2014 Stadium Super Trucks season

The 2014 Stadium Super Trucks season, officially Speed Energy Formula Off-Road presented by Traxxas, was the second season of the Stadium Super Trucks and the first under the Formula Off-Road name.[1]

2014 Stadium Super Trucks season
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Robby Gordon won the 2014 championship for his second consecutive title
Sheldon Creed finished second in points

As he did in 2013, series founder Robby Gordon was the winner of the series championship, taking six victories en route to the title. Gordon won the championship by 75 points ahead of Sheldon Creed, who won a trio of races during the year, including a clean sweep at the IndyCar Series-supporting event in Toronto. Third place in the championship went to Apdaly Lopez, who won two races during the season, at the X Games and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. E. J. Viso won the most races with the exception of Gordon, winning all three races at the Belle Isle IndyCar event, as part of his part-season; Viso ultimately finished fifth in the championship. Keegan Kincaid (OC Fair) and P. J. Jones (St. Petersburg) were the only other winners during the 2014 season.

Drivers
No. Driver(s) Round(s)
3 Charles Dorrance 4–5, 9, 12–14
Paul Tracy 10–11
Travis Pecoy 16
5 Scotty Steele All
6 Justin Lofton 1–2, 9
7 Robby Gordon All
8 Justin Matney 9
9 Bobby Runyan Jr. 9
10 Greg Adler 9
12 Nick Baumgartner 9
13 Nick Vanis 3, 9–14
14 Davey Hamilton 1–2
18 Apdaly Lopez All
19 E. J. Viso 3, 6–9, 12–16
24 Bradley Morris 3
25 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 4–9
26 Jay Reichert 9
30 Robbie Pierce 4–5
47 Keegan Kincaid 4–9, 14–16
50 Burt Jenner 4–9, 12–16
55 Gavin Harlien 1–3, 9, 15–16
Bruce Canepa 14
57 Bill Hynes 10–12, 16
Justin Lofton 15
74 Sheldon Creed 1–11, 14–16
Keegan Kincaid 12–13
77 Jerrett Brooks 1–5, 9
87 Aaron Bambach 6–8, 12–13
Dave Royce 14
91 Henrique Cisneros 6–9
97 B. J. Baldwin 9, 12–13
98 P. J. Jones 1–3, 13, 15–16

Schedule
RoundTrackLocationDateFastest qualifierPole positionWinning driverSupportingRef
1Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FloridaMarch 29 Sheldon Creed Scotty Steele Robby GordonFirestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg[2]
2March 30 P. J. Jones Davey Hamilton P. J. Jones[3]
3Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CaliforniaApril 13 Sheldon Creed Apdaly Lopez Robby GordonToyota Grand Prix of Long Beach[4]
4Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, IndianaMay 23 Robby Gordon Burt Jenner Robby GordonIndianapolis 500[5]
5 Scotty Steele Apdaly Lopez[6]
6Streets of Detroit Detroit, MichiganMay 30 E. J. Viso Henrique Cisneros E. J. VisoChevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix[7]
7May 31 Scotty Steele E. J. Viso[8]
8June 1 Apdaly Lopez E. J. Viso[9]
9Circuit of the Americas Austin, TexasJune 8 Robby Gordon Sheldon Creed Apdaly LopezX Games Austin[10]
10Honda Indy Toronto Toronto, OntarioJuly 19 Robby Gordon Aaron Bambach Sheldon CreedHonda Indy Toronto[11]
11July 20 Bill Hynes Sheldon Creed[12]
12OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, CaliforniaSeptember 19 Robby Gordon B. J. Baldwin Robby GordonSand Sports Super Show[13]
13September 20 E. J. Viso Keegan Kincaid Keegan Kincaid[14]
14Naval Air Station North Island Coronado, CaliforniaSeptember 21 E. J. Viso Charles Dorrance Robby GordonCoronado Speed Festival[15]
15MGM Resorts Village Las Vegas, NevadaNovember 1 Robby Gordon E. J. Viso Robby GordonSEMA[16]
16November 6 E. J. Viso E. J. Viso Sheldon Creed[17]

Season summary
E. J. Viso, Sheldon Creed, and Robby Gordon racing at the Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2014 Speed Energy Formula Off-Road season began in March with the Stadium Super Trucks' inaugural trip to the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.[18] The first race was marred by a rain storm as Robby Gordon took the win, while P. J. Jones beat out Gordon in the second.[19] Gordon won again at the following month's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach when he passed the battling Sheldon Creed and E. J. Viso for the victory. Viso, an IndyCar Series driver making his series debut, finished second after leading the most laps.[20]

In May, the trucks raced at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the Indianapolis 500's Carb Day. Known as the Menards at the Brickyard, the track layout featured part of the oval's frontstretch and the infield road course.[21] Prior to the racing, Charles Dorrance's truck rolled through the grass after a poor ramp entry, leading to rib injuries. Gordon and Apdaly Lopez won the two races; Lopez, who finished second in the first round, claimed the overall weekend victory.[22] The following week, SST joined the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix slate for the first time.[23] Viso went on to sweep the weekend's three races as he off Arie Luyendyk Jr. in the first round,[24] led the final three laps of the second,[25] and survived a collision with Burt Jenner to hold the lead in the third.[23]

Formula Off-Road's next stop was X Games Austin 2014 at Circuit of the Americas, a date that was scheduled in December 2013.[26] A series-record 20 drivers entered the event.[27] The field was split into two heats of ten drivers apiece, with the top eight advancing to the final; Justin Lofton and Gordon won the heats, while Dorrance, Nick Vanis, Greg Adler, and Jay Reichert failed to qualify.[10] In the final, Bobby Runyan Jr. hit a jump with two wheels on lap four, sending his truck into a roll and triggering a red flag. At the restart, Lopez took the lead and maintained it to win the gold medal, with Creed and Gordon taking silver and bronze, respectively; Lopez became the first male Mexican X Games gold medalist.[28] The X Games helped the trucks catch the attention of sports marketing firm The Elevation Group, whose president Denny Young decided to purchase a 40 percent stake in the series in September.[29]

At Honda Indy Toronto, Creed swept the weekend.[30] The first race saw a wet course due to rain, during which Creed moved through the field from the back as Scotty Steele led. The two eventually battled until Creed passed him.[31] The second race, this time in dry conditions, featured a duel between Creed and Gordon that the former won.[30]

From September 19–21, the series ran a weekend tripleheader in Southern California with dates at the OC Fair & Event Center and Naval Station North Island.[32] The OC Fair races were part of the Sand Sports Super Show; SST was joined by support classes including off-road class 1440 trucks, motocross, trophy karts, and UTVs.[33] Two heats for each final were held, with Viso and Gordon winning the first round's and Gordon and Lopez splitting the following day's.[34][35] In the first final, pole sitter B. J. Baldwin led the first half before he collided with Viso and fell off the pace, enabling Gordon to take the lead and win.[36] Keegan Kincaid won the second final after catching up to Gordon when the latter began experiencing issues with his truck;[37] Kincaid raced with Creed's No. 74 number plate, meaning the points scored by Kincaid went to Creed in the standings.[35] On Sunday, the trucks joined the Coronado Speed Festival at NAS North Island, an event held to celebrate Fleet Week and also featured vintage racing;[32] a vintage race was held between the Formula Off-Road heat race and final.[38] Viso won the heat, while Gordon took advantage of the Joker Lap on a green flag restart to pull ahead and score the victory in the final.[39]

The 2014 season finale took place at the MGM Resorts Village in Las Vegas, held in conjunction with SEMA.[40] Viso led the first race of the weekend with Kincaid and Gordon in tow, but Viso retired after hitting a K rail. Gordon passed Kincaid after Viso's incident to take the lead and the eventual round victory; Burt Jenner finished third for his first career podium. In the final round, Creed and Gordon fought for the lead until the former cleared the latter late in the race. Although Creed won the race, he finished 75 points behind Gordon in the championship; Gordon ended the 2014 season with his second series title as he recorded six wins and 14 podiums.[41]

Final standings
Rank Driver
STP
LBH
IMS
DET
X Games
TOR
OCF
CSS
LV		 Points
H1 H2 F H1 H2 F H1 H2 F H1 F H1 H2 F H1 H2 F
1 Robby Gordon 1 2 1 1 5 2 5 3 5 3 2 2 1 1* 1 2 6 1* 1 1 1 2 492
2 Sheldon Creed 9 5 3 8 3 Rpl† Rpl† Rpl† 2 2 1* 1* Rpl† Rpl† Rpl† Rpl† 2 2 2 4 1 1* 417
3 Apdaly Lopez 5 8 6 3 1* 9 8 6* 1 1* 5 5 3 9 1 8 4 6 3 9 3 3 331
4 Scotty Steele 6 6 8 6 7 6 2 7 2 5 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 7 4 6 4 8 307
5 E. J. Viso 2* 1* 1* 1 6 15 1 3 2 10 1 5 2 10* 2 10 280
6 Burt Jenner 7 9 5 7 4 4 13 4 4 4 11 5 4 4 3 2 11 207
7 Keegan Kincaid 4* 2 7† 6† 8† 3 6 2† 2† 2† 1*† 7 3 1 2 5 4 152
8 Aaron Bambach 4 3 5 4 6 4 6 3 5 Rpl‡ Rpl‡ 150
9 Jerett Brooks 2 3 10 2 4 3 4 129
10 Gavin Harlien 4 7 5 5 9 3 5 4 5 112
11 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 5 6 3 4 2 8 10 110
12 Bill Hynes 7 8 6 DNS Rpl# Rpl# 6 7 100
13 Nick Vanis 9 10 DNQ DNS 7 5 10 4 6 9 10 91
14 P. J. Jones 7 1* 4 5 4 3 6 88
15 Charles Dorrance 10 10 9 DNQ 5 7 6 9 10 9 71
16 Justin Lofton 3* 4 1 12 5# 8# 68
17 Henrique Cisneros 8 DNS DNS 6 7 55
18 B. J. Baldwin 7 14 2 8 5 7 52
19 Dave Royce 8‡ 8‡ 5 7 6 9 51
20 Paul Tracy 6 4 33
21 Davey Hamilton 8 9 25
Robbie Pierce 9 8 25
23 Nick Baumgartner 4 8 20
24 Bradley Morris 7 14
Travis Pecoy 5 12 14
26 Justin Matney 8 11 12
27 Bobby Runyan Jr. 7 16 8
28 Bruce Canepa 11 11 2
29 Greg Adler 9 DNQ 1
Jay Reichert 10 DNQ 1
Source:[42]
† Keegan Kincaid replaced Sheldon Creed at Detroit and the Sand Sports Super Show, with all points scored by Kincaid going to Creed.
‡ Dave Royce replaced Aaron Bambach at Coronado, with all points scored by Royce going to Bambach.
# Justin Lofton replaced Bill Hynes for the first Las Vegas race, with all points scored by Lofton going to Hynes.
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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