David Gravel

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David Gravel
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1992-06-23) June 23, 1992 (age 31)
Watertown, Connecticut
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series career
Debut season2008
Current teamBig Game Motorsports
EngineKistler
Former teamsDavid Gravel Racing (2008–2012), Bill Rose Racing (2013), Roth Motorsports (2014–2015), Destiny Motorsports (2015), CJB Motorsports (2016–2018), Jason Johnson Racing (2019–2020)
Starts600
Championships0
Wins84
Best finish3rd in 2019
Finished last season3rd
Previous series
2008
2009–2012
2020 		United Racing Club
All Star Circuit of Champions
ARCA Menards Series
Championship titles
2019 Knoxville Nationals [1]
Awards
2013 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year [2]
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2020 position50th
First race 2020 Henry Ford Health System 200 (Michigan)
Last race 2020 Clean Harbors 200 (Kansas)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of November 11, 2020.

David Gravel (born June 23, 1992) is an American professional racing driver. He last competed full-time in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, driving the No. 2 Maxim for Big Game Motorsports, in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing, and in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 28 Chevrolet SS for KBR Development. Gravel won the Knoxville Nationals in 2019. [1]

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Racing career

Early years

Growing up in Connecticut, Gravel started his racing career in quarter midgets before moving up to Legends cars on asphalt and then to dirt micro-sprints. [3]

Dirt racing

In 2008, Gravel competed full-time with the United Racing Club and became the youngest winner in the history of the series. [2] For the next four years, he raced in the All Star Circuit of Champions, scoring three top-three points finishes. [2]

Gravel started making sporadic World of Outlaws appearances in 2008; he eventually won the series' Rookie of the Year award in 2013. [2] He ran for Roth Motorsports in 2014, Destiny Motorsports in 2015 and from 2016 to 2018 drove for CJB Motorsports. [2]

Gravel raced with Jason Johnson Racing in 2019, driving the team's No. 41 car to a third-place finish in the season-long point standings and winning the Knoxville Nationals and Jason Johnson Classic. [4] He also participated in the 2019 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, advancing to the A-main. [5] After the season, he confirmed a return to JJR for another full-season effort in 2020, [4] although that was eventually slimmed down to about 85 percent of the season's schedule after Gravel signed with NASCAR team GMS Racing for 2020. [5]

After the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily stopped the WoO season, Gravel won the tour's first race back, held with no fans at Knoxville on May 8. [6] He later won a premiere All Star Circuit of Champions race at Eldora Speedway. [7] In his 600th WoO start, Gravel won at Williams Grove Speedway in the National Open preliminary. [8] Gravel started his first USAC Silvercrown race on the dirt at the Springfield Mile; he started last and finished second behind Kyle Larson. [9]

Pavement racing

On January 10, 2020, Gravel announced a six-race slate in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving for GMS Racing. The announced schedule included the series' only dirt race, a July date at Eldora Speedway. [10] As part of the deal, Gravel would also run the 2020 ARCA Menards Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway with GMS affiliate team KBR Development. [11]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NGTCPtsRef
2020 GMS Racing 24 Chevy DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH
10		 DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN
35		 TEX MAR PHO 50th32 [12]

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
2020 KBR Development28 Chevy DAY
12		 PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 63rd32 [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "David Gravel claims emotional Knoxville Nationals win". NASCAR.com . August 11, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "David Gravel". World of Outlaws . Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ Walters, Shane (May 20, 2018). "David Gravel is looking for a shot in NASCAR". Racing News. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Seelman, Jacob (November 11, 2019). "Gravel Back With JJR, Eyeing Move To Trucks". Speed Sport. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Utter, Jim (January 13, 2020). "Sprint car star David Gravel wants to 'be in the hunt' in NASCAR". Yahoo! Sports . Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Nate (May 8, 2020). "David Gravel wins at Knoxville; Kyle Larson 10th in return with Outlaws". NASCAR on NBC . NBC Sports . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ Altmayer, Tyler (September 24, 2020). "David Gravel scores Governors Reign title at Eldora for $52,000". All Star Circuit of Champions. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  8. ↑ O'Brien, Dick (October 3, 2020). "David Gravel picks up $10K win in Williams Grove preliminary feature". Syracuse.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Bettenhausen 100". USAC Silvercrown. October 18, 2020. Event occurs at 15:25. FloRacing.
  10. ↑ McFadin, Daniel (January 10, 2020). "World of Outlaws driver David Gravel lands part-time Truck ride at GMS Racing". NASCAR on NBC . NBC Sports . Retrieved February 13, 2020.
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  13. ↑ "David Gravel – 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
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