WATERTOWN, Conn.—June 12, 2013— Visiting new tracks has become the norm for David Gravel this season with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. He’s visited 15 venues for the first time, which equates to nearly half of the races the series has contested thus far in 2013. Following appearances at three new venues last week, Gravel will buck that trend — for at least two races this weekend, away — as he’ll make a pair of stops at tracks he has raced at in the past, the historic Jackson Speedway in Minnesota, and the legendary Knoxville Raceway in Iowa.

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series will make their first visit to Jackson Speedway since 2010 on Friday, June 14, for the Eyecon Trail Cameras Presents the Big Game Shootout. The series then heads to Knoxville for their second and final tune-up for the Knoxville Nationals with the running of the Mediacom Shootout on Saturday, June 15.

Gravel, who pilots the FMR Racing/JRC Transportation/Musco Fuels/Model Craft J&J under the Bill Rose Racing banner, raced at Jackson Speedway with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions last season during the annual Thunder Through the Plains mini-series, finishing sixth. He opened the night by turning the fourth-fastest lap in time trials at the semi-banked, half-mile. The native of Watertown, Conn., would line up third in the first heat race and win that contest to earn a spot in the dash, where he would finish second. Read more »

By DDR Motorsports PR

WATERTOWN, Conn.—June 9, 2013— One of the pluses of racing with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series is that when a driver/team encounters some bad luck there is usually another race just around the corner to rebound from that. David Gravel had more than his fair share of bad luck over the last few races, but he and his team continue to work hard and persist as the heart of the season rolls around.

Gravel was scheduled to compete in four races in a five-day period in the FMR Racing/JRC Transportation/Musco Fuels/Model Craft J&J under the Bill Rose Racing banner this past week, but Mother Nature had other ideas, cutting that stretch to three races in four nights. Each of the three venues he visited, he was making his debut at.

The three-race swing opened for Gravel at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway on Wednesday, June 5 with a 14th-place finish. He started the 40-lap contest in 16th and worked his way into the top-10 by just the ninth lap. He would run 10th for a handful of laps before getting shuffled back on a couple of restarts. After dropping back to 17th just past the halfway point of the race he would work his way back forward to finish 14th. Gravel was 17th in time trials, missing the heat race inversion by a single spot. A seventh-place showing in the first heat race sent him to the B-main, which he won to earn a spot in the A-Feature. Read more »