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	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:[a]

Schedule

Round	Track	Location	Date
1	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	April 6
2	Grand Prix of Long Beach	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.^[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]

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

Drivers' championship

Rank Driver PHO LBH LAN SDG STL TOR CRA OCF 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 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 Rob MacCachren 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 Nick Baumgartner 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:[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