2015 Stadium Super Trucks season

The 2015 Stadium Super Trucks season, officially the Speed Energy Formula Off-Road presented by Traxxas championship, was the third season of the Stadium Super Trucks series. Sheldon Creed won the championship.

2015 Stadium Super Trucks season
Previous: 2014 Next: 2016
Sheldon Creed, the series champion.
Robby Gordon, the championship runner-up.

2015 was the first season in which the trucks began racing in Australia.

Drivers
No. Driver(s) Round(s)
2 Matt Mingay 1–3, 16–22
Rusty Wallace 10
3 Charles Dorrance 1–6, 8–15, 21–22
5 E. J. Viso 1–12
Mike Whiddett 13–15
Danny Reidy 20
7 Robby Gordon All
10 Greg Adler 21–22
12 Augie Lerch 13–15
14 Greg Gartner 16–20
17 Lalo Laguna 4–5
Dale Dondel 6
18 Apdaly Lopez 6, 10
25 Arie Luyendyk Jr. All
27 Matthew Brabham 11–12, 16–20
33 C. J. Greaves 10
47 Keegan Kincaid 1–12, 16–22
P. J. Jones 13–15
48 Scotty Steele 4–6
50 Burt Jenner 4–6[1]
51 Aaron Kaufman 13–14
54 Boris Said 10
55 Gavin Harlien 6
56 Nathan Pretty 1–3, 10, 15–16, 17
57 Bill Hynes All
67 Paul Morris 16–20
69 Brett Thomas 16–19
74 Sheldon Creed 1–6, 10–22
P. J. Jones 7–9
75 Erik Davis 4–6
77 Jerett Brooks 10
87 Toby Price 1, 3
Billy Geddes 2
Aaron Bambach 7–9
88 Jeremy Stenberg 10
93 Russell Boyle 11–12
99 Kyle LeDuc 6, 10
199 Travis Pastrana 10
454 Brad Gallard 1–3
777 Anthony Gandon 21–22

Schedule
RoundTrackLocationDateFastest qualifierPole positionWinning driverSupportingRef
1Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, AustraliaFebruary 27 Sheldon Creed Nathan Pretty E. J. VisoClipsal 500[2]
2February 28 Charles Dorrance Sheldon Creed[3]
3March 1 Charles Dorrance Keegan Kincaid[4]
4Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FloridaMarch 28 Sheldon Creed Erik Davis Sheldon CreedFirestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg[5]
5March 29 Scotty Steele Burt Jenner[6]
6Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CaliforniaApril 19 Sheldon Creed Bill Hynes E. J. VisoToyota Grand Prix of Long Beach[7]
7The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, MichiganMay 29N/A Scotty Steele Robby GordonChevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix[8]
8May 30 Arie Luyendyk Jr. E. J. Viso[9]
9May 31 Bill Hynes Burt Jenner[10]
10Circuit of the Americas Austin, TexasJune 7 Sheldon Creed Sheldon Creed Sheldon CreedX Games Austin 2015[11]
11Streets of Toronto Toronto, OntarioJune 13 Bill Hynes E. J. Viso Scotty SteeleHonda Indy Toronto[12]
12June 14 E. J. Viso Keegan Kincaid[13]
13OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, CaliforniaSeptember 18 Robby Gordon Charles Dorrance P. J. JonesSand Sports Super Show[14]
14September 19 Sheldon Creed Sheldon Creed Sheldon Creed[15]
15September 20N/A Augie Lerch Sheldon Creed[16]
16Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, AustraliaOctober 23 Paul Morris Bill Hynes Burt JennerGold Coast 600[17]
17October 24 Scotty Steele Sheldon Creed[18]
18October 25 Bill Hynes Sheldon Creed[19]
19 Bill Hynes Matt Mingay[20]
20Valvoline Raceway Granville, AustraliaOctober 31 Sheldon Creed Bill Hynes Sheldon CreedUltimate Sprintcar Championship[21]
21Las Vegas Village Las Vegas, NevadaNovember 5 Robby Gordon Bill Hynes Robby GordonStandalone[22]
22 Sheldon Creed Sheldon Creed[23]
Ex.Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, AustraliaDecember 4N/AN/A Sheldon CreedSydney 500[24]
December 5 Sheldon Creed[24]
December 6 Matt Mingay[24]

Season summary
Robby Gordon's truck at the 2015 Clipsal 500

The season-opening tripleheader was held in conjunction with the V8 Supercars Championship's Clipsal 500,[25] one of seven support events for the race.[26] It was the trucks' first time racing in Australia. Of the ten drivers, six were series veterans: Robby Gordon, E. J. Viso, Keegan Kincaid, Charles Dorrance, Bill Hynes, and Sheldon Creed; also comprising the field were Australian racers: off-road motorcycle racer Toby Price, off-road racer Brad Gallard, former V8 Supercars driver Nathan Pretty, and stunt rider Matt Mingay.[27] Before the start of the first race, Dorrance flipped in turn 9, and the effort to flip the truck back shortened the race from eight to five laps.[28] Viso, starting from sixth, moved up the field and took the lead and eventual win after Pretty's suspension failed.[29] Gordon finished second, followed by Mingay.[28] Creed won the second round. In race three, backfield starters Creed, Gordon and Viso moved to the front quickly, and battled with Mingay for the lead, but Mingay and Viso made contact and spun in turn 6. Creed and Gordon duelled for second while Kincaid led for the remainder of the race. On the final lap, Gordon passed Creed in the final turn as Creed lost control of his truck; after jumping the second ramp, Creed flipped, hit the wall upon crossing the finish, and landed back on all four tires.[30]

Formula Off-Road returned to the United States for the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg alongside the IndyCar Series. Due to rain, truck qualifying speeds were slower than in previous years, though Creed was still the fastest qualifier. Creed battled with IndyCar veteran Viso throughout the first race, but the latter fell out of podium position when he went wide in turn ten on the final lap. In the second race, Scotty Steele led until he began suffering from mechanical failure, allowing Burt Jenner to take his first career victory.[31] Viso would rebound from his St. Petersburg error by winning at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, beating Creed by over five seconds.[32]

At the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Gordon, Viso, and Jenner took round wins. Gordon won the first race after passing Viso on the final lap;[33] Viso won the second when he held off Steele in a rainstorm;[34] and Jenner won the third.[35]

In early June, the series returned to the X Games at Circuit of the Americas for 2015. For the event, various drivers made their series debuts, three of whom were NASCAR drivers: 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Rusty Wallace,[36] road course ringer Boris Said,[37] and former Nationwide Series driver and eleven-time X Games medalist Travis Pastrana.[38] Additionally, Moto X biker Jeremy Stenberg competed in the event.[39] Of the 16 drivers invited, five are teenagers, with four being younger than 17: C. J. Greaves (19), Creed (17), Jerett Brooks and Steele (16), and Gavin Harlien (15).[38] Creed, Viso, Jenner, and Gordon won the four heat races to advance to the final, while Greaves was first in the Last Chance Qualifier. Harlien, Wallace, X Games Austin 2014 gold medalist Apdaly Lopez, Said, and Stenberg failed to qualify; Wallace also rolled his truck during the event.[40][41] In the final, Creed utilized the holeshot to pull ahead and win gold.[42]

At Honda Indy Toronto, Indy Lights and FIA Formula E Championship driver Matthew Brabham made his series debut shortly before the Friday practice; Paul Tracy was originally scheduled to drive the truck but television obligations forced him out.[43] The weather for Saturday was dry, though Sunday was marred by wet conditions.[44] Steele won his first Formula Off-Road race after passing Kincaid on the opening lap and leading the rest of the Saturday event,[45] while Kincaid won the Sunday round in a 1–2 finish for Traxxas drivers when Creed finished behind him.[46]

Between points rounds, the trucks participated in the Goodwood Festival of Speed.[47]

In September, SST joined the Sand Sports Super Show, running on a mixed-surface course at the OC Fair & Event Center.[48] Aaron Kaufman of Gas Monkey Garage made his series debut at the weekend; in one race, his truck landed and rode along a K-rail; afterward, Gordon joked it was "some of the best, worst driving I have ever seen from the Toyo Tires driver."[49] P. J. Jones won the first night of racing, while Creed was victorious in the next two.[50][49]

Formula Off-Road returned to Australia with Gold Coast 600 weekend at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit. 2014 Bathurst 1000 winner Paul Morris made his series debut in the weekend and was the fastest during qualifying.[51] In the first race, Brett Thomas led early before suffering a penalty, with Mingay also receiving one after hitting a water barrier. Jenner held off Brabham to win the round.[52] Creed, who suffered a broken axle in the race, bounced back in the second race when he barely beat Gordon to the finish for the victory.[53] A doubleheader took place on October 25, with Creed winning the first and Mingay the second for his maiden SST victory.[54] Morris scored the overall weekend win after finishing fifth and second that day.[55]

The series remained in Australia for Round 20; despite initial plans to race at the Sydney Showground Stadium,[56] the Trucks moved the race to the Valvoline Raceway in Granville as a support race for the Ultimate Sprintcar Championship due to clashing schedules.[57] Creed went on to win.[58]

Las Vegas Village hosted the 2015 season finale. NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driver Anthony Gandon made his series debut, while Greg Adler ran his first start since X Games Austin 2014.[59] Godron won the first race, while Creed won the second en route to his first SST championship.[59]

In December, the trucks returned to Australia for an exhibition series at the Sydney 500.[59] Creed won two of the races, while Mingay won the third.[24]

Final standings
Rank Driver
ADE
STP
LBH
DET
X Games
TOR
OCF
SRF
SYD
LVS		 Points
H1 H2 H3 H4 LCQ F H1 H2 F1 H1 H2 F2 H F3
1 Sheldon Creed 5 1* 3 1 4 2 Rpl† Rpl† Rpl† 1 1* 2 2 1 8 3 1* 1 1* 9 1* 1 5 1* 10 1* 617
2 Robby Gordon 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 6 7 1 2 3 3 5 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 8 8 1* 2 584
3 Keegan Kincaid 4 9 1* 2 2 5 4 5 3 2 8 4 1* Rpl1 Rpl1 Rpl1 6 4 DNS 3 10 6 9 482
4 Burt Jenner 5 1* 3* 3 1* 1 6 1 9 1 2 4 3 1* 6 9 4 11 2 10 399
5 Scotty Steele 10 9 4 6 2* 2 3 7 DNQ 1* 8 2 6 1 9 9 DNQ 11 3 2* 6 7 3 3 385
6 E. J. Viso 1* 4 10 4* 5 1* 2* 1 5 1 7 8 9 Rpl1 Rpl1 Rpl1 Rpl1 Rpl1 Rpl1 344
7 Bill Hynes 8 8 9 6 10 9 8 10 10 3 3 DNQ 7 6 4 5 4 5 8 4 10 11 8 7 3 8 7 310
8 Charles Dorrance 10 7 7 7 7 8 Rpl‡ 9 9 4 DNS DNQ 5 5 3 7 4 7 7 8 7 6 243
9 Matt Mingay 3 3 4 5 7 4 1 9 9 5 192
10 Matthew Brabham 6 4 2 8 10 10 2 115
11 Paul Morris 3 5 5 2* 5 113
12 Greg Gartner 7 9 6 11 4 76
13 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 10 8 8 2 3 72
14 Augie Lerch 4 3 3 6 5 6 71
15 Brett Thomas 8 10 7 9 65
16 Aaron Bambach 5 7 6 45
17 Nathan Pretty 9 5 6 43
18 Brad Gallard 7 10 5 41
19 Anthony Gandon 4 4 39
20 Erik Davis 9 8 11 35
21 C. J. Greaves 3 1 4 34
21 Aaron Kaufman 5 10 5 8 34
23 Kyle LeDuc 10 2 9 33
24 Greg Adler 5 8 32
25 Lalo Laguna 8 6 28
25 Toby Price 6 8 28
27 Jerett Brooks 2 5 27
28 Russell Boyle 9 7 26
29 Gavin Harlien 5 DNS DNQ 20
30 Travis Pastrana 5 2 10 18
31 Billy Geddes 6 15
32 Dale Dondel 7 14
33 Rusty Wallace 3 6 DNQ 8
34 Apdaly Lopez 4 8 DNQ 7
34 Boris Said 4 4 DNQ 7
34 Jeremy Stenberg 4 5 DNQ 7
37 P. J. Jones 7† 4† 4† 2 1* 2 41 21 51 0
38 Mike Whiddett 31 41 51 101 61 71 0
Larry Job 9‡ 0
Danny Reidy 6 0
Source:[60]
† P. J. Jones and Larry Job replaced Sheldon Creed and Charles Dorrance at Detroit, respectively, and all points scored by Jones and Job went to Creed and Dorrance.
1 P. J. Jones and Mike Whiddett replaced Keegan Kincaid and E. J. Viso at the Sand Sports Super Show, respectively, and all points scored by Jones and Whiddett went to Kincaid and Viso.
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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