The 1995 Total Petroleum 200 took place on July 15 at
Colorado National Speedway
Colorado National Speedway is a paved oval in Dacono, Colorado, spanning . The track is currently a member of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series and hosts the ARCA Menards Series West (former NASCAR K&N Pro Series West), thKing of the Wi ...
in
Dacono, Colorado.
This event was 200 laps long and it was the eleventh race (first season) of the series where it held the closest margin of victory in the history of the
NASCAR SuperTruck Series. As
Butch Miller and
Mike Skinner were side by side on the last lap of the race, as Miller won the race by 0.001 of a second, it was Miller's only victory.
The closest margin of victory since then was in the 2010
Mountain Dew 250
The Love's RV Stop 225 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at Talladega Superspeedway. The race has been in the NASCAR playoffs, playoffs ever since the addition of it to the Truck Series schedule and every year since then, th ...
at
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway (Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1969 to 1989) is a tri-oval superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Built in 1969, the track has hosted a variety of racing events, primarily races sanctioned by NASCAR. The track is ...
, as
Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and par ...
beat
Aric Almirola
Aric Michael Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. Almirola previously compete ...
by 0.002 of a second. It was the closest margin of victory among NASCAR's three national series until February 17, 2018 when
Tyler Reddick
Tyler George Reddick (born January 11, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry (XV80), Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. He is a two-time champion i ...
beat
Elliott Sadler
Elliott William Barnes Sadler (born April 30, 1975) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. Sadler is one of 36 dr ...
by 0.0004 of a second in the
Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
race at
Daytona
Daytona may refer to:
Locations
* Daytona Beach, Florida
* Daytona Beach Shores, Florida
* South Daytona, Florida
* The Daytona Beach metropolitan area
* Halifax area, also known as Daytona, the region around Daytona Beach
Motor racing
* Dayto ...
.
Results
# 98-
Butch Miller
# 3-
Mike Skinner
# 16-
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. (born June 20, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He currently owns Team Hornaday Development, a driver development program, as well as Hornaday Race Cars, a Modified racing, D ...
(pole sitter)
# 75-
Bill Sedgwick
# 7-
Dave Rezendes
# 84-
Joe Ruttman
Raymond Joseph Ruttman (born October 28, 1944) is an American former stock car racing driver who competed in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series. With 13 career wins in the Truck Series he is currently t ...
# 6-
Rick Carelli
Richard Dean Carelli (born November 9, 1954) is an American former race car driver from Arvada, Colorado. He was nicknamed the "High Plains Drifter". He won multiple times in the No. 6 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series truck. He is the spotter for Er ...
# 31-
Jack Sprague
Jack Eugene Sprague (born August 8, 1964) is an American former stock car racing driver who has competed in all of NASCAR's three top divisions, most notably in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, where he won series championships in 1997, 1999 an ...
# 83-
Steve Portenga
Steven Portenga (born May 22, 1970) is an American former NASCAR driver. He spent more than 2 decades racing in various national and regional support series to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and he won the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour champio ...
# 20-
Walker Evans
Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great ...
# 1-
P. J. Jones
# 30-
Dennis Setzer
Dennis Setzer (born February 27, 1960) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has driven in all three of NASCAR's top series, scoring eighteen wins in the Craftsman Truck Series, and two wins in the Xfinity Series.
Beginni ...
# 21-
Tobey Butler
Tobey Butler (born December 23, 1959) is an American former NASCAR driver. He finished in the top-10 in points in the inaugural year of the Craftsman Truck Series and then did a limited schedule.
Career
He was the 1987 champion of the NASCAR N ...
# 24-
Scott Lagasse
# 87-
John Nemechek
John Frank Nemechek (March 12, 1970 – March 21, 1997) was an American racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Life and racing career
The younger brother of four-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner Joe Nemechek, John f ...
# 11-Mike Hurlbert
# 79-
Jimmy Dick
# 81-
Jerry Glanville
Jerry Michael Glanville (born October 14, 1941) is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator for Northwestern Oklahoma State University, a position he has held since 2024. Prior to that, was most recently the head coach of the ...
# 10-
Dennis Wooldridge
# 64-
Kenny Allen
# 23-
T. J. Clark
# 37-
Bob Strait
# 51-
Kerry Teague
# 4-
Bob Brevak
# 34-
Raymond Daniels
# 38-
Sammy Swindell
# 08-
Mike Bliss
Michael Duane Bliss (born April 5, 1965) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. A journeyman NASCAR competitor and the 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, he has run in all three national series.
Racing career
Bliss ...
# 14-
John Kinder
Notes
*Time of race: 1 hour 20 minutes and 14 seconds
*Average speed: 56.086 mph
*Pole speed: 78.566 mph set by
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. (born June 20, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He currently owns Team Hornaday Development, a driver development program, as well as Hornaday Race Cars, a Modified racing, D ...
*Cautions: 9 for 43 laps
*Margin of victory: .001 sec (closest in Truck Series history)
Quotes
*"Too close to call"
-
Ken Squier instated about the finish during the
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is the American sports programming division of Paramount Global that is responsible for sports broadcasts carried by its broadcast network CBS and streaming service Paramount+, as well as the operator of its cable channel CBS Sports N ...
coverage of the race.
References
External links
Racing-Reference Race Results{{NASCAR on CBS
Total Petroleum 200
Total Petroleum 200
NASCAR races at Colorado National Speedway