Next week, Travis Kvapil will be pulling on his racing helmet at Daytona International Speedway, but this weekend he’s headed to Texas with his cheesehead hat. The driver of the #34 Long John Silver’s Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will attend Sunday’s Super Bowl XLV in Arlington to cheer on his home-state team, the Green Bay Packers. “I’ve been a Packers fan my whole life,” said the Janesville, Wisc., native. “Growing up in Wisconsin, you’d go to church on Sunday morning, then go home and watch the Packers game. When I was a kid, the Packers weren’t really good, but I still cheered for them every weekend and they were still my favorite team.” Kvapil’s favorite memory as a Packer fan is going to Lambeau Field, Green Bay’s historic football stadium, for the first time. “It’s just such a unique place,” described Kvapil. “It’s not like other big-city football stadiums. It’s in almost a residential neighborhood, so it’s not what you might expect. When I walked in, I just felt like I was part of something special. I thought back to Vince Lombardi and Bart Starr and guys who won the first championships back in the 60s. To think they were in that same place where I was, it was pretty cool.”(Breaking Limits)(2-4-2011) UPDATE: Kevin Harvick is scheduled to appear on FOX’s pre-game show between 2 and 4 pm/et live. Among the other NASCAR drivers planning to attend today’s game are Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch and two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Todd Bodine.(SPEED)(2-6-2011)
