Gavin Harlien

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Gavin Harlien
9.4.16 Crandon Off-Road - Gavin Harlien 3rd in Pro Light (29692669720) (cropped).jpg
Harlien in 2016
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  American
Born (1999-08-20) August 20, 1999 (age 24)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Stadium Super Trucks career
Debut season 2014
Car number1
Starts80
Championships1
Wins12
Podiums39
Poles2
Best finish1st in 2022–2023
Finished last season1st (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
Last updated on: May 20, 2024.

Gavin Harlien (born August 20, 1999) is an American professional off-road racing driver. He has raced in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, Global RallyCross Championship, and Stadium Super Trucks. Harlien has also competed in stock car racing like the ARCA Menards Series.

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He won the Stadium Super Trucks championship in 2022 and 2023.

Racing career

Harlien began competing in off-road racing when he was 11. In 2012, he was named Rookie of the Year in the Lucas 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 at Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park. [2] [3]

Harlien competing in the Stadium Super Trucks at Road America in 2018 55 Gavin Harlien 2018 Road America SST.jpg
Harlien competing in the Stadium Super Trucks at Road America in 2018
Harlien's Stadium Super Truck in 2019 55GavinHarlienSST2019RoadAmericaRound15.jpg
Harlien's Stadium Super Truck in 2019

On March 30, 2014, he made his first start in the Stadium Super Trucks with a fourth-place run at St. Petersburg. [4] [5] In June, he competed in the series' X Games Austin 2014 round; at 14 years, he was the youngest motorized athlete in X Games history. [6] He finished fifth in his heat race and ninth in the final. [7] The following year, he returned to SST at X 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 the Global RallyCross Championship Lites division with Tim 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 the Grand Prix of Long Beach after taking the lead before the race was called for Apdaly Lopez's wreck. [11] He recorded four more wins at Detroit, [12] Texas Motor Speedway, [13] Sydney Motorsport Park, [14] and Glen Helen Raceway [15] as he finished second in the championship to Matthew Brabham by 50 points. [16]

In June 2019, Harlien made his stock car racing debut in the ARCA Menards Series at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports in the first of a three-race deal. [3] He finished eighth in the race. Harlien ran two more ARCA races in 2019 at Iowa Speedway and Salem 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] At Mid-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 by USAC; a runner-up finish in the next day's race allowed him to claim the weekend victory. [20] [21] Harlien scored another win at Bristol Motor Speedway and claimed the championship by 25 points on runner-up Max Gordon. [22] [23] Despite going winless in 2023, he won a second straight title by four points over Brabham. [24]

Personal life

Born in Austin, Harlien is a graduate of Brophy College Preparatory. [6] [25] He was a business major at the University of Arizona. [17]

Motorsports career results

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year12345678910111213141516171819202122SSTCPtsRef
2014 STP
4		 STP
7		 LBH
5		 IMS IMS DET DET DET AUS
9		 TOR TOR OCF OCF CSS LVV
5		 LVV
5		10th112 [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 29th20 [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		4th459 [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		2nd490 [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		3rd402 [28]
2022 LBH
6		 LBH
6		 MOH
1		 MOH
2		 NSH
2*		 NSH
1		 BRI
1		 BRI
5		1st216 [29]
2023 LBH
3		 LBH
3		 NSH
4		 NSH
2		1st100 [24]

ARCA Menards Series

(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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
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 32nd510 [30]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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References

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  2. ↑ "Gavin Harlien Earns ProLite Rookie of the Year and Ends 2014 LOORRS Season with Challenge Cup Podium". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series . November 3, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Off-Road Racing Star Gavin Harlien Set to Make Jump into ARCA Menards Series with Venturini Motorsports". Venturini Motorsports . March 26, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by Traxxas Kicks off 2014 at Grand Prix of St. Petersburg". Stadium Super Trucks . March 29, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Robby Gordon Wins Round 1 of SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by Traxxas At the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg". Stadium Super Trucks . March 30, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Gavin Harlien". X Games . Retrieved April 22, 2019.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Round 9 of 16 – X GAMES Austin – 6/8/14". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Round 10 of 21 – X GAMES Austin – 6/7/15". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved April 22, 2019.
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