Carson Kvapil

Carson Kvapil
Kvapil at Martinsville Speedway in 2024
BornCarson Wade Kvapil
(2003-05-22) May 22, 2003 (age 21)
Mooresville, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements2021 CARS Super Late Model Tour Champion
2022, 2023 CARS Late Model Stock Tour Champion
2020 Carolina Pro Late Model Series Champion
2024 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 Winner
2022 Window World 125 Winner
2022 Old North State Nationals Winner
2024 Icebreaker 125 Winner
Awards2019 CARS Super Late Model Tour Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 88 (JR Motorsports)
First race2024 Dude Wipes 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2024 United Rentals 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish100th (2023)
First race2023 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
3 races run over 2 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 82 (Pinnacle Racing Group)
Best finish48th (2024)
First race2023 Sioux Chief Fast Track 150 (Kansas)
Last race2024 General Tire 150 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
4 races run over 2 years
ARCA East no., teamNo. 82 (Pinnacle Racing Group)
Best finish18th (2021)
First race2021 Jeep Beach 175 (New Smyrna)
Last race2024 General Tire 150 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 21, 2024.

Carson Wade Kvapil (born May 22, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports. He is also part of the Drivers Edge Development program and is the son of 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Travis Kvapil and older brother of Super Late Model driver Caden Kvapil.

Racing career

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In 2017, Kvapil ran in select events in the Southeast Limited Late Model Series as well as the Challenger Division. It was in the latter series where he won in two of three starts in the division that years, with those wins coming at Dillon Motor Speedway and Florence Motor Speedway.[1] In the following year, he ran select races in the ARCA Midwest Tour, winning in his first start at Golden Sands Speedway before twentieth and fourth in his next starts at Grundy County Speedway and Dells Raceway Park respectively. He also made his CARS Late Model Stock Tour debut that year, driving the No. 35 Chevrolet, and finished 17th at Tri-County Speedway.

In 2019, he ran three races of the CARS Super Late Model Tour and got a best finish of second at South Boston Speedway. He also ran one Late Model Tour race at Orange County Speedway, finishing 22nd. In 2020, he ran all but one race in the Super Late Model Tour, and finished fifth in the standings with a best finish of fourth at both events at Hickory Motor Speedway. Also in 2020 he won the Carolina Pro Late Model Series championship, winning six races despite running in only seven of the nine scheduled events.[1]

In 2021, Kvapil ran the full Super Late Model Tour schedule in the No. 35 Chevrolet for his father Travis. He won the championship over Matt Craig by one point by virtue of his win in the season finale at South Boston.[2][3] Also in 2021 he ran three ARCA Menards Series East races for Cook-Finley Racing in the No. 41 Chevrolet. He failed to finish all three events he entered in, finishing 14th at the season opening race at New Smyrna Speedway due to an ignition issue, and 11th at Five Flags Speedway due to a vibration, and again 11th at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway due to engine issues.

In 2022, Kvapil joined JR Motorsports in its Drivers Edge Development program alongside plans to run the full Late Model Stock Tour in the No. 8 Chevrolet replacing Josh Berry, who ran full-time with the team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series that year.[4][5] He started off his season by winning the first race of the year at the Old State Nationals event at Caraway Speedway after leading 59 laps.[6] After finishes of second, third, and fourth in the next three rounds, he won at Franklin County Speedway on his nineteenth birthday.[7] He then won the inaugural Window World 125 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in August.[8][9] Kvapil was suspended from the event at Ace Speedway and was fined $500 after he turned Zach Miracle into the wall on the cooldown lap of the Tri-County event.[10] Despite this, he went on to secure the championship on his first race after his suspension with a win at South Boston and finished third in the final race of the year at Caraway.[11][12]

In 2023, Kvapil won his second straight Late Model Stock Tour championship, getting five wins and finishing in the top-ten in all but one race that year. It was also during this year that he return to ARCA, this time making his debut in the main ARCA series, driving the No. 28 Chevrolet for Pinnacle Racing Group at Kansas Speedway, where he finished in second behind race winner Connor Mosack.[13][14] He also made his debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driving the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he started in 27th but went on to finish in twelfth.[15][16]

Kvapil's car at Martinsville Speedway in 2024.

On February 22, 2024, it was announced that Kvapil will attempt to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Martinsville Speedway, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports.[17][18] Kvapil impressed from the start finishing in 4th place. Three weeks later, in just his second career Xfinity Series start, Kvapil was in position to win at Dover Motor Speedway and led 14 laps of the race in the closing laps but ultimately finished in 2nd behind Ryan Truex at the end of the race.

On October 1, 2024, it was announced that Kvapil will run full-time for JRM in the Xfinity Series in 2025, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet and replacing Sam Mayer who will move to Haas Factory Team.[19]

Personal life

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Kvapil is the son of 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Travis Kvapil. He also has a brother named Caden and a sister named Kelsey, the first of which currently competes in the CARS Pro Late Model Tour.[20]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2024 JR Motorsports 88 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR
4 		TEX TAL DOV
2 		DAR
19 		CLT PIR SON IOW NHA
5 		NSH
12 		CSC POC IND
10 		MCH
26 		DAY DAR
14 		ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL
27 		ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [21]

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCTC Pts Ref
2023 Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI
12 		TAL HOM PHO 100th 01 [22]

ARCA Menards Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2023 Pinnacle Racing Group 28 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN
2 		BRI SLM TOL 69th 42 [23]
2024 82 DAY PHO TAL DOV
3 		KAN CLT
2* 		IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 48th 85 [24]

ARCA Menards Series East

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ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2021 Cook-Finley Racing 41 Chevy NSM
14 		FIF
11 		NSV
11 		DOV SNM IOW MLW BRI 18th 96 [25]
2024 Pinnacle Racing Group 82 Chevy FIF DOV
3 		NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 39th 41 [26]

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 CLMSCTC Pts Ref
2018 Travis Kvapil Racing 35 Ford TCM
17 		MYB OCS
21 		HCY BMS ACE CCS KPT HCY WKS OCS SBO 40th 28 [27]
2019 SNM HCY OCS
22 		ACE MMS LGY DOM CCS HCY OCS SBO 59th 11 [28]
2021 JR Motorsports 8 Chevy DIL HCY OCS ACE CRW LGY DOM HCY MMS TCM FLC
4* 		WKS SBO 34th 30 [29]
2022 CRW
1 		HCY
2 		GPS
3 		AAS
4 		FCS
1 		LGY
2* 		DOM
15 		HCY
4 		ACE
4 		MMS
2 		NWS
1* 		TCM
4 		ACE SBO
1 		CRW
3 		1st 432 [30]
2023 SNM
2 		FLC
1 		HCY
1* 		ACE
1** 		NWS
8 		LGY
4 		DOM
4 		CRW
3* 		ACE
1* 		TCM
2 		WKS
1 		AAS
5 		SBO
5 		TCM
10 		CRW
11 		1st 495 [31]
42 HCY
4
2024 8 SNM
1 		HCY AAS
5 		OCS
3 		ACE NWS TCM LGY DOM CRW
5 		HCY ACE WKS FLC SBO TCM NWS [32]

CARS Super Late Model Tour

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CARS Super Late Model Tour results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CSLMTC Pts Ref
2019 GMS Racing 35 Chevy SNM HCY NSH MMS BMS HCY
9 		12th 78 [33]
21 OCS
10
Travis Kvapil Racing 35 Toyota SBO
2
2020 Chevy SNM
5 		HCY
4 		JEN
12 		HCY
4 		FCS
6 		BMS FLC
9 		NSH
27 		5th 164 [34]
2021 HCY
1 		GPS
2* 		NSH
1** 		JEN
17* 		HCY
4 		MMS
1* 		TCM
6 		SBO
1** 		1st 253 [35]

CARS Pro Late Model Tour

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(key)

CARS Pro Late Model Tour results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CPLMTC Pts Ref
2023 Travis Kvapil Racing 35 Chevy SNM HCY ACE NWS TCM
1** 		DIL CRW WKS HCY FLC SBO TCM CRW 36th 37 [36]

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