{"id":516,"date":"2014-08-12T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidgravel89.com\/?p=516"},"modified":"2014-08-12T02:00:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T02:00:07","slug":"gravel-scores-career-best-nationals-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgravel89.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/gravel-scores-career-best-nationals-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravel Scores Career Best Nationals Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PETERSEN MEDIA- <\/strong>When the checkered flag flew on the 54th<\/sup> Annual FVP Knoxville Nationals Presented By Casey\u2019s General Store, David Gravel crossed the stripe in the 15th<\/sup> spot, marking his career best performance at the season\u2019s biggest race of the year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was great to get locked in on our prelim night, but we were certainly looking for a better result,\u201d Gravel said. \u201cIt is a career best for me, and as a team we tried stuff all week, so hopefully we can continue to get better here, but I can\u2019t thank everyone enough for working so hard during a pretty grueling week.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With his scheduled Wednesday night qualifier delayed for rain, Gravel and his Roth Enterprises\/HR Livestock Transportation\/3H Cattle team finally hit the track on Friday night, and Gravel kicked his Nationals off with the seventh fastest lap of the night during time trials.<\/p>\n

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With eight cars inverted in each heat race, Gravel lined up seventh in his heat, and marched his way to a fourth place finish, successfully transferring his machine into the preliminary night feature event.<\/p>\n

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Lining up in the second row of the preliminary night feature, the Watertown, CT driver held strong as he battled with one of the best at Knoxville, Donny Schatz during much of the feature.<\/p>\n

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Crossing the stripe in the fifth position, Gravel found himself sitting 10th<\/sup> overall in points heading into Saturday night, meaning he would roll off from the fifth row in the 50-lap feature event.<\/p>\n

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After finishing eighth in Saturday afternoon\u2019s Speed Sport World Challenge race, Gravel and his team set their sights on the biggest race of the year.<\/p>\n

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Losing some ground on the start of the race, Gravel would race wheel-to-wheel with some of the world\u2019s top competition\u00a0 as be battled with the Kasey Kahne Racing trio of Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, and Cody Darrah.<\/p>\n

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Making some adjustments during the mid-race pit stop Gravel continued to battle in sprint car racing\u2019s biggest event as he searched around the relatively narrow track to work his way forward.<\/p>\n

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Gravel\u2019s end result was a 15th<\/sup> place finish, capping a career best night at the Knoxville National, leaving him looking for more in the years to come.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s great to make this show, and run well, but now we will look for more,\u201d Gravel said. \u201cIt was a little disappointing to go backwards, but like I said, this team worked hard all week to find something, and we missed it a little on Saturday night. I can\u2019t thank everyone enough for their hard work. The weather threw us some curve balls, and made things tough, but these guys worked very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Roth Motorsports team would like to thank Roth Enterprises, HR Livestock Transportation, 3H Cattle, \u00a0Mobil1, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance, Kaeding Performance, and Astro Titanium for their support in 2014.<\/p>\n

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2014 ROTH MOTORSPORTS BY THE NUMBERS:<\/strong> Starts-64, Wins-3, Top 5\u2019s-18, Top 10\u2019s-40.<\/p>\n

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ON TAP:<\/strong>Gravel and company return to action Tuesday night in McCool Junction, NE, Friday night at the River Cites Speedway in Grand Forks, ND, and on Sunday night in Minot, ND.<\/p>\n

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STAY CONNECTED:<\/strong> Stay connected with Roth Motorsports by checking out their new website, www.rothmotorsports83.com<\/a>, and by following David on Twitter @davidgravel89g.<\/p>\n

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