Ford Credit 125

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1995 Ford Credit 125
Race details [1] [2]
Race 4 of 20 in the 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman season
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Date April 22, 1995 (1995-04-22)
Location Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, California
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.805 km)
Distance 125 laps, 62.5 mi (100.58 km)
Average speed 71.090 mph (114.408 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
 Richard Childress Racing
Time 19.813 sec
Most laps led
Driver Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps 106
Winner
No. 16 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Paul Page and Jack Arute

The Ford Credit 125 was a NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman race held at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, California on April 22, 1995. The fourth of 20 races in the series' inaugural season, it was the first race of the series to air on network television, and was also the shortest race, at 62.5 miles (100.6 km), in series history; it was won by Ron Hornaday Jr.

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Pole position for the race was won by Mike Skinner, who was the fastest in qualifying for the third time in the series' four races to that point. [3] P. J. Jones qualified second, while Bill Sedgwick, Dave Rezendes and Jack Sprague filled out the top five qualifying spots. [1] Thirty-five trucks attempted to qualify for the thirty-truck starting grid; Steve McEachern, Jerry Glanville, Mike Hurlbert, Bob Jones and T. J. Clark failed to qualify for the event. [1]

The race distance of 62.5 miles (100.6 km) was the shortest in the series' history. [4] The race was won by Ron Hornaday Jr., driving the No. 16 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.; Hornaday led 106 of the race's 125 laps, [4] and won by 1.3 seconds over Bill Sedgwick. [5] Mike Bliss, polesitter Mike Skinner and Butch Miller completed the top five finishers, while Jack Sprague, Bob Keselowski, Joe Ruttman, Scott Lagasse and Sammy Swindell rounded out the top ten. [2] Nine trucks finished on the lead lap; four caution flags slowed the event for 18 laps. [1] All but one of the 30 trucks that started the race finished the event, the No. 2 of Dave Ashley dropping out of the race after 77 laps with engine failure. [1] The event, aired on ABC, was the first SuperTruck Series event to be aired on a national broadcast network. [6]

Results

PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1616 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 125180
2375 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 125170
31708 Mike Bliss Ultra Motorsports Ford 125165
413 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 125160
52398 Butch Miller Liberty Racing Ford 125155
6531 Jack Sprague Griffin Racing Chevrolet 125150
7929 Bob Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 125146
81084 Joe Ruttman Irvan-Simo Racing Ford 125142
92424 Scott Lagasse Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 125138
10738 Sammy Swindell Akins-Sutton Motorsports Ford 124134
112137 Bob Strait Strait Racing Ford 124130
12116 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 124127
131321 Tobey Butler Venable Racing Ford 124124
1421 P. J. Jones Vestar Motorsports Chevrolet 124121
152614 John Kinder Stroppe Motorsports Ford 124118
16825 Roger Mears Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 123115
173051 Kerry Teague Rosenblum Racing Chevrolet 123112
182010 Stan Fox Decuir Motorsports Chevrolet 123109
1947 Dave Rezendes Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 123106
201674 Gary Collins Gary Collins Racing Chevrolet 122103
211283 Steve Portenga L&M Racing Chevrolet 122100
221958 Wayne Jacks Wayne Jacks Racing Chevrolet 12197
232988 Jerry Churchill Churchill Racing Ford 12194
242457 Bob Walker Raul Flores Racing Chevrolet 12191
251589 Troy Beebe Redding Motorsports Chevrolet 11988
262287 John Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 11985
272820 Walker Evans Walker Evans Racing Dodge 11482
281499 Pancho Carter Enerjetix Motorsports Chevrolet 11179
291806 Butch Gilliland Ultra Motorsports Ford 11176
30242 Dave Ashley Ultra Motorsports Ford 7773
Source: [2]

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