Kevin Cywinski (born March 16, 1965) is an American former NASCAR driver. He competed in the Craftsman Truck Series full-time in 1998 and 1999, as well as some races in the Busch Series. After leaving NASCAR, he went back down to the short-track ranks. He won the ASA championship series in 2004. He was the co-owner of Win-Tron Racing before merging with AM Racing in 2021 and becoming the operator of the organization.
Craftsman Truck Series Cywinski made his debut in this series in 1997, when he competed in the No. 18 Dana Holding Corporation Dodge. His first race was at ORP, where Cywinski started 21st and finished a respectable 20th. Later in the year, Cywinski started 20th at Mesa Marin and came home with a solid 15th-place finish.
Those runs attracted the eyes of Bob Brevak, who hired Cywinski after released Tony Roper midway through 1998. Cywinski got right on it, earning an eighth-place finish in his first outing with the team at Bristol. However, Cywinski struggled for the rest of the year, only recording five top-20 finishes in nineteen races. Cywinski did not finish nine races, but seven of those were mechanical failure. Still, they did not help the team. The main highlight of Cywinski's year was winning the outside pole at Flemington. This was all en route to a 28th-place finish in points.
Brevak stood with Cywinski and his trust was greatly paid in 1999, as Cywinski roared to a 16th-place finish in points after two top-fives and seven top-tens. His best run of the season was a third at Bristol, followed closely by a fourth at Martinsville and the other five top-tens. Cywinski would have proved to be a bigger threat in the points, but his team struggled at some tracks, posting a season average 17.8 finish.
Cywinski left after the year was up to go back short track racing and was replaced by John Young.
Busch Series Cywinski made two career starts in this series, both coming in 1998. Cywinski debuted in the Ruark Racing No. 89 Chevy at Hickory. The short track ace qualified the car in 29th, but steadily improved to 19th in the final showing. Key Motorsports was the team that Cywinski drove for next at Richmond. He started that event in 19th, but slid to 25th in the final rundown.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series + NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Pts Ref 1998 Key Motorsports 11 Ford DAY CARDNQ LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX RCH25 PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 76th 194 NorthStar Motorsports 89 Ford HCY19 TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV
Craftsman Truck Series + NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1997 Roehrig Motorsports 18 Dodge WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP20 FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR15 CAL PHO LVSDNQ 75th 246 1998 Brevak Racing 31 Ford WDW HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI8 MLW33 NZH32 CAL23 PPR19 IRP22 NHA24 FLM18 NSV20 HPT11 LVL28 RCH29 MEM32 GTY29 MAR30 SON25 MMR22 PHO32 LVS21 28th 1726 1999 HOM6 PHO9 EVG15 MMR10 MAR4 MEM26 PPR12 I706 BRI3 TEX21 PIR24 GLN24 MLW18 NSV10 NZH23 MCH31 NHA19 IRP15 GTY11 HPT27 RCH25 LVS21 LVL24 TEX27 CAL33 16th 2777
References
External links
Cywinski Interview-Jan. 2005