“The little brat beat me….”
Dealt with the challenge of racing in the rain, Robby Gordon knew that he had to beat Sheldon Creed on Sunday if he wanted to win the overall victory for the Honda Indy Toronto. The pair would battle back and forth but ultimately, a spin by Gordon on the last lap resulted in Creed finishing second for the Overall victory, while Gordon finished third.
“Obviously, I knew it was going to be slippery and when you go slippery, you got to go off-line. I went off-line in every single corner except for coming off the backstraight,” he commented. “(Race winner) 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.”
It also allowed Creed to increase his points lead, now 11 points ahead of Gordon in the series points standings.
“It’s important that I push him hard and challenge him, which is only going to help him for the future of his career, outside of Stadium Super Trucks if he wants to go somewhere else besides this,” Gordon shared. “I know he likes Stadium Super Trucks because they’re not boring, and they’re very fun and hard to drive. I think the fans are liking it and that’s good to.”
In each of the events that the Stadium Super Trucks have run in Toronto, Gordon has finished on the podium and he says that he enjoys coming to Toronto each season.
“I appreciate what Green Savoree do in promoting the race. I want to thank them for allowing the Stadium Super Trucks to be here,” he said. “I want to thank the fans for being out here in the rain, standing up and cheering like you are. Stadium Super Trucks is definitely a series that’s on the rise and I went another weekend without a win so there’s a lot of extremely competitive drivers driving.”
