Travis Kvapil, sidelined since Bristol, says his Sprint Cup career is still in a holding pattern.”This is definitely where I want to be,” Kvapil said after flying into Talladega Superspeedway to serve as a relief driver for Sam Hornish Jr.”I feel like I can get it done at this level.” Four of Kvapils 110 career Cup starts came earlier this season in the Yates Racing #28 Ford. But a lack of sponsorship eventually led the organization to shut the team down. Yates Racing continues to field Fords for drivers #96-Bobby Labonte, in a Hall of Fame entry, and #98-Paul Menard.”The 28 deal, if we can get sponsors and get that [team] back on the track, obviously thats first and foremost what wed like to have happen,” Kvapil, 33, said.”If not, maybe another opportunity will come up. I felt like what we did last year “ we ran well, ended up 23rd in points with very limited funding [should be worth something]. Currently, he said, theres not much movement in relation to driver changes at the Cup level. Contact with interested parties has been virtually non-existent.”But its still early. If people are going to make [driver] changes, it will be probably another month or so before they do,” he said. As it turned out, Kvapil wasn’t needed at Talladega “ Hornish wound up staying in the car for the duration and eventually finished 34th.”I hate to wish bad luck on anybody, but Im ready to go,” Kvapil said. “Im starting to get the [racing] itch real bad.”(SceneDaily)(4-29-2009)
