Sportsfrog.com

The man with many last name pronunciations is back for another year, but becaus of his lack of marketability and the fact that he didn’t have a full time sponsor last year, Kvapil–pronounced at times as Kah-va-pil, Va-pil and Kwa-pil–is only guaranteed to run the first five races for Yates.

And to make matters worse, the owner’s points that Kvapil accumulated last year are going to Bobby Labonte, who came over in an alliance with Hall of Fame Racing because Ask.com wanted a big name to drive their car when they made their first major money foray into NASCAR sponsorship this season.

If you have a soul, you have to have sympathy for Kvapil’s situation.

However, as he showed last year, Kvapil can be a capable wheel man, overperforming for Yates. Granted, overperforming meant staying above 25th, but for a team without full time sponsors for both of their cars, that’s a great achievement.

With the cash inflow from Ask.Com and Menard’s to help buoy Yates, Kvapil will qualify for the first five races, lock himself into the top 35 after those five races, and force Yates to run Kvapil’s unsponsored car whether they like it or not.