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APDALY LOPEZ TAKES THE GOLD AT X GAMES AUSTIN
AUSTIN, Texas (June 8, 2014) – Apdaly Lopez, from Tecate, B.C., Mexico, scored an impressive victory in X Games Austin’s Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS race in front of a sun-scorched crowd and a live ABC network broadcast.
Lopez scored his second win of the season driving the RPM Motorsports/VisitMexico.com TRAXXAS truck one day after competing in his home country’s Baja 500 in Ensenada. Sheldon Creed in the TRAXXAS truck came in second with Robby Gordon driving the SPEED Energy/TRAXXAS truck came home third.
The 16-truck final race at the Circuit of the Americas was set by two 10-truck heat races where only the top-eight trucks advanced to the finals. The remainder of the top-10 trucks included Jerett Brooks in the RePlay XD/Synergy Electric truck in fourth, Scotty Steele in fifth, Keegan Kincaid in the TRAXXAS truck, Henrique Cisneros in the Momo/Gridstar Racing truck, Nick Baumgartner in the Loctite machine, Gavin Harlien in the Tonka truck and Arie Luyendyk Jr. in the Gunk machine rounding out the top 10.
Created in 2013 as a series featuring identically prepared 600 horse-power trucks racing on DOT-approved Toyo Tires, the series’ popularity is driven by the public’s overwhelming interest in trucks, off-road racing and the unique extreme-sport format of the trucks. The Traxxas-branded trucks are capable of launching more than 20 feet in the air covering distances more than 150 feet. Speeds in excess of 150 mph reached on long straights. What sets the program apart from other racing series is that all the SST trucks are identically prepared and delivered to drivers in race-ready condition. Races are decided by driver skill alone rather than individual team engineering and budgets. Drivers and their personal mechanics are assigned specific SST technicians who together tune and make minor adjustments to the trucks.
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SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS
X Games Austin
Final Results
Pos. |
Truck No. | Driver | Sponsor | Hometown |
1 | 18 | Apdaly Lopez | VisitMexico.com/RPM Off Road | Tecate, B.C. Mexico |
2 | 74 | Sheldon Creed | TRAXXAS | Alpine, Calif. |
3 | 7 | Robby Gordon | SPEED/TRAXXAS/Toyo | Orange, Calif. |
4 | 77 | Jerett Brooks | RePlay XD/Synergy Electric | Alpine, Calif. |
5 | 5 | Scotty Steele | Steele Racing | Peoria, Ariz. |
6 | 47 | Keegan Kincaid | TRAXXAS | Crandon, Wisc. |
7 | 91 | Henrique Cisneros | Momo/Gridstar Racing | Caracas, Venezuela |
8 | 12 | Nick Baumgartner | Loctite | Iron River, Mich. |
9 | 55 | Gavin Harlien | Tonka | Austin, Texas |
10 | 25 | Arie Luyendyk Jr. | Gunk | Scottsdale, Ariz. |
11 | 8 | Justin Matney | RPM Off Road | Bristol, Va. |
12 | 6 | Justin Lofton | Cometic | Westmorland, Calif. |
13 | 50 | Burt Jenner | Gladiator | Los Angeles, Calif. |
DNF | 9 | Bobby Runyan Jr. | Hoonigan/Kooks Headers | Modesto, Calif. |
DNF | 19 | E.J. Viso | LIVE/Momo/Gridstar Racing | Caracas, Venezuela |
DNF | 97 | B.J. Baldwin | Toyo Tires | Las Vegas, Nev. |
DNQ | 3 | Charles Dorrance | Piasa Group | Austin, Texas |
DNQ | 10 | Greg Adler | 4 Wheel Parts/Toyo Tires | Los Angeles, Calif. |
DNQ | 13 | Nick Vanis | ICON Wraps/Vanis Plumbing | Long Beach, Calif. |
DNQ | 26 | Jay Reichert | Rigid Industries | Austin, Texas |