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.
| Joe Kosiski | |||||||
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| Nationality |  American | ||||||
| Born | August 27, 1957 Omaha, Nebraska | ||||||
| Related to | Bob Kosiski Steve Kosiski Ed Kosiski | ||||||
| NASCAR O'Reilly All-Star Series | |||||||
| Years active | 1985–2001 | ||||||
| Starts | 259 | ||||||
| Wins | 46 | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st 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) | ||||||
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Career
editSon 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 was the track operator at I-80 Speedway, which closed after the 2022 season. 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
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
edit| NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | NBGNSC | Pts | |||||
| 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 DNQ |
N/A | - | |||||
References
edit- Citations
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b Schaefer 2006, pp. 31-35.
- ^ a b Schaefer, Paul (July 30, 2010). "Fast Is A Family Tradition". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ^ a b c Ackerman, Lee (September 12, 2013). "Eight inductees entering state's racing hall". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, NE. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ^ Schaefer 2006, pp. 163-170.
- ^ "2010 NDLMHoF Class Inducted/Hommel Honored With Hall's Spirit Award". National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Hasty, Roy (October 29, 1993). "Fuller: In Front At The Finish?". Hartford Courant. Hartford, CT. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- Bibliography
- Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2.
External links
edit- Joe Kosiski driver statistics at Racing-Reference