Kvapil was having the best day of the three

Throughout the whole race Travis Kvapil was consistently the top FR car, but he had to take it to the pits. The announcers didn't say why.

Solid run by him anyway. He was hanging around the 25-28 range.

Travis is the only one that provides even a glimmer of hope for these guys IMO.

RacingDude wrote:

Travis is the only one that provides even a glimmer of hope for these guys IMO.

I don't think any of them are going to be a threat to finish in the top 20 in points, but I think Travis has a chance to be in the 20-25 range.

The other two I don't have much faith in. Conway I have never heard of and Gilligan has proved to be average at best over the last 3-4 years.

Kvapil has worked his way up with success in the other series.
Gilligan got that one NW(Busch) win in a part-time ride and was almost immediately offered a full-time Cup deal, and Conway's only there beacuse he brings sponsorship with him...I wish they'd put Andretti back in one of those cars.

Andretti ran respectable at best with the #34 last year. He kept it in the top-35, and had some top-15 runs. That's about as good a job as anyone could do with this team.

Andretti's BEST finish was a 16th at the rain-shortened New Hampshire race. He only had 3 top-20 finishes all year. On top of that, 18 times (HALF of the races) he finished 30th or worse.

Clearly, the cars aren't that good.

TeamBlueOval wrote:

Andretti's BEST finish was a 16th at the rain-shortened New Hampshire race. He only had 3 top-20 finishes all year. On top of that, 18 times (HALF of the races) he finished 30th or worse.

Clearly, the cars aren't that good.

I wouldn't expect any of them to be top 20 drivers this year, but it did seem like Andretti was at least competitive last year. Kvapil has been these first couple of races. The other two drivers haven't.

Three top-20 finishes = competitive?