Roth and Stewart Win DODGE Duals At I-80 Speedway

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/29/07) As the Nebraska-Iowa Challenger Series came to an end, Travis Roth and Jay Stewart would pick up the twin 25 lap DODGE Super Late Model feature events. Dave Cook, Marty Steinbech, and Jesse Sobbing would also visit victory lane as I-80 Speedway presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

The first 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model feature event would see Bill Leighton Jr. jump ot to an early lead on lap one. Three yellow flags would halt the race on laps 2, 5, and 10; and doing so would bring an exciting finish. 19th place starter Travis Roth would run the bottom side of the speedway and pass Joe Kosiski, Al Humphrey, Clint Benson, and Leighton until taking the lead. Roth would enter and lap traffic and the #00 of Benson would start to reel him in. Benson would get close, but not close enough; Travis Roth would take his first "A" feature victory in his first start of the season at I-80 Speedway. Benson, Kosiski, Humphrey, and Leighton rounded out the top five.

Jason O'Brien and Jay Stewart would battle for the early lead in the second Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature. The race would come to a slow twice on lap six as Todd Bell and Dave Hanke would experience separate accidents. When the race got back underway, it was still O'Brien and Stewart battling for the lead, with Joe Kosiski, John Nicholson, and Leon Zeitner running in the top five. Trouble would strike Zeitner on lap 14 as a mechanical failure brought his car to a slow in turn four. Lap 16 would see another yellow as Bill Leighton Jr. came to a stop on the speedway, and on the restart Stewart would get around O'Brien. Jay Stewart would than go on and win the feature race. Jason Hobscheidt, Joe Kosiski, Al Humphrey, and Al Zeitner completed the top five. O'Brien would fall back and finish 9th.

With two third place finishes, Joe Kosiski wins the Nebraska-Iowa Challenger Series.

Dave Cook would come from the 5th starting position to win the 20 lap City Weekly Grand National Feature event. Dave Livingston and Dave Doll came home second and third. Todd Hipnar and Dwane Pospisil would round out the top five.

The 18 lap Certified Transmission Pro Am feature would see the #t72 of Thad Thomson jump to the lead in the opening laps. As the race moved on, Marty Steinbech and Shawn Bulin would move through way to the front entering the top and runner up positions. Lap 15 would see the final yellow of the race as the #55 of Ray Dessel spun in turn four. When the race got back underway it was still Steinbech who went on to take the feature win. Bulin finished second. Terry Cleveland would start last and finish third. Thomson was fourth and Tim Podraza was fifth.

An exciting three car battle for the lead highlighted the last lap of the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature. Jesse Sobbing, Tom Myers, and Josh True would race three wide on the final lap, and when it all came to an end it was Sobbing taking the checkers first. Josh True would edge Myers out by inches on a photo finish for second. Jimmy Nichols and Rick Munson rounded out the top five.

Results From I-80 Speedway 07/29/07

Dodge Super Late Models Feature #1
1) 60 Travis Roth, 2) 00 Clint Benson, 3) 53 Joe Kosiski, 4) 6 Al Humphrey, 5) 28 Bill Leighton Jr., 6) 1t Vance Tonack, 7) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 8) 77 John Nicholson, 9) 62 Leon Zeitner, 10) 10 Jay Stewart, 11) 10L Rick Stolley, 12) 15 Jason O'Brien, 13) 76 Al Zeitner, 14) 22 Craig Preble, 15) 11a Billy Alley, 16) 21 Mike Nanfito, 17) 11 Don Droud Jr., 18) z62 Justin Zeitner, 19) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 20) 25 Kenny Edwards, 21) 1m Todd Bell, 22) 8 Glenn Robey, 23) 23 Dave Hanke, 24) 3 Dan Jackson, 25) 1w Mike Wallace, 26) 80 Scott Koskovich.

Dodge Super Late Models Feature #2
1) 10 Jay Stewart, 2) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 3) 53 Joe Kosiski, 4) 6 Al Humphrey, 5) 76 Al Zeitner, 6) 00 Clint Benson, 7) 77 John Nicholson, 8) 11 Don Droud Jr., 9) 15 Jason O'Brien, 10) 1t Vance Tonack, 11) 10L Rick Stolley, 12) 60 Travis Roth, 13) 11a Billy Alley, 14) 22 Craig Preble, 15) 25 Kenny Edwards, 16) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 17) 21 Mike Nanfito, 18) 80 Scott Koskovich, 19) 1w Mike Wallace, 20) 28 Bill Leighton Jr., 21) 1m Todd Bell, 22) 3 Dan Jackson, 23) 62 Leon Zeitner, 24) z62 Justin Zeitner, 25) 23 Dave Hanke, 26) 8 Glenn Robey.

City Weekly Grand Nationals
1) 9 Dave Cook, 2) 17 Dave Livingston, 3) 97d Dave Doll, 4) 12 Todd Hipnar, 5) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 6) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 7) 51 Matt Buller, 8) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 9) 55d Curt Drake, 10) 50 Brad Soll, 11) t3 Gary Leapley, 12) 29 Lennie Pospisil, 13) 12m Matt Mcatee, 14) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 15) 92 Jacob Brown, 16) 80b Kenny Bartram, 17) 96 Tony Leonardo, 18) 96c Cory Hutchison, 19) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 20) 21x Brent Baker, 21) 32d Kenny Darnold.

Certified Transmission Pro Ams
1) 5 Marty Steinbech, 2) 36 Shawn Bulin, 3) 12 Terry Cleveland, 4) t72 Thad Thomson, 5) 3t Tim Podraza, 6) 51L Bub Lerette, 7) 84 Doug Stevenson, 8) 8 Nick Steier, 9) 49x Chad Sanders, 10) 72 Rick Negrete, 11) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 12) 24 Don Mohr, 13) 64 Nick Hermsen, 14) 49 Jeff Atkins, 15) 26x Nate Thompson, 16) 55d Nick Deal, 17) 9x John Allensworth, 18) 55 Ray Dessel, 19) 35 Rich Steier.

Hobby Stocks
1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) 7 Tom Myers, 4) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 5) m70 Rick Munson, 6) 4x Chad Bassinger, 7) 32d Kenny Darnold, 8) 52 Roger Timperley, 9) 12 George Whitmore, 10) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 11) s53 Scott Robinson, 12) 10 Josh Sink, 13) 40 Mike Mass, 14) 16d Ashley Darnold, 15) 5 Cody Farnsworth, 16) 00 John Austin, 17) Jerod Weston.