Mike Kowalski Driver/Owner

Mike's Career began in 1956 in Danbury, CT working with his Uncle and father on his uncle's stock car. Tinkering with the big boys earned him the position of Crew Chief in 1965.

During the two years Mike served as Crew Chief for his uncle's car they finished third in the points race for two concessive seasons.

Later while serving with the military in the North West Region of the United States, Mike served as Crew Chief for a hobby car and a straight up sprint car. The hobby car was the 1971 points champion and the straight up sprint car ranked in the top ten.

After his obligation to the military was complete Mike moved back to CT and became Crew Chief for a modified car in Danbury. Again, with Mike's determination and experienced leadership this car finished top ten in points.

Mike and his family moved once again to Bristol, Virginia. Here his love of competition lead him to tractor pulling. In 1989 he began with a 1965 Pro-Street 4-Wheel drive Ford Truck. With this truck Mike earned a second place finish in points in his first season. His first win was in Abingdon, Virginia in 1992 and he continued to win the points championship for the next 3 concessive seasons. Mike held the coveted honor of 4-WD truck champion until 1996.

Having felt he had conquered the 4-wheel truck division Mike was seeking a bigger challenge. In the winter of 1996 he decided to enter a class that would open up a all new aspect of tractor pulling, Mini-Modified Tractors. Mike removed the 572 cubic inch Ford motor from the 5800 LB 4-WD truck and put it in a 1850 LB mini-modifed frame.

Mike quickly learned there is a huge difference in driving a 4-WD truck as opposed to driving a mini-modified tractor, considering 90% of the time the two front wheels of the mini-mod is off the ground. His first win was again in Abingdon in 1997. Since then Mike and his team has traveled to many NTPA events and practically every time Mike has finished in the top five.

Since Mike was a past 3 year champion in the 4-WD class no one was offering him free advice, so through trial and error Mike's mini mods as well as his skills driving and building them has developed and refined since 1989. Now with his second bigger and better tractor called Chain Reaction Mike is poised to break out and become the front leader in the mini-modified class. Watch for Mike to climb in the rankings with the years to come.

Mike's married to Dee, a office manager for Century 21. They met while he was serving in the Airforce in Mountain Home, Idaho. They have two daughters, Stephnie who is also a tractor pull driver and Christina who attends school in Bend, Oregon. Chris went to Oregon to visit her mother's family, loved it and decided to stay. Her parents and sister miss her very much. She would like to work with the preservation of endanger species in the future.