CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 16, 2014) – Stadium Super Truck series founder Robby Gordon and South Australian Tourism Minister, Leon Bignell, announced today the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS 2015 season will start in Adelaide, Australia, in conjunction with the Clipsal 500 Adelaide.

The Clipsal 500 Adelaide attracted more than 273,600 spectators over four days in 2014. The invitation from Australia’s premier motorsports event is a testament to the rapid growth and popularity of the TRAXXAS-sponsored Stadium Super Trucks (SST).

“The fast growth of the SST series has been incredible and for us to take our series outside North America for the first time is a huge accomplishment, so we were very selective with which event we chose,” Gordon said. “The Clipsal 500 is one of the biggest and best entertainment events in Australia, so for us it was a perfect fit. We know how much Australians enjoy sports, and particularly auto racing, and we know that our TRAXXAS SSTs will put on a great show. It will be nothing like anything race fans in Australia have ever seen before.”

The SSTs will be introduced to the Australian public on Feb. 26 with two practice sessions, followed by one race each day Feb. 27-March 1. Each race will feature a mix of some of Australia’s most popular and well-known drivers and an equal number of drivers from the SST series who compete regularly in the United States.

The 14-turn street circuit at Victoria Park will be a spectacular venue for the SSTs to fly over man-made ramps placed strategically throughout the circuit while reaching speeds of nearly 150 mph (240 kph) on the longest straights. The trucks will race the same course as the V8 Supercars.

“We expect Robby Gordon’s Stadium Super Trucks to attract new audiences to South Australia from around Australia and even overseas with its cult following,” Bignell said. “The Clipsal 500 will be the first event in Australia to feature Robby Gordon’s Stadium Super Trucks which is a terrific endorsement for the event and the State of South Australia.”

Clipsal 500 CEO Mark Warren said his team is always looking to introduce new categories to Australian motorsport fans: “We introduced utes to the motor racing scene back in 2001, which regularly rates as the second most popular category for Clipsal 500 fans in post-event polling. Stadium Super Trucks was a huge hit at X Games Austin and we expect they’ll be one of the most exciting categories to race around Adelaide’s iconic street circuit in 2015.”

Finishing only its second season of competition in the United States, the series has raced in major metropolitan cities, including: Los Angeles; Austin, Texas; Detroit; Toronto; San Diego; Las Vegas; St. Petersburg, Florida; Indianapolis; Phoenix; and others. The SST series will complete its second season on Nov. 1 and 5 in Las Vegas racing directly alongside the famed Las Vegas strip during the annual SEMA Show, the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world.

The identically prepared, purpose-built race trucks provide an amazing platform for competition, with drivers from a variety of backgrounds battling side-by-side in a test of the best driver rather than engineering. Each highly specialized truck makes approximately 600 horsepower and races on DOT-approved all-terrain Toyo Tires. In addition to Gordon, among the drivers that have competed in the SST series include: IndyCar drivers E.J. Viso, Paul Tracy, Townsend Bell and Arie Luyendyk Jr.; NASCAR driver Justin Lofton; off-road stars B.J. Baldwin, Sheldon Creed, Scotty Steele and Keegan Kincaid; and sports car drivers Aaron Bambach and Burt Jenner.
More information about Clipsal 500 Adelaide: http://www.clipsal500.com.au/

CORONADO, California (Sept. 21, 2014) – Robby Gordon captured the Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS race at the Coronado Speed Festival on the historic Naval Air Station North Island Sunday in front of a full house of military personnel and local San Diego area race enthusiasts. The crowd included thousands of new Stadium Super Truck (SST) series fans who witnessed one of the most amazing feats possible in a race car at the conclusion of the second race.

EJ Viso held off Sheldon Creed from nearby Alpine, Calif. in heat race competition, with Arizona’s Scotty Steele taking third. In the SST final, Creed again finished second with fellow-TRAXXAS driver Keegan Kincaid finishing third the night after winning his first SST race in Orange County.

The TRAXXAS SST race on the massive Navy Base across the Glorietta Bay from downtown San Diego, marked the third consecutive day the trucks raced in Southern California, with the first two races coming at Orange County’s Sand Sports Super Show Sept. 19-20.

Gordon and Kincaid shared top honors in Orange County. The overall weekend win went to Gordon, followed by Kincaid and Steele.
Following the second race at the Coronado Speed Festival, 16-year-old Creed, who’s Alpine home is only 30 miles from the Navy base, hoisted his TRAXXAS SST truck onto its right two tires and bicycled his truck around the 1.7-mile, 13-turn race course to the delight of the crowd. Never once did Creed let his left side tires down to the ground as fans clapped and yelled during the nearly five minute slow lap around the circuit.

Despite the great racing the trucks produced on the converted airport runway, Creed all but stole the show with his amazing effort. Almost unbelievably, his Toyo Tires kept their grip and maintained their integrity as Creed rode on the sidewalls of his Toyo’s.

COSTA MESA, California (Sept. 20, 2014) – Keegan Kincaid started on pole for Saturday’s SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS race, but his path to victory lane in Orange County was anything but smooth sailing for the Crandon, Wisc., off-road driver.

The competition caution at the 20-lap halfway point of the race found Kincaid behind Friday night’s winner and off-road racing legend Robby Gordon. From the start of the race, it was again apparent it would be Gordon’s night as he took the lead from Kincaid within the first 100 feet of the standing start. Kincaid stayed with the veteran Gordon and followed him to the line at the half-way point. Knowing that he would have to drive the best 10-laps of his short SST career, the 24-year-old second-generation driver did just that, and capitalized on an issue Gordon had with his truck to overtake and pass the series founder.

“I was having so much fun out there racing Robby,” Kincaid said to the massive standing-room only crowd at the OC Fair & Event Center. “It was a battle out there and I took the Joker Lane early and it paid off for me and when Robby had an issue with his truck I was able to capitalize on it. All these fans, look at them all, they’re awesome and it’s great to get my first SST win for TRAXXAS.

Following Gordon for third was 16-year-old Scotty Steele who was locked in a battle with two-time-defending Baja 1000 champion B.J. Baldwin. Baldwin, who started last in the field of 11 SST Traxxas trucks and drove to third, took himself out of contention when he drove through the Joker Lane for the second time when only one pass through of the shortcut is permitted. Baldwin was credited with seventh, the last car on the lead lap.

P.J. Jones of Scottsdale, Ariz. came home fourth in the LIVE SST, with Aaron Bambach and his Discount Tires truck finishing fifth. Nick Vanis (IconWraps.com), Baldwin, Apdaly Lopez (RPM Off-Road), Charles Dorrance (Rigid Industries), E.J. Viso (LIVE/Momo) and Burt Jenner (Gladiator) rounded out the field. Jenner, with his famous-father Bruce among the huge crowd, made contact with another truck and cut a tire on the opening lap of the race.

The short course at the OC Fair & Event Center was by all accounts one of the best layouts in the history of the SST series which produced amazing racing and constant action for the capacity crowd. Fans saw a full slate of racing including SST Traxxas trucks, class 1400 trucks, SPEED Energy Supermoto bikes, trophy karts and UTVs on the dirt and asphalt surface.

“These trucks and the solid crop of drivers we have here put on a great show,” series promoter and founder Gordon said. “I think these Southern California fans here tonight saw the type of show these drivers and trucks put on we look forward to building this series and continuing to bring it to people all over the country.”

Race No. 3 of the SST weekend will be held 90 miles south Sunday afternoon on Naval Air Station North Island (San Diego) as part of the Coronado Speed Festival.

COSTA MESA, California (Sept. 19, 2014) – On a night when 11 Stadium Super Truck (SST) drivers returned to the series’ roots in Southern California, it was the massive jumps and high speeds the race track produced that stole the show at the OC Fair and Event Center Friday night.

Robby Gordon took advantage of the rough driving and tight racing the twisting track produced and captured victory in the first of two races to be held at the Sand Sports Super Show.  The second race of the triple-header weekend for the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series is tonight at the OC Fair and Event Center.  Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 6 p.m.  Tickets are available at the gate for $25 for adults and children 12 and under and military tickets $15.  Race No. 3 of the weekend will be held 90 miles south on Sunday afternoon on Naval Air Station North Island (San Diego) as part of the Coronado Speed Festival.

After a series of qualifying and heat races, Friday’s race – which featured the entire field on DOT approved Toyo A/T tires – saw B.J. Baldwin start on pole for the 24-lap final race.  Baldwin held the lead for much of the first half of the race before contact from Venezuela’s E.J. Viso caused both drivers to give up critical positions to Gordon.  The smooth-driving Gordon inherited the lead and was never seriously challenged for the remainder of the event and ran mistake free in victory.  TRAXXAS-driver Keegan Kincaid fought through tight racing from second through fourth positions and came home second.  Viso, driving the LIVE/Momo SST recovered for third with Burt Jenner in the Gladiator entry coming home fourth.

Arizona’s Scotty Steele was fifth followed by Aaron Bambach in the Discount Tires TRAXXAS truck.  Charles Dorrance from Texas in the Rigid Industries truck, Baldwin in the King Shocks truck, X Games winner Apdaly Lopes in his RPM Off-Road entry and Nick Vanis in the Iconwraps truck rounded out the field.  Bill Hynes in the LIVE SST truck was involved in a single-truck accident in the final heat race and did not start the final.

“Our guys built a great race course that can be seen from every seat in the house, which puts on a great show for the fans,” Gordon said.  “This is what Stadium Super Trucks is all about – high speeds, big jumps and tight racing.”

Las Vegas’ Baldwin, took everything in stride after being the recipient of Viso’s bumper that took him out of the lead.  “It is what it is,” the calm driver said.  “If that’s the way people want to race, that’s how we’ll race.  We had a good run going and know we were fast in the King Shocks truck and we’ll go after them again Saturday.”

The race track the SST staff built features sweeping high-speed turns, a difficult sand pit section on the front stretch in front of the grandstands and a massive jump that takes trucks over another section of the race track with trucks passing underneath.  The track was built adjacent to the Sand Sports Super Show which bills itself as the “world’s biggest sand sports expo.”

Costa Mesa, California (September 15, 2014) – The SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series will headline a full weekend of racing in Southern California Sept. 19-21 at two separate venues. The Stadium Super Trucks (SST) that compete in the high-flying series will be part of the Sand Sports Super Show at the OC Fair and Event Center Friday and Saturday nights, and then will move further south and be part of the Coronado Speed Festival Sunday afternoon at Naval Air Station North Island.

SAND SPORTS SUPER SHOW

Costa Mesa’s OC Fair and Event Center will host the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series and a full slate of other off-road racing vehicles during the Sand Sports Super Show Friday and Saturday nights.

While the SST trucks will highlight both nights of racing, SPEED Energy Supermoto, Class 1400 trucks, multiple divisions of UTV’s and Trophy Karts will provide non-stop racing action both nights, with gates opening at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $25 per night for adults. Children 12 and under and military with proper ID receive a $10 discount each night. One-day tickets including admission to the Sand Sports Super Show and one-night of racing are $30 and a two-day combination tickets are $55. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and www.stadiumsupertrucks.com and will also be available at the gate subject to availability. General admission grandstand seating is limited and fans are encouraged to buy tickets in advance and arrive early for both nights.

The Sand Sports Super Show SST races will be rounds 12 and 13 in the season-long competition which has included the trucks racing in front of massive crowds at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix, the Long Beach Grand Prix, the Detroit Grand Prix, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and X Games Austin. After racing at the OC Fair and Event Center and the Coronado Speed Festival, the TRAXXAS trucks will close their season under the bright lights of Las Vegas in conjunction with the SEMA Show in November.

Among the drivers entered for the Sand Sports Super Show SST event include Orange County’s Robby Gordon (SPEED Energy/Toyo Tires/TRAXXAS), X Games winner Apdaly Lopez (RPM Off-Road/Visit Mexico.com), TRAXXAS driver Keegan Kincaid, California drivers Burt Jenner (Gladiator) and Nick Vanis (IconoWraps.com), Arizona’s Scotty Steele, Texas driver Charles Dorrance (Rigid Industries), Michigan’s Aaron Bambach (Discount Tire), IndyCar star E.J. Viso (LIVE/UFD/Momo) and Pennsylvania’s Bill Hynes (LIVE/UFD). Las Vegas and King Shocks’ driver B.J. Baldwin will be making his second SST start of the season after competing at X Games Austin.

CORONADO SPEED FESTIVAL

Following two nights of racing at the Sand Sports Super Show, the SST trucks and drivers will immediately head south toward San Diego for Sunday’s Coronado Speed Festival on the Naval Air Station North Island as part of the Navy’s Fleetweek 2014.

The TRAXXAS Stadium Super Trucks will race twice on the runway of the active military base which will be transformed into a race track. Each year the Coronado Speed Festival races at the base with the beautiful backdrop of San Diego across the water. In addition to the debut of SSTs, the Coronado Speed Festival features various classes of vintage sports cars and historic stock and Trans-Am cars.

SAND SPORTS SUPER SHOW
COSTA MESA, CA
September 19-20, 2014

DAY OF SHOW EVENT FORMAT

STADIUM SUPER TRUCKS / 1400 TRUCKS / TROPHY KARTS / SUPERMOTO / SIDE BY SIDES

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

5:00 PM Spectator Gates Open
6:00 P.M. Opening Ceremonies
6:15 P.M SST Qualifying
6:35 PM SPEED Energy SuperMoto Practice/Qualifying
6:45 PM SST Heat 1
7:05 PM SST Heat 2
7:25 P.M Trophy Kart 450 RS Final
7:40 P.M. SPEED Energy SuperMoto Final
8:00 P.M. Intermission/ Track Prep
8:20 P.M. Stock 900 and Below/Unlimited Shootout
8:40 P.M. Class 1400 Truck Final
9:00 P.M. 1000 Stock/Unlimited Side x Side Shootout
9:20 P.M. SST Final
10:00 P.M. SST Jump Contest

* Schedule and Times are subject to change

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

5:00 PM Spectator Gates Open
6:00 P.M. Opening Ceremonies
6:15 P.M SST Qualifying
6:35 PM SPEED Energy SuperMoto Practice/Qualifying
6:45 PM SST Heat 1
7:05 PM SST Heat 2
7:25 P.M Trophy Kart 450 RS Final
7:40 P.M. SPEED Energy SuperMoto Final
8:00 P.M. Intermission/ Track Prep
8:20 P.M. Stock 900 and Below/Unlimited Shootout –
8:40 P.M. Class 1400 Truck Final
9:00 P.M. 1000 Stock/Unlimited Side x Side Shootout
9:20 P.M. SST Final
10:00 P.M. SST Jump Contest

* Schedule and Times are subject to change

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 30, 2014) – NBCSN will broadcast Rounds 10 & 11 of the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by Traxxas from the Toronto Grand Prix tomorrow (Thursday, July 31) at 10:00 p.m. PDT making it 1:00 a.m. (Friday, August 1st) for our fans on the East Coast.

The one-hour broadcast will feature the high-flying TRAXXAS Stadium Super Trucks racing on the 11-turn 1.75-mile Toronto, Ont. Canada street circuit which winds through the city’s downtown streets along the beautiful lake front of Lake Ontario.

The series features identically prepared trucks which are made to resemble their scaled-down Traxxas radio-control-car counterparts. Like their Traxxas namesake, SST trucks are designed to take flight. However, unlike RC trucks, they produce 600 horsepower generating speeds upwards of 140 miles per hour.

TORONTO, 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.

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.