GOLD COAST, Queensland – Sheldon Creed captured Saturday’s thrilling second round of the SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by TRAXXAS (SST) at the Gold Coast 600 in Gold Coast, Queensland, beating Orange, Calif. driver Robby Gordon to the line by a truck length.

Def Leppard/ LIVE/ Think Loud Recordings driver Scotty Steele of Peoria, Ariz. finished third, holding off the hard charging TRAXXAS driver Keegan Kincaid whom spun on Lap-7 and would be able to work his way back to the fourth position.

Creed, a young off-road hot shoe from Alpine, Calif., started third and made a strong move early to work past early leader Steele. From Lap 2 Creed drove a smart and conservative race to keep the aggressive driving Gordon and a full field of strong trucks behind him.

Following Saturday’s second race of the Gold Coast 600, Creed considered Saturday’s victory redemption for a costly mistake during Friday’s event where he collided with Steele in mid air going for the lead. Creed would collect majority of the damage in the accident and had to limp his beaten truck around the rest of the race with a broken axle to collect valuable points. Saturday’s victory would keep Creed ahead of second finishing Robby Gordon in the 2015 Championship standings.

More than 50,000 spectators lined the 15-turn 1.85-mile (2.98 km) beach side street circuit to watch Creed and the 10 other TRAXXAS-branded trucks launch off of man-made ramps on the same DOT-approved Toyo Tires that consumers can buy. The loud raucous cheers of disbelief from the massive Australian crowd could be heard over the trucks as fans of traditional V8 Supercar racing saw the trucks literally fly through the air side by side and on the occasion on top of one another.

Rounds 18 & 19 of the SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by TRAXXAS will take place Sunday morning at 8:10 a.m. local time and 1:00 p.m. just prior to the V8 Supercar finale of the Gold Coast 600 on the street of Surfers Paradise in front of another anticipated massive crowd.

SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by TRAXXAS
Race 2 Finish Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
1. Sheldon Creed No. 74; Alpine, Calif.; TRAXXAS

2. Robby Gordon No. 7; Orange, Calif.; SPEED Energy/Toyo Tires/TRAXXAS

3. Scotty Steele No. 48; Peoria, Ariz.; Def Leppard/LIVE/Think Loud Recordings/United Fiber & Data

4. Keegan Kincaid No. 47; Crandon, Wisc.; TRAXXAS

5. Paul Morris No. 67; Norwell, Queensland, Aus.; SuperCheapAuto.com

6. Burt Jenner No. 50; Los Angeles, Calif.; Gladiator Tires

7. Matt Mingay No. 2; Gold Coast, Queensland, Aus.; Hot Wheels/Castrol Edge

8. Matt Brabham No. 83; Gold Coast, Queensland, Aus.; Def Leppard/LIVE/Think Loud Recordings/United Fiber & Data

9. Greg Gartner No. 14; Penola, South Australia, Aus.; Toyo Tires/Clipsal 500

10. Brett Thomas No. 69; Gold Coast, Queensland, Aus.; TFH Hire/Illuminated Water

11. Bill Hynes No. 57; Nazareth, Penn.; Def Leppard/LIVE/Think Loud Recordings/United Fiber & Data