. Growing up, Pollard raced at Senoia Speedway in
Senoia, Georgia, a track that his grandfather owned. He was invited on
Roush Racing: Driver X in 2005 but did not win the contest, and besides for sporadic
ARCA Re/Max Series starts, did not have the funding to compete on a national level. During the 2017
Snowball Derby,
Noah Gragson nicknamed Pollard "Redneck Jesus" for his popularity in the short-track racing community and his success. On August 3, 2019, Pollard and
Matt Craig battled for the win in a
CARS Tour race at
Hickory Speedway. Craig won the race, and upon parking his car on pit road after the race, Pollard was offered a hand gesture by Craig's father. Pollard got out of his car and fought Craig's father before local law enforcement separated the two; Pollard was later fined his $1,500 race winnings and was suspended for the next five CARS Tour events. In September 2019, Pollard won his second consecutive Canadian Short Track Nationals at
Jukasa Motor Speedway, winning $75,000 CAD ($56,000 USD). In October 2019, Pollard ran for
JR Motorsports in the
ValleyStar Credit Union 300. The partnership bloomed from Pollard developing a friendship with JRM late model driver
Josh Berry during the 2019
CARS Tour season. To start off 2020, Pollard ran a
tour-type Modified for NASCAR Cup Series driver
Ryan Preece at the World Series of Asphalt at
New Smyrna Speedway. It was announced on March 9, 2020, that Pollard would make his debut in the
ARCA Menards Series East, driving
DGR-Crosley's No. 17 Ford in the race at
Five Flags. The race was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, but Pollard continued racing his super late model through the summer, scoring a Southern Super Series win at Five Flags. Pollard ventured to
Jennerstown Speedway in
Pennsylvania, winning a CARS/CRA co-sanctioned race. He also traveled to
Wisconsin International Raceway for the
ARCA Midwest Tour's Dixieland 250 and won his debut race at Citrus County Speedway. ==Personal life==