Gavin Harlien

Gavin Harlien
Harlien in 2016
Nationality American
Born (1999-08-20) August 20, 1999 (age 25)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Stadium Super Trucks career
Debut season2014
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
2022–2023Stadium 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.

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
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
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]

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
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

References

  1. ^ "Harlien Racing Upgrades With Championship Winning ProLite Pedigree". Race-Dezert. September 19, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Gavin Harlien". X Games. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  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.
  9. ^ "Gavin Harlien Expands Racing Program with Red Bull Global Rally Cross SuperCar Lites Effort". Race-Dezert. June 29, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  10. ^ a b "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  11. ^ Dottore, Damian (April 15, 2018). "Joao Barbosa's fuel-saving tactic leads to IMSA Sports Car Grand Prix victory". Press-Telegram. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  12. ^ "Grand Prix Organizers: 2018 Race Attendance Tops Previous Year". WWJ (AM). June 7, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  13. ^ Nguyen, Justin (June 10, 2018). "SST: Harlien and Brabham two-step to victory in Texas". Overtake Motorsport. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  14. ^ Coch, Matt (October 17, 2018). "AMRS Wrap: McElrea crowned Formula Ford champ". Speedcafe. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  15. ^ "Brabham extends SST title advantage". Speedcafe. December 3, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  16. ^ a b "2018 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  17. ^ a b Krall, Charles (July 19, 2019). "Gavin Harlein. No. 55 #4Presley Toyota Preview: Iowa". ARCA Menards Series. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  18. ^ "ARCA Rookie Gavin Harlien Throws-Back with Technicolor Tribute at Salem Speedway". Speedway Digest. September 12, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  19. ^ Nguyen, Justin (April 6, 2022). "SST Season 10 opener at Long Beach features new and old faces". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  20. ^ Nguyen, Justin (July 2, 2022). "Gavin Harlien nets SST Mid-Ohio Race 1 win despite lap confusion". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  21. ^ Nguyen, Justin (July 3, 2022). "Max Gordon steals SST Mid-Ohio Race 2 victory". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  22. ^ Nguyen, Justin (September 4, 2022). "Gavin Harlien wins SST Bristol Race 1". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  23. ^ Nguyen, Justin (December 31, 2022). "Gavin Harlien crowned SST champion, fifth different winner". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  24. ^ a b "2023 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  25. ^ "Gavin Harlien Earns Stadium Super Trucks Victory". Off-Road. June 8, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  26. ^ "Official 2014 Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  27. ^ "2015 Official Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  28. ^ "2019 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  29. ^ "2022 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  30. ^ "Gavin Harlien – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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