Ed Kosiski

Ed Kosiski is an American racing driver who won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship in 1998.[1]

Driving a family-owned dirt late model vehicle, Kosiski won 16 of the 18 races that he entered at a one-third-mile clay race track in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]

He is the younger brother of Joe Kosiski and Steve Kosiski, and son of the Bob Kosiski.

Kosiski competed in one ARCA Racing Series event in 1997. He finished 11th.

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.[2]

Arrest

On December 22, 2011, Kosiski was sentenced to 8 to 16 years in prison after being convicted of[3] a charge of attempted sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.[4] Kosiski was arrested and charged as a result of a Federal investigation ("Project Innocence Lost") into a child prostitution ring operating in Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa.[3]

References
  1. Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 111-116.
  2. Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 163-170.
  3. "Track owner facing prison –". omaha.com. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
  4. "Sex Addict Sentenced –". wowt.com. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.


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