{"id":202,"date":"2012-09-20T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidgravel89.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2012-09-20T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:13:29","slug":"david-gravel-heads-to-eldora-lernerville-this-weekend-with-the-world-of-outlaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgravel89.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/david-gravel-heads-to-eldora-lernerville-this-weekend-with-the-world-of-outlaws\/","title":{"rendered":"David Gravel Heads to Eldora & Lernerville this Weekend with the World of Outlaws"},"content":{"rendered":"

By DDR Motorsports PR \u00a0
\nWatertown, Conn.\u2014Sept. 20, 2012 \u2014 David Gravel recorded Top-Five finishes earlier this season with the World of Outlaws at both Eldora Speedway and Lernerville Speedway, which marked career-best showings at each of those venues with the series. But that is not quite enough for the\u00a0 ultra-competitive 20-year-old, as those strong runs left him longing for more as he returns to the pair of tracks this weekend looking to move up a few spots and contend for a couple of victories.
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\nGravel will take to the track at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 21 for the World of Outlaws portion of the 4-Crown Nationals weekend. He\u2019ll then make the trek to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., on Saturday, Sept. 22 for the Commonwealth Clash.
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\n\u201cWith the season winding down, it\u2019s good to have another two race weekend,\u201d said Gravel. \u201cWe\u2019ve been pretty fast and strong at both Eldora and Lernerville this year and should have a good set-up right off the bat. We\u2019ll have a good engine in the car as well, and both of those places take some horsepower. Hopefully things go smooth both nights and we have a good weekend.\u201d
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\nGravel has made four appearances at Eldora this season, all with the World of
\nOutlaws. During the Goodyear Outlaw Thunder Weekend in May, he was fastest in time trials on both nights. He was battling for the lead in the opener of that two-night event before contact with another car ended his night. He rebounded the next night and finished fourth. Gravel returned to Eldora for the Kings Royal weekend in July, and was quickest in qualifying for the third straight time with the World of Outlaws at the half-mile. He finished 12th in the Knight Before the Kings Royal and just missed qualifying for the Kings Royal by two spots in the B-main. Gravel finished 12th during the 4-Crown Nationals last season.
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\n\u201cThe first three times we went to Eldora this year, we used three different engines and were fastest in qualifying each time, so that definitely shows how strong the Mopar engines that Paul Kistler builds for us are,\u201dhe stated. \u201cWe kind of struggled during the Kings Royal and missed making the heat race invert by one spot, so hopefully we can make up for that this weekend. As with all the Outlaws races, time trials are very important, as well as making it into the dash.\u201d
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\nAt Lernerville in the opener of the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Twin 30s with the World of Outlaws back in July, Gravel came home fifth. He began that night by turning the sixth-fastest lap in time trials of the 40 drivers that took to the track. Gravel finished fourth in the second heat race and lined up 12th for the first 30-lap main event, quickly working his way forward. In the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions event at the high-banked four-tenths-mile over Labor Day weekend, Gravel finished seventh.
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\n\u201cLernerville is a track that I\u2019m pretty comfortable at,\u201d noted the East Coast racer. \u201cWe\u2019ve run well there this year with both the Outlaws and the All Stars, so we\u2019ll look to continue that this weekend.\u00a0 Lernerville is always a racy track where you can move around, and with the strong field that will be there, you have to have your car working all around the track.\u201d
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\nGravel\u2019s best overall career finish at Lernerville came in 2011 with the All Stars, when he came home second. He also has one fast time award at the track, as he stopped the clocks first in 2010 during an All Stars event at the track located just outside of Pittsburgh. Gravel made his debut at Lernerville in 2009.
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\nThe native of Watertown, Conn., who is currently third in points with the All Stars, has nine Top-10 finishes with the World of Outlaws this season, with seven of those being Top-Five performances. He has stopped the clocks first in qualifying four times with the series, which puts him fourth on the leaderboard in that category.
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\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been running pretty solid lately, so hopefully we can to keep that ball rolling here at the end of the season,\u201d shared Gravel. \u201cEvery night we are looking
\nto get the best finishes that we can and end on a good note. We have some big races here at the end of the year, and we\u2019ll do our best to be running up front in them.\u201d
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\nDavid Gravel and DDR Motorsports would like to thank: J&J Chassis, JRC Transportation, Kistler Engines, Musco Fuels and P&M Transportation for their
\ncontinued support.
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