Kosiski And Foote Win On Last Lap At I-80 Speedway

By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/15/07) As the sun went down, the action heated at I-80 Speedway as two of the four "A" features were settled coming off of turn four on the final lap. Joe Kosiski, Randy Foote, Todd Hipnar, and Marty Steinbech all would pick up main event victories as Cookies BBQ presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

The 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature event seen "The Mad Dog" Scott Koskovich take the early lead on lap one. Koskovich would loose the top spot to the #28 of Bill Leighton Jr as the first yellow of the race flew on lap 9 for a spinning Ed Kosiski. As the race resumed, Leighton would give up the lead to Al Humphrey who made a power move coming off turn four, meanwhile Joe Kosiski used the bottom side of the speedway to move through the field from his sixth row starting position. Lap by lap Kosiski would gain ground on Humphrey's #6, and as the white flag came out the race was shaping out to be another photo finish. When Humphrey entered turn one, the lap machine of Dave Hanke would hold him up for the slightest moment, giving Kosiski the opportunity he needed. Kosiski would hold a slight advantage going down the back straightaway and entering turn three. Kosiski would then drive off the bottom of the speedway and beat Humphrey to the line for his second feature win of the season. Leighton finished third, Mike Wallace came home fourth, and Leon Zeitner was fifth.

Randy Foote would take the point from the pole starting position in the 18 lap Modified feature. As the leaders entered turn four, second place runner Robert Brinkman would loose the handle on his #1m machine causing a six car pile up involving Dave Newton, Mike Goldfuss, Bill Bader Jr., Scott Carlson, and Bob Zoubek. As the race was restarted, Foote would once again take control of the lead, but the car on the move was the #96j of Johnny "The Jet" Saathoff. Saathoff would rim ride against the wall all the way to the runner up position. Lap 11 would see trouble for top 10 runner Matt Richards as he came to a stop on the track. When the green waved again, it was Foote running the bottom with Saathoff right in his tire tracks. This would prove trouble for the #96j. As soon as Saathoff went low, the #16 of Reese Coffee went high passing Saathoff for second. Coffee would then find himself getting passed by the #92 of Jeff Stephens. Stephens would pull along side of Foote for the lead, and the two would trade the top spot back and forth. As the white flag fell it was a coin toss to see who would win. Stephens kept it glued to the high side, Foote would be down low. Coming off of turn four it was a drag race between the two, and it was Foote winning by inches. Stephens, J.C. Wyman, Coffee, and Saathoff rounded out the top five.

The 20 lap City Weekly Grand National feature event would see a lap one accident involving Steve Farnsworth, Tony Leonardo, and Gary Leapley. Leapley would be able to continue, but his night would turn upside down later on. When the race got back under way, it was Rookie Matt Buller taking the early lead. Buller would lead the first couple of laps, but the car on the move was 15th place starter Todd Hipnar. Hipnar's #12 would be on a rail around the bottom of the speedway and he would work his way to top spot before the half way point. Lap 11 would see disaster for Leapley's #T3. Leapley would try to clear the #12m of Matt Mcatee when contact was made sending Leapley car rolling down the back straightaway. The #T3 machine would end up on its roof, but Leapley was able to walk away uninjured. As the racing action got back underway, it was all Hipnar who took his third feature win on the season. Dave Livingston finished second, Dave Doll was third, Ron Tex came from 19th to finish fourth, and point leader Dave Cook was fifth.

Marty Steinbech would come from the 12th starting position to win the 18 lap Certified Transmission Pro Am "A" feature. Denny Berghahn Jr would finish second with Shawn Bulin coming home third. Terry Cleveland and Rick Negrete rounded out the top five.

I-80 Speedway Results From 7/15/2007

Dodge Super Late Models:
1) 53 Joe Kosiski, 2) 6 Al Humphrey, 3) 28 Bill Leighton Jr., 4) 1w Mike Wallace, 5) 62 Leon Zeitner, 6) 10 Jay Stewart, 7) 00 Clint Benson, 8) 11 Don Droud Jr., 9) 25 Kenny Edwards, 10) 77 John Nicholson, 11) 89 Jerry Warner, 12) z62 Justin Zeitner, 13) 1m Todd Bell, 14) 76 Al Zeitner, 15) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 16) 35 Ed Kosiski, 17) 80 Scott Koskovich, 18) 92 Josh Most, 19) 10L Rick Stolley, 20) 1t Vance Tonack, 21) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 22) 3c Mike Collins, 23) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 24) 23 Dave Hanke, 25) 44 Troy Daly.

Modifieds:
1) 37f Randy Foote, 2) 92 Jeff Stephens, 3) 4 J.C. Wyman, 4) 16 Reese Coffee, 5) 96j Johnny Saathoff, 6) 95 Buzz Wilson, 7) 3x Mike Johnson, 8) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen, 9) 43 Brian Foote, 10) 5 Harry Nixon, 11) z00 Brad Tuttle, 12) 21 Phil Penny, 13) 21r Kelly Roof, 14) 3r Rodney Stopak, 15) 91 Tim Thomas, 16) 21n Dave Newton, 17) 20m Mark Leiting, 18) 1mx Michael Anderson, 19) 1m Robert Brinkman, 20) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 21) 1r Matt Richards, 22) 07 Mike Goldfuss, 23) 5s Bob Zoubek, 24) 1s Scott Carlson, 25) 8 Larry Goertz, 26) 7d Dusty Leonard.

City Weekly Grand Nationals:
1) 12 Todd Hipnar, 2) 17 Dave Livingston, 3) 97d Dave Doll, 4) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 5) 9 Dave Cook, 6) 55d Curt Drake, 7) j1 Jay Burdic, 8) 50 Brad Soll, 9) 92 Jacob Brown, 10) 51 Matt Buller, 11) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 12) b56 Ben Bolte, 13) 29 Lennie Pospisil, 14) 21x Brent Baker, 15) 3 Mollee Collins, 16) 18 Laini Schwartz, 17) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 18) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 19) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 20) 12m Matt Mcatee, 21) t3 Gary Leapley, 22) 91 Steve Farnsworth, 23) 96 Tony Leonardo, 24) 4k Josh Krug.

Certified Transmission Pro Ams:
1) 5 Marty Steinbech, 2) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 3) 36 Shawn Bulin, 4) 12 Terry Cleveland, 5) 72 Rick Negrete, 6) 84 Doug Stevenson, 7) 25x Joe Feyen, 8) 49 Jeff Atkins, 9) 55d Nick Deal, 10) 64 Nick Hermsen, 11) 8 Nick Steier, 12) 24 Don Mohr, 13) 49x Chad Sanders, 14) 55 Ray Dessel, 15) 3t Tim Podraza, 16) t72 Thad Thomson, 17) 35 Rich Steier, 18) 15 Andy Thompsen, 19) 51 Chris Collins, 20) 26x Nate Thompson, 21) 92 Tony Barnes, 22) 9x John Allensworth, 23) 6x Denny Berghahn Sr., 24) 52 Shane Bales.