Stadium Super Trucks returning to Crandon on Labor Day

The Stadium Super Trucks are a unique beast in motorsport as off-road vehicles that compete on pavement. However, they will hit the dirt once more later this year as the series joins Crandon International Off-Road Raceway‘s Labor Day card on 2/3 September.

Long cherished as the most iconic track for short course off-road racing, Crandon hosted SST test races ahead of the inaugural season in 2013. The trucks ran their first and only points weekend at the Wisconsin track that year with Rob MacCachren and Jerett Brooks emerging as winners. The facility is one of two permanent short course tracks to welcome SST alongside Glen Helen, itself the discipline’s biggest locations for the West Coast scene.

The Labor Day weekend is Crandon’s crown jewel calendar slot with the Crandon World Championship Off-Road Races and the Red Bull Crandon World Cup. The World Championship currently serves as the penultimate round for Championship Off-Road, though has been organised since 1970, while the World Cup is a more recent edition that pits Pro 2 and Pro 4 trucks against each other. SST’s only Crandon points appearance came in support of the 2013 World Championship, then sanctioned by COR’s predecessor TORC.

The stadium trucks add to an already loaded Labor Day schedule at Crandon, which also includes Ultra4 and the Class 11 World Championship. By going to Crandon, SST will not return to Bristol Motor Speedway after taking part in the 2022 Bristol 1000.

The Checkered Flag understands there will be a “unique twist” to the race format which will be revealed as the weekend approaches, though it is confirmed that they will be points-paying races. Guest drivers from other series are also expected to take part; Championship Off-Road regulars like Ryan Beat and Cory Winner have competed in SST as recently as 2022, with Beat also set to run the 2023 season opener. C.J. Greaves, who defeated Beat for the Crandon World Cup last year, also has SST experience at X Games 2015.

The 2023 SST season begins with the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on 14–16 April.

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