Travis Kvapil joins Hillman-Circle Sport team for Texas race

Travis Kvapil, whose #44 Team Xtreme Chevrolet team has faced several troubles over the last month, will be driving a new Sprint Cup car, the #39 Chevrolet, as part of the Hillman-Circle Sport Racing collective at Texas Motor Speedway this coming weekend, making a total of 46 cars on the entry list for the Saturday night race. The Hillman-Circle Sport team also includes the #33 Chevrolet, a joint venture run as Circle Sport Racing between Joe Falk and Richard Childress, whose grandson Ty Dillon and Xfinity Series driver Brian Scott are splitting time in the car in a handful of Cup races this year, as well as the #40 Chevrolet, driven in most races by Landon Cassill under the Hillman Racing banner. Since this is the first Cup race attempt for the #39 team, the team has no provisionals and Kvapil needs to place in the top 36 during the first round of Cup qualifying at Texas to be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. Ryan Blaney of the #21 Wood Brothers Ford and Brendan Gaughan of the Richard Childress-aligned Premium Motorsports #62 Chevrolet  are in the same situation.