Scott Irvin Chevrolet/Craftsman 200

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1995 Scott Irvin Chevrolet/Craftsman 200
Race details [1] [2]
Race 3 of 20 in the 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman season
Date April 15, 1995 (1995-04-15)
Location Saugus Speedway in Santa Clarita, California
Course Permanent racing facility
0.333 mi (0.536 km)
Distance 200 laps, 66.6 mi (107.1 km)
Weather c
Average speed 43.526 mph (70.048 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
 Richard Childress Racing
Time 16.038 sec
Most laps led
Driver Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing
Laps 115
Winner
No. 52 Ken Schrader Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network The Nashville Network
Announcers Glenn Jarrett and Larry McReynolds

The Scott Irvin Chevrolet/Craftsman 200 was a NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman race held at Saugus Speedway in Santa Clarita, California on April 15, 1995. The third of 20 races in the series' inaugural season, it was run on the shortest track the series ever competed on; it was won by Winston Cup Series regular Ken Schrader.

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Pole position for the race was won by Mike Skinner, who was the fastest in qualifying for the second time in the series' three races to that point. Geoff Bodine qualified second, while Ken Schrader, P. J. Jones and Butch Miller filled out the top five qualifying spots. [1] Twenty-six trucks attempted to qualify for the twenty-four truck starting grid; Pancho Carter and Mike Hurlbert failed to qualify for the event. [1]

At a length of 0.333 miles (0.536 km), Saugus Speedway was the shortest track on the series schedule. [3] Held before a record crowd, [4] the race was won by Ken Schrader, driving the No. 52 Chevrolet for Ken Schrader Racing; Schrader led 54 of the race's 200 laps, and won by 1.7 seconds over Geoff Bodine. [1] Bill Sedgwick, Butch Miller and Mike Skinner completed the top five finishers, while Ron Hornaday Jr., Butch Gilliland, Tobey Butler, Rick Carelli and Bob Strait rounded out the top ten. [2] Early in the race Schrader was penalized to the rear of the field for causing an accident involving Jones; Jerry Glanville was given a five-lap penalty late in the race for causing an accident involving then-leader Skinner. [5]

Nine trucks finished on the lead lap; [1] twelve caution flags slowed the event for 18 laps. [1] One red-flag period for oil on the track stopped the race for 28 minutes. [6] Only two of the 24 trucks that started the race failed to finish the event, the No. 30 of Mark Gibson dropping out of the race following an accident, while the No. 14 of John Kinder retired from the event due to driver fatigue. [1]

Results

PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1352 Ken Schrader Ken Schrader Racing Chevrolet 200180
227 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 200170
31175 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 200165
4598 Butch Miller Liberty Racing Ford 200160
513 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200155
61016 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 200150
71206 Butch Gilliland Ultra Motorsports Ford 200146
8821 Tobey Butler Venable Racing Ford 200142
996 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 200138
101637 Bob Strait Strait Racing Ford 199134
11629 Bob Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 199130
121389 Troy Beebe Redding Motorsports Chevrolet 199127
13784 Joe Ruttman Irvan-Simo Racing Ford 198124
141531 Jack Sprague Griffin Racing Chevrolet 198121
152488 Jerry Churchill Churchill Racing Ford 194118
1641 P. J. Jones Vestar Motorsports Chevrolet 191115
171724 Scott Lagasse Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 189112
182457 Bob Walker Raul Flores Racing Chevrolet 184109
192181 Jerry Glanville Glanville Motorsports Ford 180106
202251 Kerry Teague Rosenblum Racing Chevrolet 174103
211820 Walker Evans Walker Evans Racing Dodge 172100
221930 Mark Gibson Grandaddy Racing Dodge 13797
231414 John Kinder Stroppe Motorsports Ford 11794
242338 Sammy Swindell Akins-Sutton Motorsports Ford 11791
Source: [2]

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