Erik Draachreider

Erikson Jovovich "Erik" Draachreider (born March 24, 1991 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a German sports car driver who made his first appearance in Dash Cup at the 2012 Dash Cup Spa GP. He is the first European born competitor to drive for Gravity Racing, Inc., and drove the #71 NOS Energy Speidel in the Spa GP. He is the two-time and defending champion of the World Driver Championship for GRI, driving the #71 Viper.com machine. He has also dabbled in open wheel racing on a part-time basis. He is known in the WDC as the "Deutsche Dragon".

He was originally planned to run the 2013 TM Lights season for GRI, but those plans changed when GRI's 2013 Dash Cup entry was approved.

2012 One-Off Competitor
In 2012, he competed in the Spa GP for Dash Cup, and attempted to make his TM Master Cup Series debut at the 2012 Round of Indianapolis, driving the GRI #48 Omecha, but failed to make it past pre-qualifying. He has applied for entry into the 2012 Round of Decatur.

At Spa, he crashed out at the final chicane before the start-finish line after a rough race, which was a little surprising considering he dominated the WDC event at Spa in 2009, winning from the pole.

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