By DDR Motorsports PR 
Watertown, Conn.—March 24, 2013 — Sometimes in racing it’s all about being in the right place at the right time. Both races David Gravel competed in this past weekend with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series were filled with yellow and red flag periods, with the young driver steering clear of those incidents in one event and being involved in a wild last lap in the other. When all the dust settled, Gravel recorded finishes of sixth and 13th as he continues to fill-in for the injured Bill Rose in the Firetext Response Maxim.
 
In his debut at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif., in the Mini Gold Cup on Saturday, March 23, Gravel found himself battling for the second position on the last lap, following a green-white-checker restart on the white flag lap, in a race that was thus extended one lap to a 41-lap contest. He got sideways on the last lap and spun as he was battling Tony Stewart for the runner-up spot, leaving the latter nowhere to go, which set off a chain reaction that led to several cars being involved in the incident. Gravel was able to nurse the car across the finish line in sixth.
 
“We had a chance on the last restart and that’s all you can ask for,” said Gravel. “I drove it hard into (turn) one and got squeezed up there. I was going for it and came up a little short. It was a good effort and I’m glad we were able to finish at the end after everything that happened.” Read more »

By DDR Motorsports PR 
Watertown, Conn.—March 20, 2013 —  It takes some drivers quite a while to get acclimated with many of the tight bullrings in California. That wasn’t the case for David Gravel, as he was able to get up to speed pretty quick in his first pair of starts in the Golden State last weekend with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. The native of Watertown, Conn., finished fourth in the opener at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare and was running near the top-10 when he had a flat tire in the finale, as he continues to fill-in for the injured Bill Rose.
 
Gravel will make another two starts this weekend aboard the No. 6 Fire Text Response Maxim as the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series makes their debut at the new Stockton 99 Dirt Track on Friday, March 22, followed by the Mini Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico on Saturday, March 23.
 
The new Stockton 99 Dirt Track is a semi-banked, three-eighths-mile located at the San Joaquin Fairgrounds. Gravel has raced once this season on a track that size with the World of Outlaws, finishing eighth in the Wildcat Shootout at Tucson International Raceway in Arizona. Last season, he competed a number of times on three-eighths-mile track with both the World of Outlaws and the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions. His best finish with the All Stars on a track that size was a runner-up performance at Screven Speedway in Georgia, while with the World of Outlaws he recorded a fifth-place finish at Lawrenceburg Speedway in Indiana. Read more »