Kvapil, Fastest Ford Driver

The 50^th staging of the Dayton 500 is close at hand and the pole qualifier was held recently. Jimmie Johnson, two-time defending champion took the pole position making another good start for Chevrolet. Beside Johnson on the starting grid is Michael Waltrip driving a Toyota.

Unfortunately, no Toyota driver was able to get into the top two spot. In fact, the fastest driver only had the seventh fastest lap time. And his name is Travis Kvapil. Just a tip here: if you are playing fantasy racing, you can use Kvapil as your fifth driver.

The final position of other drivers except Johnson and Waltrip will be decided on Thursday at the Gatorade Duel 150. Kvapil said that he is excited to get back on the tack again.

"I’m excited to get back here on Wednesday and see how these cars drive. I’ve talked to a lot of drivers and they didn’t have a lot of good things to say about how they drove, so hopefully we can get out there and work on our handling package and get it to drive comfortably and stable and worry about Thursday. Then we’ll worry about what we think we can apply for Sunday," reported the Kvapil who will drive the No. 28 K&N Filters Ford Fusion.

Kvapil is confident going into the duel. "We think we had a little bit in the bank, but you just never know. We’re happy with that. Anytime you can repeat or pick up just a little bit you’ve got to be pleased. We definitely made all the right moves and did all the right things over the past few days, so we’re happy with where we’re at. That should get us toward the front of the 150 and we’re excited to see what we’ll learn in the 150 that we can apply to Sunday," he added.