{"id":962,"date":"2021-11-02T14:15:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T18:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/woofinals\/2021\/11\/02\/road-to-world-finals-david-gravel-big-game-motorsports-are-here-to-stay\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T00:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T04:11:48","slug":"road-to-world-finals-david-gravel-big-game-motorsports-are-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldofoutlawsworldfinals.com\/sprint-cars\/road-to-world-finals-david-gravel-big-game-motorsports-are-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"ROAD TO WORLD FINALS: David Gravel & Big Game Motorsports are Here to Stay"},"content":{"rendered":"
For six years,\u00a0David Gravel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has been a consistent championship contender with the World of Outlaws\u00a0NOS Energy Drink<\/a>Sprint Car Series.<\/p>\n His arrival at the mountaintop is almost expected at some point as it\u2019s been conceived by fans to be only a matter of time. He took that next step towards that ultimate goal in 2021 with his move and immediate success with Tod Quiring\u2019s Big Game Motorsports operation.<\/p>\n After four consecutive seasons (2016-19) of third-place finishes to the dynasties at Tony Stewart\/Curb-Agajanian Racing and Kasey Kahne Racing, Gravel is poised to finally break through for his first-ever runner-up result in the championship standings this year. Not only is a career-best finish on tap, but the Watertown, CT native kept his name in the title fight all the way down until the last two weeks of the 80-race grind.<\/p>\n Proof of his prowess is the three 10+ win seasons he has produced with three different teams, winning 18 with the CJB #5 in 2017, another 12 with the JJR #41 in 2019, and at least 10 with another two nights left in the Big Game #2 this year. He\u2019s only the ninth driver in Series history to record three 10+ win campaigns, and he\u2019s on an even shorter list with legends Doug Wolfgang and Joey Saldana as the only to record such a feat without a championship to his name.<\/p>\n He plans to change that, though. And Big Game Motorsports very may well be the recipe he needs to do it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe performance this year no doubt gives us a ton of confidence,\u201d Gravel spoke on the first-year effort at Big Game. \u201cThis team hasn\u2019t been at the Outlaw level for a while, but I feel like we came out of the gates swinging. If we can keep qualifying the way we do, we just need to work on our Feature runs and we\u2019ll be better.\u201d<\/p>\n Gravel is poised to collect a $75,000 points fund check for finishing runner-up to Sweet. [Trent Gower]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n All of the praise on the setup goes to crew members led by Cody Jacobs, Trey Bowman, and Scott Vogelsong. It\u2019s a group that Gravel has complete faith in moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGoing to these tracks more and more with Cody will be a gamechanger,\u201d the driver added on his crew chief, an ultra-important dynamic for any team. \u201cI\u2019ve been out here for 8-9 years and have seen most of them, but for him, he hasn\u2019t been to certain places in several years or maybe ever. Trey has been on tour for a while, so that\u2019s good. Having a notebook and consistently building that for each track will only make us better. It should shorten that learning curve in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s as if the curve wasn\u2019t already shortened enough. With Gravel at the wheel and Jacobs on the wrenches, Big Game was simply outstanding in the return to the tour.<\/p>\n Gravel\u2019s 10-win campaign was highlighted by a monumental sweep at Bristol Motor Speedway, a pair of wins at the boss\u2019 track at Huset\u2019s Speedway, a thrilling triumph at The Rev, late-race victories at Attica, Granite City, Weedsport, and additional wins at Silver Dollar and Lernerville.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old leads the Series in Slick Woody\u2019s QuickTime Awards (18), Team Drydene Heat Wins (32), DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash appearances (48), NOS Energy Drink Feature pole positions (10), and average start (5.99).<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m most proud of the fact that we hit double digits,\u201d Gravel admitted. \u201cTo win 10+ races with the World of Outlaws is a really tough task even during an 80-race season. The competition is off the charts. It\u2019s not an easy feat. I\u2019ve been on a team that has won 18 races and came back the next year to only get five, so you don\u2019t ever take it for granted. We started a little slow I think, but that was just growing pains getting accustomed to a new team.\u201d<\/p>\n Gravel is 46 points ahead of Macedo entering the final two nights of the season. [Trent Gower]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Year one for Gravel and Big Game will conclude this weekend (Thursday-Saturday) as the NGK\/NTK World Finals consume\u00a0The Dirt Track at Charlotte<\/a>. Fans can\u00a0BUY TICKETS HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s arguably one of his best tracks on tour as he owns four total triumphs at the 4\/10-mile, including a three-race stretch<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a place that you have to qualify well,\u201d Gravel noted on Charlotte. \u201cI think Thursday is such a huge day with qualifying for both nights. You have to get yourself on the front row of Heat Races and that makes life much easier.\u201d<\/p>\n If you can\u2019t make it to the track, you can watch Gravel take on the NGK\/NTK World Finals and all World of Outlaws events live on\u00a0DIRTVision \u2013 either online or through the DIRTVision App.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post ROAD TO WORLD FINALS: David Gravel & Big Game Motorsports are Here to Stay<\/a> appeared first on World of Outlaws<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For six years,\u00a0David Gravel\u00a0has been a consistent championship contender with the World of Outlaws\u00a0NOS Energy DrinkSprint Car Series. His arrival at the mountaintop is almost expected at some point as it\u2019s been conceived by fans to be only a matter of time. 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