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==