The 1995 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 , in series history; it was won by Ron Hornaday Jr.
Report 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. P. J. Jones qualified second, while Bill Sedgwick, Dave Rezendes and Jack Sprague filled out the top five qualifying spots. 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.
The race distance of was the shortest in the series' history. 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, and won by 1.3 seconds over Bill Sedgwick. 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. 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 ABC, was the first SuperTruck Series event to be aired on a national broadcast network.
Results Driver Team Manufacturer Points 16 16 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 125 180 23 75 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 125 170 317 08 Mike Bliss Ultra Motorsports Ford 125 165 41 3 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 125 160 523 98 Butch Miller Liberty Racing Ford 125 155 65 31 Jack Sprague Griffin Racing Chevrolet 125 150 79 29 Bob Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 125 146 810 84 Joe Ruttman Irvan-Simo Racing Ford 125 142 924 24 Scott Lagasse Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 125 138 107 38 Sammy Swindell Akins-Sutton Motorsports Ford 124 134 1121 37 Bob Strait Strait Racing Ford 124 130 1211 6 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 124 127 1313 21 Tobey Butler Venable Racing Ford 124 124 142 1 P. J. Jones Vestar Motorsports Chevrolet 124 121 1526 14 John Kinder Stroppe Motorsports Ford 124 118 168 25 Roger Mears Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 123 115 1730 51 Kerry Teague Rosenblum Racing Chevrolet 123 112 1820 10 Stan Fox Decuir Motorsports Chevrolet 123 109 194 7 Dave Rezendes Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 123 106 2016 74 Gary Collins Gary Collins Racing Chevrolet 122 103 2112 83 Steve Portenga L&M Racing Chevrolet 122 100 2219 58 Wayne Jacks Wayne Jacks Racing Chevrolet 121 97 2329 88 Jerry Churchill Churchill Racing Ford 121 94 2424 57 Bob Walker Raul Flores Racing Chevrolet 121 91 2515 89 Troy Beebe Redding Motorsports Chevrolet 119 88 2622 87 John Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 119 85 2728 20 Walker Evans Walker Evans Racing Dodge 114 82 2814 99 Pancho Carter Enerjetix Motorsports Chevrolet 111 79 2918 06 Butch Gilliland Ultra Motorsports Ford 111 76 3024 2 Dave Ashley Ultra Motorsports Ford 77 73
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