The 2022 Stadium Super Trucks were the tenth season of the Stadium Super Trucks. The season began with the Long Beach Street Circuit and concluded at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Matthew Brabham entered as the defending champion, though he only ran select races due to his commitment to Indy Lights. Gavin Harlien won his first championship.
Drivers Driver Races 007 Fielding Shredder 7–8 .50 Matt Carriker 7–8 7 Robby Gordon 1–2, 7–8 12 Shaun Richardson 1–2 14 Davey Hamilton Jr. 1–2 21 Zoey Edenholm All F26 Stanton Barrett 5–6 28 Robert Stout All 32 Ryan Arciero 1–2 51 Ryan Beat 5–6 52 Derek Bieri 7–8 55 Gavin Harlien All 57 Bill Hynes All 61 Cory Winner 3–4 67 Ben Maier 3–8 77 Max Gordon All 83 Matthew Brabham 1–2, 5–6 435 Dave Kiley 7–8 801 Dave Sparks 7–8 1776 Garrett Mitchell 1–2, 5–8 Sources:
Schedule Long Beach, which has hosted SST since the inaugural season in 2013, served as the season opener for the first time. Dates at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and the Music City Grand Prix took place in support of the IndyCar Series, while a round at Bristol Motor Speedway was added as part of Cleetus McFarland's Bristol 1000 weekend. Honda Indy Toronto was originally scheduled before being removed as Robby Gordon was away on business for his Speed UTV brand.
Round Track Location Date Supporting 1 Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 8–10 Grand Prix of Long Beach 2 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 1–3 Honda Indy 200 3 Nashville Street Circuit Nashville, Tennessee August 5–7 Music City Grand Prix 4 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 3–5 Bristol 1000
Season summary The season opener at Long Beach saw the SST debuts of Ryan Arciero and Cleetus McFarland while Davey Hamilton Jr. made his return as a full-time driver after a three-year absence. The Gordon family swept the weekend as Max Gordon scored his first career win after holding off his father Robby, who won the second race after McFarland spun and hit the wall as he approached the finish.
The second round at Mid-Ohio saw the series debuts of Ben Maier and Cory Winner. Robby Gordon skipped the weekend due to overseas obligations with Speed UTV whereas Hamilton exited the series due to an injury he sustained in Long Beach. Gavin Harlien controversially won the first race after United States Auto Club officials accidentally extended the distance from 11 to 13 laps; although Robert Stout beat Harlien to the finish on the 13th lap, USAC restored the results after 11 laps and granted Harlien the victory. Harlien and Stout continued to be the top drivers in the second race, but a last-lap pass by Max Gordon enabled him to take the win.
At Nashville, Brabham won the Saturday race after holding off Harlien. While Indy Lights was also at the weekend, Brabham was able to run SST after rain forced the day's Lights activities to be canceled. Harlien returned the favor in the second race, though he was involved in a wreck with Stout and McFarland that caused the latter to flip.
The Bristol round was organized in support of McFarland's Bristol 1000, a race involving McFarland and multiple YouTubers. As a result, five of the 13 drivers racing SST were media personalities with no prior series experience: Derek Bieri of Vice Grip Garage, Matt Carriker of YouTube channel DemolitionRanch, Hyperdrive star Fielding Shredder, and the Diesel Brothers Dave Kiley and Dave Sparks. The series newcomers were scrutinized for their aggressive driving styles that impacted the full-time drivers competing for points, and Harlien's father confronted Sparks after the second race. Harlien and Stout won the round's two races.
Results and standings Race results Round Race Event Fastest qualifier Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Ref 1 1 Long Beach Robby Gordon Bill Hynes Bill Hynes Max Gordon 2 Ryan Arciero Cleetus McFarland Robby Gordon 2 3 Mid-Ohio Gavin Harlien Bill Hynes Gavin Harlien Bill Hynes Gavin Harlien 4 Max Gordon Robert Stout Max Gordon 3 5 Nashville Robert Stout Bill Hynes Gavin Harlien Matthew Brabham 6 Cleetus McFarland Cleetus McFarland Gavin Harlien 4 7 Bristol Max Gordon Bill Hynes Bill Hynes Gavin Harlien 8 Dave Kiley Cleetus McFarland Robert Stout
Drivers' championship Rank Driver LBH MOH NSH BRI Points 1 Gavin Harlien 6 6 1* 2 2* 1 1 5 216 2 Max Gordon 1 3 7 1 3 7 6 2 191 3 Robert Stout 3 4 2 3* 8 10 4 1 183 4 Bill Hynes 7* 11 3* 7 9 6 2* 8 1315 Robby Gordon 2 1 3 4 123 6 Matthew Brabham 4 2 1 2 117 7 Ben Maier 4 4 5 3 5 6 113 8 Zoey Edenholm 11 7 6 6 6 5 10 9 108 9 Cleetus McFarland 10 9* 10 9* 12 3* 84 10 Ryan Beat 4 8 34 11 Stanton Barrett 7 4 32 12 Cory Winner 5 5 32 13 Jerett Brooks 5 10 31 14 Fielding Shredder 7 10 29 15 Derek Bieri 9 7 26 16 Davey Hamilton Jr. 8 8 26 17 Ryan Arciero 12 5 25 18 Dave Sparks 8 13 21 19 Shaun Richardson 9 12 2120 Matt Carriker 11 12 19 21 Dave Kiley 13 11 18 Rank Driver LBH MOH NSH BRI Points Source:
Points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Heat 12 10 8 7 5 4 3 2 1 Final 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 Most laps led 3 Position gained 1 Fastest qualifier 1
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