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David Gravel Trashes Kyle Larson For Racing Without Respect After The Two Threw Sliders At Each Other During The Kings Royal Prelim At Eldora

July 19, 2025  ·
  John Trent

David Gravel and Kyle Larson put on a show last night battling for the third position in the closing laps of the preliminary feature for the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway.

Larson tracked down Gravel and threw a slider at him in turn 1 with two laps left in the race. The slider forced Gravel to check up coming out of turn 2, but he then threw his own slider into three and completed it coming out of turn 4. Gravel defended a crossover going into turns 1 and 2 on the last lap, but Larson threw a monster slider at him through three and four and was able to get the spot and finish the race in third.

On the cool down lap, Gravel got into Larson and spun him around. The two then exchanged words with each other while still seated in their cars on turn 2.

In his third place interview, Larson was asked about his battle with Gravel. He said, “It was good. Good hard racing. Two hard racing drivers right there. Hope the fans enjoyed it. I know it was tight from my seat. Sometimes you come out ahead and sometimes you don’t, and tonight we got in front of him and beat him once again last lap.”

As for Gravel, he told DirtVision, “He’s been running me the same way for the last couple weeks and it starts at Huset’s. And he’s got a vendetta towards us. And we can keep playing that game, but eventually it’s not going to be good. But he should be a professional. He thinks our team is not professional. And he should be the ultimate professional. He’s not driving like that on the race track. So we’re friends, but I guess right now we’re not.”

When asked about Larson’s slider through three and four on the last lap, Gravel stated, “That is past the point. It was all the stuff before that. He did it to me twice in that feature before that. I gave it back to him once and then he gave me it back again. You know, him running third or fourth this race doesn’t change his life. He doesn’t do this for a living. And he’s got to remember that. And we’ll see.”

On X, Larson shared that his discussion with Gravel was them “ironing out the details of his 2027 High Limit contract tonight on the backstretch at Eldora. Still negotiating terms… mainly how he’ll handle racing against the best every night.”

Gravel replied writing, “Two of your top drivers got hurt this week maybe that would open your eyes on how to race with respect. If you and all your fans think that how you race in a sprint car is racing with respect you are fooled. I will take all the smoke. As far as the contract better make it good.”

Rico Abreu ended up winning the race while Carson Macedo finished in second. Buddy Kofoid rounded out the top five. All of them will be back in action tonight for the $200,000 to-win Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway. The pit gate and spectator gates open at 12:00 PM. Qualifying is set to begin at 6:30 PM with pre-race ceremonies to begin at 7:45 PM.

What do you make of Larson and Gravel’s comments?

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Author: John Trent