1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman

The 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Season, the first one ever to be run, began February 5 and ended October 28. Mike Skinner of Richard Childress Racing won the championship.

See also: 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1995 NASCAR Busch Series

Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic
The Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic, the first SuperTruck race to be run, was an 80 lap race held February 5 at Phoenix International Raceway. Ron Hornaday won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 3-Mike Skinner
 * 2) 5-Terry Labonte
 * 3) 52-Ken Schrader
 * 4) 30-Joe Bessey
 * 5) 07-Geoff Bodine
 * 6) 31-Jack Sprague
 * 7) 98-Butch Miller
 * 8) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 9) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 10) 18-Johnny Benson

Racing Champions 200
The Racing Champions 200* was held April 8 at Tucson Raceway Park. The #3 of Mike Skinner won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 2)  1-P. J. Jones
 * 3)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 4) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 5) 31-Jack Sprague
 * 6) 24-Scott Lagasse
 * 7) 38-Sammy Swindell
 * 8) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 9) 98-Butch Miller
 * 10)  7-Dave Rezendes 1 lap down


 * This was the first Truck race to have a Green-White-Checker finish. The official distance was 203 laps.

Scott Irvin Chevy 200
The Scott Irvin Chevy 200 was held April 15 at Saugus Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 52-Ken Schrader
 * 2)  7-Geoff Bodine
 * 3) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 4) 98-Butch Miller
 * 5)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 6) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 7) 06-Butch Gilliland
 * 8) 21-Tobey Butler
 * 9)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 10) 37-Bob Strait 1 lap down

Ford Credit 125
The Ford Credit 125 was held April 22 at Mesa Marin Raceway. Mike Skinner won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 2) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 3) 08-Mike Bliss
 * 4)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 5) 98-Butch Miller
 * 6) 31-Jack Sprague
 * 7) 29-Bob Keselowski
 * 8) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 9) 24-Scott Lagasse
 * 10) 38-Sammy Swindell 1 lap down

Maxx Race Cards 200
The Maxx Race Cards 200 was held May 5 at Portland Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  3-Mike Skinner*
 * 2) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 3) 98-Butch Miller
 * 4) 21-Tobey Butler
 * 5) 08-Mike Bliss
 * 6)  7-Geoff Bodine
 * 7) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 8)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 9) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 10) 31-Jack Sprague


 * Mike Skinner led this race from flag to flag (all 200 laps).


 * The #58 of Wayne Jacks rolled over after hitting a large tractor tire that separated pit road from the race track.

Jerr Dan/Nelson 150
The Jerr Dan/Nelson 150 was held May 13 at Evergreen Speedway. The #83 of Steve Portenga won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 2) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 3) 98-Butch Miller
 * 4)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 5) 08-Mike Bliss
 * 6)  1-P. J. Jones
 * 7)  7-Dave Rezendes 1 lap down
 * 8)  6-Rick Carelli 1 lap down
 * 9) 52-Ron Esau* 1 lap down
 * 10) 74-Gary Collins 1 lap down


 * Driver and owner Ken Schrader cut his thumb in the pits during the race weekend, Esau took over him and finished ninth.

Western Auto 200
The Western Auto 200 was held May 27 at I-70 Speedway. The #16 of Ron Hornaday won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 2)  7-Dave Rezendes
 * 3) 98-Butch Miller
 * 4) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 5) 83-Steve Portenga
 * 6)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 7) 31-Jack Sprague
 * 8) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 9) 37-Bob Strait 1 lap down
 * 10) 29-Bob Keselowski 2 laps down

Ford Credit 200
The Ford Credit 200 was held June 3 at Louisville Speedway. Jack Sprague won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 2) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 3) 98-Butch Miller
 * 4) 21-Tobey Butler
 * 5)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 6) 83-Steve Portenga
 * 7) 08-Mike Bliss
 * 8) 37-Bob Strait
 * 9) 31-Jack Sprague 1 lap down
 * 10) 88-Randy Churchill 1 lap down

Pizza Plus 150
The Pizza Plus 150 was held June 23 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Sammy Swindell won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 2)  7-Geoff Bodine
 * 3) 98-Butch Miller
 * 4) 38-Sammy Swindell
 * 5) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 6) 31-Jack Sprague
 * 7) 37-Bob Strait
 * 8) 24-Scott Lagasse
 * 9) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 10) 29-Bob Keselowski 1 lap down

Sears Auto Center 125
The Sears Auto Center 125 was held July 1 at The Milwaukee Mile. Mike Skinner won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 2) 30-Dennis Setzer
 * 3) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 4)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 5) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 6) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 7) 18-Johnny Benson
 * 8)  7-Dave Rezendes
 * 9) 31-Jack Sprague
 * 10) 43-Rodney Combs

Total Petroleum 200
The Total Petroleum 200 was held July 15 at Colorado National Speedway. Ron Hornaday won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 98-Butch Miller
 * 2)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 3) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 4) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 5)  7-Dave Rezendes
 * 6) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 7)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 8) 31-Jack Sprague
 * 9) 83-Steve Portenga
 * 10) 20-Walker Evans 1 lap down


 * The margin of victory of this race is officially .001 of a second. Replays during the telecast on CBS showed a virtual dead heat between Miller and Skinner at the Checkered Flag.

Heartland Tailgate 175
The Heartland Tailgate 175 was held July 29 at Heartland Park Topeka. Ron Hornaday won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 2) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 3)  5-Terry Labonte
 * 4) 61-Todd Bodine
 * 5)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 6) 52-Darrell Waltrip
 * 7) 31-Jack Sprague
 * 8) 98-Butch Miller
 * 9)  2-Mike Bliss
 * 10) 03-Tommy Archer


 * Hornaday led 58 of the 60 laps. The only laps he didn't lead, the two laps before the halfway break, were led by Ruttman.
 * 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.

Action Packed Racing Cards 150
The Action Packed Racing Cards 150 was held August 3 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Mike Skinner won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 2) 18-Johnny Benson
 * 3)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 4) 43-Rodney Combs
 * 5) 24-Scott Lagasse
 * 6) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 7)  2-Mike Bliss
 * 8) 87-John Nemechek
 * 9) 37-Bob Strait
 * 10) 30-Dennis Setzer


 * On the last lap of the race, the #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.

Stevens Bell/Genuine Car Parts 150
The Stevens Bell/Genuine Car Parts 150* was held August 19 at Flemington Speedway. Joe Ruttman won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 2)  6-Rick Carelli
 * 3)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 4) 25-Jack Sprague*
 * 5) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 6)  2-Mike Bliss
 * 7) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 8) 21-Tobey Butler
 * 9)  7-Dave Rezendes
 * 10) 38-Sammy Swindell


 * The race was lengthened to 151 laps due to a Green-White-Checker finish.


 * This race was Jack Sprague's debut for Hendrick Motorsports.

Fas Mart SuperTruck Shootout
The Fas Mart SuperTruck Shootout was a 150 lap race held September 7 at Richmond International Raceway. Terry Labonte won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  5-Terry Labonte
 * 2)  7-Geoff Bodine
 * 3)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 4) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 5) 52-Ken Schrader
 * 6) 61-Todd Bodine
 * 7) 32-Derrike Cope
 * 8) 17-Darrell Waltrip
 * 9)  2-Mike Bliss
 * 10) 25-Jack Sprague

Goody's 150
The Goody's 150 was held September 25 at Martinsville Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 2)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 3) 18-Johnny Benson
 * 4) 90-Kenny Wallace
 * 5) 00-Hermie Sadler
 * 6) 61-Todd Bodine
 * 7)  2-Mike Bliss
 * 8) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 9) 87-John Nemechek
 * 10) 29-Bob Keselowski

Lowe's 150
The Lowe's 150 was held September 30 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  2-Mike Bliss
 * 2) 98-Butch Miller
 * 3)  7-Geoff Bodine
 * 4) 25-Jack Sprague
 * 5) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 6) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 7) 61-Todd Bodine
 * 8) 90-Kenny Wallace
 * 9) 24-Scott Lagasse
 * 10)  3-Mike Skinner


 * This race marked the truck debut of Ernie Irvan, 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. Irvan qualified his #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 in a second Texaco Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing, the #88.

Subway 100
The Subway 100 was held October 7 at Sears Point International Raceway. Ron Hornaday won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 2) 18-Wally Dallenbach
 * 3)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 4) 24-Scott Lagasse
 * 5) 21-Tobey Butler
 * 6) 75-Bill Sedgwick
 * 7) 98-Butch Miller
 * 8)  2-Mike Bliss
 * 9)  7-Dave Rezendes
 * 10) 38-Sammy Swindell

Spears Manufacturing 200
The Spears Manufacturing 200 was held October 15 at Mesa Marin Raceway. Bill Sedgwick won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 2)  2-Mike Bliss
 * 3) 28-Ernie Irvan
 * 4) 25-Jack Sprague
 * 5) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 6) 98-Butch Miller
 * 7) 24-Scott Lagasse
 * 8) 61-Todd Bodine
 * 9) 75-Bill Sedgwick 1 lap down
 * 10) 18-Johnny Benson 1 lap down

The 2006 Busch Series champion and 2007 Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick makes his debut in the truck series starting and finishing in 27th place, 24 laps down in the #72 racing truck. He was 19 years old when he made his first truck series start.

GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200
The GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 was held October 28 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jack Sprague won the pole.

Top Ten Results


 * 1)  3-Mike Skinner
 * 2) 28-Ernie Irvan
 * 3)  7-Geoff Bodine
 * 4) 61-Ted Musgrave
 * 5) 16-Ron Hornaday
 * 6) 25-Jack Sprague
 * 7) 31-Dave Marcis
 * 8) 84-Joe Ruttman
 * 9) 76-David Green
 * 10) 75-Bill Sedgwick

Final Points Standings

 * 1)  3-Mike Skinner - 3224
 * 2) 84-Joe Ruttman - 3098
 * 3) 16-Ron Hornaday - 2986
 * 4) 98-Butch Miller - 2812
 * 5) 31/25-Jack Sprague - 2740
 * 6)  6-Rick Carelli - 2683
 * 7) 75-Bill Sedgwick - 2681
 * 8) 08/2-Mike Bliss - 2636
 * 9) 24-Scott Lagasse - 2470
 * 10) 21-Tobey Butler - 2358
 * 11) 37-Bob Strait - 2182
 * 12) 38-Sammy Swindell - 2109
 * 13) 83-Steve Portenga - 2048
 * 14) 20-Walker Evans - 1744
 * 15) 29-Bob Keselowski - 1742
 * 16) 87-John Nemechek - 1674
 * 17)  1-P. J. Jones - 1519
 * 18) 81-Jerry Glanville - 1482
 * 19)  7-Dave Rezendes - 1453
 * 20) 07/7-Geoff Bodine - 1436
 * 21) 23-T.J. Clark - 1235
 * 22) 51-Kerry Teague - 1221
 * 23) 14-John Kinder - 1183
 * 24) 34-Bob Brevak - 1182
 * 25) 11-Mike Hurlbert - 1146
 * 26) 18-Johnny Benson - 1049
 * 27) 65-Kenny Allen - 992
 * 28) 30-Dennis Setzer - 850
 * 29) 52-Ken Schrader - 828
 * 30)  1-Mike Chase - 767
 * 31) 64-Michael Dokken - 753
 * 32) 61-Todd Bodine - 748
 * 33) 88-Jerry Churchill - 715
 * 34) 43-Rodney Combs - 660
 * 35) 54-Steve McEachern - 613
 * 36) 34-Ray Daniels - 543
 * 37)  5-Terry Labonte - 515
 * 38) 58-Wayne Jacks - 506
 * 39) 06-Butch Gilliland - 501
 * 40) 89-Troy Beebe - 491
 * 41)    Darrell Waltrip - 450
 * 42) 74-Gary Collins - 440
 * 43)    Ron Esau - 427
 * 44) 90-Kenny Wallace - 420
 * 45) 28-Ernie Irvan - 408
 * 46)  5-Roger Mears - 382
 * 47) 55/88-Randy Churchill - 370
 * 48)  0-Frank Davis - 368
 * 49) 99-Pancho Carter - 349
 * 50) 03-Tommy Archer - 325