2013 Stadium Super Trucks season

The 2013 Stadium Super Trucks season 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]

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

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

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

Schedule
Round Track Location Date Fastest qualifier Pole position Winning driver Ref
1 University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona April 6 N/A N/A Rob MacCachren [5]
2 Grand Prix of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 21 Justin Lofton [6]
3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California April 27 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon [7]
4 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California May 4 Ricky Johnson Rob MacCachren [8]
5 May 18 Arie Luyendyk Jr. Robby Gordon [9]
6 Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri June 8 Arie Luyendyk Jr. Rob MacCachren [10]
7 Honda Indy Toronto Toronto, Ontario July 13 Sheldon Creed Rob MacCachren Justin Lofton [11]
8 July 14 Paul Tracy Sheldon Creed [12]
9 Crandon International Off-Road Raceway Crandon, Wisconsin August 30 Sheldon Creed Sheldon Creed Rob MacCachren [13]
10 September 1 Craig Potts Jerett Brooks [14]
11 OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, California September 20 Justin Lofton Mike Jenkins Robby Gordon [15]
12 September 21 Robby Gordon Mike Jenkins Justin Lofton [16]
13 September 22 Justin Lofton Apdaly Lopez Sheldon Creed [17]
14 Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Nevada November 7 Keegan Kincaid Rob MacCachren P. J. Jones [18]

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]

Jerrett Brooks winning at Crandon

At the Edward Jones Dome, MacCachren triumphed. The next race was scheduled to occur at Soldier Field,[24] but was eventually canceled.[25] Dates at the Georgia Dome, Cowboys Stadium, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome were also called off.[26] The Honda Indy Toronto road course was a late addition to the series schedule as a doubleheader.[27] Justin Lofton and Sheldon Creed won the Saturday and Sunday races, respectively.[28]

The next stop was Crandon, with MacCachren claiming his fourth win of the season in the first race on Friday night.[29] 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.[29] Creed and Jerrett Brooks battled for the win, with the latter winning.[30]

The next three rounds were held at Sand Sports Super Show, and in the first round, Lofton claimed the pole position with a lap time of 58.222, though the grid was inverted which gave Traxxas owner Mike Jenkins first to start the race. Robby Gordon dueled with Lofton, but Lofton eventually struck a water barrier as Gordon won. Lofton subsequently suffered from mechanical issues and finished fifth. In the next round, Gordon took the pole with a time of 58.372, though Jenkins started on the pole after another field inversion. However, 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.[31]

The season finale was held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, held concurrently with the SEMA auto show.[32] 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]

Standings
Rank Driver
PHO
LBH
LAN
SDG
STL
TOR
CRA
OCF
CPL		 Pts
1 Robby Gordon 3 2 1 3 1* 2 6 2 2 3 1* 2 4 2 407
2 Rob MacCachren 1 3 2 1 3 1* 2 4 1 4 6 400
3 Justin Lofton 11 1 9 9 9 6 1* 5 6 9 5 1* 2 295
4 P. J. Jones 5 5 3 5 8 11 5 6 9 10 9 5 3 1* 289
5 Sheldon Creed 10 2 8 3 1* 8 2 1* 7 215
6 Mike Jenkins 9 6 7 11 13 7 7 7 6 7 208
7 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 4 7 11 4 4 12 5 154
8 Ricky Johnson 4 13 2* 5 123
9 Nick Baumgartner 6 10 4 12 11 3 120
10 Greg Adler 7 11 8 7 118
T-11 Jerett Brooks 14 6 3 1* 4 108
T-11 Lalo Laguna 8 12 6 6 10 5 108
13 Justin Matney 2 9 5 13 9 105
14 Craig Potts 5 8 6 9 11 8 85
15 Scotty Steele 10 6 12 3 69
16 Jeff Ward 10 8 12 8 69
17 Apdaly Lopez 4 3 3 10 51
18 Brock Heger 4 5 8 47
19 Greg Foster 8 8 6 41
20 Davey Hamilton 7 3 38
21 Rino Navera 4 7 32
22 Kyle LeDuc 10 23
23 Townsend Bell 4 18
24 Adrian Cenni 10 7 16
T-25 Paul Tracy DNS 7 14
T-25 Austin Kimbrell 12 14
27 B. J. Baldwin 9 12
- Jessie Johnson 12 -
- Keegan Kincaid 7 2 4 5 9 -
Source:[33]
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 (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

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