Watertown, Conn.—April 28, 2013— Simply put, David Gravel had a battle on his hands all night at Salina Highbanks Speedway in the World of Outlaw STP Sprint Car Series event on Saturday, April 27. First, he took on a blazing fast surface that was even quicker due to Mother Nature dumping quite a bit of rain in the area over a two-day period. The East Coast racer also contended with driveline problems in the 30-lap main event, muscling the car home to a ninth-place finish as he continues to fill-in for the injured Bill Rose in the Firetext Response Maxim.

On the initial start of the A-Feature, Gravel lost a few spots when the front of his machine bicycled. The only caution flag of the night came out at the same time for a car that spun over the banking of the track, thus necessitating a complete restart and moving Gravel back to his original fifth starting spot. Following the second start, the race would go non-stop in just over six minutes. Over the course of the 30-lapper, Gravel slipped back a few spots as he nursed his car to the checkered flag to earn his ninth top-10 finish of the season. Read more »

By DDR Motorsports PR                 

Watertown, Conn.—April 24, 2013— Faced with the prospect of racing just once for the second weekend in a row, thanks to Mother Nature interrupting the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series schedule, David Gravel did what any true racer would do. He found a race to fill the opening in the schedule and thus will get to compete twice this weekend in two different cars. He’ll continue to pilot Bill Rose’s Firetext Response Maxim with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Salina Highbanks Speedway in Oklahoma, before heading north to the famed Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, to pilot his own No. 89G JRC Transportation J&J.                 

Gravel will open the weekend by making his debut at Salina Highbanks Speedway in Salina, Okla., on Friday, April 26. On Saturday, April 27, he will take to the track for the Knoxville Raceway season opener.                 

For Gravel, the trip to the three-eighths-mile Salina Highbanks Speedway will mark the first sprint car start of his career in the state of Oklahoma. The last time the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series raced in the Sooner State was in 2011 at Salina. Gravel has competed five times on three-eighths-mile tracks this season in Rose’s car, with a best finish of fourth at El Paso Speedway Park in Texas last week and also turned in an eighth-place performance at Tucson International Raceway in Arizona.                  Read more »