LAWTON, Okla. — 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, Conn., 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’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.
The finish:
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]
