The Watertown, CT native out duels the home state hero to equal “The Dude” on the all-time win list
The champion is heating up.
After coming close but going winless through the first six races of the 2026 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season, David Gravel finally broke through last Friday at Kennedale Speedway Park.
This weekend the scene shifted from Texas to Oklahoma, but the result was the same. Lawton Speedway’s Sooner Stampede opened a “Sooner State” weekend for The Greatest Show on Dirt on Friday, and Gravel wheeled the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 to Victory Lane for the second consecutive race.
This time around, the path was paved by not getting the early advantage. Gravel fired off from the pole, but it was second starting Brady Bacon pulling ahead to pace the opening circuit. Gravel stayed steady in the runner-up spot, fending off multiple challenges from Emerson Axsom and Sheldon Haudenschild. Roughly halfway through the race when the preferred line began to shift, Gravel found it before Bacon could and motored by in Turns 3 and 4 to snag the top spot.
That proved to be the winning move as Gravel drove away and made history in the process. The 122nd victory of his World of Outlaws career equaled the 33-year-old with Danny Lasoski for sixth on the all-time win list, a humbling moment for the kid from Watertown, CT that chased his dreams.
“It’s super special,” Gravel said of tying “The Dude.” “I watched Danny win a lot of races. When you win your first race, it’s so cool. Then you win 10 and then 50. It’s just wild, you know? It’s just surreal. Years just fly by. Thankfully I’ve been with a lot of great car owners because without those people I wouldn’t be able to showcase my talent.”
The win combined with some misfortune for Carson Macedo allowed Gravel to extend his advantage atop the points to 38 marks as his pursuit of a three-peat continues.
The second spot belonged to an ecstatic Scott Bogucki. The Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year presented by Five Star contender drove the Three Stooges Racing No. 51 from ninth to runner-up for his first career Series podium.
After leading early, Broken Arrow, OK’s Brady Bacon brought the TKH Motorsports No. 21H home third in front of the home state fans.
Sheldon Haudenschild and Chris Windom completed the top five.
NIGHTLY NOTES
Emerson Axsom clocked his first Race Ready Hottest Lap of the Night in 2026.
Brady Bacon claimed Simpson Quick Time honors in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
Heat Races belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Scotty Thiel (DIRTVision Heat Two), Emerson Axsom (WIX Filters Heat Three), and David Gravel (TheGreatestStoreonDirt.com Heat Four).
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Kasey Jedrzejek.
David Gravel topped the Toyota Dash.
Buddy Kofoid won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
Kofoid also drove from 21st to 11th to earn KSE Racing Products Hard Charger honors.
Emerson Axsom was the Tub O’ Towels Seventh Place Finisher.
Brady Bacon set the ACME Trading Company Fast Lap.
Bogucki’s runner-up earned him the Five Star Bodies Rookie of the Race.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Spencer Bayston.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series finishes up the weekend in Oklahoma with the Series debut at Sapulpa’s Creek County Speedway on Saturday, March 21. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 51-Scott Bogucki[9]; 3. 21H-Brady Bacon[2]; 4. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 5. 7S-Chris Windom[6]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[7]; 7. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[13]; 9. 2C-Cole Macedo[12]; 10. 52-Blake Hahn[11]; 11. 83-Michael Kofoid[21]; 12. 88R-Ryder Laplante[17]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart[22]; 14. 23-Garet Williamson[18]; 15. 12X-Landon Crawley[16]; 16. 41-Carson Macedo[10]; 17. 40-Howard Moore[24]; 18. 16C-Scotty Thiel[8]; 19. 95-Matt Covington[20]; 20. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[5]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[14]; 22. 85J-Logan Julien[15]; 23. 17B-Bill Balog[23]; 24. 17-Spencer Bayston[19]; 25. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[25]
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