Yates Racing's Travis Kvapil signs primary sponsor for Daytona 500

**harleysgal62** Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:41 pm

Yates Racing today announced that the Golden Corral restaurant chain will
sponsor Travis Kvapil in the No. 28 Ford as he attempts to make the field for
the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup season opener.
"I can't wait to get back down to Daytona," Kvapil said. "It's been a long
offseason without any testing, and I think I speak for all the guys on the No.
28 team, but we are all chomping at the bit to get back down there.”
Kvapil, 32, starts the season without any owner points to lock him into the
field for the race. Although he finished 23rd last season, the points from his
car were transferred to the No. 98 of new teammate Paul Menard during the
offseason, meaning that Kvapil needs to earn a spot in the Daytona 500 either
based on qualifying speed or through one of the qualifying races.
Kvapil, a native of Janesville, Wis., has six top-10 finishes and one career
pole in the Cup series. He earned the pole position in the restrictor-plate race
at Talladega Superspeedway last fall. He is the 2003 Truck series champion and
plans to run at least a limited schedule with Yates Racing this season.
Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.