Today, Team Yates Racing announced that Travis Kvapil and the number 28 team will have the California Highway Patrol on the hood for this week’s race at Infineon.

The Number 28 CHP will sport a paint scheme the resembles on of the CHP patrol cars, and the website www.chp.ca.gov.

“I think this is a very cool sponsorship for us this weekend,” stated Kvapil. “The California Highway Patrol (CHP) works to keep everyone in California safe and I’m honored that they chose to partner with out No. 28 Yates Racing team this weekend at Sonoma. I’m really looking forward to making them proud, as well as the state of California proud, on Sunday with our No. 28 California Highway Patrol Ford. The paint scheme for our car this week is very unique and we hope to provide the CHP with a solid performance at our first road-course race of the season.”

“The goal of this unique one-race sponsorship is to help publicize the California Highway Patrol and the career paths that are available to those qualified candidates interested in a career in law enforcement,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow.

Kvapil, who is guaranteed a starting position this week at Infineon, is also 18th in driver points.

Kyle Ocker is a writer for The Finish Line, he can be reached at kyle@nascarfz.com.