David Gravel made the most of his 600th career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series start at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night. He won the opening night of the National Open – his sixth win of the season and second in a row at the historic half-mile – took home the […]
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KNOXVILLE, IA – Aug. 15, 2020 – Kyle Larson was forced to leave Knoxville Raceway with a broken heart last year after failing to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals. A year later, it was healed with the Elk Grove, CA driver winning the biggest Sprint Car race of his career at the historic half-mile with […]
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KNOXVILLE, IA – Aug. 14, 2020 – A thousand pounds of weight fell from David Gravel’s body when he exited his Jason Johnson Racing #41 car Friday night. His sweat drenched face showed. His tired body language showed it. And his smile showed it as he waved the checkered flag in Victory Lane for the […]
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Mechanicsburg, PA – David Gravel knew a second-place starting spot in the Feature would lead to his first Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway Saturday night. He had six laps and two cars to pass to achieve that goal in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash – which lineups the first four rows […]
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WILMOT, WI – David Gravel’s hometown is about 1,000 miles away from Wilmot Raceway, yet he’s starting to consider the Wisconsin raceway his new home track. While occupying Victory Lane for the fourth time in his career at the raceway Saturday night, the Watertown, CT native even joked he’d consider moving there with how […]
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After a rough weekend last week, David Gravel will be on the hunt to rebound at Lake Ozark Speedway where his starts are few but superb. In three World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car races at the 1/3-mile track near the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri, Gravel has one win and […]
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Pevely, MO – After a successful return at Knoxville Raceway, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is geared up for the Dydene Double Down Invitational at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. The Fri., May 22 and Sat., May 23 events will see a limited number of fans in the […]
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The silence was different. An oddity that confused a mind used to Johnny Gibson calling the four-wide salute and fans yelling as loud as they can in reaction to an epic battle waged for the glory. However, it was replaced by an unexpected sense, shared by the few fortunate enough to be in attendance. […]
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Concord, NC — The pressure was on David Gravel to win the prestigious Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway last year. He had a Fortune 500 company on his car. Jeff Gordon was watching. Formula 1-star Mark Webber was watching. The entire Sprint Car world was watching. However, that amount of pressure and stress didn’t […]
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The first round of the Speed51 “Short Track Madness” tournament saw its share of upsets, but just how many were there? Out of the 32 matchups in the first round, the lower seed won nearly half of them, with 13 coming from drivers who were a double-digit seed. Compare that to the NCAA Tournament […]
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