Moberly, Mo.
(April 20, 1990) – Steve Fraise nipped Steve Kosiski by less than a foot to
claim Friday’s NASCAR Busch All-Star Tour season opener at Moberly Motorsports
Complex. The win was the Montrose, Iowa driver’s first-ever triumph on the
prestigious dirt late model tour and was worth $3,000.
“We’re just
tickled to death to finally get a Busch Tour win,” Fraise said following the
50-lap battle on the high-banked speedway. “Steve drove a great race and I knew
he was gaining on me, but we had just enough to hold him off.”
Fraise led
45 of 50 circuits, taking the top spot from Johnny Johnson. After a spirited
battle with Gary Webb, Kosiski, Johnson and pole winner Ray Guss Jr. for
several laps, Fraise began to stretch his advantage. By the halfway point,
Fraise enjoyed a straight-away lead, leaving Kosiski and Webb to do battle for
second.
But Kosiski
broke away from the pack by lap 30 and began a furious charge that saw the 1987
series champion pull to Fraise’s rear bumper on lap 40. On lap 41, Webb made
contact with the second turn wall to bring out the event’s final caution and
set up a nine-lap dash to the checkers.
With the
crowd on its feet, Fraise and Kosiski raced side-by-side for several laps while
weaving through traffic. Kosiski tried the low groove around Fraise frequently,
but the eventual winner closed the door with power on the straightaways.
As the white
flag waved, Kosiski tried in vain to pass Fraise both high and low through
turns one and two. As the duo raced through the final two turns, Kosiski went
to the low side and the twosome sped under the checkered flag in a virtual dead
heat with Fraise beating Kosiski by a fender.
Following
Fraise and Kosiski to the checkers were Guss, Bob Hill and Joe Kosiski, nearly
half a lap behind the two frontrunners.
Results –
1. Steve Fraise
2. Steve Kosiski
3. Ray Guss Jr.
4. Bob Hill
5. Joe Kosiski
6. Johnny Saathoff
7. Gary Webb
8. Sonny Findling
9. Ed Kosiski
10. Jeff
Hinkemeyer
11. Jim
Swank
12. Dick
Crane
13. Junior
Shickel
14. Kyle
Berg
15. Bubba
Harvey
16. Lem
Blankenship
17. Terry
Huziel
18. Donnie
Cooper
19. Roger
Dolan
20. Tom
Guithues
21. John
Hampel
22. Johnny
Johnson
23. Randy
McGraw
24. Rollie
Frink
25. Chuck
Rankin
26. Rick
Wendling
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