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Kvapil Returns To The Truck Series At Lowe's

Thursday May 8, 2008

 

CONCORD, N.C. — Although Travis Kvapil is scheduled to run the full
2008 Sprint Cup Series for Yates Racing, he is also driving the No. 09
Zaxby’s Ford F-150 for Roush Fenway Racing in 11 Craftsman Truck
Series races this season. In only three starts in the truck series so
far, Kvapil has two top-10 finishes. Next Friday he will compete in the
North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

IN THREE STARTS AT LOWE’S IN THE TRUCKS YOU HAVE ONE TOP-FIVE AND TWO
TOP-10 FINISHES. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN THERE? “To win at Lowe’s
you’ve got to have a good handling package and good downforce in the
corners, and with the new engine package these trucks have you really
have to get down the straightaway good. Fortunately we have great
Roush/Yates horsepower. It takes the whole package to win at Lowe’s
and you can’t make any mistakes. All these truck races are relatively
short so you only get one, or two chances to make adjustments. Starting
up front will be important, but more than anything the handling and the
horsepower will make the difference.

“We’re taking a new truck that we shook down at Darlington a few
weeks ago. We worked the bugs out of it and got comfortable with it,
and it had really good speed so we’re excited about taking it to the
track. It had really good wind tunnel numbers and all the data we have
on this truck shows it’s going to be strong. I feel like we can go to
Charlotte and win.”

ARE YOU HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES FOR 11
RACES? “I enjoy running in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. It’s
the stepping stone that gave me this opportunity to go Sprint Cup
racing. To me the truck series is still kind of like home. I have a
lot of friends and people that I’ve worked with for a number of years
so I enjoy going back racing there. It’s good racing. It’s ultra
competitive, and a good mix of younger drivers and veteran drivers. It
seems like you never know who’s going to win those races so I’m
thankful to have the opportunity.”

DOES THE EXTRA TRACK TIME IN THE TRUCK HELP YOU IN THE SPRINT CUP CAR
AT COMPANION EVENTS? “I think anytime you get laps on a track it’s
going to help you. There are not a lot of similarities in the set-ups
or anything that we can really take from the truck over to the Sprint
Cup car, but just learning the groove on the track and seeing how the
tires wear and fall off helps. If after 10-15 laps on the track I can
move around on the track and find a different line that I learned in the
truck race then that’s something I can apply to the Cup car on
Sundays.”

About Roush Fenway Racing
Roush Fenway Racing operates 13 full-time motorsports teams, five in
NASCAR Sprint Cup with drivers Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Greg
Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; four in the Nationwide Series with
Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, McMurray, Ragan, Erik Darnell and Colin Braun;
three in the Craftsman Truck Series with Darnell, Braun, Kvapil, Bobby
East and John Wes Townley; and one in the ARCA RE/MAX Series with Ricky
Stenhouse, Jr. For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing
teams, log onto www.RoushFenway.com.

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