After making the early race pass on E.J. Viso for the lead, Keegan Kincaid didn’t look back as he led the rest of the way en route to scoring the victory in the second event of the weekend on Sunday for the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road presented by TRAXXAS Series. It marks Kincaid’s second victory of the season.
“I knew I had to get to the front right away because Sheldon (Creed), Robby (Gordon) – all these good guys – and run,” he commented. “It kind of caught me off-guard that I caught E.J. so fast and he made a mistake and opened the door for me. Traxxas 1-2-3 – couldn’t be prouder.”
Behind Kincaid, the battle was on for second as Sheldon Creed and Robby Gordon traded the spot back and forth over the course of the second half of the event. The deciding factor would come on the final lap when Gordon would go for the spin at the end of the backstretch heading into turn three, handing the advantage to Creed.
The second-place finish for Creed gave him the Overall victory of the weekend as he finished second on Saturday. It also allowed him to extend his points lead to 11 points over Gordon.
“I think that’s the funnest battle we’ve had, switching positions every lap,” Creed commented. “Then he caught me and passed me and I was just following his line. Then we started pushing on each other and we’re going down the backstretch waving at each other, just laughing. It was fun, but I knew when I saw him go on the concrete, I was going to go on the asphalt and I saw him spin out – just came gave it to me. It was so much fun battling with him.”
Gordon would round out the podium, giving him his series-leading 10th podium finish of the season in the 12 events.
“Obviously, I knew it was going to be slippery and when you go slippery, you got to go off-line,” Gordon said. “I went off-line in every single corner except for coming off the backstraight. Keegan Kincaid and his blue Traxxas truck was long gone. I was trying to beat Sheldon and I went inside to protect my line and when you go on the concrete, I don’t know what it is going to be like for the IndyCars but for us, it’s like hitting an ice patch. It is really slippery and I just came in a little too hot – I was going about walking speed – and it just spun out on me.
“That’s disappointing because if Sheldon and I switched positions, we were going to beat him for the weekend and I need to put some points on him. He’s leading the championship and he’s going to put some more points on me this weekend in Toronto so that’s a little bit of a bummer.”
Matt Brabham would finish fourth in just his second Stadium Super Trucks start, followed by Charles Dorrance, Bill Hynes and Canadian Russell Boyle. Following the victory on Saturday, Scotty Steele would run into mechanical issues on Sunday, resulting in an eighth place finish. EJ Viso rounded out the field in ninth.
