Joe Kosiski

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Joe Kosiski
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1957-08-27) August 27, 1957 (age 65)
Omaha, Nebraska
Related to Bob Kosiski
Steve Kosiski
Ed Kosiski
NASCAR O'Reilly All-Star Series
Years active1985–2001
Starts259
Wins46
Best finish1st in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997
Championship titles
1986
1986, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997		 NASCAR Weekly Series
Busch All-Star Tour
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
Best finish? (1986)
WinsTop tens Poles
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Joe Kosiski (born August 27, 1957) is an American racing driver. A five-time champion in the NASCAR Busch All-Star Tour, he also won the 1986 NASCAR Winston Racing Series championship, four NASCAR regional championships, and has been inducted into multiple racing Halls of Fame.

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Career

Son of Daytona 500 competitor Bob Kosiski and older brother of championship-winning racers Steve Kosiski and Ed Kosiski, [1] Joe Kosiski won the NASCAR Weekly Series national championship in 1986. [2] Driving a family-owned dirt Late Model, Kosiski won 29 of the 55 NASCAR-sanctioned races that he entered in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and elsewhere in the Midwestern United States. [2]

Kosiski attempted one NASCAR Busch Series event, in 1986 but failed to qualify. He competed in seven events in the ARCA Permatex Supercar Series in 1989 and 1990, posting a best finish of ninth at Atlanta Motor Speedway. [1]

Kosiski also won the NASCAR Busch All-Star Tour series championship in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1996 and 1997. [3] Owner of Kosiski Auto Parts in Omaha, Nebraska, [1] he is now the track operator at I-80 Speedway. He won twenty-one track championships during his career, [4] nine of them coming at Sunset Speedway; [3] in addition to his 1986 national Winston Racing Series title, Kosiski won four NASCAR regional championships during his career. [4]

As part of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Weekly Series in 2006, Kosiski was named one of the series' All Time Top 25 drivers. [5] He was inducted in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2008, [6] In 2002, Kosiski stated that he had competed in races in 34 states, winning in 28 of them. [1] and in 2013 was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame. [4] Joe and Steve Kosiski were the first brothers to win NASCAR touring series championships. [7]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results
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1986 Randy Hope Motorsports 38 Buick DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO RAL OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR
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References

Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 Roberts, Phil (December 1, 2002). "The Kosiski Brothers - Tough On Dirt". Stock Car Racing . Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  2. 1 2 Schaefer 2006, pp. 31-35.
  3. 1 2 Schaefer, Paul (July 30, 2010). "Fast Is A Family Tradition". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  4. 1 2 3 Ackerman, Lee (September 12, 2013). "Eight inductees entering state's racing hall". Omaha World-Herald . Omaha, NE. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  5. ↑ Schaefer 2006, pp. 163-170.
  6. ↑ "2010 NDLMHoF Class Inducted/Hommel Honored With Hall's Spirit Award". National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame . Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  7. ↑ Hasty, Roy (October 29, 1993). "Fuller: In Front At The Finish?". Hartford Courant . Hartford, CT. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
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