Catchfence

Greenville, S.C. (March 28, 2010): Late Model sensation Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk had high aspirations heading into the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Instead, the driver of the No. 16 Fadden Racing entry left on a note of frustration and with a torn-up racecar. The caution plagued race had more than its share of victims and Polewarczyk was able to survive with a decent 12th place finish.

“The car was too tight from the center off, but we made a bunch of pit stops to try and adjust for that. We made the car better, but there was just wreck after wreck after wreck,” Polewarczyk said. “This is my first race on a short track with these guys and there is no give and take. If there’s a hole, someone is going to take it. I know how it is to fix a body panel and work all week on it. This being my first week, I backed out a lot of times.”

Polewarczyk started the race from the 16th position and spent the first half of the race maintaining his position in the top-15 while pitting during caution periods for adjustments. In the second half, Polewarczyk got caught up in an accident at lap 79.

“Someone hit the 35 and he spun. He spun up into my lane. I was going to go low but cars were coming that way and then I was going to go high and I would have been in the marbles. I just stopped. I didn’t hit him (the 35), but then someone else just never stopped behind me. It pushed me into him and that’s how the front got crinkled and the rear got crinkled.”

Crew chief Harry Norcross had Polewarczyk bring the car onto pit road, and after pulling out some sheet metal, sent him back onto the track. Cautions dominated the second half of the race making it hard for the young driver to advance through the field. By the time the checkers dropped, Polewarczyk had posted a 12th place finish on the lead lap.

“I’m happy with working with these guys (at Fadden Racing) and with this crew,” he said. “Considering the way the car looks and for how many times we pitted, this is a decent finish. I know this team is capable and I know this car is capable. We were off on the setup a little tonight and we got all banged up, a 12th place finish is a lot better than what I thought we were going to come out of here with.”

Fadden Racing and Joey Polewarczyk return to action on Saturday, April 3 at South Boston Speedway.

For more information on Fadden Racing, visit www.faddenracing.net.

- Fadden Racing Press Release