After decent Bristol run, Yates Racing's Travis Kvapil will 'pray' for sponsorship
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Unless something good happens soon, Travis Kvapil won’t be racing next Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Bottom line: The No. 28 Yates Racing Ford needs sponsorship to continue the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup campaign.
Kvapil did his part Sunday, finishing 18th at Bristol on a dismal day for the Ford camp. During one stretch he battled race winner Kyle Busch lap after lap in an attempt to stay on the lead lap, a contest Busch eventually won.
Only Carl Edwards (15th) had a better result for the manufacturer. Kvapil knows, however, that the effort and determination he showed Sunday still might not be enough to attract backing for his team.
“Today we weren’t laying over for anybody,” Kvapil said. “We had nothing to lose and everything to gain, so I raced 110 percent every lap. It was frustrating. I hate it for Kyle. I’m sure he was frustrated and wanted to just wreck me, but he did a great job of racing me clean.
“Who knows? If the caution would have come out, we would have stayed on the lead lap and we could have finished four or five spots higher at the end of the day.
“Right now, Martinsville is questionable. Hopefully in the next 24 hours something great happens to this team. That’s all we can pray for.”
