The 2022 Stadium Super Trucks Series was the tenth season of the Stadium Super Trucks. The season began with the Grand Prix of Long Beach and concluded at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Matthew Brabham entered as the defending champion, though he only ran select races due to his commitment to Indy Lights. Gavin Harlien won his first championship.

Drivers

No. Driver Races
007 United States Fielding Shredder 7–8
.50 United States Matt Carriker 7–8
7 United States Robby Gordon 1–2, 7–8
12 United Kingdom Shaun Richardson 1–2
14 United States Davey Hamilton Jr. 1–2
21 United States Zoey Edenholm All
F26 United States Stanton Barrett 5–6
28 United States Robert Stout All
32 United States Ryan Arciero 1–2
51 United States Ryan Beat 5–6
52 United States Derek Bieri 7–8
55 United States Gavin Harlien All
57 United States Bill Hynes All
61 United States Cory Winner 3–4
67 United States Ben Maier 3–8
77 United States Max Gordon All
83 Australia Matthew Brabham 1–2, 5–6
435 United States Dave Kiley 7–8
801 United States Dave Sparks 7–8
1776 United States Cleetus McFarland 1–2, 5–8
Sources:[lower-alpha 1]

Schedule

Long Beach, which has hosted SST since the inaugural season in 2013, served as the season opener for the first time.[5] Dates at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and the Music City Grand Prix took place in support of the IndyCar Series, while a round at Bristol Motor Speedway was added as part of Cleetus McFarland's Bristol 1000 weekend.[6][7] Honda Indy Toronto was originally scheduled before being removed as Robby Gordon was away on business for his Speed UTV brand.[8]

Round Track Location Date Supporting
1 Streets of Long Beach California Long Beach, California April 8–10 Grand Prix of Long Beach
2 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ohio Lexington, Ohio July 1–3 Honda Indy 200
3 Nashville Street Circuit Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee August 5–7 Music City Grand Prix
4 Bristol Motor Speedway Tennessee Bristol, Tennessee September 3–5 Bristol 1000

Season summary

The season opener at Long Beach saw the SST debuts of Ryan Arciero and Cleetus McFarland while Davey Hamilton Jr. made his return as a full-time driver after a three-year absence.[1][9] The Gordon family swept the weekend as Max Gordon scored his first career win after holding off his father Robby, who won the second race after McFarland spun and hit the wall as he approached the finish.[10][11]

The second round at Mid-Ohio saw the series debuts of Ben Maier and Cory Winner. Robby Gordon skipped the weekend due to overseas obligations with Speed UTV whereas Hamilton exited the series due to an injury he sustained in Long Beach.[8][12] Gavin Harlien controversially won the first race after United States Auto Club officials accidentally extended the distance from 11 to 13 laps; although Robert Stout beat Harlien to the finish on the 13th lap, USAC restored the results after 11 laps and granted Harlien the victory.[13] Harlien and Stout continued to be the top drivers in the second race, but a last-lap pass by Max Gordon enabled him to take the win.[14]

At Nashville, Brabham won the Saturday race after holding off Harlien. While Indy Lights was also at the weekend, Brabham was able to run SST after rain forced the day's Lights activities to be canceled.[15] Harlien returned the favor in the second race, though he was involved in a wreck with Stout and McFarland that caused the latter to flip.[16]

The Bristol round was organized in support of McFarland's Bristol 1000, a race involving McFarland and multiple YouTubers. As a result, five of the 13 drivers racing SST were media personalities with no prior series experience: Derek Bieri of Vice Grip Garage, Matt Carriker of YouTube channel DemolitionRanch, Hyperdrive star Fielding Shredder, and the Diesel Brothers Dave Kiley and Dave Sparks.[4] The series newcomers were scrutinized for their aggressive driving styles that impacted the full-time drivers competing for points, and Harlien's father confronted Sparks after the second race. Harlien and Stout won the round's two races.[17][18]

Results and standings

Race results

Round Race Event Fastest qualifier Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Ref
1 1 Long Beach United States Robby Gordon United States Bill Hynes United States Bill Hynes United States Max Gordon [19]
2 United States Ryan Arciero United States Cleetus McFarland United States Robby Gordon [20]
2 3 Mid-Ohio United States Gavin Harlien United States Bill Hynes United States Gavin Harlien
United States Bill Hynes		 United States Gavin Harlien [21]
4 United States Max Gordon United States Robert Stout United States Max Gordon [22]
3 5 Nashville United States Robert Stout United States Bill Hynes United States Gavin Harlien Australia Matthew Brabham [23]
6 United States Cleetus McFarland United States Cleetus McFarland United States Gavin Harlien [24]
4 7 Bristol United States Max Gordon United States Bill Hynes United States Bill Hynes United States Gavin Harlien [25]
8 United States Dave Kiley United States Cleetus McFarland United States Robert Stout [26]

Drivers' championship

Rank Driver California
LBH		 Ohio
MOH		 Tennessee
NSH		 Tennessee
BRI		 Points
1 United States Gavin Harlien 6 6 1*[lower-alpha 2] 2 2* 1 1 5 216
2 United States Max Gordon 1 3 7 1 3 7 6 2 191
3 United States Robert Stout 3 4 2[lower-alpha 3] 3* 8 10 4 1 183
4 United States Bill Hynes 7* 11 3* 7 9 6 2* 8 131
5 United States Robby Gordon 2 1 3 4 123
6 Australia Matthew Brabham 4 2 1 2 117
7 Australia Ben Maier 4 4 5 3 5 6 113
8 United States Zoey Edenholm 11 7 6 6 6 5 10 9 108
9 United States Cleetus McFarland 10 9* 10 9* 12 3* 84
10 United States Ryan Beat 4 8 34
11 United States Stanton Barrett 7 4 32
12 United States Cory Winner 5 5 32
13 United States Jerett Brooks 5 10 31
14 United States Fielding Shredder 7 10 29
15 United States Derek Bieri 9 7 26
16 United States Davey Hamilton Jr. 8 8 26
17 United States Ryan Arciero 12 5 25
18 United States Dave Sparks 8 13 21
19 United Kingdom Shaun Richardson 9 12 21
20 United States Matt Carriker 11 12 19
21 United States Dave Kiley 13 11 18
Rank Driver California
LBH		 Ohio
MOH		 Tennessee
NSH		 Tennessee
BRI		 Points
Source:[27]
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
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
Bonuses
Most laps led 3
Position gained 1
Fastest qualifier 1

Notes

  1. ↑ Entry lists:
    • Long Beach (Races 1–2)[1]
    • Mid-Ohio (Races 3–4)[2]
    • Nashville (Races 5–6)[3]
    • Bristol (Races 7–8)[4]
  2. ↑ Harlien finished Mid-Ohio Race 1 in second due to a scoring error that extended the race from 11 to 13 laps. The official results use the running order after the original 11 laps, when Harlien was first.
  3. ↑ Stout finished Mid-Ohio Race 2 in first due to a scoring error that extended the race from 11 to 13 laps. The official results use the running order after the original 11 laps, when Stout was second.

References

  1. 1 2 "2022 Long Beach Entry List". Stadium Super Trucks. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2022 Mid-Ohio Entry List & Weekend Schedule". Stadium Super Trucks. June 29, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2022 Nashville Entry List". Stadium Super Trucks. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Nguyen, Justin (September 1, 2022). "Influencers dominate SST Bristol grid". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  5. ↑ Nguyen, Justin (January 28, 2022). "2022 SST season opener pencilled in for Long Beach, no KOH". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  6. ↑ "2022 TENTATIVE US Schedule". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Cleetus McFarland Presents Cleetus & Cars and the Bristol 1000". Bristol Motor Speedway. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Nguyen, Justin (June 29, 2022). "Seven form SST Mid-Ohio grid". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  9. ↑ Nguyen, Justin (March 25, 2022). "Davey Hamilton Jr. running full 2022 SST season". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  10. ↑ Henderson, Martin (April 9, 2022). "Local product Colton Herta wins pole position for Grand Prix of Long Beach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  11. ↑ Dottore, Damian (April 10, 2022). "Max Gordon following, closely, in father's racing footsteps". Press-Telegram. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  12. ↑ Hoffman, David (June 30, 2022). "Injury Not Slowing Down Hamilton Jr". Speed Sport. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  13. ↑ Nguyen, Justin (July 2, 2022). "Gavin Harlien nets SST Mid-Ohio Race 1 win despite lap confusion". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  14. ↑ Nguyen, Justin (July 3, 2022). "Max Gordon steals SST Mid-Ohio Race 2 victory". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  15. ↑ Nguyen, Justin (August 7, 2022). "Matt Brabham beats Harlien in SST Nashville Race 1". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  16. ↑ Atadero, Julybien (August 9, 2022). "Watch Cleetus McFarland Wreck His Stadium Super Truck While Racing In Nashville". HotCars. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  17. ↑ Nguyen, Justin (September 4, 2022). "Gavin Harlien wins SST Bristol Race 1". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  18. ↑ Nguyen, Justin (September 5, 2022). "Robert Stout beats McFarland for SST Bristol Race 2 win". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Round 1 – Long Beach – 4/9/22". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Round 2 – Long Beach – 4/10/22". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Round 3 – Mid-Ohio – 7/2/22". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Round 4 – Mid-Ohio – 7/3/22". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Round 5 – Nashville – 8/6/22". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Round 6 – Nashville – 8/7/22". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  25. ↑ "Round 7 – Bristol – 9/3/22". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  26. ↑ "Round 8 – Bristol – 9/4/22". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  27. ↑ "2022 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
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