The 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman was the inaugural season of the
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and hi ...
SuperTruck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based Stock Car, stock cars. The s ...
. The season began on February 5, 1995, and ended on October 28.
Mike Skinner of
Richard Childress Racing won the championship.
Prior to and after the season, NASCAR conducted
seven exhibition races.
This was the first year that
Dodge ran in NASCAR in any capacity since 1985.
Teams and drivers
Schedule
The 1995 SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman schedule consisted of twenty races, at eighteen tracks in fifteen states. In addition, an
exhibition race was run following the end of the season at the
Homestead-Miami Speedway as a demonstration of the trucks' suitability for larger racetracks.
Season summary
The
Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at Phoenix Raceway. The race has been the last race of the year for the Truck Series since 2020.
History
From 1995 until 1998, two rac ...
, the first SuperTruck race to be run, was an 80-lap race held February 5 at
Phoenix International Raceway. The second race of the year at Tucson Raceway Park was the first Truck race to have a
green–white–checker finish
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. Mike Skinner led the Maxx Race Cards 200 at Portland Speedway from flag to flag (all 200 laps), while the No. 58 of
Wayne Jacks rolled over after hitting a large tractor tire that separated pit road from the race track. In the
Total Petroleum 200 at
Colorado National Speedway
Colorado National Speedway is a paved oval in Dacono, Colorado spanning . The track is currently a member of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series and hosts the ARCA Menards Series West (former NASCAR K&N Pro Series West), thKing of the Wi ...
, the margin of victory by Butch Miller over Mike Skinner was officially .001 of a second. Replays during the telecast on CBS showed a virtual dead heat between Miller and Skinner at the checkered flag. In the following race at
Heartland Park Topeka
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When it opened in 1989, Heartland Motorsports Park was the first new ...
, the No. 51 of
Kerry Teague was injured in a crash on lap 9 after the throttle hung on his Chevrolet. His truck then spun driver's side first into the wall, making the truck slightly airborne. Teague was airlifted to a local hospital for precautionary reasons. At
Indianapolis Raceway Park
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in the
Action Packed Racing Cards 150
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, on the last lap of the race, the No. 77 of
Gary St. Amant (who finished 11th) spun out off of turn 2 and hit a light pole in the infield, knocking out a cluster of lights in the process. The same exact lights were knocked out the next evening during the Busch Grand National race by
Chris Diamond
Chris Diamond (born December 30, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
Racing career
Diamond has made 13 NASCAR Busch Series
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; Mike Skinner lead flag to flag again (all 150 laps). The
Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 150
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at
Flemington Speedway
Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States.
Early history
Flemington Speedway was created as a ...
saw the race was lengthened to 151 laps due to a green–white–checker finish; the race was
Jack Sprague
Jack Sprague (born August 8, 1964) is an American former stock car racing driver who has competed in all of NASCAR's three top divisions, most notably in the Craftsman Truck Series, where he won series championships in 1997, 1999 and 2001.
Rac ...
's debut for Hendrick Motorsports.
The
Lowe's 150
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at
North Wilkesboro Speedway
North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill fr ...
on September 30 saw the Truck debut of
Ernie Irvan
Virgil Earnest "Ernie" Irvan (born January 13, 1959), occasionally referred to as Swervin' Irvan, is an American former professional stock car racing driver. A retired NASCAR competitor, he is best remembered for his comeback after a serious head ...
, who had been out of racing for over a year because of critical injuries suffered in practice for the 1994 GM Goodwrench 400 at
Michigan International Speedway
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. Irvan qualified his No. 28 on the outside pole and led 24 laps. However, his truck was unable to answer the call after the halftime break and was credited with a 30th-place finish. The next day, Irvan made his comeback to the
Winston Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971 ...
in a second
Texaco
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/
Havoline Ford for
Robert Yates Racing
Yates Racing was an American stock car racing team that competed in NASCAR through the 2009 season, after which it merged into Richard Petty Motorsports. Previously known as Robert Yates Racing, the team was owned by Doug Yates, who has offici ...
, the No. 88. In the following race at
Sears Point Raceway
Sonoma Raceway (originally known as Sears Point Raceway from 1967 to 1980 and 1982 to 2002, Golden State International Raceway in 1981 and Infineon Raceway from 2002 to 2012) is a road course and dragstrip located at Sears Point in the southern S ...
,
Ray Daniels in the No. 34 truck flipped out of the course coming to rest on the tire wall after hitting the tires coming out of Turn 10. Daniels was uninjured.
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. (born June 20, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday and son of the late Ron Hornaday Sr., a two-time Winston West Champion. Hornaday is ...
led all 40 laps en route to the win.
Results and standings
Races
Driver standings
See also
*
1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
*
1995 NASCAR Busch Series
*
1994–95 NASCAR SuperTruck Series exhibition races In 1994 and early 1995, seven demonstration races for the newly-born NASCAR SuperTruck Series were held. The races were broadcast during coverage of the ''Winter Heat Series'' and were held on tracks primarily based on the West Coast of the United ...
References
External links
Craftsman Truck Series standings and statistics for 1995 - Racing-Reference.info{{NASCAR Truck Series Championship, state=collapsed
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NASCAR Truck Series seasons