David Gravel
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Watertown, Connecticut, U.S.
2019 Knoxville Nationals Winner
| David Gravel | |||||||
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| Born | June 23, 1992 Watertown, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2024, 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Champion 2019 Knoxville Nationals Winner | ||||||
| Awards | 2013 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year[1] | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2020 position | 50th | ||||||
| Best finish | 50th (2020) | ||||||
| First race | 2020 Henry Ford Health System 200 (Michigan) | ||||||
| Last race | 2020 Clean Harbors 200 (Kansas) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 63rd (2020) | ||||||
| First race | 2020 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2008 | ||||||
| Current team | No. 2 (Big Game Motorsports) | ||||||
| Starts | 962 | ||||||
| Championships | 2 (2024, 2025) | ||||||
| Wins | 120 | ||||||
| Poles | 156 | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st in 2024, 2025 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 1st (2025) | ||||||
| Statistics up to date as of November 9, 2025. | |||||||
David Gravel (born June 23, 1992) is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, driving the No. 2 Maxim for Big Game Motorsports. Gravel won the 2024 and 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Championship along with the Knoxville Nationals in 2019.[2]
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.[1] For the next four years, he raced in the All Star Circuit of Champions, scoring three top-three points finishes.[1]
Gravel started making sporadic World of Outlaws appearances in 2008; he eventually won the series' Rookie of the Year award in 2013.[1] He ran for Roth Motorsports in 2014, Destiny Motorsports in 2015 and from 2016 to 2018 drove for CJB Motorsports.[1]
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. In his 600th WoO start, Gravel won at Williams Grove Speedway in the National Open preliminary.[7] Gravel started his first USAC Silvercrown race on the dirt at the Springfield Mile; he started last and finished second behind Kyle Larson.[8]
In 2024 and 2025, Gravel became the WoO Sprint Car Series Champion.[citation needed]
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, but the plan ended up being foiled due to the COVID-19 pandemic canceling the Eldora race. [9] 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.[10]