2015 Speed Energy Formula Off-Road season

2015 Speed Energy Formula Off-Road season
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Sheldon Creed, the series champion.

The 2015 Speed Energy Formula Off-Road presented By Traxxas season was the third season of the Speed Energy Formula Off-Road series, and second with the name. Sheldon Creed won the championship.

Drivers

No. Driver(s) Round(s)
2 Australia Matt Mingay 1–3
United States Rusty Wallace 10
3 United States Charles Dorrance All
5 Venezuela E. J. Viso All
7 United States Robby Gordon All
17 Mexico Lalo Laguna 4-5
United States Dale Dondel 6
18 Mexico Apdaly Lopez 6, 10
25 United States Arie Luyendyk, Jr. All
27 Australia Matthew Brabham 11–12, 17–18
33 United States C. J. Greaves 10
47 United States Keegan Kincaid All
48 United States Scotty Steele 4-6
50 United States Burt Jenner 4–6[1]
54 United States Boris Said 10
55 United States Gavin Harlien 6
56 Australia Nathan Pretty 1–3, 10, 15–16, 17
57 United States Bill Hynes All
74 United States Sheldon Creed 1-6, 10
United States P. J. Jones 7–9
75 United States Erik Davis 6
77 United States Jerrett Brooks 10
87 Australia Toby Price 1, 3
Australia Billy Geddes 2
88 United States Jeremy Stenberg 10
99 United States Kyle LeDuc 6
199 United States Travis Pastrana 10
454 Australia Brad Gallard 1–3

Schedule

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Winning driver Supporting Ref
1 Adelaide Street Circuit Australia Adelaide, Australia February 27 Australia Nathan Pretty Venezuela E. J. Viso Clipsal 500 [2]
2 February 28 United States Charles Dorrance United States Sheldon Creed [3]
3 March 1 United States Charles Dorrance United States Keegan Kincaid [4]
4 Streets of St. Petersburg Florida St. Petersburg, Florida March 28 United States Erik Davis United States Sheldon Creed Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg [5]
5 March 29 United States Scotty Steele United States Burt Jenner [6]
6 Streets of Long Beach California Long Beach, California April 19 United States Bill Hynes Venezuela E. J. Viso Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach [7]
7 The Raceway on Belle Isle Michigan Detroit, Michigan May 29 United States Scotty Steele United States Robby Gordon Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix [8]
8 May 30 United States Arie Luyendyk, Jr. Venezuela E. J. Viso [9]
9 May 31 United States Bill Hynes United States Burt Jenner [10]
10 Circuit of the Americas Texas Austin, Texas June 7 United States Sheldon Creed United States Sheldon Creed X Games Austin 2015 [11]
11 Streets of Toronto Canada Toronto, Ontario June 13 Venezuela E. J. Viso United States Scotty Steele Honda Indy Toronto [12]
12 June 14 United States Russell Boyle United States Keegan Kincaid [13]
Goodwood House United Kingdom Westhampnett, West Sussex June 28 N/A Goodwood Festival of Speed
13 OC Fair & Event Center California Costa Mesa, California September 18 United States Charles Dorrance United States P. J. Jones Sand Sports Super Show [14]
14 September 19 United States Sheldon Creed United States Sheldon Creed [15]
15 September 20 United States Augie Lerch United States Sheldon Creed [16]
16 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Australia Surfers Paradise, Australia October 23 United States Bill Hynes United States Burt Jenner Gold Coast 600 [17]
17 October 24 United States Scotty Steele United States Sheldon Creed [18]
18 October 25 United States Bill Hynes United States Sheldon Creed [19]
19 October 25 United States Bill Hynes Australia Matt Mingay [20]
20 Valvoline Raceway Australia Granville, Australia October 31 United States Bill Hynes United States Sheldon Creed Ultimate Sprintcar Championship [21]
21 MGM Grand Event Center Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada November 5 United States Bill Hynes United States Robby Gordon Standalone [22]
22 United States Sheldon Creed United States Sheldon Creed [23]
Homebush Street Circuit Australia Sydney, Australia December 4 Sydney 500
December 5
December 6

Race summaries

Rounds 1–3: Adelaide

The season-opening tripleheader was held in conjunction with the V8 Supercars Championship's Adelaide 500,[24] one of seven support events for the race.[25] Of the ten drivers, six were series veterans: Robby Gordon, E. J. Viso, Keegan Kincaid, Charles Dorrance, Bill Hynes, and Sheldon Creed; also comprising the field are Australian racers: off-road motorcycle racer Toby Price, off-road racer Brad Gallard, former V8 Supercars driver Nathan Pretty, and stunt rider Matt Mingay.[26]

Before the start of the first race, Dorrance flipped in turn 9, and the effort to flip the truck back shortened the race from eight to five laps.[27] Viso, starting from sixth, moved up the field and took the lead after Pretty's[28] suspension failed. Gordon finished second, followed by Mingay.[27]

In race three, backfield starters Creed, Gordon and Viso moved to the front quickly, and battled with Mingay for the lead, but Mingay and Viso made contact and spun in turn 6. Creed and Gordon duelled for second while Kincaid led for the remainder of the race. On the final lap, Gordon passed Creed in the final turn as Creed lost control of his truck; after jumping the second ramp, Creed flipped, hit the wall upon crossing the finish, and landed back on all four tires.[29]

Round 10: X Games Austin

The series returned to the X Games at Circuit of the Americas for 2015. For the event, various drivers made their series debuts, three of whom being NASCAR drivers: 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Rusty Wallace,[30] road course ringer Boris Said[31] and former Nationwide Series driver and eleven-time X Games medalist Travis Pastrana.[32] Additionally, Moto X biker Jeremy Stenberg competed in the event.[33] Of the 16 drivers invited, five are teenagers, with four being younger than 17: C. J. Greaves (19), Sheldon Creed (17), Jerett Brooks and Scotty Steele (16), Gavin Harlien (15).[32]

Rounds 11–12: Toronto

Indy Lights and FIA Formula E Championship driver Matthew Brabham joined the series shortly before the Friday practice.[34] The weather for Saturday was dry, though Sunday was marred by wet conditions.[35]

Round 20: Valvoline Raceway

The series remained in Australia for Round 20; despite initial plans to race at the Sydney Showground Stadium,[36] the Trucks moved the race to the Valvoline Raceway in Granville as a support race for the Ultimate Sprintcar Championship due to clashing schedules.[37]

Rounds 21–22: Las Vegas

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driver Anthony Gandon made his series debut, while Greg Adler made his first start since the X Games round in 2014.[38]

Creed won the championship.[38]

Sydney

The Trucks returned to Australia for an exhibition series at the Sydney 500.[38]

Final standings

Rank Driver Australia
ADE
Florida
STP
United States
LBH
Michigan
DET
Texas
X Games
Canada
TOR
California
OCF
Australia
SRF
Australia
SYD
Nevada
MGM
Points
H1 H2 H3 H4 LCQ F H1 H2 F1 H1 H2 F2 H F3
1 United States Sheldon Creed 5 1* 3 1 4 2 1 1* 2 2 1 8 3 1* 1 1* 9 1* 1 5 1* 10 1* 617
2 United States Robby Gordon 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 6 7 1 2 3 3 5 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 8 8 1* 2 584
3 United States Keegan Kincaid 4 9 1* 2 2 5 4 5 3 2 8 4 1* 6 4 DNS 3 10 6 9 482
4 United States Burt Jenner 5 1* 3* 3 1* 1 6 1 9 1 2 4 3 1* 6 9 4 11 2 10 399
5 United States Scotty Steele 10 9 4 6 2* 2 3 7 DNQ 1* 8 2 6 1 9 9 DNQ 11 3 2* 6 7 3 3 385
6 Venezuela E. J. Viso 1* 4 10 4* 5 1* 2* 1 5 1 7 8 9 344
7 United States Bill Hynes 8 8 9 6 10 9 8 10 10 3 3 DNQ 7 6 4 5 4 5 8 4 10 11 8 7 3 8 7 310
8 United States Charles Dorrance 10 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 4 DNS DNQ 5 5 3 7 4 7 7 8 7 6 243
9 Australia Matt Mingay 3 3 4 5 7 4 1 9 9 5 192
10 Australia Matthew Brabham 6 4 2 8 10 10 2 115
11 Australia Paul Morris 3 5 5 2* 5 113
12 Australia Greg Gartner 7 9 6 11 4 76
13 United States Arie Luyendyk, Jr. 10 8 8 2 3 72
14 United States Augie Lerch 4 3 3 6 5 6 71
15 Australia Brett Thomas 8 10 7 9 65
16 United States Aaron Bambach 5 7 6 45
17 Australia Nathan Pretty 9 5 6 43
18 Australia Brad Gallard 7 10 5 41
19 France Anthony Gandon 4 4 39
20 United States Erik Davis 9 8 11 35
21 United States C. J. Greaves 3 1 4 34
21 United States Aaron Kaufman 5 10 5 8 34
23 United States Kyle LeDuc 10 2 9 33
24 United States Greg Adler 5 8 32
25 Mexico Lalo Laguna 8 6 28
25 Australia Toby Price 6 8 28
27 United States Jerrett Brooks 2 5 27
28 Canada Russell Boyle 9 7 26
29 United States Gavin Harlien 5 DNS DNQ 20
30 United States Travis Pastrana 5 2 10 18
31 United States Billy Geddes 6 15
32 United States Dale Dondel 7 14
33 United States Rusty Wallace 3 6 DNQ 8
34 Mexico Apdaly Lopez 4 8 DNQ 7
34 United States Boris Said 4 4 DNQ 7
34 United States Jeremy Stenberg 4 5 DNQ 7
37 United States P. J. Jones 7 4 4 2 1* 2 41 21 51 0
38 United States Mike Whiddett 31 41 51 101 61 71 0
Australia Danny Reidy 6 0
P. J. Jones replaced Sheldon Creed at Detroit, and all points scored by Jones went to Creed.
1 P. J. Jones and Mike Whiddett replaced Keegan Kincaid and E. J. Viso at the Sand Sports Super Show, respectively, and all points scored by Jones and Whiddett went to Kincaid and Viso.
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
(WD)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Race
abandoned
(C)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Driver
replacement
(Rpl)
Injured
(Inj)
Race not held
(NH)
Not competing
In-Line Notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
miscellaneous notation

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