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.

Harlien 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. In the Pro Lite Trucks, he won 2014 Rookie of the Year honors with a best finish of second at Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park.

On March 30, 2014, Harlien made his first start in the Stadium Super Trucks with a fourth-place run at St. Petersburg. 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. He finished fifth in his heat race and ninth in the final. 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. 2015 also saw his debut in the Global RallyCross Championship Lites division with Tim Bell Racing.

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. 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. He recorded four more wins at Detroit, Texas Motor Speedway, Sydney Motorsport Park, and Glen Helen Raceway as he finished second in the championship to Matthew Brabham by 50 points.

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. He finished eighth in the race. Harlien ran two more ARCA races in 2019 at Iowa Speedway and Salem Speedway.

After not racing in 2020 and 2021 to focus on his schooling, Harlien rejoined SST for the 2022 season opener at Long Beach. 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. Harlien scored another win at Bristol Motor Speedway and claimed the championship by 25 points on runner-up Max Gordon. Despite going winless in 2023, he won a second straight title by four points over Brabham.

Personal life Born in Austin, Harlien is a graduate of Brophy College Preparatory. He was a business major at the University of Arizona.

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 Pts Ref 2014 STP4 STP7 LBH5 IMS IMS DET DET DET AUS9 TOR TOR OCF OCF CSS LVV5 LVV5 10th 112 2015 ADE ADE ADE STP STP LBH DET DET DET AUSDNQ TOR TOR OCF OCF OCF SRF SRF SRF SRF SYD LVV LVV 29th 20 2017 ADE8 ADE7 ADE7 STP10 STP6 LBH3 LBH3 PER11 PER2* PER3 DET2 DET3 TEX3 TEX2 HID4 HID2 HID3 BEI4 GLN4 GLN6 ELS4 ELS7 4th 459 2018 ELS3 ADE6 ADE2 ADE6 LBH1 LBH3 PER9 PER6 DET1 DET3 TEX1 TEX2 ROA3 ROA5 SMP2* SMP1 HLN4 HLN1 MXC4 MXC5 2nd 490 2019 COA8 COA3* TEX3 TEX4 LBH4 LBH3 TOR7 TOR1* MOH8* MOH1* MOH6 MOH8 ROA5* ROA1* ROA1 POR2 POR5 SRF3 SRF10 3rd 402 2022 LBH6 LBH6 MOH1 MOH2 NSH2* NSH1 BRI1 BRI5 1st 216 2023 LBH LBH NSH NSH 1st 100

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 Pts Ref 2019 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW8 CHI ELK IOW12 POC ISF DSF SLM16 IRP KAN 32nd 510

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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