David Caraviello
Miami offers NASCAR a little time in the sun
There is perhaps no better nighttime stroll in America than a walk down Ocean Drive, where the pink and blue neon of the boutique art deco hotels stands opposite palm trees swaying in the Atlantic breeze. This is the Miami of film and television and popular perception, the Miami of fast cars and supermodels and velvet nightclub ropes, the Miami of Jackie Gleason and Hyman Roth and Crockett and Tubbs. It's beguiling, it's beautiful, and it's a long way from Homestead-Miami Speedway in more ways than one.more
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DOBJuly 1
PositionWriter
InterestsTravel, ice hockey, tennis, golf, college basketball, poker, bicycling and spearfishing
Favorite FoodLowcountry South Carolina barbecue. The yellow, mustard-based stuff. Not these ketchup- and vinegar-based corruptions they eat in other parts of the world.
"Do NOT screw us with late copy."-B. Duane Cross
Biography
A native of Charleston, S.C., David earned a journalism degree from the University of South Carolina, where he graduated with no honors but a near-perfect record for attendance at home basketball games. He covered high schools and Clemson University football for the newspaper in Aiken, S.C., before moving to the bright lights of Spartanburg, S.C., for a full-time beat job covering University of South Carolina athletics.
David won numerous writing awards in his four years with the Herald-Journal, but is more proud of surviving successive 1-10 and 0-11 Gamecock football seasons, something Brad Scott wasn't able to do. After witnessing 21 consecutive losses, David moved on to his hometown paper to cover something more peaceful: auto racing.
David covered NASCAR and other racing series for seven years for the Charleston Post and Courier, focusing on people and big-picture issues rather than nuts and bolts. For the last three years of his tenure in Charleston, he also covered College of Charleston basketball. He gave up all the perks of hanging around Bobby Cremins in January 2007, when he joined NASCAR.com.
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