Gordon delved into SST’s background as a spec series and how motorsports marketing played a role in its growth. We only go about 160,” Gordon responded, to the others’ laughter. “The nice thing is that the trucks are very, very safe. When asked by Earnhardt about how the season will resume, Gordon noted the pandemic “changed everything from television to sponsor commitments with drivers.” The two and co-host Mike Davis later joked about inviting Earnhardt to participate, eventually quipping that the decision comes down to Earnhardt’s wife. The series is set to return at Road America on 7–8 August alongside the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the first action in six months. The Supercars has since restarted its season on a revised schedule, though the trucks have yet to return for the new dates.

In Australia, the new Boost Mobile Super Trucks‘ spring support rounds with the Supercars Championship – the Tasmania Super400, Auckland Super400, and Perth SuperNight – fell victim to postponements. July’s Honda Indy Toronto was also called off. The Grand Prix of Long Beach, which had hosted the trucks since 2013, was cancelled in March. So we had a really strong schedule to fire off the season, and unfortunately, after Round 1, it all just popped into neutral.”Īfter the Adelaide 500, the 2020 slate was thrown into chaos by the pandemic. Here in America we had Long Beach, we had five Ind圜ar and two NASCAR. Five of those rounds would be the World Championship, three of those would be an additional championship over in Australia. We had eight races with V8 Supercars, so we were gonna run eight rounds of V8 Supercar with those trucks.

“2020, we had a really killer program put together. “We haven’t raced a Stadium Super Truck in eight months except for the first race that we kicked off in Adelaide, Australia with the trucks that Paul Morris has over there.

It basically put Stadium Super Trucks in park,” Gordon said. Download podcast, series head Robby Gordon broke down the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the trucks, explained the series’ marketing aspect, and discussed the importance of Australian fans to what began as an American series. During a conversation with Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s Dale Jr. The 2020 SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks season has been stuck in limbo since the first race weekend at the Adelaide 500 in February.

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