Travis Kvapil and the No. 6 K&N team entered New Hampshire third in points less than 200 points out of first, but handling problems plagued the team. Kvapil, a previous winner in the Truck Series at the 1.058-mile oval, fought to stay in the top-10 but a round of green flag pit stops followed by a caution sent him one lap down and unable to regain track position. Kvapil drove the No. 6 F-150 to a 15th place finish, a disappointing finish for the championship contender.

The No. 6 K&N F-150 was a top-10 truck during both practice sessions on Friday but rain cancelled Saturday morning's qualifying session. The field lined up according to points placing Kvapil in third for the start of Saturday's 200-lap event. Weather also threatened the actual race but the skies lifted and the 36-truck field took the green just before 3:30 p.m. EDT.

Pole sitter Ron Hornaday jumped into the lead while Kvapil moved to second at the start of Saturday's event. The field jockeyed for position and by lap seven, Kvapil was reporting that the No. 6 Ford was tight going into the center of the corner. Crew chief Mike Beam planned a wedge adjustment to help correct the handling problem but it would be 32 laps before Kvapil could pit for the adjustment. As the run went on the truck became tighter, sending Kvapil to seventh before the first caution flew on lap 38 for debris. Kvapil came down pit road and the K&N team changed four tires, re-fueled, made a wedge adjustment and pulled a left rear spring rubber returning Kvapil to the track in 10th for the re-start on lap 43.

The field spread out and Kvapil settled into 11th but on lap 57, the No. 40 and No. 09 collided while several other trucks drove into them. This brought out the third caution and a report from Kvapil that the earlier adjustments had helped the No. 6 K&N F-150. The field took the green on lap 66 and as each lap clicked off, the field spread further and further apart. The No. 6 truck continued to tighten up as the run went on but Kvapil fought for position falling as low as 14th by lap 85 but moving his way back to 12th by lap 92. The field began making green flag pit stops on lap 127 but Beam opted to keep the No. 6 truck on track for as long as possible hoping for a caution.

One-by-one the trucks came down pit road and by lap 137 Kvapil had cycled to second on the board while teammate Erik Darnell led. Finally on lap 138, Beam called for Kvapil to come down pit road for the final time for four fresh tires, a tank of fuel and another wedge adjustment to help ease the tight problem. Kvapil left pit road in 14th and as the field was cycling back around, the No. 51 truck of Kyle Busch spun bringing out the fourth and final caution and putting Kvapil one lap down to leader Hornaday.

The field took the green on lap 146 and once again spread out. Kvapil fought to put himself in position for the "lucky dog" award but an ill-handling truck dashed his hopes. Hornaday took the checkers followed by Darnell and Mike Skinner. Kvapil finished 15th, one lap down but maintained his third position in the overall point standings.

"We fought it all weekend," said Kvapil following the race. "The truck would tighten up during a run and it just wouldn't roll through the center. It's frustrating, we gained a little at Gateway but I think we probably lost some ground in the point standings today. Mike (Beam, crew chief) and the entire K&N team worked really hard this weekend, we just couldn't hit on the set up."

Kvapil's teammates finished second (Darnell) and 16th (T.J. Bell). Kvapil and the K&N team return to action next week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 22, live on Speed.