Joe Kosiski won the Busch All-Star Tour 50-lapper at Lakeside Speedway. - Jerry Adams Photo
By Jim Conaway
Kansas City, Kan. (May 28, 1988) – Omaha’s Joe Kosiski won a little more than a showdown in the 50-lap Winston/Busch All-Star Tour feature against Willy Kraft Saturday night at Lakeside Speedway.
Taking advantage of lapped traffic, Kosiski, the winner of the second qualifying 20-lapper on Friday, passed Kraft, the first 20-lap qualifying feature winner, on the 34th circuit, and edged the Lakefield, Minn., driver by a car length at the checkered to highlight the fifth annual Memorial Day classic.
The victory, worth $4,000, was Kosiski’s 43rd career victory at the half-mile dirt oval, and allowed him to move past Gene Claxton, who scored his 42nd career feature win here on May 13.
Kosiski was able to put his car in front of Kraft, who has attracted a lot of attention in the new World of Outlaws late model circuit, when a lapped car went low as the duo headed into turn one.
“I think I had an advantage over Willy with the lapped cars,” said Kosiski, the 1987 Winston Racing Series national champion, who also claimed the Lakeside points title as well that year.
Tom Heart of Wilton, Iowa, the polesitter, beat Johnny Johnson of Wapello, Iowa, to the first turn and held the early lead until Kraft passed him on the backstretch of lap 11. By lap 24, Kraft had opened up a six-car-length lead over Kosiski. Kosiski, however, used lapped traffic and smoother maneuvering to pull within bumper range of Krafft by the 30th circuit.
The 50-lap affair was conducted without a single interruption, as Hearst, Steve Kosiski, and Jeff Hinkemeyer rounded out the top-five.
Bobby Layne won the 15-lap NASCAR modified feature, keeping his 1988 record perfect on the Lakeside oval. Layne is now six of six and ranks third on the all-time wins list with 41 career victories.
Results –
1. Joe Kosiski, Omaha
2. Willy Kraft, Lakefield, Minn.
3. Tom Hearst, Wilton, Iowa
4. Steve Kosiski, Omaha
5. Jeff Hinkemeyer, St. Cloud, Minn.
6. Terry Phillips. Springfield, Mo.
7. Rick Beebe, Meriam
8. Johnny Johnson, Wapello, Iowa
9. Steve Fraise, Montrose, Iowa
10.Bill LaFollette, Kansas City
11.Terry Liebentritt, Omaha
12.Joe Cobb, Kansas City
13.Shelby McQuinn, Kansas City
14.Steve Adams, Topeka
15.Chuck Rankin, Kansas City
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