The Ford Credit 125 was a

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race held at

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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

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, and was also the shortest race, at , in series history; it was won by

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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.

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qualified second, while

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and

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filled out the top five qualifying spots. Thirty-five trucks attempted to qualify for the thirty-truck starting grid; Steve McEachern,

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, Mike Hurlbert, Bob Jones and T. J. Clark failed to qualify for the event. The race distance of was the shortest in the series' history. The race was won by

, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet for

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; Hornaday led 106 of the race's 125 laps, and won by 1.3 seconds over

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, polesitter Mike Skinner and Butch Miller completed the top five finishers, while

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and

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rounded out the top ten. Nine trucks finished on the lead lap; four caution flags slowed the event for 18 laps. 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. The event, aired on

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, was the first SuperTruck Series event to be aired on a national broadcast network.

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