By DDR Motorsports PR  

WATERTOWN, Conn.—May 8, 2013— For the last few seasons, David Gravel has made just one trip a year to the Upper Midwest to race and that coincided with his annual visit to the famed Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, for the Knoxville Nationals. This year, competing with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, he’ll have a handful of opportunities to race in that part of the country, with the first of those being this weekend with a trip to Minnesota and Iowa. Gravel, who filled-in for the injured Bill Rose for most of the beginning of the 2013 season, has joined forces with the veteran driver and will run as a teammate to Rose for the rest of the season. 

This weekend begins for Gravel with the inaugural FVP Outlaws at Elko event for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Elko Speedway in Minnesota, on Friday, May 10. Gravel will then make his first start of 2013 at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, on Saturday, May 11.

“Getting to race twice in a weekend for the second week in a row helps you stay in a rhythm,” said Gravel. “The schedule will really start to pick up in the next few weeks and as a driver, that’s the time of the year you look forward to the most. When that time rolls around, you hope that things are clicking and you have found that right set-up.” Read more »

WATERTOWN, Conn.—May 5, 2013— It’s hard to believe it had been since last July that David Gravel had taken to the high banks of the famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio. After Mother Nature halted a couple of scheduled trips to the half-mile last fall, the native of Watertown, Conn., made his first two starts of 2013 at the historic oval this past weekend. He finished seventh in the opener of the two-night Outlaw Thunder weekend to earn his third-career top-10 finish with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Eldora.

The Outlaw Thunder weekend was the first of three separate trips the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series will make to Eldora Speedway this season. Gravel plans to race in all of those events, which equate to five total nights of racing for the series at the track, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Read more »