Las Vegas Winner Kvapil Laments Lost Opportunity To Close
With Saturday’s victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Travis Kvapil (No. 6 K&N Filters Ford) joined Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet) and Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) as a four-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winner in 2007.
Kvapil, however, still is scratching his head over his performance a week earlier in New Hampshire.
It might be a case of “woulda, coulda, shoulda” but his 181-point deficit in the race for the 2007 title might be much smaller.
Kvapil and Roush Fenway Racing teammate Erik Darnell (No. 99 Northern Tool+Equipment Ford) ran identical setups at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Darnell finished second; Kvapil 18th – a difference of 57 points.
Kvapil must concentrate on finding a way to make the Skinner-Hornaday title race a three-way struggle. Each leader has suffered a mechanical failure over the past three races.
“I tell you what, coming into tonight, I didn’t think we had much of a shot. You never give up hope and you never know what can happen in six or seven races, ” said Kvapil, who’s 108 points and four positions closer to the lead since reeling off four wins among seven top-five finishes since May 26.
“We’re going to continue to run up front and try to win races. If they have a bad day here and there, I think we’ll be right there in the hunt by the time we get to Homestead. ”
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