...Off the Racetrack
On December 2001, Joey marries racing rival, Julie Osowski.........
.........Next came daughter, Kelsi, and son Tucker.......
After spending a year in the street stocks and
going thru a lot of tires, his dad turned the wrenches and it was up to Joey to
keep tires on the car. Past memories include him jumping a giant tractor tire in
the infield and wrecking 2 tires and his dad saying now he's learning a
expensive lesson.
The next season he moved up to the hobby division in Grand Forks. His first
hobby was a old late model and a good car to learn in but in his third year in
hobbies he had a really good chassis and won three features that year. Grand
Forks phased out the hobbys in favor of Wissota Superstocks and Joey bought a
brand new superstock chassis from Bruce Hart. That was a very good year for Joey
and he won a lot of races at tracks like Grand Forks, Greenbush, Hamilton,
Marshall County Speedway and Winnipeg.
Joey's fiercest competition includes John Seitz and Brad Seng among
others.....These three drivers race each other hard every night, at any track
they happen to be at.....I referred to them as the "Big 3" because they are
always a threat to win it all any night.
Joey raced in the superstock division for 5 years and won over 70 features and
track championships and the respect of his fellow competitors. Three years ago
he teamed up with racer Steve Moen and started driving late models. Soon
followed his first late model feature win at Grand Forks, and hopefully more to
come in the future!!!!
Joey met his wife, Julie, who was/is also a race car driver in the superstock
division.....it was always fun to see Julie give Joey a run for his money...at
the tracks where they raced together!!!
Racing Highlights
'01 Grand Forks Track Championship '01 Rocket Speedway Track Championship
'01 Marshall County Track Championship '01 3rd Place WISSOTA National Points
The 1st Late Model feature win!
At age 31, has amassed 84 Career Feature Wins in 18 Years of Racing.
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Occupation: Self-employed Trucking, Real Estate, Security Counselor
Hometown: East Grand Forks, MN Home Track: River City Speedway
Car Class: Late Model Car Type: MasterSbilt Engine: 360 Chevy Hultgeren built
Co-Owner: Steve Moen
Pit Crew: John Votava, Frank "Dog" Noreikis, Jeff Kroll and Steve Moen
SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO Julie, Kelsi, Tucker....the '7P Crew'....also, sponsors
past and present, and Steve Moen!