Townsville, Queensland (July 8, 2016) – Returning to Australia for the second time in 2016, 12 identically prepared SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks presented by TRAXXAS invade the North Queensland coastal city of Townsville, July 8-10 for Rounds 10, 11 & 12 of the year long SST World Championship.

Looking to back up his podium finish at the Clipsal 500 in February; Gold Coast, Queensland driver Matt Brabham whom was recently named to Team TRAXXAS will lead the charge of 4 Australian drivers to battle the Americans in front of his home state fans. Other Australians joining Brabham, would be the ultra versatile Supercar and Sprint Car racer Paul Morris of Norwell, Queensland; Australian drift car competitor Rob Whyte of Gold Coast, Queensland; and off-road racer Greg Gartner of Penola, South Australia.

Americans returning to Australia to battle the Aussies are Robby Gordon of Orange Calif. driving fellow injured SST driver Matt Mingay's Hot Wheels/ Castrol EDGE truck; Team TRAXXAS driver Sheldon Creed of Alpine, Calif.; and World Gym driver Bill Hynes of Nazareth, Penn.

Joining the Americans and Aussies in competition veteran SST competitor E.J. Viso of Caracas, Venezuela returns with new colors from Mount Margaret Residential Estate. While making his first start in SST competition Scunthorpe, United Kingdom driver Shaun Richardson will look to make his first laps in the Postive Automotive/ Postive Trailers truck.

Brabham the series' most-recent winner, sweeping both events at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix last month, looks to cut into the World Championship points lead of TRAXXAS teammate Sheldon Creed with three points events.

SST features identically prepared trucks, which are made to resemble their scaled-down TRAXXAS radio-control-car counterparts. Like their TRAXXAS namesake the trucks are designed to take flight. However, unlike RC trucks, they produce 600 horsepower generating speeds upwards of 130 miles per hour.

SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by TRAXXAS

Driver Roster Townsville, Queensland, Australia

No. 1 Sheldon Creed; Alpine, Calif.; TRAXXAS

No. 2 Robby Gordon; Orange, Calif.; Hot Wheels/ Toyo Tires / Castrol EDGE

No. 5 E.J. Viso, Caracas, Venezuela; Mount Margaret Residential Estate

No. 11 Rob Whyte; Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; AVA Performace Tuning/ Motul Oil/ Drift School Australia

No. 12 Shaun Richardson; Scunthrope, United Kingdom; Positive Automotive/ Positive Trailers/ Savino Del Bene/ Master Tow

No. 30 Arie Luyendyk Jr.; Scottsdale, Arizona; Royal Purple Synthetic Oil

No. 33 Todd Romano; Park City, Utah; Arctic Cat/ Toyo Tires / SPEED Energy/ TRAXXAS

No. 57 Bill Hynes; Nazareth, Penn.; World Gym Australia

No. 67 Paul Morris; Norwell, Queensland, Aus.; SuperCheap Auto/ Hungry Jack's

No. 75 Erik Davis; Burbank, Calif.; Always Evolving/ AERNow/ Replay XD

No. 83 Matt Brabham; Gold Coast, Queensland, Queensland, Australia; TRAXXAS

No. 410 Greg Gartner; Penola, South Australia, Aus.; R&J Batteries/ Delkor Calcium Battery/ Fuchs

SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by TRAXXAS

2016 World Championship Schedule

Round Date Location TV Broadcast Date Network

1-3 March 3-6 Adelaide, SA, Australia March 26 9:00 PM ET CBSSN

4-5 March 11-13 St. Petersburg, Florida April 17 12:00 PM ET CBSSN

6-7 April 15-17 Long Beach, California April 30 2:00 PM ET CBSSN

8-10 June 3-5 Detroit, Michigan June 19 3:00 PM ET CBSSN

11-12 July 8-10 Townsville, QLD, Australia July 24 4:00 PM ET CBSSN

13-14 July 15-17 Toronto, ONT, Canada July 31 3:00 PM ET CBSSN

15-16 Sept. 3-4 TBA Sept. 18 1:00 PM ET CBSSN

17-18 Sept. 17-18 Costa Mesa, California October 9 6:00 PM ET CBSSN

Exb. Oct. 13-16 Mike's Peak Hill Climb Challenge; Baja California, Mexico

19-20 Oct. 21-23 Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Nov. 6 2:00 PM ET CBSSN

21-22 Nov. 4-6 Auckland, New Zealand Nov. 20 2:00 PM ET CBSSN

23-24 Nov. 25-27 Sydney, NSW, Australia TBD CBSSN

About SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by TRAXXAS

Influenced by the former Mickey Thompson Stadium Off-Road Racing Series, where drivers such as Gordon, Casey Mears and six-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson got their start, Gordon created SST in response to the public's overwhelming interest in trucks and off-road racing. His plan to re-launch the former stadium series has led to exciting racing on both asphalt and dirt, while producing one of the most extreme forms of action sports today.

Other than the trucks launching 20 feet in the air covering distances more than 150 feet, what sets the SST program apart from other series is the fact that all the SST trucks are identically prepared and delivered to drivers in race-ready condition. Race winners are decided by driver skill rather than individual team engineering and budgets. Drivers and their personal mechanics are assigned specific SST mechanics who together tune and make minor adjustments to the 600-horsepower trucks.

Photo credit: Stadium SUPER Trucks
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