Local Racers Named NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series All-Time Top 25

DAVENPORT, Ia. (May 26, 2006) - In commemoration of the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series’ 25th season in 2006, NASCAR and NASCAR Insider magazine named the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series All-Time Top 25 drivers this month.
Included in this prestigious list are two Quad City area veteran racers Gary Webb of Blue Grass, Ia., and Ray Guss Jr. of Milan, Illinois. Two more drivers from Eastern Iowa made the list, Roger Dolan of Lisbon and Jeff Aikey of Cedar Falls.

Other names familiar to Quad City race fans is that of the Kosiski brothers. The Kosiski trio were a mainstay of the NASCAR O’Reilly All-Star Tour that raced at Davenport Speedway and West Liberty Raceway. All three of the brothers from Nebraska, Ed, Steve, and Joe made the grade.

Although a NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series national championship was not a prerequisite, several former national champions appear on the list. They include Iowans Roger Dolan (1987) and Gary Webb (2000).
Rounding out the list are six drivers who began their careers in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series and graduated to NASCAR’s three national series. They are Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Mark McFarland, Robert Pressley and Dennis Setzer.

Gary Webb, Blue Grass, Iowa - 2000 NDWS national champion … Two-time regional champion … Has raced Dirt Late Models at several NASCAR-sanctioned short tracks across the Midwest, winning nine track championships: Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway (four), Peoria Speedway (two), and one each at Farley Speedway, West Liberty Raceway and Grant Co. Speedway … 2000 national championship season included 16 wins in 18 starts at Dubuque.

Ray Guss Jr., Milan, Ill. - Won 10 track championships between 1989- 2004 … Four-time NDWS Regional champion … Has more than 300 career victories in Dirt Late Model competition.

Roger Dolan, Lisbon, Iowa - 1987 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series national champion … Won nine Dirt Late Model track championships in a five-year span from 1983-87, at four race tracks.

Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, Iowa - Won 13 track championships … 2001 NDWS regional champion, driving Dirt Late Models at Farley (Iowa) Speedway, Dubuque (Iowa) Fairgrounds Speedway and other tracks.

NASCAR DODGE WEEKLY SERIES ALL-TIME TOP 25 DRIVERS
Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Barry Beggarly, Pelham, N.C.
Greg Biffle, Vancouver, Wash.
Clint Bowyer, Emporia, Kan.
Ted Christopher, Plainville, Conn
Roger Dolan, Lisbon, Iowa
Richie Evans, Rome, N.Y.
Ray Guss Jr., Milan, Ill.
Denny Hamlin, Chesterfield, Va
Ed Kosiski, Ralston, Neb
Joe Kosiski, Omaha, Neb.
Steve Kosiski, Papillion, Neb
Mike Love, Pendergrass, Ga.
Jerry Marquis, Broad Brook, Conn.
Doug McCoun, Prunedale, Calif
Mark McFarland, Winchester, Va
Junior Miller, Pine Hall, N.C.
Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor, Wis.
Jim Pettit II, Prunedale, Calif.
Larry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
Dale Planck, Homer, N.Y.
Charles Powell III, Goose Creek, S.C.
Robert Pressley, Asheville, N.C.
Dennis Setzer, Newton, N.C.
Gary Webb, Blue Grass, Iowa