Travis Kvapil
Driver Bio
Birthdate: March 1, 1976
Hometown: Janesville, WI
Residence: Mooresville, NC
Status: Married to Jennifer
Children: Kelsey, Carson, Caden
With the 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship highlighting his resume, Travis Kvapil is sure to be an asset to the No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra team throughout the 2011 season at Randy Moss Motorsports. Over the last decade, the Janesville, Wis., native has established himself as a tough competitor in the top levels of motorsports and a mainstay in the NASCAR arena. In 2011, Kvapil will take over the wheel of the No. 5 machine to chase his second NCWTS title in his young career.
Growing up working on cars in his dad’s garage, racing was a natural progression for Wisconsin-native Travis Kvapil. Kvapil first got behind the wheel of a racecar at the age of 14, competing at Rockford Speedway and sharpening his skills on the Midwest short track circuits. By 18, Kvapil won the American Short Tracker division track championship, and then moved up the ranks to race super late models at Madison International Speedway. “Wisconsin’s Fastest Half Mile,” couldn’t slow down Kvapil, who earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1995 in his first season of competition.
Kvapil returned to the track the following year, earning the championship and becoming the youngest super late model track champion in Madison International Speedway’s history.
In 2001, Kvapil made his debut in the NASCAR ranks, earning a ride in the No. 60 Addington Racing entry in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Kvapil posted his first top-10 when he finished ninth in his NASCAR debut at Daytona
International Speedway. Kvapil would ultimately score 11 top-five and 18 top-10 finishes in 24 races, finishing fourth in the NCWTS driver standings in his rookie season. Kvapil also earned his first win in the series at Texas Motor Speedway and took home the NCWTS Rookie of the Year title.
After signing with Xpress Motorsports, Kvapil drove the No. 16 truck in 2003. Kvapil added another win to his stats after taking the checkered flag at Bristol Motor Speedway, and completed all but one lap that season, earning a 99.9% lap
the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway would allow Kvapil to edge out Dennis Setzer by nine points to win.
Kvapil gave Toyota its first win in one of NASCAR’s top-three series at Michigan International Speedway, and then earned totaled six top-five and 10 top-10 finishes, finishing in the top-10 in driver points for the fourth consecutive season. Additionally, near the end of the 2004 season, Roger Penske invited Kvapil to drive the No. 06 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry Roger the No. 77 for the 2005 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Despite earning two top-10 finishes, the No. 77 team closed
its 2006.
Kvapil received a huge opportunity when Jack Roush, owner of Roush Fenway Racing, offered him a seat in the No. 6 Ford three poles, eight top-five and 12 top-10 finishes, ending the season sixth in the driver standings.
Since 2008, Kvapil has been a mainstay in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage while racing for Yates Racing and Front Row Motorsports. With a handful of top-ten finishes and a pole award from Talladega Superspeedway (Oct. 2008) in the Sprint Cup Series, Kvapil returns to Randy Moss Motorsports with the hope of winning his second NCWTS title.