By DDR Motorsports PR

Watertown, Conn.—July 16, 2012 — Five feature events at four tracks in three states over a span of five nights. That’s the game plan for David Gravel this week as a busy month of July continues for the young driver. He’ll compete with both the World of Outlaws, as well as the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions.

Gravel takes to the track with the World of Outlaws at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Twin 30’s on Tuesday, July 17. He then heads east to Brewerton Speedway in New York on Wednesday, July 18, followed by a visit to Fonda Speedway, also in the Empire State on Thursday, July 19. The All Stars then travel back to the Midwest for a stop at Wilmot Raceway in Wisconsin on Saturday, July 21.

Gravel, who made his debut at Lernerville in 2009, finished second at the track last September with the All Stars, after opening the night as the second-fastest driver in time trials. In 2010, the 20-year-old made a pair of starts at the high-banked four-tenths-mile with the All Stars, finishing fourth and 10th. Gravel finished 18^th in his most recent World of Outlaws start at Lernerville in the Commonwealth Clash last year. The first feature event on Tuesday night will be a standard World of Outlaws race, with the second 30-lapper lined up by an inversion of the lead lap cars from the opener. Read more »

By DDR Motorsports PR Watertown, Conn.—July 15, 2012 — David Gravel has been knocking on the door of picking up his second-career World of Outlaws win all season long. The 20-year-old came up very close again last week, as he made a late race charge to finish third in the Ohio Logistics 24th Annual Brad Doty Classic Presented by Racing Optics at Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio, to kick off the “Month of Money,” on Wednesday, July 11.

“We had a pretty good shot at it,” said Gravel after the Brad Doty Classic. “A podium finish with all of these cars is great, especially after running the B-main. I can’t complain. My crew chief Tyler Swank is doing an amazing job along with Kyle Ripper. We’ll all just keep working hard and continuing to do what we’re doing. I’m pretty pumped right now.”

Gravel lined up 13th for the 40-lap main event at the quarter-mile bullring, after racing his way into the A-Feature through the B-main. The native of Watertown, Conn., found himself in fourth on a restart with six laps to go. He was penalized two positions for jumping that start, which put him back to sixth. He was able to gain those spots back and was up to third with two laps remaining, and would finish in that position to earn his third podium finish of the season with the World of Outlaws and second in a three-race span. Read more »