LONG BEACH , CA - Sheldon Creed captured the SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by TRAXXAS race No . 2 at the Grand Prix of Long Beach Sunday . In an amazing duel with Robby Gordon , that had the thousands of fans that lined the 11 turn 1.968-mile street circuit , on their feet the entire race , in pure amazement on how thrilling these SST races truly are .
Immediately from the start Robby Gordon would jump out to an early lead on Lap-2 from his sixth starting position , as Sheldon Creed would navigate through the traffic jam with perfection to place his TRAXXAS truck right on the rear bumper of Gordon from twelfth . The only two SST Champions , in its four year history were prepared to put on a show for the capacity crowd that stuck around after the IndyCar event , to witness the high-flying , tire squealing chaos we call Stadium SUPER Trucks .
For ten consecutive laps , the two drivers absolutely stunned the crowd with the most impressive display of the cleanest SST racing you could ask for . They kept passing each other , back and forth , with side-by-side racing into the corners , bumping into each other ’ s rear bumpers , as they would slide around the corners , smoking their ultra though Toyo tires .
The two drivers were checked out from the field , having an absolute blast , when USAC officials waved the red flag at the start of the eleventh lap , when Pat O ’ Keefe violently rolled his truck over the front stretch TRAXXAS ramp into the catch fence . As safety crews checked on O ’ Keefe , the race was deemed complete with Creed the victor over Gordon .
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