Lincoln Electric Named Exclusive Welding Supplier for Robby Gordon Truck Series
All trucks featured in the series are being built in Gordon’s shop using Lincoln welding equipment, his longtime NASCAR and Off-Road partner.
Posted: April 26, 2013
Venues include University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, AZ), Long Beach, CA, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego), Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis), Soldier Field (Chicago), The Georgia Dome (Atlanta), Cowboys Stadium (Dallas/Arlington), Metro Dome (Minneapolis), Sam Boyd Stadium (Las Vegas), and one to-be-named international event. www.stadiumsupertrucks.com
All of the trucks are fabricated in Robby Gordon’s Speed Factory garage in Charlotte, N.C., with welding equipment supplied by Lincoln Electric. The company has been Gordon’s exclusive welding supplier for the past decade as Gordon competed in NASCAR, SCORE International (Baja) and Dakar Rally events. That relationship continues as Gordon transitions to series ownership.
“Lincoln Electric has been an integral part of keeping our NASCAR and Off-Road race cars together for years, and I’m excited to keep them as a partner as our welding needs have increased to thicker and larger materials,” Gordon says. “The guys in the shop have been putting the welders to the test using their SuperArc® wire.”
Lincoln Electric equipment used to produce the SSTs includes Power MIG® 350MP push-pull MIG welders to weld aluminum brackets, as well as Power MIG® 256 MIG welders that target mild-steel joining. Precision TIG® 275 TIG welders join brackets and specialty parts. Consumables used in the shop include SuperArc® L-56® MIG wire for steel and SuperGlaze® 4043 wire for aluminum. Gordon’s fabricators also use Torchmate® CNC plasma cutting tables to produce a variety of truck parts.
This season, SST racers will have the opportunity to win a $60,000 purse each weekend—the top three finishers split the purse – and the overall series champion will be awarded a $500,000 prize at the end of season.
Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, fume control systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment and has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys market. www.lincolnelectric.com
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