Joe Kosiski (born August 27, 1957) is an American

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. A five-time champion in the

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Busch All-Star Tour The Busch All-Star Tour was a NASCAR-sanctioned dirt track racing, dirt track late model racing series. The series, based in the Midwestern United States, started in 1985 and folded in 2002, and was NASCAR's only national dirt racing series. Hist ...

, he also won the 1986 NASCAR

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championship, four NASCAR regional championships, and has been inducted into multiple racing Halls of Fame.

Career

Son of

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competitor Bob Kosiski and older brother of championship-winning racers Steve Kosiski and

Ed Kosiski Ed Kosiski is an American racing driver who won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship in 1998.Schaefer, Paul. ''Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing''. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, U ...

, Joe Kosiski won the

Weekly Series national championship in 1986.Schaefer 2006, pp. 31-35. Driving a family-owned dirt Late Model, Kosiski won 29 of the 55 NASCAR-sanctioned races that he entered in

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, and elsewhere in the

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. Kosiski attempted one

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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 Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly known Atlanta International Raceway from 1960 to 1990) is a 1.54-mile entertainment facility in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Cup Series ...

. Kosiski also won the

series championship in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1996 and 1997. Owner of Kosiski Auto Parts in Omaha, Nebraska, he is now the track operator at

I-80 Speedway Nebraska Raceway Park is a multiuse racing facility in southeastern Nebraska near Greenwood, Nebraska. The track is near the interchange of Interstate 80 and Nebraska Highway 63 Nebraska Highway 63 is a north–south highway in eastern Ne ...

. He won twenty-one track championships during his career, nine of them coming at Sunset Speedway; in addition to his 1986 national Winston Racing Series title, Kosiski won four NASCAR regional championships during his career. 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.Schaefer 2006, pp. 163-170. He was inducted in the

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is a non-profit hall of fame for American drivers of dirt late model racecars. It is located on the grounds of Florence Speedway in Walton, Kentucky. History During 2001 while conversing with a group of p ...

in 2008, In 2002, Kosiski stated that he had competed in races in 34 states, winning in 28 of them. and in 2013 was inducted into the

Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

. Joe and Steve Kosiski were the first brothers to win NASCAR touring series championships.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

References

;Citations ;Bibliography *Schaefer, Paul. ''Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing''. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. .

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosiski, Joe Living people 1957 births Sportspeople from Omaha, Nebraska Racing drivers from Nebraska NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers