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Travis Kvapil Lowe's Fast Facts - NCTS

Monday May 12, 2008

 

Travis Kvapil – NCTS ADVANCE
Team: No. 09 Zaxby’s Ford F-150
Crew Chief: Chad Norris
Chassis: RK-57 Last outing: New truck

Kvapil, NCTS at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Date
Series Event S F Led Laps Status Winnings
5-18-07 NCTS Quaker Steak 200 2 13 7 136/136 Running $11,250
5-21-04 NCTS Infineon 200 14 8 0 134/134 Running $12,275
5-16-03 NCTS Hardee’s 200 16 4 0 136/136 Running $14,800

Totals Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Led Poles
Cumulative 3 0 1 2 7 0

Travis Kvapil on racing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
“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.”

Crew chief Chad Norris on racing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway: “We’re excited to have Travis back in the truck, and we’re
taking a new truck to Lowe’s that he was able to test at Darlington a
few weeks ago. It was fast at the test, and all the numbers we have
from the wind tunnel back up what we saw at the test. We weren’t
happy with the truck we had in Atlanta, so we decided Lowe’s would be
the perfect place to debut a new truck with a lot of speed. With a
little luck on our side, I think we’ll have a great run.”

Travis Kvapil Fast Facts:
-In three starts at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the Craftsman Truck
Series, Kvapil has one top-five and two top-10 finishes. He has
completed 100 percent of his laps there (406 of 406), and has an average
starting position of 10.7 and average finish of 8.3.

-In three starts in the Zaxby’s Ford F-150 this season, Kvapil has
earned two top-10 finishes.

-Lowe’s is the fourth of 11 races Kvapil is scheduled to run in the
No. 09 Zaxby’s Ford F-150.

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This report was provided by an outside PR source and posted by Kim DeHaven.

 

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