Kosiski Takes Exciting Crate Late Model Feature Win At I-80 Speedway

By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/07/07) As the blistering hot sun faded into a cool Nebraska night, the action heated up as Andrew Kosiski, Marty Steinbech, Scott Carlson, Nick Clifford, Dave Christensen, Rob Kosiski, and Kennin Colestock all visited victory lane as Stereo West Auto Toys presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at I-80 Speedway.

The 25 lap Great Clips Crate Late Model "A" feature event started out with Shawn Harker taking the lead in is newly bought #2v machine. Harker would ride the high groove as the "Jackhammer" Dave Livingston worked the middle towards the front. Caution would fly on lap 4 as Gary Joens Jr. made contact with the back straightaway wall. As the race got back underway the #2x of Andrew Kosiski showed strength by making it a three horse race for the lead. As lap 16 approached, a three way battle for the lead would take place. Harker, Livingston, and Kosiski would race three wide all the way around the 4/10 of a mile oval. The three would be glued side by side for three laps straight, which gave the #97d and the #1 of Jason Hobscheidt time to catch up. With the top five battling in a group, Kosiski took the lead for the first time on lap 19, then disaster struck for one of the top runners. Harkers #2v would come to a slow in turns one and two with a flat right rear tire. With six laps to go, the race would be set up for a wild west shootout between Kosiski, Livingston, Doll, and Hobscheidt. As the green waved it was Kosiski running the top with Doll and Hobscheidt following. Kosiski would strecth the lead as the laps ran down, but Doll would not give up. When the white flag was shown it was between Kosiski and Doll. Doll would trail by two car lenghts as the two made their way down the back chute. Doll would then make one last run for the lead, but he would come up short as Andrew Kosiski took the checkered flag. Hobscheidt would finish third behind Doll, Jeff Tilley ran fourth, and Livingston came home fifth.

Marty Steinbech would take the lead from the drop of the green flag in the 18 lap Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stock "A" feature event. The race would not get one lap in the books before the caution flew. Once it flew, it flew often. Over seven yellow flags plagued the race, but through it all it was Steinbech staying out front. Steinbech's #5 would receive pressure from the #25x of Joe Feyen, but Steinbech held strong the entire race on his way to victory. Feyen, Rick Negrete, Denny Berghahn Jr., and Shawn Bulin rounded out the top five

The 15 lap Midas B-Mod feature race seen the #z00 of Lacey Tuttle jump out to an early lead from her outside front row starting spot. The yellow flag would also dominate this feature event, as it was displayed a hand full of time for incidents, including a hard impact by the #12 of Buddy Ray Jones in turn three. As the laps ticked off, it was veteran Scott Carlson and Rookie Jared Hoefelman working their way to the front. Carlson would make it to the lead with Hoefelman in his tire tracks. The race would end just like that, with Carlson taking the win. Howfelman would finish second, Jim Fritz third, Bill Bader Jr. fourth, and Nick Hermsen fifth.

The Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Cars would see a half dozen speed demons make their way to I-80 Speedway. The 12 lap feature would see a couple a cautions flags before the first lap was complete. The #99 of Matthew Stelzer would enter the spin cycle in turn three, and the #99c of Nick Clifford and the #3d of Ryan Voss would tangle in turn one. When the race got under way it was the #45 of Dan Satriano out front. The 99's of Stelzer and Clifford would pass the #45, and then Clifford made the final pass of the night on Stelzer for the victory with a few laps remaining.

The #74C of Dave Christensen would make his way from the fourth row to win the 12 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornet feature. Pink Fink Jr came home second, followed by Justin Soule, Austin Kurtzer, and Cory Askeland.

Rob Kosiski would wheel his #52 to victory in the 8 lap Novice Crate "A" main. Kosiski would work from the third row to win by a comfortable margain. Lindsey Yost finished second, Steven Sauders, Amanda Leonardo, Scott Keffer, Ryan Gladwin, and Ben Bolte rounded out the field.

The 8 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornet feature event would see the top two runners in Thomas Liechti and Jacob Brown get knocked out of contention for the win as contact was made with a few laps remaining in the event. That would give first time driver Kennin Colestock the oppourtunity he was looking for as he took the win. Darrin Hoegren finished second, Liechti third, Dan Rasmussen fourth, and Russell Johnson fifth.

Top 10 for 07/07/07

Great Clips Crate Late Models
1) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 4) 56x Jeff Tilley, 5) 17 Dave Livingston, 6) 2d Todd Morgan, 7) 51 Matt Buller, 8) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 9) 96 Tony Leonardo, 10) 2v Shawn Harker.

Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks:
1) 5 Marty Steibech, 2) 25x Joe Feyen, 3) 72 Rick Negrete, 4) 6 Denny Berghahn, 5) 36 Shawn Bulin, 6) 2 Steve Peoples, 7) 84 Doug Stevenson, 8) 90 Andy Miller, 9) 88 Scotty Hartman, 10) 20 Mike Gillespie.

Midas B-Mods:
1) 1s Scott Carlson, 2) 15h Jared Hoefelman, 3) 21 Jim Fritz, 4) 6 Bill Bader Jr., 5) 83 Nick Hermsen, 6) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer, 7) z00 Lacey Tuttle, 8) 9 Hank Dewild, 9) 52x Ethan Christiansen, 10) 8 Sean Conaway.

Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Cars:
1) 99c Nick Clifford, 2) 99 Matt Stelzer, 3) 45 Dan Satriano, 4) 3d Ryan Voss, 5) 9t Trish Dover, 6) 96.1 Michael Oliver.

Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets:
1) 74c Dave Christensen, 2) 13 Pete Fink Jr., 3) 16j Justin Soule, 4) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 5) 28 Corey Askeland, 6) 9x Joe Baker, 7) 37 Nate Christensen, 8) 81 Steve England, 9) 15 Jamie Spanel, 10) b22 Nathan Brown.

Novice Crates:
1) 52 Rob Kosiski, 2) 20 Lindsey Yost, 3) 44 Steve Saunders, 4) 96jr Amanda Leonardo, 5) 10k Scott Keffer, 6) 56x Ryan Gladwin, 7) 56 Ben Bolte.

Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets:
1) 7 Kennin Colestock, 2) 19 Darrin Hoegren, 3) 60 Thomas Liechti, 4) b52 Dan Rasmussen, 5) 61j Russell Johnson, 6) 40 Kortney Simmerman, 7) 11 Refeal Arsidio, 8) 1 Will Nilson, 9) 41 NRP House Car, 10) 97s Jacob Brown.