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Kevin Cywinski

{{short description|American stock car racing driver}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver|

name = Kevin Cywinski|

birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|3|16}} |

birth_place = Mosinee, Wisconsin, U.S. |

awards = 1995 ARTGO champion

1997 American Speed Association champion

2003 American Speed Association champion

2004 American Speed Association champion

| Total_Busch_Races = 2

| Years_In_Busch = 1

| Busch_Car_Team =

| Prev_Busch_Pos =

| Prev_Busch_Year =

| Best_Busch_Pos = 76th (1998)

| First_Busch_Race = 1998 Galaxy Food Centers 300 (Hickory)

| Last_Busch_Race = 1998 Hardee's 250 (Richmond)

| First_Busch_Win =

| Last_Busch_Win =

| Busch_Wins = 0

| Busch_Top_Tens = 0

| Busch_Poles = 0

| Total_Truck_Races = 46

| Years_In_Truck = 3

| Truck_Car_Team =

| Prev_Truck_Pos =

| Prev_Truck_Year =

| Best_Truck_Pos = 16th (1999)

| First_Truck_Race = 1997 Cummins 200 (IRP) |

| Last_Truck_Race = 1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (California) |

| First_Truck_Win =

| Last_Truck_Win =

| Truck_Wins = 0

| Truck_Top_Tens = 8

| Truck_Poles = 0

}}

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 #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 8th-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-5s and seven top-10s. His best run of the season was a 3rd at Bristol, followed closely by a 4th at Martinsville and the other five top-10s. 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 #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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=42| 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

! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 1998

! Key Motorsports

! 11

! Ford

| DAY

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| LVS

| NSV

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
25

| PPR

| GLN

| MLW

| MYB

| CAL

| SBO

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| GTY

| CAR

| ATL

| HOM

! rowspan=2| 76th

! rowspan=2| 194

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|title=Kevin Cywinski – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/cywinke01/1998/B/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 11, 2023}}

NorthStar Motorsports

! 89

! Ford

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HCY
19

| TAL

| NHA

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| colspan=18|

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| 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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1997

! Roehrig Motorsports

! 18

! Dodge

| WDW

| TUS

| HOM

| PHO

| POR

| EVG

| I70

| NHA

| TEX

| BRI

| NZH

| MLW

| LVL

| CNS

| HPT

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
20

| FLM

| NSV

| GLN

| RCH

| MAR

| SON

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MMR
15

| CAL

| PHO

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| LVS
DNQ

|

! 75th

! 246

! {{cite web|title=Kevin Cywinski – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/cywinke01/1997/C/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 11, 2023}}

1998

! rowspan=2| Brevak Racing

! rowspan=2| 31

! rowspan=2| Ford

| WDW

| HOM

| PHO

| POR

| EVG

| I70

| GLN

| TEX

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MLW
33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZH
32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PPR
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FLM
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSV
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HPT
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVL
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEM
32

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTY
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SON
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MMR
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
21

! 28th

! 1726

! {{cite web|title=Kevin Cywinski – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/cywinke01/1998/C/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 11, 2023}}

1999

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOM
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PHO
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EVG
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MMR
10

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEM
26

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PPR
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| I70
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
3

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PIR
24

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MLW
18

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZH
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
31

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GTY
11

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HPT
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVL
24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAL
33

| colspan=2|

! 16th

! 2777

! {{cite web|title=Kevin Cywinski – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/cywinke01/1999/C/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 11, 2023}}

References

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External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Kevin_Cywinski}}
  • {{Racing-Reference owner|Kevin_Cywinski}}
  • [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=176626&FS=ASA Cywinski Interview-Jan. 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311201115/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=176626&FS=ASA |date=2007-03-11 }}

{{s-start}}

{{s-sport}}

{{succession box |

before= Tony Raines |

title= ASA National Tour Champion |

years= 1997|

after= Gary St. Amant

}}

{{succession box |

before= Joey Clanton |

title= ASA National Tour Champion |

years= 2003, 2004|

after= Bryan Reffner

}}

{{succession box |

before= Steve Carlson |

title= ARTGO Challenge Series Champion |

years= 1995|

after= Steve Carlson

}}

{{s-end}}

{{AM Racing}}

{{Win-Tron Racing}}

{{The Motorsports Group}}

{{Brevak Racing}}

{{Roehrig Motorsports}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cywinski, Kevin}}

Category:1965 births

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Category:ARCA Midwest Tour drivers

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Category:People from Mosinee, Wisconsin

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