Championship driver Johnson to drive JEGS.com Stadium SUPER Truck

Charlotte, N.C. (March 20, 2013) – Famed Motocross and off-road champion Ricky Johnson will compete in the 2013 Inaugural Stadium SUPER Trucks Season and will drive in the No.5 JEGS.com truck for the first three races.
Gordon's Stadium SUPER Truck Series is modeled after the late Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship and will take off-road racing to several stadiums across the country. The first race for the series and for Johnson will take place April 6 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
“I’ve been waiting since 1995 when the Mickey Thompson Series went away to race and bang doors with the best in off-road racing. That dream is going to come true in Phoenix when I team up with JEGS High Performance and go after the Stadium SUPER Trucks Championship.”
Johnson is a seven-time AMA champion, winning races in stadiums that are familiar to the SST schedule. He also is a four-time short course champion, winning titles in 1998 and 2010 in Pro-2, along with 2011 and 2012 in Pro-4.
"JEGS is excited to partner with this exciting series," JEGS High Performance Vice President John Coughlin said. "Robby and his group have a lot of passion. The vision they have for this series combined with their passion will certainly pay dividends for their partners and create real entertainment value for the fans. That's a real win-win situation and JEGS is excited to be a part of it."
Johnson also will drive the No.5 JEGS.com truck on April 21 at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Bach in Long Beach, Calif., and returning on April 27 to the site of his first stadium victory, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Gordon's new series features specially engineered, 600-horsepower off-road trucks racing against each on grueling dirt tracks with a huge jumps, crossovers and tight corners. The 2013 season will be comprised of 11 action-packed events in stadium venues across North America plus one International event soon to be announced.
“I’m so stoked to have Ricky Johnson a part of our series”, said Robby Gordon, President of RGOR. “Back in the day Ricky would always be one class above me and we had a great battle last year in Crandon during the TORC Series race. To get him partnered up with JEGS and race in venues he used to on two-wheels to come back later and race on 4 is awesome. I look forward to continuing our rivalry in a stadium setting.”

Additional information about JEGS High Performance can be found at http://www.jegs.com.

All 12 Stadium SUPER Truck events in 2013 will be televised via tape delay and featured on NBC: seven on NBC and five to be televised on the NBC Sports Channel. Check local listings for channel and times.

Venues include University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.), Long Beach, Calif., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.), Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, Calif.), Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis, Mo.), Soldier Field (Chicago, Ill.), Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Ga.), Cowboys Stadium (Dallas/Arlington, Tex.), Metro Dome (Minneapolis, Minn.), Stadium SUPER Truck Finals (Las Vegas, Nev.), and one to-be-named international event.

Keep up with the latest news and results on Robby Gordon OFF-ROAD’s Stadium SUPER Trucks Series at facebook.com/StadiumSuperTrucks and twitter.com/SSuperTrucks. Visit http://www.stadiumsupertrucks.com for more information including where to purchase tickets for the 2013 season.

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Permalink Reply by mj on March 20, 2013 at 12:19pm
I called it months ago lol . Just knew the temptation to come back to the stadiums would be to big to pass up .
Permalink Reply by Davin Wilson on March 20, 2013 at 12:29pm

YA...I keep waiting for the "official" announcement.
Interesting RJ is being sponsored by JEGS. Kinda hopping it would be with Red Bull.
1) Because it will only bring more exposure to SST.
2) Don't want to see the other energy drink mfg stay away due to RG's SPEED / SST ownership / conflict..
3) Would like to see ALL energy drinks compete for SST championship w/ SPEED taking it!

Opinions??

Permalink Reply by richard berger on March 20, 2013 at 1:06pm

Ricky was good, watched him a lot on that red bike. Way cool.

Permalink Reply by ScottM on March 20, 2013 at 1:34pm

wonder who is going to drive after the first 3 races....

Permalink Reply by Davin Wilson on March 20, 2013 at 3:07pm

Does it read RJ for (3) races or Jegs for (3) - Maybe its only JEGS for 3 races, then another sponsor !?
Or maybe RJ has a schedule conflict w/ TORC. Haven't done a TORC vs. SST scheduled comparison yet.
(Michael Martinez where are you when we need you!)

Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on March 20, 2013 at 3:33pm

I think they are just referring to JEGS sponsoring him for three, is states he is going to race for the championship.

Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on March 20, 2013 at 4:19pm

*go after the championship.

Permalink Reply by richard berger on March 20, 2013 at 4:48pm

I hear ya Davin I sure like him and what he says. Always looking for him to post.

Permalink Reply by mj on March 20, 2013 at 5:05pm
Lol I like him just don't understand him lol
Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on March 20, 2013 at 5:19pm

He's like an old car we had when I was a kid. Can you guess it (no, it's not mean or bad)?

Permalink Reply by Davin Wilson on March 20, 2013 at 7:41pm

LOL..that's my point.

Permalink Reply by DefLefty on March 21, 2013 at 12:12pm

Was the point of including only the last name of 'Championship Driver Johnson' in the article's title to have some people think that might be talking about Jimmie?

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