Joey Polewarczyk: Greenville-Pickens Speedway K&N Pro Series East Race Preview

(Joey Pole Racing team release)

Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H. will make his first career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East start at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on Saturday, March 27. Polewarczyk tested with Fadden Racing at Greenville-Pickens on March 2.

WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.

TEAM: No. 16 Fadden Racing Chevrolet
CAREER K&N PRO SERIES STARTS: 3

CAREER STARTS AT GREENVILLE PICKENS SPEEDWAY: 0

WHAT: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150

WHERE: Greenville Pickens Speedway, Greenville, S.C. (.500-mile oval)

WHEN: 8 p.m., Saturday, March 27

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JOEY, HOW DID YOUR TEST AT GREENVILLE GO?

"We spent a lot of time working on the car. It's a tough little track. We were decent when we got there, but we worked and worked and worked all day, from 10 in the morning until 6 at night. I really got to watch the crew work on the car and see how the process worked. Being part of that definitely made me more comfortable."I probably did close to 200 laps at Greenville, and just to get that seat time is important."

WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR YOUR FIRST CAREER RACE AT GREENVILLE-PICKENS SPEEDWAY?

"My personal goal is to qualify well. The way the track looks, qualifying is very important there. If you start up front, you're going to get away from crashes and everything that's bound to happen throughout the race."My personal goal is a top-10 finish. The car is definitely capable of more, but for me to go there and get a good top-10 finish would be awesome."

DESCRIBE YOUR TESTING EXPERIENCE WITH FADDEN RACING EARLIER THIS MONTH.

"I definitely felt better after. I haven't had a lot of time in these kind of cars at a track where I was comfortable. I love Loudon -- don't get me wrong -- but it's not something I'm used to. I'm used to the ACT Tour and the smaller tracks we run on there."(The short tracks) were a lot more what I'm used to."

TEAM OWNER MIKE OLSEN ON HAVING JOEY POLEWARCZYK JR. IN THE CAR THIS WEEK:

"Joey is a very talented driver and we're excited to be giving him the chance to show that at this level. Joey came and tested with us earlier this month and he showed he could get the job done. We're pretty confident heading into this race."

CONFIMRED: Polewarczyk To Race Six K&N Events For Fadden Racing

HUDSON, N.H. -- American-Canadian Tour star Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., has confirmed that he will team up with Fadden Racing to run the first six NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races of the 2010 season. Shawn Courchesne of The Hartford Courant first reported the story on Tuesday evening.

"It's going to be a busy summer, for sure," Polewarczyk said. "I'm excited about it. It's going to be a lot of fun." The 20 year-old tested a Fadden Racing K&N Pro Series car for team owner Mike Olsen at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga., and Greenville-Pickens (S.C.) Speedway last week, and ran one race for the team at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last September. "I think it's a great opportunity," said the Hudson, N.H., driver. "Really, we're just doing what we can to help Mike out, and hopefully we can see what happens from there."

In addition to his new venture with Olsen, Polewarczyk will seek his first ACT Late Model Tour championship with Ford Racing. "I really want to focus on doing this ACT deal," Polewarczyk said. "If I do really well with Ford this year, there's no telling what kind of opportunities it could lead to with them.

"Every driver before the season starts wants to win the championship. I could have last year if we didn't slump in mid-season. Last season, mid-season was as bad as we could get, but it was our own fault. But last season also brought the team so much closer together. We fought through it, got better and it's going to be a good year for us."

Polewarczyk's K&N Pro Series East schedule will take him to Greenville-Pickens on March 27 and South Boston (Va.) Speedway on April 3 before the 14-race ACT season opens at his home track, Lee USA (N.H.) Speedway, on April 18. Polewarczyk's other confirmed K&N events will be at Iowa Speedway (May 23), Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (June 6), New Hampshire Motor Speedway (June 25), and Connecticut's Lime Rock Park road course on July 3.

Polewarczyk to Test K&N Pro Series Car

(From Joey Pole Racing press release)

HUDSON, N.H. -- Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., will test a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East car with Fadden Racing next week.

Polewarczyk, who owns five career ACT Late Model Tour victories, will test for team owner Mike Olsen during a southern states swing to open the month of March. Polewarczyk will test at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga., on Monday, March 1. On March 2, Polewarczyk heads to Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, S.C., and then to South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Va., on Wednesday, March 3.

"It's a real great opportunity," said Polewarczyk, who has three career starts in the K&N Pro Series, formerly known as the NASCAR Camping World East Series. "Even though I've had three races with these cars before, I haven't ever really had one full day just to go and test the cars and get really comfortable. That, to me, is just going to build my confidence."

Polewarczyk, 20, competed for Fadden Racing last September in his only K&N Pro Series race of the 2009 season. He started fourth before finishing 28th in the 35-car field after being involved in a late-race incident not of his own making.

Polewarczyk made his K&N Pro Series debut at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway in July 2008 with a 16th-place finish for owner Barney McRae. Later that season, he posted a career-best finish of sixth at New Hampshire in a Dave Davis-owned car.

"It's getting closer to racing season here, so just to get some seat time next week and get away from the snow up here will be nice," Polewarczyk said. "It will be good to get back at it."

Polewarczyk finished fourth in the ACT Late Model Tour standings in 2009.