with Kvapil telling Motorsport.com last mont<\/a>h that he was open to driving for other teams, but car owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. confirmed last week that his prospect would be full-time next season.<\/p>\nDale Jr. confirms<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Earnhardt confirmed the schedule would be split amongst all of his cars, with various teams and crew chiefs supporting the Kvapil effort. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing that’s sort of been kind of talked about, Carson Kvapil full time, we made that announcement that he would be driving in every race next year,\u201d Earnhardt said on the Dale Jr Download. \u201cAnd yes, he’ll be driving JR Motorsports cars.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we do have a fifth entry here. A lot of people are like, \u2018wow, he’s going to be driving JR Motorsports cars. They’re going to build cars and send them to other teams and all that.\u2019 People forget we got a fifth car here.<\/p>\n
There’s ways to kind of move parts and pieces around and people around, drivers around, and get everything we need done, done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why not just move Zilisch to another car and let Kvapil work with Childers full-time?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have contracts and agreements and we can’t. We just can’t. And so, you know, it’s still going to work out.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for his season on the whole, Kvapil says it was a learning experience, and is just grateful to be back on the tour next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s just some things on our end that we can work on and hopefully next year will be an improvement over this year,\u201d Kvapil said. \u201cLike, this year was good and I was proud of what we did but I was hoping to win a couple of races, which we weren\u2019t able to do, but we did put ourselves in a great spot to make the final four and race for a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
To wit, being able to earn a second season, is something he doesn\u2019t take for granted.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot everyone gets the opportunity to come back for a second year at this level,\u201d Kvapil said. \u201cLike, they don\u2019t get the opportunity at a second or third year to even figure it out. It takes time for some guys to pick up racing at this level and become a weekly threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to spend some time this winter thinking about the way I can be better and by time we hit Daytona in February, I think I\u2019m going to be in a good head space knowing what I need to do next season.\u201d<\/p>\n
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