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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