NBCSN will broadcast the first five rounds of the 2015 SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by Traxxas season from Adelaide, Australia, and St. Petersburg, Fla. on Saturday, May 23 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT).
The one-hour broadcast will feature the thrilling final races from both the Clipsal 500 Adelaide and the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg as they will be shown in their entirety. The first two rounds in Australia and round four from St. Petersburg will be aired in a special highlight package.
SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks feature identically prepared trucks which are made to resemble their scaled-down Traxxas radio-control-car counterparts. Like their Traxxas namesake, SST trucks are designed to take flight. However, unlike RC trucks, they produce 600 horsepower generating speeds upwards of 140 miles per hour.
2015 SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented By Traxxas Broadcast Schedule for Next Four Races
Event Broadcast Date/Time Network
Australia/St.Petersburg May 23, 2:00 p.m. ET NBC Sports Network
Grand Prix of Long Beach May 30, 11:00 a.m. ET NBC Sports Network
Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix June 13, 11:00 a.m. ET NBC Sports Network
SST Indy Toronto June 27, 11:00 a.m. ET NBC Sports Network
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.
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