Carson Kvapil wows NASCAR world with near-win at Dover
Carson Kvapil rattled off a second-place finish in the BetRivers 200 Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway.
The stat line will show Kvapil opened his NASCAR Xfinity Series career with two Top-5 finishes in his first two races, but the JR Motorsports rookie had a chance to pull off the victory.
Kvapil took the lead in a three-wide pass on Sheldon Creed and Austin Hill down the frontstretch. The young driver commanded the race as he held strong while Hill spun trying to challenge him during the first overtime.
Kvapil led the field to the green flag on the final restart in the second NASCAR Overtime, ultimately losing a side-by-side battle with race winner Ryan Truex.
“I had a good car, I just couldn’t get off the restart box,” Kvapil said. “Our car was good on the bottom all day, I just couldn’t get him (Truex) on the outside.”
Kvapil led a total of 14 laps before Truex made the pass.
“Man, Carson. He was impressive in his second ever start,” Truex said. “I felt bad running him up the hill but you gotta take these opportunities when you can.”
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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