Kenny Edwards Becomes First Time Winner At I-80 Speedway

By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 06/10/07) As a beautiful Nebraska night came to an end, it
was Kenny Edwards who made a name for himself as he became a first time
winner in the Dodge Super Late Models at I-80 Speedway. Reese Coffee, Thad
Thompson, Jesse Sobbing, and Rob Kosiski all made it to victory lane as
All-State Insurance presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

The 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature event saw the #11 of Don Droud
Jr. jump to an early lead. Droud would maintain the lead through the early
stages of the race, but the car on the move was the #25 of Kenny Edwards.
Edwards would use the middle groove of the track to pass Droud for the lead.
The only caution flag of the race came on lap 19 when Droud's machine broke
coming out of turn four collecting Joe Kosiski in the process. When racing
got back underway it was all Edwards as he maintained the point on his way
to victory. Todd Bell would finish second followed by a hard charging Jerry
Warner who started in the 20th position. John Nicholson and Jay Stewart
rounded out the top five.

This would be the second dirt late model feature win for the Edwards family
this week. Wednesday Kenny's brother Carl won the Prelude To The Dream at
Eldora.

J.C Wyman would take control of the 18 lap Modified "A" main event a few
laps into the race. Wyman would ride the rim of the track and build a huge
lead as the half way point was reached. After the race was slowed by a
caution with six laps to go, Wyman would make contact with the back
straightaway wall on the restart. The damage suffered to Wymans #4 was to
great as he pulled pit side, thus leaving the battle for the lead to the #95
of Buzz Wilson, the #3L of Bub Lerette, and the #16 of Reese Coffee. With
the veteran Coffee on the prowl, the race was set for a shootout. As the
green waved it was Coffee taking the advantage as he went on to win the
event. Lerette, Wilson, Robert Brinkman, and Mark Leiting rounded out the
top five.

Thad Thomson would make the winning pass with two laps remaining to win the
18 lap Certified Transmission Pro Am "A" feature event. Shawn Bulin would
hold the race lead early as he held off the #24 of Don Mohr. With only a few
laps remaining, Bulin would have a 4 car length lead, but he would give it
all back as he slipped high in turn two. Mohr would challenge Bulin for the
lead, but it was Thomson who ran the high groove around the track as he
passed the leader. Thomson would keep his car glued to the top as he made
his way around the 4/10th of a mile speedway. As the checkered came out it
was Thomson who took the victory. Bulin settled for second, Mohr was third,
the #66 of Jeff Joldersma finished fourth, and "Sugar Shane" Stutzman came
home fifth after making his return to the dirt at I-80 Speedway.

The 15 lap Hobby Stock main event started with the #40 of Mike Mass having
contact with the front straight away wall. After the race was restarted it
was Jesse Sobbing who took the lead in the early stages. Sobbing would
receive pressure from the #4x of Chad Bassinger, but Bassinger would loose
all hope for winning after making contact with the wall. The car on the move
was the #6 of Jimmy Nichols, Nichols would start 9th and work his way
through the field. But when the race was all said and done it was "Crazy
Jesse" Sobbing taking the win and the $50 Tom & Tiffs Family Restaurant
bonus. Nichols finished second, with Josh True coming home third. Josh Sink
and Tom Myers rounded off the top five. Hats off goes to the #7x of young
Jared Myers. Jared would make his first start at I-80 Speedway and finish
8th.

Rob Kosiski would win the shortened Novice Carte late Model feature. Kortney
Kosiski finished second, Micah Brown third, 305 Sprint Car driver Trish
Dover finished fourth, and Lindsey Yost cam home fifth.

Results From I-80 Speedway 6/10/2007

Dodge Super Late Models "A" Feature: 1) 25 Kenny Edwards, 2) 1m Todd Bell,
3) 89 Jerry Warner, 4) 77 John Nicholson, 5) 10 Jay Stewart, 6) 6 Al
Humphrey, 7) 62 Leon Zeitner, 8) 44 Troy Daly, 9) 80 Scott Koskovich, 10) 28
Bill Leighton Jr., 11) 3c Mike Collins, 12) 58 Keith Mander, 13) 44z Alonzo
Grosse, 14) 00 Clint Benson, 15) 1w Mike Wallace, 16) z62 Justin Zeitner,
17) 1t Vance Tonack, 18) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 19) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 20) 26jr
Corey Zeitner, 21) 11 Don Droud Jr., 22) 53 Joe Kosiski, 23) 76 Al Zeitner,
24) 68x Beau Sheffield.

Heat 1: 1) 11 Don Droud Jr., 2) 1w Mike Wallace, 3) 1m Todd Bell, 4) 62 Leon
Zeitner, 5) 53 Joe Kosiski.

Heat 2: 1) 25 Kenny Edwards, 2) 6 Al Humphrey, 3) z62 Justin Zeitner, 4) 44z
Alonzo Grosse, 5) 68x Beau Sheffield.

Heat 3: 1) 77 John Nicholson, 2) 44 Troy Daly, 3) 80 Scott Koskovich, 4) 10
Jay Stewart, 5) 76 Al Zeitner.

Pro Modifieds "A" Feature: 1) 16 Reese Coffee, 2) 3L Bub Lerette, 3) 95 Buzz
Wilson, 4) 1m Robert Brinkman, 5) 20m Mark Leiting, 6) 69x Bill Bader Jr.,
7) 3x Mike Johnson, 8) 37f Randy Foote, 9) 92 Jeff Stephens, 10) 21 Phil
Penny, 11) 1r Matt Richards, 12) 21n Dave Newton, 13) 1s Scott Carlson, 14)
07 Mike Goldfuss, 15) 4 J.C. Wyman, 16) h1 Lowell Holland, 17) 3 Mike
Albertson, 18) 5s Bob Zoubek, 19) 8 Larry Goertz, 20) 5 Harry Nixon, 21) 53
Staci Stava.

Heat 1: 1) 1m Robert Brinkman, 2) 4 J.C. Wyman, 3) 16 Reese Coffee, 4) 1r
Matt Richards, 5) 37f Randy Foote.

Heat 2: 1) 3L Bub Lerette, 2) 20m Mark Leiting, 3) h1 Lowell Holland, 4) 3x
Mike Johnson, 5) 69x Bill Bader Jr.

Certified Transmission Pro Ams "A" Feature: 1) t72 Thad Thomson, 2) 36 Shawn
Bulin, 3) 24 Don Mohr, 4) 66 Jeff Joldersma, 5) 22s Shane Stutzman, 6) 8
Nick Steier, 7) 3t Tim Podraza, 8) 12 Terry Cleveland, 9) 5 Marty Steinbach,
10) 9x Jon Allensworth, 11) 4u Randy Preul, 12) 64 Nick Hermsen, 13) 84 Doug
Stevenson, 14) 55d Nick Deal, 15) 49 Jeff Atkins, 16) 55 Ray Dessel, 17) 49x
Chad Sanders, 18) 72 Rick Negrete, 19) 6x Denny Berghahn, 20) 88 Scotty
Hartman, 21) 25x Joe Feyen, 22) 33x Chuck Dillion, 23) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr.,
24) 35 Rich Steier.

Heat 1: 1) 12 Terry Cleveland, 2) 66 Jeff Joldersma, 3) t72 Thad Thomson, 4)
22s Shane Stutzman, 5) 4u Randy Preul.

Heat 2: 1) 5 Marty Steinbach, 2) 25x Joe Feyen, 3) 8 Nick Steier, 4) 36
Shawn Bulin, 5) 55 Ray Dessel.

Heat 3: 1) 24 Don Mohr, 2) 88 Scotty Hartman, 3) 3t Tim Podraza, 4) 35 Rich
Steier, 5) 49x Chad Sanders.

Hobby Stock "A" Feature: 1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 3) 2t Josh
True, 4) 10 Josh Sink, 5) 7 Tom Myers, 6) m70 Rick Munson, 7) 32d Kenny
Darnold, 8) 7x Jared Myers, 9) 61b Brandon Wergin, 10) 52 Roger Timperley,
11) 12 George Whitmore, 12) 16d Ashley Darnold, 13) 4x Chad Bassinger, 14)
11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 15) 13 Jesse Mcneal, 16) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 17)
40 Mike Mass.

Heat 1: 1) m70 Rick Munson, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) 61b Brandon Wergin, 4) 99
Jesse Sobbing, 5) 7 Tom Myers.

Heat 2: 1) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 2) 4x Chad Bassinger, 3) 13 Jesse Mcneal, 4) 40
Mike Mass, 5) 10 Josh Sink.

Novice Crate "A" Feature: 1) 52 Rob Kosiski, 2) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 3) 92
Micah Brown, 4) 80 Trish Dover, 5) 20 Lindsey Yost, 6) 96 Bill Miller, 7)
10k Corey Hutchinson, 8) 3 Mollee Collins, 9) 44 Steve Saundars.

Heat 1: 1) 20 Lindsey Yost, 2) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 3) 92 Micah Brown, 4) 10k
Corey Hutchinson, 5) 52 Rob Kosiski.