Carson Kvapil

Carson Kvapil
Kvapil at Sonoma Raceway in 2026
BornCarson Wade Kvapil
(2003-05-22) May 22, 2003
Mooresville, North Carolina, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
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 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
66 races run over 3 years
Car no., teamNos. 1/9 (JR Motorsports)
No. 91 (DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports)
2025 position4th
Best finish4th (2025)
First race2024 Dude Wipes 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2026 Winn-Dixie 250 (Daytona)
First win2026 Pennzoil 250 (Indianapolis)
Last win2026 Hy-Vee PERKS 250 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 33 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2025 position96th
Best finish96th (2025)
First race2023 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Last race2025 eero 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
3 races run over 2 years
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
Best finish20th (2021)
First race2021 Jeep Beach 175 (New Smyrna)
Last race2024 General Tire 150 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics up to date as of August 28, 2026.

Carson Wade Kvapil (born May 22, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the Nos. 1/9 Chevrolet Camaro SSs for JR Motorsports and the No. 91 Camaro SS for DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports. He is the son of 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Travis Kvapil and older brother of Super Late Model driver Caden Kvapil.[1]

Racing career

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 year, with those wins coming at Dillon Motor Speedway and Florence Motor Speedway.[2] 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, Kvapil 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.[2]

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.[3][4] 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, finishing 14th at the season-opening race at New Smyrna Speedway due to an ignition issue, 11th at Five Flags Speedway due to 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.[5][6] 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.[7] After finishes of second, third, and fourth in the next three rounds, he won at Franklin County Speedway on his nineteenth birthday.[8] He then won the inaugural Window World 125 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in August.[9][10] Kvapil was suspended from the event at Ace Speedway and was fined $500 after he turned Zack Miracle into the wall on the cooldown lap of the Tri-County event.[11] 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.[12][13]

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 returned 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.[14][15] 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.[16][17]

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: 2024–present

Kvapil's car at Martinsville Speedway in 2024.

On February 22, 2024, it was announced that Kvapil would attempt to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Martinsville Speedway, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports.[18][19] Kvapil impressed from the start finishing in fourth place. Three weeks later, in just his second career Xfinity Series start, Kvapil was in position to win at Dover Motor Speedway and led fourteen laps of the race in the closing laps, but ultimately finished in second behind Ryan Truex at the end of the race.

Kvapil's No. 1 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2025

On October 1, 2024, it was announced that Kvapil would run full-time for JRM in the Xfinity Series in 2025, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet and replacing Sam Mayer who moved to Haas Factory Team.[20] Also during 2025, Kvapil competed for CR7 Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 97 truck at Richmond.[21]

On September 24, 2025, it was announced that Kvapil will drive the No. 1 car part-time for the 2026 season, sharing with Connor Zilisch.[22] However, on October 29, 2025, JRM clarified that Kvapil will continue driving full-time for them.[23]

On April 18, 2026, during the 2026 Kansas Lottery 300, Kvapil was involved in a major crash on lap 2. As the caution was being thrown for an incident involving Josh Bilicki and Kyle Sieg, Kvapil was clipped in the left rear by William Byron. The contact sent Kvapil spinning into the wall and into the path of Parker Retzlaff. The collision with Retzlaff allowed enough air to get underneath his car, flipping it onto its roof. Kvapil's car slid on its roof before flipping once and coming to a stop upside down. After the red flag was thrown, Kvapil was flipped back onto all four wheels by safety crews, Kvapil got out of the car under his own power, and was released from the infield care center shortly after.[24] He scored his first career victories at Indianapolis and Iowa.[25][26]

On August 27, 2026, the day after Sammy Smith was announced to leave JRM, Kvapil was announced to be the driver of the No. 8 for JRM.[27]

Personal life

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.[28]

Motorsports career results

Stock car career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points Position
2018 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Travis Kvapil Racing 2 0 0 0 28 40th
2019 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Travis Kvapil Racing 1 0 0 0 11 59th
CARS Super Late Model Tour 1 0 1 1 78 12th
GMS Racing 2 0 0 2
2020 CARS Super Late Model Tour Travis Kvapil Racing 7 0 3 5 164 5th
2021 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour JR Motorsports 1 0 1 1 30 34th
CARS Super Late Model Tour Travis Kvapil Racing 8 4 6 7 253 1st
ARCA Menards Series East Cook-Finley Racing 3 0 0 0 96 20th
2022 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour JR Motorsports 14 4 13 13 432 1st
2023 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour JR Motorsports 16 5 13 15 495 1st
CARS Pro Late Model Tour Travis Kvapil Racing 1 1 1 1 37 36th
ARCA Menards Series Pinnacle Racing Group 1 0 1 1 42 69th
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Spire Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 NC†
2024 ARCA Menards Series Pinnacle Racing Group 2 0 2 2 85 48th
ARCA Menards Series East 1 0 1 1 41 38th
CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour JR Motorsports 13 3 9 11 366 7th
NASCAR Xfinity Series 9 0 3 4 227 30th
2025 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Go Fas Racing 1 0 0 0 13 98th
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CR7 Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 NC†
NASCAR Xfinity Series JR Motorsports 33 0 7 14 4024 4th
2026 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Go Fas Racing 1 0 0 1 TBD
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series JR Motorsports 19 2 8 12 TBD
DGM Racing 4 0 0 2

† As Kvapil was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

NASCAR

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

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 NOAPSC 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 30th 227 [29]
2025 1 DAY
4
ATL
23
COA
23
PHO
26
LVS
17
HOM
10
MAR
20
DAR
5
BRI
2
CAR
16
TAL
17
TEX
19
CLT
17
NSH
9
MXC
19
POC
6
ATL
2
CSC
16
SON
8
DOV
15
IND
30
IOW
9
GLN
5
DAY
10
PIR
6
GTW
37
BRI
4
KAN
15
ROV
15
LVS
15
TAL
2
MAR
18
PHO
13
4th 4024 [30]
2026 DAY
7
ATL
32
PHO
3
DAR
5
MAR
28
CAR
5
KAN
37
TAL
22
DOV
7
NSH
7
COR
4
ATL
2
IND
1
IOW
1
DAY
3*
DAR
GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* [31]
DGM Racing 91 Chevy COA
19
GLN
14
CLT
9
SON
6
JR Motorsports 9 Chevy LVS
11
BRI
5
TEX
11
POC
10
CHI
11

Craftsman Truck Series

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 24 25 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 [32]
2025 CR7 Motorsports 97 Chevy DAY ATL LVS HOM MAR BRI CAR TEX KAN NWS CLT NSH MCH POC LRP IRP GLN RCH
15
DAR BRI NHA ROV TAL MAR PHO 96th 01 [33]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(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 [34]
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 [35]

ARCA Menards Series East

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 20th 96 [36]
2024 Pinnacle Racing Group 82 Chevy FIF DOV
3
NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 38th 41 [37]

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

(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 ROU
21
HCY BMS ACE CCS KPT HCY WKS ROU SBO 40th 28 [38]
2019 SNM HCY ROU
22
ACE MMS LGY DOM CCS HCY ROU SBO 59th 11 [39]
2021 JR Motorsports 8 Chevy DIL HCY ROU ACE CRW LGY DOM HCY MMS TCM FLC
4*
WKS SBO 34th 30 [40]
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 [41]
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 [42]
42 HCY
4
2024 8 SNM
1
HCY AAS
5
OCS
3
ACE
1
TCM
22
LGY
3
DOM
7
CRW
5*
HCY
17
NWS
4
ACE WKS FLC SBO
1
TCM
6
NWS
2*
7th 366 [43]
2025 Go Fas Racing 32 Chevy AAS WCS CDL OCS ACE NWS
29
LGY DOM CRW HCY AND FLC SBO TCM NWS 98th 13 [44]
2026 SNM WCS NSV CRW ACE LGY DOM NWS
6
HCY AND FLC TCM NPS SBO -* -* [45]

CARS Super Late Model Tour

(key)

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 BRI HCY
9
12th 78 [46]
21 ROU
10
Travis Kvapil Racing 35 Toyota SBO
2
2020 Chevy SNM
5
HCY
4
JEN
12
HCY
4
FCS
6
BRI FLC
9
NSH
27
5th 164 [47]
2021 HCY
1
GPS
2*
NSH
1**
JEN
17*
HCY
4
MMS
1*
TCM
6
SBO
1**
1st 253 [48]

CARS Pro Late Model Tour

(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 TCM SBO TCM CRW 36th 37 [49]

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