David Gravel


David Gravel is an American professional racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, driving the No. 41 Maxim for Jason Johnson Racing, 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 Silverado for KBR Development. Gravel is the most recent winner of the Knoxville Nationals.

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.

Dirt racing

In 2008, Gravel competed full-time with the United Racing Club and became the youngest winner in the history of the series. For the next four years, he raced in the All Star Circuit of Champions, scoring three top-three points finishes.
Gravel started making sporadic World of Outlaws appearances in 2008; he eventually won the series' Rookie of the Year award in 2013. He ran for Roth Motorsports in 2014, Destiny Motorsports in 2015 and from 2016 to 2018 drove for CJB Motorsports.
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. He also participated in the 2019 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, advancing to the A-main. After the season, he confirmed a return to JJR for another full-season effort in 2020, 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.
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.

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. 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.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series