Travis Kvapil No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra Daytona International Speedway – NextEra Energy 250 February 18, 2011
Travis Kvapil at Daytona International Speedway (NCWTS) Date Race Start Finish LC / TL Status Money 02/16/07 Chevy Silverado HD 250 4 3 100/100 Running $46,175 02/13/04 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 3 2 100/100 Running $54,500 02/14/03 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 7 2 106/106 Running $53,725 02/15/02 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 8 20 98/100 Running $15,215 02/16/01 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 9 25 73/104 Running $12,865 TOTAL/AVERAGE 6.2 10.4 477/510 (93.5%) $182,480 Starts Poles Wins Top-Fives Top-10s LC/TL Money Won 5 0 0 3 3 477/510 (93.5%) $182,480 No. 5 Randy Moss Motorsports International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra News and Notes
* This Week’s Tundra…The No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra team and driver Travis Kvapil will race MDM-45 in Friday’s 100-lap NCWTS event at Daytona International Speedway. The chassis was last utilized by the No. 5 team at Talladega Superspeedway in Oct. 2010 where the team scored a 15th-place finish.
* Welcome to the Team… Travis Kvapil will make his debut with Randy Moss Motorsports at the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway. The 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion will pilot the No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra full-time throughout the 2011 season and will race for the NCWTS championship.
* Meet Travis…Fans will have two opportunities to meet Travis Kvapil throughout the race weekend at Daytona International Speedway. The driver of the International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra will join other Tundra drivers to meet fans and sign autographs at the Toyota Pit Pass Display on Friday, February 18th from 3:00-3:30 p.m. EST. Kvapil will then go to the Sprint Fan Zone to meet fans at the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series autograph session. That session will feature several drivers from the NCWTS and will be held near the Goodyear Legends display from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST.
* Up Front at Daytona…With three top-three finishes in his last three starts at Daytona International Speedway, Travis Kvapil is known for being a tough competitor at the 2.5-mile Florida track. In five starts, the driver has achieved an average starting position of 6.2, ranking him second on the list for drivers with multiple starts at the superspeedway. Furthermore, the former champion has led nearly 15% of the laps he has attempted at DIS. * Follow Travis…Fans are invited to follow Travis Kvapil, driver of the No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra, on twitter @TravisKvapil and on Facebook (facebook.com/TravisKvapil). Fans can also check out http://www.traviskvapil.com for news, updates, and photos throughout the week.
* Watch and Listen…The NextEra Energy Resources 250 from Daytona International Speedway will be broadcast live on SPEED, MRN Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 128, beginning at 7:30 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 18. Fans can also watch practice live on SPEED at 4:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday, and 12:00 p.m. EST on Thursday. Qualifying for the 250-mile race will be broadcast on SPEED at 6:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 17. Crew Chief Rick Viers on racing at Daytona International Speedway “Daytona will mark my first race with the International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra team and my first race with Randy Moss Motorsports. Travis [Kvapil] has a great record at Daytona [International Speedway] and I’m very excited to have him behind the wheel of our truck this weekend. With the new surface, we really don’t know what this weekend will bring, but I have a lot of confidence that you will see the No. 5 machine near the front of the field.”
Travis Kvapil on driving at Daytona International Speedway “Running at Daytona [International Speedway] in the [NASCAR Camping World] Truck Series is always a lot of fun. The trucks punch a big hole in the air and create big drafts, so it’s a lot of exciting racing. I’ve been very close to winning there twice, so hopefully we can seal the deal this weekend. I feel really confident that if we can go there and run up front, we will be in the mix toward the end and have a shot at winning.”
Travis Kvapil Camping World Truck Series Career Totals Races Wins Top-Fives Top-10s Poles Money Won 132 9 50 82 4 $3,230,527
No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Tundra 2011 Race Results Date Track Start Finish Status Money Won 2/18/2011 Daytona International Speedway 2/25/2011 Phoenix International Raceway 3/12/2011 Darlington Raceway 4/2/2011 Martinsville Speedway 4/22/2011 Nashville Superspeedway 5/13/2011 Dover International Speedway 5/20/2011 Charlotte Motor Speedway 6/4/2011 Kansas Speedway 6/10/2011 Texas Motor Speedway 7/7/2011 Kentucky Speedway 7/16/2011 Iowa Speedway 7/22/2011 Nashville Superspeedway 7/29/2011 O’Reilly Raceway Park 8/6/2011 Pocono Raceway 8/20/2011 Michigan International Speedway 8/24/2011 Bristol Motor Speedway 9/2/2011 Atlanta Motor Speedway 9/16/2011 Chicagoland Speedway 9/24/2011 New Hampshire Motor Speedway 10/1/2011 Kentucky Speedway 10/15/2011 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 10/22/2011 Talladega Superspeedway 10/29/2011 Martinsville Speedway 11/4/2011 Texas Motor Speedway 11/18/2011 Homestead-Miami Speedway Totals
Travis Kvapil Driver Bio Birthdate: March 1, 1976 Hometown: Janesville, WI Residence: Mooresville, NC Status: Married to Jennifer Children: Kelsey, Carson, Caden With the 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship highlighting his resume, Travis Kvapil is sure to be an asset to the No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra team throughout the 2011 season at Randy Moss Motorsports. Over the last decade, the Janesville, Wis., native has established himself as a tough competitor in the top levels of motorsports and a mainstay in the NASCAR arena.
In 2011, Kvapil will take over the wheel of the No. 5 machine to chase his second NCWTS title in his young career.
Growing up working on cars in his dad’s garage, racing was a natural progression for Wisconsin-native Travis Kvapil. Kvapil first got behind the wheel of a racecar at the age of 14, competing at Rockford Speedway and sharpening his skills on the Midwest short track circuits. By 18, Kvapil won the American Short Tracker division track championship, and then moved up the ranks to race Super Late Models at Madison International Speedway.
“Wisconsin’s Fastest Half Mile” couldn’t slow down Kvapil, who earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1995 in his first season of competition. Kvapil returned to the track the following year, earning the championship and becoming the youngest Super Late Model track champion in Madison International Speedway’s history.
In 2001, Kvapil made his debut in the NASCAR ranks, earning a ride in the No. 60 Addington Racing entry in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Kvapil posted his first top-10 when he finished runner-up in his just his second NCWTS start at Homestead-Miami Speedway that February.
Kvapil would ultimately score 11 top-five and 18 top-10 finishes in 24 races that season, finishing fourth in the NCWTS driver standings as a rookie. Kvapil earned his first win in the series at Texas Motor Speedway and took home the NCWTS Rookie of the Year title.
After signing with Xpress Motorsports, Kvapil drove the No. 16 truck in 2003. Kvapil added another win to his stats after taking the checkered flag at Bristol Motor Speedway, and completed all but one lap that season, earning a 99.9% lap completion rate. With 13 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes in the first 24 starts of the season, a sixth-place finish at the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway would allow Kvapil to edge out Dennis Setzer by nine points to win the 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
In 2004, Kvapil brought his talents to Bang! Racing, driving the No. 24 truck for Alexander Meshkin. During that season, Kvapil gave Toyota its first win in one of NASCAR’s top-three series at Michigan International Speedway, and then earned his second win of the season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Kvapil earned his first career pole and totaled six top-five and 10 top-10 finishes, finishing in the top-10 in driver points for the fourth consecutive season. Additionally, near the end of the 2004 season, Roger Penske invited Kvapil to drive the No. 06 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry for Penske Racing for three races. Kvapil qualified fifth in his NSCS debut, finishing 21st. Roger Penske was so impressed by Kvapil’s performance in the three races he completed that he signed him to drive the No. 77 for the 2005 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Despite earning two top-10 finishes, the No. 77 team closed its doors at the end of the season. Kvapil got behind the wheel of the No. 32 Tide Chevrolet for PPI Motorsports in 2006.
Kvapil received a huge opportunity when Jack Roush, owner of Roush Fenway Racing, offered him a seat in the No. 6 Ford F-150 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2007. Kvapil had a landmark season, collecting four wins, three poles, eight top-five and 12 top-10 finishes, ending the season sixth in the driver standings.
Since 2008, Kvapil has been a mainstay in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage while racing for Yates Racing and Front Row Motorsports. With a handful of top-ten finishes and a pole award from Talladega Superspeedway (Oct. 2008) in the Sprint Cup Series, Kvapil returns to Randy Moss Motorsports with the hope of winning his second NCWTS title.
