Joe Kosiski

Joe Kosiski
Nationality	American
Born	August 27, 1957 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
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, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997	Busch All-Star Tour

Joe Kosiski (born August 27, 1957 in Omaha, Nebraska) 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] 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]

References

Citations

1. Roberts, Phil (December 1, 2002). "The Kosiski Brothers - Tough On Dirt". Stock Car Racing. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
2. Schaefer 2006, pp. 31-35.
3. Schaefer, Paul (July 30, 2010). "Fast Is A Family Tradition". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
4. 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.

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.