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Motor car race
The
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 62.5 miles (100.6 km), in series history; it was won by
Ron Hornaday Jr.
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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.
[3]
P. J. Jones
qualified second, while
Bill Sedgwick
,
Dave Rezendes
and
Jack Sprague
filled out the top five qualifying spots.
[1]
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.
[1]
The race distance of 62.5 miles (100.6 km) was the shortest in the series' history.
[4]
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,
[4]
and won by 1.3 seconds over
Bill Sedgwick
.
[5]
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.
[2]
Nine trucks finished on the lead lap; four caution flags slowed the event for 18 laps.
[1]
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.
[1]
The event, aired on
ABC
, was the first SuperTruck Series event to be aired on a national broadcast network.
[6]
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