Joe Kosiski

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Joe Kosiski
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1957-08-27) August 27, 1957 (age 64)
Omaha, Nebraska
Related to

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)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

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 and older brother of championship-winning racers 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 ;[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 .[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
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 38 Buick DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO DOV CLT HCY IRP SBO OXF HCY LGY BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR
DNQ 		N/A -

References[]

Citations
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Schaefer 2006, pp. 31-35.
  3. ^ a b Schaefer, Paul (July 30, 2010). "Fast Is A Family Tradition". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  4. ^ a b c 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.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Busch All-Star Tour Champion
1986
1988, 1989
1996, 1997 		Succeeded by


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