Nicholson and Stewart Take Dodge Duals at I-80 Speedway

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 05/13/07) On opening night of the 2007 NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series season at I-80 Speedway, John Nicholson and Jay Stewart
would both take home an "A" feature victory in the Dodge Super Late Models.
Andrew Kosiski would visit victory lane in the City Weekly Grand Nationals.
Joe Feyen would use a late race caution to win the Certified Transmission
Pro Ams and Josh True grabbed the hardware in the Hobby Stocks.

The first 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" main event saw the #77 of John
Nicholson jump out to an early lead. Within the first couple of laps, the
2006 NASCAR Division II Champion Joe Kosiski would work his way to the
runner up position. As Kosiski worked the high line of the track behind
Nicholson, the #1 of Jason Hobscheidt would prove to be a contender by
getting under Kosiski. Nicholson would maintain a large lead over Kosiski
and Hobscheidt who were trading the 2nd position lap after lap until lap 23
when the caution flew for a spinning Kenny Edwards. However the stoppage
would not rattle Nicholson, he would lead the final two laps to take the
win. Kosiski would hold on to second, Leon and Corey Zeitner would finish
third and fourth after getting by Hobscheidt who placed fifth. The hard
charger of the race would go to the #z62 of Justin Zeitner. Zeitner would
start 22nd in the 26 car event and he would take the checkers in 7th.

The second "Dodge Dual" would see the #10 of Jay Stewart get to an early
lead from his outside front row starting spot. Stewart would receive
pressure from Jason O'brien and loose the lead for one lap, but Stewart
would regain the lead the following lap in turns one and two when O'brien
slid out of the groove. Stewart then made his way through lap traffic on
route to victory in the caution free event. O'brien, 2006 NASCAR Division IV
runner up Bill Leighton Jr., Clint Benson, and Joe Kosiski rounded out the
top five.

The nights Dodge Super Late Model Dual features were the first of a eight
races in the Nebraska-Iowa Dodge Challenger Series. More information on the
series can be found on the Nebraska Raceway Park website,
www.neracewaypark.com.

The City Weekly Grand Nationals would have 21 cars on hand, and at the drop
of the green pole sitter Curt Drake would take the early lead. Drake would
maintain the top spot through the half way point of the 20 lap event with
the #2x of Andrew Kosiski following behind. Just after half way, Kosiski
would move up the track and challenge Drake for the lead. Kosiski and Drake
would battle side by side until the final laps when Kosiski pulled away for
his first career "A" feature win. The 16 year old Kosiski would be followed
by Drake, veteran Dave Cook, Todd Hipnar, and Shawn Harker.

The Certified Transmission Pro Ams would have a tough time getting its 18
lap feature underway. Six yellow in the first three laps would see many cars
with slight damage, but the car that jumped out front was Rick Negrete.
Negrete would lead the first 12 laps until the yellow flew for the #49x of
Chad Sanders. When the green came back out it was a three horse race between
Negrete, Joe Feyen and Scotty Hartman. Both Feyen and Hartman would drive
past Negrete on the high line, but it was Feyen who took the checker flag
first. Hartman, Negrete, Thad Thompson, and Dr. Nick Steier took the top
five.

The 12 lap Hobby Stock "A" would have the #2t of Josh True take the victory
over Jimmy Nichols, and Jesse Sobbing. With the win, True takes home the Tom
& Tiff's Family Restaurant bonus.

Results

Dodge Super Late Models

"A" Feature 1 1)77 John Nicholson, 2)53 Joe Kosiski, 3)62 Leon Zeitner,
4)26jr Corey Zeitner, 5)1 Jason Hobsheidt, 6)6 Al Humphrey, 7)z62 Justin
Zeitner, 8)80 Scott Koskovich, 9)15 Jason O'brien, 10)00 Clint Benson, 11)10
Jay Stewart, 12)28 Billy Leighton Jr., 13)1h Chad Humston, 14)89 Jerry
Warner, 15)11 John Hampel, 16)3c Mike Collins, 17)22 Craig Preble, 18)1m
Todd Bell, 19)j1 Harley Moen, 20)97d Dave Doll, 21)25 Kenny Edwards, 22)1t
Vance Tonack, 23)t3 Gary Leapley, 24)44 Troy Daly, 25)1w Mike Wallace, 26)17
Dave Livingston.

"A" Feature 2 1)10 Jay Stewart, 2)15 Jason O'brien, 3)28 Billy Leighton Jr.,
4)00 Clint Benson, 5)53 Joe Kosiski, 6)z62 Justin Zeitner, 7)80 Scott
Koskovich, 8)62 Leon Zeitner, 9)1 Jason Hobsheidt, 10)26jr Corey Zeitner,
11)77 John Nicholson, 12)89 Jerry Warner, 13)3c Mike Collins, 14)6 Al
Humphrey, 15)11 John Hampel, 16)1h Chad Humston, 17)1t Vance Tonack, 18)1w
Mike Wallace, 19)25 Kenny Edwards, 20)97d Dave Doll, 21)1m Todd Bell, 22)58
Keith Mander Jr., 23)t3 Gary Leapley, 24)44 Troy Daly, 25)j1 Harley Moen,
26)22 Craig Preble.

Heat 1 1)1h Chad Humston, 2)1 Jason Hobsheidt, 3)44 Troy Daly, 4)6 Al
Humphrey, 5)89 Jerry Warner,

Heat 2 1)00 Clint Benson, 2)26jr Corey Zeitner, 3)1t Vance Tonack, 4)17 Dave
Livingston, 5)t3 Gary Leapley,

Heat 3 1)53 Joe Kosiski, 2)15 Jason O'brien, 3)77 John Nicholson, 4)62 Leon
Zeitner, 5)80 Scott Koskovich,

City Weekly Grand Nationals

"A" Feature 1)2x Andrew Kosiski, 2)55d Curt Drake, 3)9 Dave Cook, 4)12 Todd
Hipnar, 5)40 Shawn Harker, 6)50 Brad Soll, 7)t3 Gary Leapley, 8)97d Dave
Doll, 9)2 Dwane Pospisil, 10)5 Mike Svagera, 11)29 Lennie Pospisil, 12)51
Matt Buller, 13)22m Trevor Millikan, 14)96c Cory Hutchinson, 15)35 Kortney
Kosiski, 16)10k Scott Keffot, 17)20 Lindsey Yost, 18)92 Jacob Brown, 19)96
Tony Leonardo, 20)18 Laini Schwartz, 21)91 Steve Farnsworth.

Heat 1 1)12 Todd Hipnar, 2)9 Dave Cook, 3)2 Dwane Pospisil, 4)2x Andrew
Kosiski, 5)51 Matt Buller,

Heat 2 1)t3 Gary Leapley, 2)40 Shawn Harker, 3)55d Curt Drake, 4)50 Brad
Soll, 5)97d Dave Doll,

Certified Transmission Pro Ams

"A" Feature 1)25x Joe Feyen, 2)88 Scotty Hartman, 3)72 Rick Negrete, 4)t72
Thad Thomson, 5)8 Nick Steier, 6)5 Marty Steinbech, 7)16j Jason Cieslik,
8)66 Jeff Joldersma, 9)12 Terry Cleveland, 10)36 Shawn Bulin, 11)6x Denny
Berghan, 12)24 Don Mohr, 13)55d Nick Deal, 14)9x John Allensworth, 15)84
Doug Stevenson, 16)64 Nick Hermsen, 17)57 Don Heyme, 18)49x Chad Sanders,
19)33x Chuck Dillion, 20)52 Scott Carlson, 21)6 Denny Berghan Jr., 22)3t Tim
Podraza, 23) 26x Nate Thompson, 24) 51 Chris Couins.

Heat 1 1)6 Denny Berghan Jr., 2)72 Rick Negrete, 3)16j Jason Cieslik, 4)25x
Joe Feyen, 5)t72 Thad Thomson,

Heat 2 1)12 Terry Cleveland, 2)8 Nick Steier, 3)24 Don Mohr, 4)64 Nick
Hermsen, 5)84 Doug Stevenson,

Heat 3 1)5 Marty Steinbech, 2)33x Chuck Dillion, 3)66 Jeff Joldersma, 4)52
Scott Carlson, 5)49x Chad Sanders,

Hobby Stocks

"A" Feature 1)2t Josh True, 2)6 Jimmy Nichols, 3)99 Jesse Sobbing, 4)61b
Brandon Wergin, 5)7 Tom Myers, 6)12 George Whitmore, 7)4x Chad Bassinger,
8)52 Roger Timperley, 9)4w Joe Wauenhaupy, 10)13 Jesse Mcneal, 11)77 Ben
Heyme.

Heat 1 1)99 Jesse Sobbing, 2)6 Jimmy Nichols, 3)2t Josh True, 4)4w Joe
Wauenhaupy, 5)52 Roger Timperley,

Heat 2 1)7 Tom Myers, 2)4x Chad Bassinger, 3)61b Brandon Wergin, 4)13 Jesse
Mcneal, 5)12 George Whitmore,