| Gavin Harlien | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Harlien in 2016 | |
| Born | (1999-08-20)August 20, 1999 (age 26) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Stadium Super Trucks career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Car number | 1 |
| Starts | 80 |
| Championships | 1 |
| Wins | 12 |
| Podiums | 39 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Best finish | 1st in2022–2023 |
| Finished last season | 1st (2023) |
| Previous series | |
| 2019 2015 2014 2012–2013 | ARCA Menards Series GRC Lites LOORRS Pro Lite Truck LOORRS Modified Kart |
| Championship titles | |
| 2022–2023 | Stadium Super Trucks |
| Awards | |
| 2014 2012 | LOORRS Pro Lite Truck Rookie of the Year LOORRS Modified Kart Rookie of the Year |
| Statistics up to date as of May 20, 2024. | |
Gavin Harlien (born August 20, 1999) is an American professionaloff-road racing driver. He has raced in theLucas Oil Off Road Racing Series,Global RallyCross Championship, andStadium Super Trucks. Harlien has also competed instock car racing like theARCA Menards Series.
He won the Stadium Super Trucks championship in2022 and2023.
Harlien began competing in off-road racing when he was 11. In 2012, he was named Rookie of the Year in theLucas Oil Off Road Racing Series' (LOORRS) Modified Kart class; when he moved up to LOORRS' Pro Lite Trucks in 2014, he had won four Modified Kart races with 23 podium finishes.[1] In the Pro Lite Trucks, he won 2014 Rookie of the Year honors with a best finish of second atLake Elsinore Motorsports Park.[2][3]
On March 30, 2014, Harlien made his first start in theStadium Super Trucks with a fourth-place run atSt. Petersburg.[4][5] In June, he competed in the series'X Games Austin 2014 round; at 14 years, he was the youngest motorized athlete inX Games history.[6] He finished fifth in his heat race and ninth in the final.[7] The following year, he returned to SST atX Games Austin 2015, but failed to qualify for the final after finishing fifth in his heat and failing to start the Last Chance Qualifier.[8] 2015 also saw his debut in theGlobal RallyCross Championship Lites division withTim Bell Racing.[9]
Harlien began competing full-time in the Stadium Super Trucks in 2017. Although he failed to win a race, he finished fourth in the standings with nine podiums.[10] In 2018, he scored his first SST win in theGrand Prix of Long Beach after taking the lead before the race was called forApdaly Lopez's wreck.[11] He recorded four more wins atDetroit,[12]Texas Motor Speedway,[13]Sydney Motorsport Park,[14] andGlen Helen Raceway[15] as he finished second in the championship toMatthew Brabham by 50 points.[16]
In June 2019, Harlien made hisstock car racing debut in theARCA Menards Series atWorld Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, driving the No. 55Toyota Camry forVenturini Motorsports in the first of a three-race deal.[3] He finished eighth in the race. Harlien ran two more ARCA races in 2019 atIowa Speedway andSalem Speedway.[17][18]
After not racing in 2020 and 2021 to focus on his schooling, Harlien rejoined SST for the 2022 season opener at Long Beach.[19] AtMid-Ohio Sports Car Course, he was the fastest qualifier and won his first race since his return, albeit in controversial fashion due to a scoring error byUSAC; a runner-up finish in the next day's race allowed him to claim the weekend victory.[20][21] Harlien scored another win atBristol Motor Speedway and claimed the championship by 25 points on runner-upMax Gordon.[22][23] Despite going winless in 2023, he won a second straight title by four points over Brabham.[24]
Born inAustin, Harlien is a graduate ofBrophy College Preparatory.[6][25] He was a business major at theUniversity of Arizona.[17]
(key) (Bold – Pole position.Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
| Stadium Super Trucks results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | SSTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | STP 4 | STP 7 | LBH 5 | IMS | IMS | DET | DET | DET | AUS 9 | TOR | TOR | OCF | OCF | CSS | LVV 5 | LVV 5 | 10th | 112 | [26] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | DET | DET | DET | AUS DNQ | TOR | TOR | OCF | OCF | OCF | SRF | SRF | SRF | SRF | SYD | LVV | LVV | 29th | 20 | [27] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | ADE 8 | ADE 7 | ADE 7 | STP 10 | STP 6 | LBH 3 | LBH 3 | PER 11 | PER 2* | PER 3 | DET 2 | DET 3 | TEX 3 | TEX 2 | HID 4 | HID 2 | HID 3 | BEI 4 | GLN 4 | GLN 6 | ELS 4 | ELS 7 | 4th | 459 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | ELS 3 | ADE 6 | ADE 2 | ADE 6 | LBH 1 | LBH 3 | PER 9 | PER 6 | DET 1 | DET 3 | TEX 1 | TEX 2 | ROA 3 | ROA 5 | SMP 2* | SMP 1 | HLN 4 | HLN 1 | MXC 4 | MXC 5 | 2nd | 490 | [16] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | COA 8 | COA 3* | TEX 3 | TEX 4 | LBH 4 | LBH 3 | TOR 7 | TOR 1* | MOH 8* | MOH 1* | MOH 6 | MOH 8 | ROA 5* | ROA 1* | ROA 1 | POR 2 | POR 5 | SRF 3 | SRF 10 | 3rd | 402 | [28] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | LBH 6 | LBH 6 | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | NSH 2* | NSH 1 | BRI 1 | BRI 5 | 1st | 216 | [29] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | LBH 3 | LBH 3 | NSH 4 | NSH 2 | 1st | 100 | [24] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY | FIF | SLM | TAL | NSH | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW 8 | CHI | ELK | IOW 12 | POC | ISF | DSF | SLM 16 | IRP | KAN | 32nd | 510 | [30] | ||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
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| Preceded by | Stadium Super Trucks Champion 2022–2023 | Succeeded by |