foote, 2) 2M Mike Meyers, 3) 52S Jeremiah Sillman,
4) 74 Justin Clark, 5) 3X Iron Mike Johnson, 6) 1S Scott Carlson, 7) 4 J C
Wyman, 8) 5S Bob Zoubek, 9) 44 Jonnie Wyman, 10) 69x Bill Bader Jr.,
11) Mike Lineberry, 12) Larry Foote, 13) Nick Carlson, 14) Matt Richards,
15) Staci Stava, 16) Roger Ruwe, 17) Jeremy Holdapp, 18) Tom Flegg,
19) Rodney Stopak, 20) Lowell Holland, 21) Rick Germar, 22) Chris
Andersen(DNS)


Grand Nationals

A-Feature: 1) 17 Dave Livingston, 2) T3 Gary Leapley, 3) 12 Todd Hipnar,
4) 22m Trevor Millikan, 5) 40 Shawn Harker, 6) 2k Jody Krug, 7) 33 Jeff
Tilley, 8) 56T Ron Tilley, 9) 85 Joe Feyen, 10) j1 Harley Moen, 11) Joey Bauer,
12) Dave Doll, 13) Kenny Edwards, 14) Brian Kenkel, 15) Brian Scott, 16) Dave
Hanke, 17) Brad Soll, 18) Andrew Kosiski, 19) Dave Cook, 20) Scott Krause-
Mahan, 21) Kathy Cook, 22) Laini Schwartz, 23) Kortney Kosiski, 24) Steve
Farnsworth, 25) Lennie Pospisil(DNS), 26) Dwane Pospisil(DNS)

Stereo West Auto Toys/Tom & Tiffs Family Restaurant Hobby Stocks

A-Feature: 1) 38 Brad Bergren, 2) 1 Justin Leach, 3) 2x Chuck Madden Jr.,
4) 68+1 Blaine Petersen, 5) 7 Tom Myers, 6) 4x Chad Bassinger, 7) 6a
Jeremy Auten, 8) 2T Josh True, 9) 51S Jeremy Smith, 10) 14 Greg
Houdesheldt, 11) George Whitmore, 12) Brandon Richards, 13) Kenny
Toliver-Humpal, 14) Jesse Sobbing, 15) Bob Kracher