Travis Kvapil - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

#16 to Toyota? Sprague back to the CTS? UPDATE Sprague in a 2nd truck team:

in a column on the Speed Channel site, Ray Dunlap mentions: Sometime in the early part of August, the Toyota brass is expected to announce which teams will be competing for them in the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The rumor mill has never been busier. Everything...

Edwards wins at IRP:

One moment rookie #99-Carl Edwards was fighting hard to hold off veteran #14-Rick Crawford, and the next Edwards was sailing to his second Truck Series victory of the season. Crawford was closing fast on Edwards with nine of 200 laps remaining in Friday night's Power...

Gaughan wins at MIS:

#62-Brendan Gaughan ran the fastest race in NASCAR Truck series history and continued his domination of the circuit by winning Saturday at Michigan International Speedway. Gaughan averaged 154.044mph in the Sears 200, his second consecutive victory and fourth in the...

Leffler breaks track record at MIS:

#2-Jason Leffler won the pole for Saturday's Sears 200 at Michigan International Speedway with a track record speed of 178.037mph. Jamie McMurray was the old record holder at 177.414. #18-Chad Chaffin will start 2nd, followed by #1-Ted Musgrave, #99-Carl Edwards and...

Gaughan wins at Gateway; Kvapil keeps points lead:

#62-Brendan Gaughan held off #2-Jason Leffler by a truck length Saturday night in the Dodge Ram Tough 200 NASCAR Truck series race at Gateway International Raceway. Gaughan, who pushed his Dodge to the front for the final time on the 50th of 160 laps, led the rest ...

Qualifying was rained out

and cancelled at Gateway International Raceway for the Ram Tough 200. #16-Travis Kvapil starts 1st with #1-Ted Musgrave next to him on the front row as the field was set by the rules book/owners points. 36 trucks were at the track, all made the race [full field is ...

Edwards wins at Kentucky:

#99-Carl Edwards raced to his first NASCAR Truck series victory Saturday night, beating #1-Ted Musgrave by 3.568 seconds in the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. Edwards, a 23-year-old rookie from Columbia, Mo., finished second last week at Kansas Speedway...

Wood is on the pole at Kentucky:

#50-Jon Wood, coming off his first NASCAR Truck series win last week, earned his second career pole Friday night for the Built Ford Tough 225 with a qualifying record for the series of 169.641mph at Kentucky Speedway. Bryan Reffner had held the record after a 168.46...

Jon Wood wins at Kansas:

#50-Jon Wood won the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway, his first ever win the the Truck Series [after 49 starts] and a win for his new sponsor, presidential candidate of U.S. Senator Bob Graham. His teammate, #99-Carl Edwards, unsponsored, finished 2nd. The...

Musgrave wins at Memphis:

#1-Ted Musgrave passed #50-Jon Wood with 14 laps remaining to win the O'Reilly 200 Truck Series race Saturday at Memphis Motorsports Park. Musgrave averaged a race record 86.087 mph and won $46,875. The victory was his second this season and 12th in his Truck Series...

Wood wins the pole at Memphis:

#50-Jon Wood won his first career pole Friday for the O'Reilly 200 Truck series race at Memphis Motorsports Park. The best previous qualifying result for Wood was a fourth-place start last month at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He's competing on a race-to-race basis, and ...

Gaughan wins at Texas again:

#62-Brendan Gaughan finally regained the lead with five laps left and went on to win his third straight NASCAR Truck series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night. After getting blocked in the pits twice, dropping from the lead to 11th place during a caution ...

Qualifying Rained out at Texas, Hamilton starts first:

Season points leader #4-Bobby Hamilton will start from the pole in the Truck Series race at Texas after qualifying was canceled Thursday because of rain. The lineup for Friday night's O'Reilly 400K was determined by season points and other criteria. It's the third ...

Leffler wins at Dover:

#2-Jason Leffler, in his first race with new crew chief Dennis Connor, won his first Truck Series race [after 29 tries and six 2nd place finishes] at Dover International Speedway. Leffler is the 40th different winner in the series history. #4-Bobby Hamilton was 2nd...

Qualifying Rained out at Dover:

Rain on Thursday washed out qualifying for Friday's NASCAR Truck series MBNA Armed Forces Family 200 at Dover International Speedway, putting points leader #4-Bobby Hamilton on the pole. #14-Rick Crawford, second in points, will start alongside Hamilton on the front...

Congrats:

Jennifer and Travis Kvapil, driver of the No. 16 IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, welcomed a son into the world on Thursday. Carson Wade Kvapil was born at 4:48 p.m., weighing 8 lbs., 2 oz. and he is 20 inches long. Carson joins older...

Musgrave wins at Charlotte:

#1-Ted Musgrave won the Hardee's 200 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, his 11th career Truck Series win. The rest of the top five were #62-Brendan Gaughan, #14-Rick Crawford, #16-Travis Kvapil and #6-Kevin Harvick.(see full story at ThatsRacin.com) See results at: ThatsRacin...

New #16 Crew Chief:

Chris Showalter, 29, has been promoted to the position of crew chief for the #16 IWX Motor Freight Chevy Truck Series team with driver Travis Kvapil. Showalter, a native of Amherst, Ohio, was the car chief for the 2002 series championship team. He takes over for Dave...

Tuesday Testing at Charlotte:

Bobby Hamilton topped the speed charts Tuesday as the Truck Series teams tested at Lowe's Motor Speedway in preparation for the inaugural Hardee's 200 on May 16. Heavy afternoon rain cut the Truck Series test session to just three hours. It was shortly after 7:00pm...

Truck drivers to go Karting:

Ten of the Series' toughest drivers will tackle the 12-turn road course at Victory Lane Indoor Karting Center in Charlotte on Wed., May 14 as part of the "Craftsman Go-Kart Challenge." The drivers will be dueling for bragging rights, in hopes of becoming the first-...