Watertown, Conn.—May 12, 2013— David Gravel certainly had his work cut out for him on Saturday night at the famed Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, in the Mediacom Shootout. Starting 25th on the grid against one of the strongest fields all year in a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event, he had 25 laps to work his way forward on the famed half-mile. He did exactly that, improving a total of 14 positions over the course of the race to finish just outside of the top-10 in the 11th spot.

After having a power steering line come off while running third early in the B-main, Gravel was forced to take a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series provisional to start the A-Feature. He took his spot on the inside of the 13th row in the Wright Process System/Firetext Reponse/Musco Fuels/JRC Transportation machine under the Bill Rose Racing banner for the 25-lap main event. Read more »

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 »