The 2013 Stadium Super Trucks were 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. The trucks were one of four classes available, along with Bigfoot Monster Trucks, Super Trophy Karts, and Super Buggys.

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

Drivers Driver Races 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 BJ Baldwin 13 6 Justin Lofton 1–13 7 Robby Gordon All 8 Justin Matney 1–4, 6 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 Sources:

Schedule Round Track Location Date 1 University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona April 6 2 Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 21 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California April 27 4 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California May 4 5 May 18 6 Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri June 8 7 Honda Indy Toronto Toronto, Ontario July 13 8 Crandon International Off-Road Raceway Crandon, Wisconsin August 30–September 1 9 OC Fair & Event Center (Sand Sports Super Show) Costa Mesa, California September 20–22 10 Caesars Palace 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. Numerous TORC and LOORS off-road drivers were invited to participate.

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. Next, the series traveled to Long Beach for the Grand Prix of Long Beach, where ramps were added to the track. Justin Lofton won the race. SST remained in southern California at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, racing on the first asphalt track laid in the stadium, and at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, where future series and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series champion Sheldon Creed made his debut.

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

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

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.

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

Results and standings Race results Round Race Event Fastest qualifier Pole position Winning driver Ref 1 Phoenix Justin Lofton Nick Baumgartner Justin Lofton Greg Adler Greg Adler Justin Matney Justin Matney 1 Justin Matney Rob MacCachren 2 2 Long Beach Justin Lofton Nick Baumgartner Justin Lofton 3 Los Angeles Robby Gordon Justin Matney Arie Luyendyk Jr. P. J. Jones P. J. Jones Justin Lofton Justin Lofton 3 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon 4 San Diego Robby Gordon Arie Luyendyk Jr. Justin Lofton Justin Matney P. J. Jones Robby Gordon 4 Ricky Johnson Rob MacCachren 5 Sheldon Creed Lalo Laguna Robby Gordon Mike Jenkins Rob MacCachren Justin Lofton Ricky Johnson 5 Arie Luyendyk Jr. Robby Gordon 6 St. Louis Rob MacCachren Nick Baumgartner Rob MacCachren Justin Matney P. J. Jones Sheldon Creed Sheldon Creed 6 Arie Luyendyk Jr. Rob MacCachren 7 7 Toronto Sheldon Creed Rob MacCachren Justin Lofton 8 Paul Tracy Sheldon Creed 8 9 Crandon Sheldon Creed Sheldon Creed Rob MacCachren 10 Craig Potts Jerett Brooks 9 11 Costa Mesa Justin Lofton Mike Jenkins Robby Gordon 12 Robby Gordon Mike Jenkins Justin Lofton 13 Justin Lofton Apdaly Lopez Sheldon Creed 10 Las Vegas Keegan Kincaid rowspan=2 Kyle LeDuc Robby Gordon 14 Rob MacCachren P. J. Jones

Drivers' championship RankDriver PHO LBH LAN SDG STL TOR CRA OCF CPL Pts 1 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 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 1* 2 4 1 4 2 6 400 3 Justin Lofton 1 11 1 7 1 9 1 9 4 2 9 5 6 1* 5 6 9 5 1* 2 295 4 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 Sheldon Creed 6 2 10 2 2 4 1 8 3 1* 8 2 1* 3 7 215 6 Mike Jenkins 4 5 9 6 5 4 7 7 4 11 5 5 13 7 7 7 6 7 208 7 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 6 3 4 7 1 11 5 5 4 3 4 3 12 3 5 154 8 Ricky Johnson 4 2 13 2 2* 5 1 5 123 9 6 6 6 10 4 3 4 6 7 12 2 11 2 3 120 10 Greg Adler 1 7 11 4 2 8 4 3 7 118 11 Jerett Brooks 5 3 14 3 6 3 1* 4 4 108 12 Lalo Laguna 5 2 8 12 3 6 7 6 6 4 10 4 4 5 108 13 Justin Matney 4 1 2 9 6 7 5 3 13 6 5 9 105 14 Craig Potts 5 8 6 9 11 5 8 85 15 Scotty Steele 10 6 12 4 3 69 16 Jeff Ward 3 10 8 6 6 12 3 8 69 17 Apdaly Lopez 5 3 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 1 10 23 23 Townsend Bell 4 18 24 Adrian Cenni 5 5 10 4 7 16 25 Austin Kimbrell 5 4 12 14 26 Paul Tracy DNS 7 14 27 BJ Baldwin 9 12 Jessie Johnson 7 6 12 Keegan Kincaid 2 7 2 4 5 5 9 Source:

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 Most laps led 3 Position gained 1 Fastest qualifier 1

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