Sheldon Creed Wins Race 1 at Toronto in SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by Traxxas

toronto_sat_2TORONTO, Ontario, Canada (July 19, 2014) – After winning last season at Toronto, Sheldon Creed of Alpine, Calif. picked up where he left off in the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series by winning again on the picturesque downtown street circuit in Canada.

Creed’s TRAXXAS-sponsored truck fought alongside fellow 16-year-old Scotty Steele’s machine for most of the race until Steele made a late mistake on the final lap, which relegated him to a third-place finish, allowing Robby Gordon to inherit second.

Creed started last in the field given that he missed the pre-race driver’s meeting, but drove a steady smart race in the rain to pass every truck in the field en route to victory.

“The difference in driving on asphalt and concrete was incredible,” Creed said referring to the wet, slick conditions. “Scotty was great on the concrete, and when we came off the asphalt his truck just took off. I’ve made a couple of late mistakes in these races and thrown a few away, and I wasn’t going to do it again. I just took my time and didn’t over drive the truck.”

Michigan’s Aaron Bambach came home fourth in his 3deminsional.com truck, with Mexico’s Apdaly Lopez finishing fifth after not getting any practice during Friday’s session where he crashed in turn one of lap one of the session. Toronto’s Paul Tracy fell victim to the wet conditions early in the race and came in sixth, as did Bill Hynes from Nazareth, Pa. in the Freaks for LIVE truck who finished seventh.

NBCSN will broadcast the race at 10 p.m. PDT on July 31 (1 a.m. EDT Aug. 1). Following its trip to Toronto, the series will shift to the west coast for its final three races of the 2014 season at the Sand Sport Super Show in Orange County, Calif. Sept. 19-20; the Coronado Speed Festival Sept. 21 and in Las Vegas in conjunction with the SEMA Show in early November.

The Stadium Super Trucks that will compete in a second race in Toronto Sunday will jump 36-inch tall man-made ramps at more than 100 mph at multiple locations throughout the downtown street circuit hurling drivers nearly 20 feet in the air and 150 feet down course. The series features identically prepared trucks which are made to resemble their scaled-down Traxxas radio-control-car counterparts. Like their Traxxas namesake the trucks are designed to take flight. However, unlike RC trucks, they produce 600 horsepower generating speeds upwards of 130 miles per hour and race on DOT approved Toyo Tires.

About SPEED® Energy Formula Off-Road presented by TraxxasInfluenced by the former Mickey Thompson Stadium Off-Road Racing Series, where driver’s such as Gordon, Casey Mears and six-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson got their start, Gordon created Stadium SUPER Trucks to capitalize on the public’s overwhelming interest in trucks and SUVs as well as the fact that the majority of automotive aftermarket parts are marketed for trucks.

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Paul Tracy to Compete in a TRAXXAS-sponsored truck at Toronto

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada (July 18, 2014) – Toronto’s Paul Tracy, one of Canada’s most famous and successful race car drivers of all time, will return to the track at the Honda Indy Toronto in the TRAXXAS-sponsored Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS in a Stadium Super Truck (SST).

Tracy, who drove an SST truck in last year’s Honda Indy Toronto but exited early following a hard crash, will again work to find victory lane in his native country of Canada.  He will be one of eight competitors in the Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series in two races that start Saturday and Sunday at 2:20 p.m. each day.

Sheldon Creed, 16, who won one of last year’s two races at Toronto, will drive another TRAXXAS-sponsored SST and will be joined in the field by 2014 series’ winners Apdaly Lopez and Robby Gordon.  Series regular Scotty Steele, 16, as well as Nick Vanis and Aaron Baumbach return to the TRAXXAS series along with Bill Hynes who is making his series debut.

The eight trucks will navigate the same 11-turn 1.755-mile (2.84 km) circuit as the IndyCar series, however, the trucks will also negotiate four man-made metal jumps placed strategically along the circuit’s front stretch.

NBCSN will broadcast the race at 10 p.m. PDT on July 31 (1 a.m. EDT Aug. 1).  Following its trip to Toronto, the series will shift to the west coast for its final three races of the 2014 season at the Sand Sport Super Show in Orange County, Calif. Sept. 19-20; the Coronado Speed Festival Sept. 21 and in Las Vegas in conjunction with the SEMA Show in early November.

The Stadium Super Trucks that will race in Toronto will hit huge man-made ramps at more than 100 mph at multiple locations throughout the downtown street circuit hurling drivers nearly 20 feet in the air and 150 feet down course.  The series features identically prepared trucks which are made to resemble their scaled-down Traxxas radio-control-car counterparts.  Like their Traxxas namesake the trucks are designed to take flight.  However, unlike RC trucks, they produce 600 horsepower generating speeds upwards of 130 miles per hour and race on DOT approved Toyo Tire

SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS Returns to the Track at the Honda Indy Toronto

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada (July 15, 2014) – Following its hugely successful debut at X Games Austin, the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series returns to competition at the Honda Indy Toronto this weekend.

The TRAXXAS trucks will be making their way to the popular Toronto IndyCar circuit for the second consecutive year after debuting in great style in 2013. The trucks will race twice in Toronto – at 2:20 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday – just as they did last season when Justin Lofton and Sheldon Creed won races on the 1.755-mile (2.84 km) circuit.

The Honda Indy Toronto track is an 11-turn temporary street course located in downtown Toronto. It is constructed throughout and around picturesque Exhibition Place grounds and utilizes Lake Shore Boulevard as its backstretch.
Creed will return to defend his race win from 2013, along with multiple-time 2014 winners Apdaly Lopez and Robby Gordon among others.

The Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series’ only practice session takes place Friday at 11:50 a.m., which will determine starting positions for Saturday’s race. Fastest lap times from Saturday’s race will determine the lineup for Sunday’s race.

NBCSN will broadcast the race at 10 p.m. PDT on July 31 (1 a.m. EDT Aug. 1). Following its trip to Toronto, the series will shift to the west coast for its final three races of the 2014 season at the Sand Sport Super Show in Orange County, Calif. Sept. 19-20; the Coronado Speed Festival Sept. 21 and in Las Vegas in conjunction with the SEMA Show in early November.

The Stadium Super Trucks that will race in Toronto will hit huge man-made ramps at more than 100 mph at multiple locations throughout the downtown street circuit hurling drivers nearly 20 feet in the air and 150 feet down course. The series features identically prepared trucks which are made to resemble their scaled-down Traxxas radio-control-car counterparts. Like their Traxxas namesake the trucks are designed to take flight. However, unlike RC trucks, they produce 600 horsepower generating speeds upwards of 130 miles per hour and race on DOT approved Toyo Tires.

Tickets Now Available for Sand Sports Super Show: September 19 & 20

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Tickets Now Available For Honda Indy Toronto: July 19 & 20

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Get your tickets for the July 19 & 20 SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented By Traxxas races at Honda Indy Toronto!

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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

Largest TRAXXAS Field in History to Race at X Games Austin

Largest TRAXXAS Field in History to Race at X Games Austin

AUSTIN, Texas (June 6, 2014) – A live national television audience will see 20 Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS Stadium Super Trucks race at the beautiful Circuit of the Americas (COTA) for X Games Austin. The live ESPN and ABC broadcast of the TRAXXAS series will mark the first time the TRAXXAS series or off-road racing has enjoyed a live network broadcast.

Two heat races with 10 trucks each will race at 12 p.m. EDT Sunday live on ESPN. The first eight finishers in each race will transfer to the final which will feature 16 trucks. The broadcast of the Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS will begin at 2 p.m. EDT on ABC, with the green flag falling at 2:20 p.m.
The majority of the trucks practiced at the COTA facility Friday afternoon.

Several drivers, including Justin Matney, Jay Reichert, B.J. Baldwin and Robby Gordon are in Ensenada, Mexico competing in Saturday’s Baja 500, one of the crown jewels of off-road racing. NASCAR’s Justin Lofton who is competing at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series race and also missed Friday’s first practice. All 20 drivers will have another opportunity on the track Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (CDT) with qualifying for the two heat races coming immediately following practice.

Venezuelan driver and Verizon IndyCar driver E.J. Viso swept all three Formula Off-Road by TRAXXAS races at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix last weekend, and will be looking to make it four straight in Austin. Other series winners in 2014 include Apdaly Lopez of Tecate, B.C. Mexico (1 win); P.J. Jones of Scottsdale, Ariz. (1) and Orange, California’s Gordon (3).

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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E.J. Viso Wins Third TRAXXAS Truck Race at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix

E.J. Viso Wins Third TRAXXAS Truck Race at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix

DETROIT, Mich. (June 1, 2014) – E.J. Viso completed a weekend sweep of three Menards Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS races, taking Sunday’s race in front of a massive audience at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix. Viso’s Momo/Gridstar truck dominated a weekend of thrilling truck racing.

“I am obviously starting to feel more comfortable with the truck,” Viso said. “It was a great weekend and a great track. This new series is going to be the next thing, it’s really catching on with the fans, sponsors and drivers. The trucks are very fun to drive and I had a blast. This is only my second opportunity in the trucks, and I hope there are many others. Now I am looking forward to X Games next weekend in Austin (Texas) which I am sure is going to be a different animal but I am ready for that challenge.”

Burt Jenner’s Gladiator truck led going to the final lap with Viso in close pursuit. Viso overtook Jenner in turn four of the 2.35-mile street circuit as the two went side by side through the 90-degree right hand corner. Viso and Jenner touched in close racing quarters, which moved Jenner out of the racing groove allowing Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s Quicken Loans truck and Robby Gordon’s Menards/TRAXXAS sponsored machine to move to second and third respectively, which is where they finished.

Jenner brought his truck home in fourth after leading much of the race.
Rochester Hills, Michigan’s Aaron Bambach, driving the BZ’s Twisted Blend/3deminsional.com truck followed up Saturday’s podium finish with a fifth-place drive, while the RPM/VisitMexico.com driver Apdaly Lopez finished sixth. Scotty Steele finished seventh after a second-place run Saturday, and TRAXXAS driver Keegan Kincaid rolled his truck for the second time on the weekend and was credited with an eighth-place finish.

Four metal ramps were positioned throughout the course, with the trucks jumping as much as 15 feet in the air and more than 100 feet down course bringing cheers and gasps from the huge Belle Isle crowd.

The SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series now moves to Austin, Texas and the ESPN X Games, marking the first time in series history that it will be featured in a live network television broadcast. The final race at X Games Austin will air Sunday, June 8 on ABC at 12:30 p.m.

A replay of the Menards TRAXXAS races from Detroit will be shown on NBCSN June 20 at 10:30 p.m. PDT (1:30 a.m. June 21 EDT). The Menards at the Brickyard TRAXXAS races from Indianapolis will be shown on NBCSN June 13 at 9 p.m. (PDT) (midnight EST).

Menards Detroit Belle Isle Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS
Race 3 Results

Pos. Truck No. Driver Sponsor Hometown
1. 19 E.J. Viso Momo/Gridstar Racing Caracas, Venezuela
2. 25 Arie Luyendyk Jr. Quicken Loans Scottsdale, Ariz.
3. 7 Robby Gordon Menards/SPEED Energy Orange, Calif.
4. 50 Burt Jenner Gladiator Los Angeles, Calif.
5. 87 Aaron Bambach 3dimensional.com/BZ’s Twisted Rochester Hills, Mich.
6. 18 Apdaly Lopez VisitMexico.com/RPM Tecate, B.C., Mexico
7. 5 Scotty Steele Steele Racing Peoria, Ariz.
8. 47 Keegan Kincaid TRAXXAS Crandon, Wisc.
DNS 91 Henrique Cisneros Momo/Gridstar Racing Caracas, Venezuela

E.J. Viso Wins Second TRAXXAS Truck Race at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix

DETROIT, Mich. (May 31, 2014) – E.J. Viso took his second Menards Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS victory in as many days at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Saturday, besting 16-year-old Scotty Steele by 1.540 seconds in the high-flying Stadium Super Trucks.

Viso, 29, inherited the lead from Steele on lap three of five around the 2.35-mile race circuit, and cruised to victory lane. Despite his smooth drive, Viso’s Momo/Gridstar truck experienced his biggest challenge after taking the checkered flag halfway through his cool-down lap. Viso displayed the tough nature of the trucks, which are modeled after scaled-down TRAXXAS radio control trucks, buy rolling it in a failed attempt at a victory burnout. In true TRAXXAS fashion, track workers pushed the truck back on its wheels, with Viso still strapped inside. He then drove his perfect truck straight to victory lane.

“I don’t know what happened I think something is wrong with my truck, it can only go fast. When I go slow it just flips upside down,” the Venezuelan driver joked with series owner Robby Gordon. “It’s super exciting every time I jump in the truck. It was a short race and I had to start attacking from the beginning, but it was a lot of fun again and I look forward to going for a weekend sweep Sunday.”

Four steel ramps were positioned throughout the course, with the trucks jumping as much as 15 feet in the air and more than 100 feet down course bringing cheers and gasps from the huge Belle Isle crowd.

“This is my second podium after finishing third at Las Vegas last year,” said the young driver Steele from Peoria, Ariz. “This is a much faster track than what Caesars Palace was in Vegas and I feel like I did a really nice job today. I was aggressive from the start, and while I made a few mistakes, I held off Aaron (Bambach) for third for my best finish.”

Bambach, from nearby Rochester Hills, Mich. drove a smooth and fast race, making few mistakes in his first weekend of driving a Stadium Super Truck. The veteran road course racer who has competed several times at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix in different series, drove the BZ’s Twisted Blend/3deminsional.com truck without putting a mark on it en route to third-place finish.

The Menards Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS will race once more on Belle Isle at 1:55 p.m. Sunday. The overall weekend winner will be determined by an average finish from all three races, with any ties broken by the highest finishers in Sunday’s race. Sunday’s race can be seen live on the internet at www.stadiumsupertrucks.com. A replay of the Menards TRAXXAS races from Detroit will be shown on NBCSN June 20 at 10:30 p.m. PDT (1:30 a.m. June 21 EDT). The Menards at the Brickyard TRAXXAS races from Indianapolis will be shown on NBCSN June 13 at 9 p.m. (PDT) (midnight EST).

Pos. Truck No. Driver Sponsor Hometown
1. 19 E.J. Viso Momo/Gridstar Racing Caracas, Venezuela
2. 5 Scotty Steele Steele Racing Peoria, Ariz.
3. 87 Aaron Bambach 3dimensional.com/BZ’s Twisted Rochester Hills, Mich.
4. 25 Arie Luyendyk Jr. Quicken Loans Scottsdale, Ariz.
5. 7 Robby Gordon Menards/SPEED Energy Orange, Calif.
6. 47 Keegan Kincaid TRAXXAS Crandon, Wisc.
7. 50 Burt Jenner Gladiator Los Angeles, Calif.
8. 18 Apdaly Lopez VisitMexico.com/RPM Tecate, B.C., Mexico
9. 91 Henrique Cisneros Momo/Gridstar Racing Caracas, Venezuela

E.J. Viso wins in First TRAXXAS Truck Race at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix

DETROIT, Mich. (May 30, 2014) – Venezuela’s E.J. Viso drove his Menards Formula Off-Road Presented TRAXXAS truck to victory lane Friday at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix in front of thousands of new truck racing fans.

Viso, driving the No. 19 Momo/Gridstar-sponsored truck, inherited the lead from teammate Henrique Cisneros in the No. 91 Momo/Gridstar truck after he took the first of two consecutive metal ramps located on the front-stretch of the 2.35-mile street circuit awkwardly. The result was a rough landing which left Cisneros little time to correct his truck before launching off the second ramp. The second landing was even rougher and Cisneros pounded the front-stretch wall with his truck’s right front ending his race.

As Viso continued to lead the nine-truck field, TRAXXAS driver Keegan Kincaid found trouble in a single-truck incident with three laps to go and put him upside down on the backstretch where his truck blocked the racing lane. While Kincaid unbuckled and crawled out of his TRAXXAS truck unhurt even before safety crews arrived, and his truck was able to return to competition, race officials determined the truck could not be righted quickly enough to resume the race.

Viso was declared the winner at that point.

“My friend has been telling me all day that I haven’t stopped smiling,” said Viso, a veteran of five years in the Verizon IndyCar Series. “These trucks are so fun, and after throwing away a win at Long Beach earlier this year it was good to get the first win of the three races this weekend in Detroit. This is going to be a great weekend of racing and I am looking forward to standing on the podium again this weekend.”

Arie Luyendyk Jr. was running second late in the race when he made a bold move on Viso for the race lead. Viso protected his line pinching Luyendyk’s Quicken Loans truck down causing him to lose momentum, allowing Robby Gordon to make a clean pass for second which is where the Orange, Calif. driver finished. Luyendyk finished third with series rookie Aaron Bambach from nearby Rochester Hills, Mich. taking home fourth in the BZ’s Twisted Blend/3deminsional.com TRAXXAS truck. Los Angeles driver Burt Jenner in the Gladiator truck took fifth, Scotty Steele came home sixth. Kincaid was credited with seventh, Cisneros eighth and last week’s winner at Indianapolis Apdaly Lopez finished ninth in the RPM/VisitMexico.com truck after retiring early with a mechanical issue.

The Menards Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series will stage two more races, with the rough-and-tumble trucks Saturday on Belle Isle at 2:10 p.m. Sunday’s third race of the weekend will go green at 1:55 p.m. The overall weekend winner will be determined by an average finish from all three races, with any ties broken by the highest finishers in Sunday’s race. Saturday and Sunday’s races can be seen live on the internet at www.stadiumsupertrucks.com. A replay of the Menards TRAXXAS races from Detroit will be shown on NBCSN June 20 at 10:30 p.m. PDT (1:30 a.m. June 21 EDT). The Menards at the Brickyard TRAXXAS races from Indianapolis will be shown on NBCSN June 13 at 9 p.m. (PDT) (midnight EST).

Menards Detroit Belle Isle Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS

Race 1 Results

1. EJ Viso
2. Robby Gordon
3. Arie Liuyendyk, Jr.
4. Aaron Bambach
5. Burt Jenner
6. Scotty Steele
7. Keegan Kincaid
8. Henrique Cisneros
9. Apdaly Lopez