| Born: | March 1, 1976 | |
| Birthplace: | Janesville, Wisconsin | |
| Achievements: | — | |
| Awards: | 2001 CTS Rookie of the Year | |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics | ||
| Car #, Team | #28 - Yates Racing | |
| First Race: | 2004 Subway 500 (Martinsville) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 5 | 0 |
| NASCAR Nationwide Series Statistics | ||
| First Race: | 2001 Outback Steakhouse 300 (Kentucky) | |
| Last Race: | 2007 Food City 250 (Bristol | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Statistics | ||
| Car #, Team | #09 - Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Best NCTS Position: | 1st - 2003 (Craftsman Truck Series) | |
| First Race: | 2001 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Daytona) | |
| First Win: | 2001 Silverado 350 (Texas) | |
| Last Win: | 2007 Smith's Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 9 | 79 | 4 |
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Travis Kvapil (pronounced kwah-pil) (born March 1, 1976, in Janesville, Wisconsin) is an American race car driver. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Janesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States. It is the County seat of Rock County and the principal municipality of the Janesville He currently drives the #28 Ford for Yates Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the #09 Ford F-150 for Roush Fenway Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Yates Racing is a Motorsports racing team that currently races in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. For the 1999-present F-250 and higher models see Ford Super Duty. Roush Fenway Racing (formerly Roush Racing) is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing
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Early career
Kvapil began racing at Rockford Speedway in Rockford, Illinois, in 1992 and won the American Short Tracker division track championship in 1994. Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois [1] He then moved up to super late models at Madison International Speedway and was the track rookie of the year in 1995. The Madison International Speedway (MIS is a stock car racing Oval in the town of Rutland in rural Oregon Wisconsin (near Madison) a short He became the track's youngest super late model track champion in 1996. He moved up to a Midwest regional touring series - the ARTGO series (now Midwest Challenge Series). He finished in the Top 10 in points every season from 1998 to 2000.
NASCAR career
Craftsman Truck Series
In 2001, Kvapil made his debut in the Craftsman Truck Series driving the #60 CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet owned by Addington Racing. The 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began February 16 and ended November 3 Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. Addington Racing is a former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team He had one win and 18 Top 10 finishes in 24 starts which led him to finish fourth in the season standings. He was awarded the Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year. The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season
In 2002, he had one win and 14 Top 10 finishes to finish ninth in the final points standings. The 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began February 15 and ended November 15.
In 2003, he switched to the #16 IWX MotorFreight Chevrolet for Steve Coulter and XPress Motorsports. The 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was held February 14 and ended November 14. Steve Coulter is a team owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Xpress Motorsports is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team It fields the #16 Toyota Tundra owned by J He had an excellent year, winning his first Craftsman Truck Series Championship, one win and 22 top ten finishes in 25 starts. Kvapil also completed every lap but one throughout the season, recording a 99. 9% lap completion rate that still stands as a Craftsman Truck Series record.
In 2004, he again changed teams, this time for Alexander Meshkin in the #24 Line-X-Benders Toyota for Bang! Racing. The 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season began on February 13 and ended on November Bang! Racing is a former NASCAR team It was owned by entrepreneur Alex Meshkin, as well as Larry McReynolds and fielded entries in the NASCAR In 2004 Kvapil won the Line-X 200 at Michigan International Raceway to give Toyota their first win in the top tiers of NASCAR. He also made his first NEXTEL Cup start, driving three races in the #06 Mobil One Dodge for Penske Racing South. Penske Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR.
For the 2007 season, Kvapil returned to the Truck Series to drive the #6 truck for Roush Fenway Racing, winning four races and recording 12 Top 10 finishes, and finishing sixth in the final points standings. The 12th season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season set off on February 16, 2007 at Daytona Roush Fenway Racing (formerly Roush Racing) is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing He returned to Roush Fenway in 2008 after Joey Clanton was released from the #09 ride, in addition to driving for Yates in Cup. The 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began on February 15, 2008 at Daytona International Joseph Clanton (born in Tyrone Georgia on November 1, 1972) is an American race car driver and businessman
Sprint/NEXTEL Cup
In 2005, he signed with Penske Racing to drive the #77 Kodak Dodge. The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series began on Saturday February 12. Penske Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. Eastman Kodak Company ( is an American multinational Public company which produces imaging and photographic materials and equipment He scored two top-10 finishes and finished 33rd in points. At the end of the season, Penske folded the team after Kodak pulled its sponsorship.
In 2006, he drove the #32 PPI Motorsports Tide Chevrolet. The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday February 12 with the Bud Shootout and ended on Sunday November PPI Motorsports was a race team which competed in the NEXTEL Cup Series and various Off-road racing circuits Tide is the name of a popular Laundry detergent on the market in Canada, the United States and other countries Kvapil's best finish came at Pocono and Talladega, both with 19th-place finishes. After spending one season in the Craftsman Truck Series, Kvapil returned full time to the Cup series in 2008 as the driver of the #28 Yates Racing Ford. The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series began on February 9 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout, followed by pole qualifying on Sunday February He started the year without full sponsorship. For the Daytona 500, K&N Filters sponsored the team. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. K&N Engineering Inc is a manufacturer of automobile parts best known for air filters Two weeks later at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he scored an 8th place finish, the third of his career. Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, is a 1200 acre (4 Zaxby's, Kvapil's sponsor in the Truck Series, sponsored the #28 team for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the fourth race of the season. Zaxby's is a franchised chain of Fast casual restaurants that operates primarily in the Southeastern United States. The Kobalt Tools 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race that is actually in length held in March at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton Georgia Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is an Intermediate track in Hampton Georgia, twenty miles (32 km south of In the Aaron's 499 he finished in the 6th position with a one race sponsorship from Northern Tool and Equipment. The Aaron's 499 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Northern Tool and Equipment is a Tool and power equipment retailer Headquartered in Burnsville, Minnesota, with 65 retail stores in eleven The Next race Richmond Kvapil's sponsor was Discount tires he finished 16th. At Darlington He was sponsered by LaFayette Ford and finished 6th. At the coca-cola 600 Kvapil was sponsored by Lumber Liquidators and finshed 26th. At Dover He finished 11th unsponsred.
References
- ^ "Rockford Speedway is a "NASCAR home track"; Kevin Ramsell; March 6, 2007; Retrieved October 22, 2007
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