COLUMBUS, Miss.  Perfection. Thats the only word to describe David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports on Saturday at Mississippis Magnolia Motor Speedway.

The defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champions checked all the boxes. It began with setting their fourth consecutive Simpson Quick Time and establishing a new track record in the process. Next up was a heat race win. Then came a Toyota Dash victory.

All that remained was a 35-lap feature, and Gravel put the punctuation on a perfect night. The Watertown, CT native led every single circuit on his way to his third trip to victory lane in 2025. He never flinched in traffic. Never faltered on a restart. It was yet another example of Gravel and his team being at the top of their game. At the top of the sport.

Cody (Jacobs), Zach (Patterson), and Pete (Stephens) have been giving me great race cars every night, Gravel said. Look at what were doing in qualifying. We couldve potentially won last night too. Its just been a dream to drive this Big Game No. 2.

The dream has included an early stretch of dominance for Gravel and the Tod Quiring-owned team. Theyre now up to seven podiums in eight races, and their worst result is fourth. Gravels average finish this season is an astonishing 2.13. All three of their victories have come in the last four races.

It was also a big night historically for the 32-year-old. Gravels 106th career triumph with The Greatest Show on Dirt pushed him ahead of Joey Saldana for sole possession of seventh on the all-time win list.

While he made it look easy, Gravel acknowledged it wasnt a simple path to the checkered flag. Lapped traffic threw him some curveballs on where to race on the three-eighths-mile track. But even with a little indecision, it wasnt nearly enough to drop him into the clutches of those chasing.

I didnt know where to run, Gravel admitted. I felt like it was the top, and then Skylar Gee had a really good pace and was running low and kind of running away from me in (Turns) 1 and 2. I felt like the top was better in (Turns) 3 and 4, but when I moved down I felt good in both lanes.

The runner-up spot belonged to Carson Macedo in the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41. He stole the second position on the final lap from Sheldon Haudenschild to wrap up a strong night. The result was Macedos sixth consecutive top 10 and his first time on the podium since winning the 2025 season opener.

I think I was actually really good on the bottom, and each time Id get to his (Sheldon Haudenschild) left rear, hed cut my water off getting into (Turn) 1, Macedo explained. It just would kill my run off of (Turn) 2 and take me so long to get back to him. I switched in up there that last lap and went to the top in (Turns) 1 and 2 and made some good speed and was able to get a run down into Turn 3 and kind of get my angle right and hit the bottom nice and squirt off to the checkered.

Rounding out the top three was Sheldon Haudenschild with the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing team. It was a welcome confidence boost for the Wooster, Ohio, native as it marked his first podium of the season in the NOS Energy Drink No. 17.

I think we have a lot of takeaways, finally just a good run and felt like I knew what I was doing again, Haudenschild said. Pumped with my team right now. This NOS Energy Drink/West Tennessee Expediting car is back where it belongs. I had a struggle of a start to the year at Volusia. It kicked our butts, but just felt really good from the start tonight.

Buddy Kofoid and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.

The finish:

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[9]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 7. 6-Zach Hampton[22]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[13]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 11. 27-Emerson Axsom[23]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[11]; 13. 14-Spencer Bayston[18]; 14. 39M-Anthony Macri[6]; 15. 19-Brent Marks[12]; 16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[17]; 17. 2C-Cole Macedo[15]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee[20]; 19. 32-Bryce Lucius[19]; 20. 9-Kasey Kahne[24]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[16]; 22. 40-Howard Moore[21]; 23. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 24. 84-Brandon Hanks[14]