Travis Wade Kvapil (/ˈkwɔːpəl/ KWAW-pəl; born March 1, 1976)[1] is an American professional stock car driver.

Kvapil grew up working on cars in his father's garage, and racing was a natural progression for the Wisconsin native.

[2] In 1995, he moved up to super late models at Madison International Speedway, "Wisconsin's Fastest Half-Mile", and was named the track Rookie of the Year.

[3] In his 21st start, Kvapil won his first Truck Series race in the Silverado 350 at Texas Motor Speedway.

[4] Kvapil's 18 Top 10's led him to finish fourth in the driver standings[5] and win the Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year.

He won one race during the season at Bristol Motor Speedway in the O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife.

[7] Kvapil passed Brendan Gaughan and Ted Musgrave in points at the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

[9] Prior to the start of the 2004 season, Kvapil began a partnership with Alexander Meshkin to drive the No.

Kvapil came away with his first win of the season during the Line-X Spray-on Truck Bedliners 200 at Michigan International Speedway.

The same season, Kvapil won his first Bud Pole Award in the Craftsman Truck Series[10] at the American Racing Wheels 200 at California Speedway.

However, at the end of the 2004 season, Kvapil made his first NEXTEL Cup Series start at Martinsville Speedway.

[12] Kvapil scored his first ever Nextel Cup Series Top 10 at Bristol Motor Speedway when he finished seventh in the Food City 500.

[14][15] After his departure from Penske, Kvapil signed with PPI Motorsports for the 2006 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

At only 30 years old with a Truck championship and two years of Sprint Cup experience under his belt, Travis brings great long and short term potential to and for Roush Racing.” He finished the season with four wins, three poles, eight Top 5s and 12 Top 10s.

[29] Prior to the start of the season, Kvapil and teammate David Gilliland did not have a full-time sponsorship on their Yates Racing Fords.

[31] Two weeks later, Kvapil scored an eighth-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the UAW-Dodge 400.

With a one-race sponsorship deal with Northern Tool and Equipment, Kvapil finished sixth in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega.

In 2010, Kvapil returned to a full-time ride in the Long John Silver's-sponsored Ford for Front Row Motorsports.

38 car, but signed up to compete for the Camping World Truck Series championship with Randy Moss Motorsports in their No.

Leaving FRM after the end of the 2011 season, Kvapil was signed by BK Racing to compete in the Sprint Cup Series for 2012.

93 Toyota starting with the second race of the year at Phoenix with Todd Anderson serving as crew chief;[38] At Darlington, where David Reutimann drove the No.

[39] He also drove for RAB Racing in the season-opening Camping World Truck Series event, replacing a suspended John Wes Townley.

Kvapil dropped to 31st in points, recording five Top 20 finishes but nine DNFs (including five blown engines).

[44] Kvapil also ran several late-season races for Circle Sport, tying his best career finish of sixth at Talladega.

Kvapil was scheduled to make a qualifying attempt for the 2015 Cup season at Atlanta, driving the No.

44 Chevrolet for Team Xtreme, but was forced to withdraw when his car, hauler and truck were stolen from a hotel parking lot.

In 2016, Kvapil announced that he would run the full Camping World Truck Series season with MAKE Motorsports once again.

[48] Kvapil competed against fellow Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth at Madison International Speedway.

[50] Kvapil was allowed to race in that weekend's Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.