Joe Kosiski
| 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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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.
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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| 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
- 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
- Joe Kosiski driver statistics at Racing-Reference