1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series
The 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman was the inaugural season of the
SuperTruck Series. 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.Homestead-Miami Speedway as a demonstration of the trucks' suitability for larger racetracks.[2]
No. | Race Title | Track
|
Date | Network |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic | Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale
|
February 5 | TNN |
2 | Racing Champions 200
|
Tucson Raceway Park, Tucson
|
April 8 | ESPN |
3 | Scott Irvin Chevrolet/Craftsman 200 | Saugus Speedway, Saugus | April 15 | TNN |
4 | Ford Credit 125 | Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield | April 22 | ABC
|
5 | Maxx Race Cards 200 | Portland Speedway, Portland | May 5 | TNN |
6 | Jerr Dan/Nelson 150 | Evergreen Speedway, Monroe | May 13 | TNN |
7 | Western Auto 200
|
I-70 Speedway, Odessa
|
May 27 | TNN |
8 | Ford Credit 200
|
Louisville Motor Speedway, Louisville | June 3 | ESPN |
9 | Pizza Plus 150
|
Bristol International Raceway, Bristol
|
June 23 | ESPN |
10 | Sears Auto Center 125
|
Milwaukee Mile, West Allis | July 1 | CBS |
11 | Total Petroleum 200 | Colorado National Speedway, Erie | July 15 | CBS |
12 | Heartland Tailgate 175
|
Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka
|
July 29 | TNN |
13 | Action Packed Racing Cards 150
|
Indianapolis Raceway Park, Clermont
|
August 3 | ESPN |
14 | Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 150 | Flemington Speedway, Flemington | August 19 | TNN |
15 | Fas Mart Supertruck Shootout
|
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond
|
September 7 | ESPN |
16 | Goody's 150
|
Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville | September 25 | ESPN |
17 | Lowe's 150
|
North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro | September 30 | ESPN |
18 | Subway 100
|
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma
|
October 7 | TNN |
19 | Spears Manufacturing 200
|
Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield | October 15 | TNN |
20 | GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200
|
Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale
|
October 28 | TNN |
NASCAR Supertruck 25 | Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead
|
November 4 | TBS |
Season summary
The
Action Packed Racing Cards 150, 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; Mike Skinner lead flag to flag again (all 150 laps). The Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 150 at Flemington Speedway saw the race was lengthened to 151 laps due to a green–white–checker finish; the race was Jack Sprague
's debut for Hendrick Motorsports.
The
Sears Point Raceway, 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.
led all 40 laps en route to the win.
Results and standings
Races
Driver standings
|
Bold – Pole position awarded by time. |
See also
- 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
- 1995 NASCAR Busch Series
- 1994–95 NASCAR SuperTruck Series exhibition races
References
- ^ "1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series by Craftsman Schedule". Motorsport.com. May 8, 1995. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
- Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, FL. Archived from the originalon 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-02.