Travis Kvapil - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Testing at Texas:

hearing Chevy trucks are at Texas for a two day test from 2:00 - 10:00pm on Monday/Tuesday, April 21st/22nd.(4-21-2003) UPDATE: Six NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Chevrolet teams are testing at Texas Motor Speedway Monday and Tuesday from 1:00 - 9:00pm in preparation...

Musgrave on the pole at Martinsville:

#1-Ted Musgrave won the pole at Martinsville Speedway for the Advance Auto Parts 250 with a speed of 91.297mph, outside pole goes to #4-Bobby Hamilton. NASCAR team owner #33-Andy Petree will start 4th, Cup drivers #52-Ken Schrader will start 9th and #6-Kevin Harvick...

Setzer wins at Mesa Marin and ties a record:

#46-Dennis Setzer won the Lucas Oil 250 on Sunday at Mesa Marin Raceway to match the CTS record for victories in consecutive seasons. Setzer won for the sixth straight season, matching the mark set by Jack Sprague in 2001. Setzer started 12th in his Chevrolet, and ...

Hamilton wins at Darlington:

#4-Bobby Hamilton held off #1-Ted Musgrave by .139 seconds to win Friday's Craftsman 200 at Darlington Raceway - his first win of the season. #62-Brendan Gaughan finished third, completing a Dodge sweep of the top three. #16-Travis Kvapil was fourth in a Chevrolet ...

Rain Nixes Truck Qualifying:

Rain today washed out qualifying for the Track Too Tough To Tame 200 Craftsman Truck Series race and remains a threat to disrupt other NASCAR events at Darlington Raceway this weekend. Forecasters, however, don't expect a complete washout. The Weather Channel's Weather...

Crawford wins Daytona:

#14-Rick Crawford won the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona on Friday, his 2nd career win and first in 120 races, Homstead in 1998. #16-Travis Kvapil was 2nd with #59-Robert Pressley third and #4-Bobby Hamilton 4th. For results, see ThatsRacin.com.(2-14-2003)...

Little slow

so I though I'd post this, pretty interesting - Ideal Gifts for Craftsman Truck Series Racers -- Sears motorsports marketing manager Tour Claiborne went Christmas shopping for the race drivers in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He pored over the 2002-2003 Craftsman...

Kvapil gets a teammate? and a sponsor? UPDATE:

Hearing that Tim Woods will become #16-Travis Kvapil's teammate in the Truck series at the IWX team. Hearing Vokal could be a sponsor. Dave Fuge, Jr. will crew chief for Woods(12-14-2002) UPDATE: I hear the team has spoken to Tim Woods, but that's as far as it has ...

Kvapil in the #16 for 2003:

Travis Kvapil, the 2001 Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, will drive for the 2002 series Champions - IWX Racing - next season. The seat opened when Mike Bliss announced this week that he would be joining the [#20] BGN team at Joe Gibbs...

Gibbs to drop McLaughlin UPDATE 4 Bliss or Kvapil?

Joe Gibbs Racing is expected to announce today that Mike McLaughlin, driver of the team's #18 MBNA Pontiac in the BGN, won't be returning to the team next year, NASCAR Winston Cup Scene reporter Rick Houston has learned. No replacement driver is expected to be named...

Harvick wins at Phoenix:

#6-Kevin Harvick won his first ever CTS race (in his 75th start), joining Mark Martin, Bobby Hamilton, Terry Labonte and Ken Schrader as the five drivers who have won races in the 3 major NASCAR divisions: Cup, BGN and CTS. #1-Ted Musgrave was 2nd, #14-Rick Crawford...

Musgrave wins at California:

#1-Ted Musgrave came from the back of the field and pulled away to an easy victory Saturday in the American Racing Wheels 200 CTS race at California Speedway. #2-Jason Leffler was 2nd followed by #62-Brendan Gaughan, #60-Travis Kvapil and #14-Rick Crawford. Series ...

Bliss or Kvapil to Gibbs in the BGN? UPDATE:

CTS drivers Mike Bliss and Travis Kvapil are supposedly the two leading canadidates to drive the #20 Rockwell Automation Chevy in 2003. Bliss' CTS owner, Steve Coulter says the #16 CTS team will return in 2003 but they are looking for a sponsor.(Winston Cup Scene need...

Starr wins at Vegas:

#75-David Starr broke a 65-race winless streak Sunday, outdueling points leader #16-Mike Bliss in the Las Vegas 350. Starr and Bliss circled the track just feet apart over the final four laps. Starr held a lead of about a truck-length beginning the final lap and edged...

Bliss wins at South Boston:

#16-Mike Bliss won the Hardees 250 at Big Daddys South Boston Speedway. Bliss, who started second in the 36-truck field, pitted on the 92nd lap and dropped to 13th place. Bliss, who entered the race with a 40-point lead over #14-Rick Crawford, extended the advantage...

Gaughan wins at Texas:

#62-Brendan Gaughan won his 2nd career CTS race and swept both races at Texas in 2002 becoming the the first two-time winner in the ten truck races at Texas Motor Speedway. #20-Coy Gibbs was 2nd (aa career best) followed by #75-David Starr, #14-Rick Crawford and #60...

Bliss on the pole at Nashville:

Points leader #16-Mike Bliss won the pole Friday for the CTS Federated Auto Parts 200 on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. Bliss, five points ahead of #29-Terry Cook and 29 in front of #2-Jason Leffler after 14 of 22 events, drove his Chevrolet to a track-record...

Cook wins race at IRP:

#29-Terry Cook dominated Friday's Power Stroke Diesel 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park, leading 189 laps and winning the Truck series race by more than a second. Cook, who started on the pole in his Ford, won for the second time in three races and posted a season-high...

Pressley wins at MIS:

#18-Robert Pressley edged #2-Jason Leffler by 0.102 seconds in the eighth-closest finish in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history to win the Michigan 200 on Saturday. Pressley led 74 of 100 laps and won for the second time this season. He averaged a series track-record...

Cook on the pole at Milwaukee:

Terry Cook won the pole for Saturday's NASCAR truck series race at The Milwaukee Mile with a speed of 119.784 mph. The pole speed was the slowest for the series at The Milwaukee Mile since 1997 due to a harder compound tire and a smaller carburetor. #1-Ted Musgrave...