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  • SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented By TRAXXAS join track lineup for 2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

    SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented By TRAXXAS join track lineup for 2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

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    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (February 1, 2016) – Organizers of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg are pleased to announce that Robby Gordon’s SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks Presented by TRAXXAS will join the on-track lineup, March 11-13, for a third consecutive year.

    “The Stadium Super Trucks have been a fan favorite since we introduced them in 2014,” said Kim Green, Owner, Chairman and CEO, Green Savoree Racing Promotions, organizers of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. “The series brings a different and unexpected style of racing to the event. We are pleased to have them back and know that fans will enjoy watching the trucks take on the ramps and challenging turns of our street course.”

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  • Twelfth Place Finish for Gordon in Stage 12, as Team SPEED heads to Final Stage of Dakar Rally

    Twelfth Place Finish for Gordon in Stage 12, as Team SPEED heads to Final Stage of Dakar Rally

    VILLA CARLOS PAZ, Argentina (January 15, 2016) – Robby Gordon and navigator Johnny Campbell moved another step closer to completing the 38th Dakar Rally on Friday by finishing twelfth in Stage 12 with a time of 5 hours, 47 minutes and 33 seconds. (more…)

  • Robby Gordon Presses On in Dakar Rally with Eleventh Place Finish in Stage Eleven

    Robby Gordon Presses On in Dakar Rally with Eleventh Place Finish in Stage Eleven

    SAN JUAN, Argentina (January 14, 2016) – Robby Gordon and Kellon Walch survived another very difficult special on Thursday, during Stage 11 of the 38th Annual Dakar Rally. Navigating the specially built HST Gordini Supercar through complex portions of heavy sand, high-speed gravel roads, and dust the duo safely reached the stage finish in the eleventh position. (more…)

  • American Racer Robby Gordon Claims Fifteenth Place in Stage Ten of Dakar Rally

    American Racer Robby Gordon Claims Fifteenth Place in Stage Ten of Dakar Rally

    LA RIOJA, Argentina (January 13, 2016) – Robby Gordon continued to improve positions at the 38th Dakar Rally Wednesday, bringing his Traxxas/Toyo Tires HST Gordini Supercar home in fifteenth-place of the weather shortened 244 Km special.

    As the heat of the day increased, so did Gordon’s intensity, as the twenty-sixth starter wasted no time working his way past competitors into the ninetieth position thru Km 140 with no troubles. When many of the other drivers were finding themselves stuck, over heating or experiencing navigational issues, Gordon and navigator Kellon Walch pressed thru in the Toyo Tires/TRAXXAS Gordini all the way up to the seventieth position by Km 180. (more…)

  • Dakar Rally Stage 9 Shortened, Gordon Credited with Twenty-Fifth Position, while Creed DQ’d

    Dakar Rally Stage 9 Shortened, Gordon Credited with Twenty-Fifth Position, while Creed DQ’d

    BELEN, Argentina (January 10, 2016) – After a disastrous Stage 8 on Monday, Team SPEED teammates Robby Gordon and Sheldon Creed looked to come back with a strong effort on Tuesday, and gain some time back on the leaders as the rally would move into the dunes for the first time. (more…)

  • Team SPEED Suffers Major Set Backs in Stage 8 of the 2016 Dakar Rally

    Team SPEED Suffers Major Set Backs in Stage 8 of the 2016 Dakar Rally

    BELEN, Argentina (January 9, 2016) – Following a respectable eleventh-place finish in the seventh stage of the 38th Dakar Rally, Robby Gordon and Team SPEED would have high hopes for the second half of the rally following the rest day on Sunday. However, those hopes were put to the side early on in Stage 8 as both Robby Gordon and Sheldon Creed would encountered major set backs costing them valuable time on track. (more…)