Robby Gordon, the 2013 Stadium Super Trucks champion
Rob MacCachren finished second in the championship
Justin Lofton finished third in the championship

The 2013 Stadium Super Trucks Series was the inaugural season of Stadium Super Trucks competition. The series marked the revival of off-road racing in stadiums, originally created by Mickey Thompson, and reintroduced by former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon.[1] The trucks were one of four classes available, along with Bigfoot Monster Trucks, Super Trophy Karts, and Super Buggys.[2]

The champion was awarded the Mickey Thompson Championship Trophy.[3] Gordon won the championship by seven points over Rob MacCachren.[4]

Drivers

No. Driver Races
3 Canada Paul Tracy 7–8
4 United States Jeff Ward 1–4
United States Brock Heger 9–10
5 United States Ricky Johnson 2–5
Mexico Apdaly Lopez 6
United States Rino Navera 11–12
United States BJ Baldwin 13
6 United States Justin Lofton 1–13
7 United States Robby Gordon All
8 United States Justin Matney 1–4, 6
United States Jessie Johnson 5
10 United States Greg Adler 1–3, 5
United States Adrian Cenni 4
11 3
United States Brock Heger 13
12 United States Nick Baumgartner 1–6
United States Davey Hamilton 7
17 Mexico Lalo Laguna 1–6
18 Mexico Apdaly Lopez 11–13
21 United States Rob MacCachren 1–10, 14
United States Keegan Kincaid 11–13
25 United States Arie Luyendyk Jr. 1–6, 14
32 United States Townsend Bell 7
United States Davey Hamilton 8
47 United States Mike Jenkins 1–5, 9–13
United States Keegan Kincaid 6, 14
48 United States Scotty Steele 9–10, 13–14
53 United States Greg Foster 11–13
59 United States Craig Potts 9–14
74 United States Sheldon Creed 4–10, 13–14
77 United States Jerett Brooks 4–5, 9–10, 14
88 United States Austin Kimbrell 1
98 United States P. J. Jones All
99 United States Kyle LeDuc 14
Sources:[lower-alpha 1]

Schedule

Round Track Location Date
1 University of Phoenix Stadium Arizona Glendale, Arizona April 6
2 Grand Prix of Long Beach California Long Beach, California April 21
3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum California Los Angeles, California April 27
4 Qualcomm Stadium California San Diego, California May 4
5 May 18
6 Edward Jones Dome Missouri St. Louis, Missouri June 8
7 Honda Indy Toronto Canada Toronto, Ontario July 13
8 Crandon International Off-Road Raceway Wisconsin Crandon, Wisconsin August 30–September 1
9 OC Fair & Event Center (Sand Sports Super Show) California Costa Mesa, California September 20–22
10 Caesars Palace Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada November 7

Season summary

Robby Gordon organized an exhibition race at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway in September 2012 for the series to test their equipment.[19] Numerous TORC and LOORS off-road drivers were invited to participate.[19]

The opening race of the season, at University of Phoenix Stadium, initially was led by Justin Matney until Lalo Laguna passed him on lap 2. However, Laguna lost the lead to Rob MacCachren after hitting the water barrier and MacCachren dominated the rest of the race.[20] Next, the series traveled to Long Beach for the Grand Prix of Long Beach, where ramps were added to the track.[21] Justin Lofton won the race.[22] SST remained in southern California at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, racing on the first asphalt track laid in the stadium,[23] and at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, where future series and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series champion Sheldon Creed made his debut.[24]

Jerett Brooks winning at Crandon

At the Edward Jones Dome, MacCachren triumphed. The next race was scheduled to occur at Soldier Field,[25] but was eventually canceled.[26] Dates at the Georgia Dome, Cowboys Stadium, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome were also called off.[27] The Honda Indy Toronto road course was a late addition to the series schedule as a doubleheader.[28] Justin Lofton and Creed won the Saturday and Sunday races, respectively.[29]

The next stop was Crandon, with MacCachren claiming his fourth win of the season in the first race on Friday night.[30] In the second race on Sunday afternoon, the trucks raced the track in the opposite direction for the second half of the 12-lap event.[30] Creed and Jerett Brooks battled for the win, with the latter winning.[31]

The next three rounds were held at Sand Sports Super Show. Robby Gordon dueled with Lofton throughout the first race until Lofton struck a water barrier as Gordon won. Lofton subsequently suffered from mechanical issues and finished fifth. In the next round, pole-sitter Mike Jenkins entered turn 2 too quickly and rolled over, giving Apdaly Lopez the lead, though Lofton passed him. As in the previous race, Lofton and Gordon battled for the victory, but a miscue by Gordon allowed Lofton to get the win. Lofton and Gordon continued to dominate the track as they started first and second, respectively, in the third race. With the invert, Lopez led, and at the lap six restart, Gordon suffered damage to his truck and rolled over. Gordon was able to make a late charge, but Creed eventually won.[32]

The season finale was held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, held concurrently with the SEMA auto show.[33] In the race, P. J. Jones claimed his first win of the season, while Gordon won the championship by just seven points over MacCachren.[4]

Results and standings

Race results

Round Race Event Fastest qualifier Pole position Winning driver Ref
1 H1 Phoenix United States Justin Lofton United States Nick Baumgartner United States Justin Lofton [34][20][5]
H2 United States Greg Adler United States Greg Adler
LCQ United States Justin Matney United States Justin Matney
1 United States Justin Matney United States Rob MacCachren
2 2 Long Beach United States Justin Lofton United States Nick Baumgartner United States Justin Lofton [35][6]
3 H1 Los Angeles United States Robby Gordon United States Justin Matney United States Arie Luyendyk Jr. [36][37][7]
H2 United States P. J. Jones United States P. J. Jones
LCQ United States Justin Lofton United States Justin Lofton
3 United States Robby Gordon United States Robby Gordon
4 H1 San Diego United States Robby Gordon United States Arie Luyendyk Jr. United States Justin Lofton [38][39][8]
H2 United States Justin Matney United States P. J. Jones
LCQ — United States Robby Gordon
4 United States Ricky Johnson United States Rob MacCachren
5 H1 United States Sheldon Creed Mexico Lalo Laguna United States Robby Gordon [40][41][9]
H2 United States Mike Jenkins United States Rob MacCachren
LCQ United States Justin Lofton United States Ricky Johnson
5 United States Arie Luyendyk Jr. United States Robby Gordon
6 H1 St. Louis United States Rob MacCachren United States Nick Baumgartner United States Rob MacCachren [42][43][10]
H2 United States Justin Matney United States P. J. Jones
LCQ United States Sheldon Creed United States Sheldon Creed
6 United States Arie Luyendyk Jr. United States Rob MacCachren
7 7 Toronto United States Sheldon Creed United States Rob MacCachren United States Justin Lofton [11]
8 Canada Paul Tracy United States Sheldon Creed [12]
8 9 Crandon United States Sheldon Creed United States Sheldon Creed United States Rob MacCachren [13]
10 United States Craig Potts United States Jerett Brooks [14]
9 11 Costa Mesa United States Justin Lofton United States Mike Jenkins United States Robby Gordon [15]
12 United States Robby Gordon United States Mike Jenkins United States Justin Lofton [16]
13 United States Justin Lofton Mexico Apdaly Lopez United States Sheldon Creed [17]
10 H1 Las Vegas United States Keegan Kincaid — United States Kyle LeDuc [18][44]
H2 United States Robby Gordon
14 United States Rob MacCachren United States P. J. Jones

Drivers' championship

Rank Driver Arizona
PHO		 California
LBH		 California
LAN		 California
SDG		 Missouri
STL		 Canada
TOR		 Wisconsin
CRA		 California
OCF		 Nevada
CPL		 Pts
H1 H2 LCQ F H1 H2 LCQ F H1 H2 LCQ F H1 H2 LCQ F H1 H2 LCQ F H1 H2 F
1 United States Robby Gordon 2 3 2 3 1 4 1 3 1 1* 6 2 2 6 2 2 3 1* 2 4 1 2 407
2 United States Rob MacCachren 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 1* 2 4 1 4 2 6 400
3 United States Justin Lofton 1 11 1 7 1 9 1 9 4 2 9 5 6 1* 5 6 9 5 1* 2 295
4 United States P. J. Jones 3 5 5 1 3 1 5 6 7 8 1 11 5 6 9 10 9 5 3 2 1* 289
5 United States Sheldon Creed 6 2 10 2 2 4 1 8 3 1* 8 2 1* 3 7 215
6 United States Mike Jenkins 4 5 9 6 5 4 7 7 4 11 5 5 13 7 7 7 6 7 208
7 United States Arie Luyendyk Jr. 6 3 4 7 1 11 5 5 4 3 4 3 12 3 5 154
8 United States Ricky Johnson 4 2 13 2 2* 5 1 5 123
9 United States Nick Baumgartner 6 6 6 10 4 3 4 6 7 12 2 11 2 3 120
10 United States Greg Adler 1 7 11 4 2 8 4 3 7 118
11 United States Jerett Brooks 5 3 14 3 6 3 1* 4 4 108
12 Mexico Lalo Laguna 5 2 8 12 3 6 7 6 6 4 10 4 4 5 108
13 United States Justin Matney 4 1 2 9 6 7 5 3 13 6 5 9 105
14 United States Craig Potts 5 8 6 9 11 5 8 85
15 United States Scotty Steele 10 6 12 4 3 69
16 United States Jeff Ward 3 10 8 6 6 12 3 8 69
17 Mexico Apdaly Lopez 5 3 4 3 3 10 51
18 United States Brock Heger 4 5 8 47
19 United States Greg Foster 8 8 6 41
20 United States Davey Hamilton 7 3 38
21 United States Rino Navera 4 7 32
22 United States Kyle LeDuc 1 10 23
23 United States Townsend Bell 4 18
24 United States Adrian Cenni 5 5 10 4 7 16
25 United States Austin Kimbrell 5 4 12 14
26 Canada Paul Tracy DNS 7 14
27 United States BJ Baldwin 9 12
United States Jessie Johnson 7 6 12
United States Keegan Kincaid 2 7 2 4 5 5 9
Source:[45]
Legend
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th–5th place (Top 5)
Light Blue 6th–10th place (Top 10)
Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish (DNF)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled or abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Driver replacement (Rpl)
Race not held (NH)
Not competing
In-Line Notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
miscellaneous notation
Points Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Heat 12 10 8 7 5 4 3 2 1
Final 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6
Bonuses
Most laps led 3
Position gained 1
Fastest qualifier 1

Notes

  1. ↑ Sorted by round:
    • Phoenix (Race 1)[5]
    • Long Beach (Race 2)[6]
    • Log Angeles (Race 3)[7]
    • San Diego 1 (Race 4)[8]
    • San Diego 2 (Race 5)[9]
    • St. Louis (Race 6)[10]
    • Toronto (Races 7–8)[11][12]
    • Crandon (Races 9–10)[13][14]
    • Costa Mesa (Races 11–13)[15][16][17]
    • Las Vegas (Race 14)[18]

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