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  1.   NascarMan posted:
  06.10.2007 - 4:38 am
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??Was this race televised??


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.21.2008 - 10:14 pm
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No, I don't think it was


  3.   Darrell posted:
  04.11.2009 - 12:37 pm
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Owners:

#1 - Scoop Vessels
#2 - Jim Smith
#8 - Bruce Huartson
#12/#21 - Jim Venable


  4.   dewalt17 posted:
  12.04.2009 - 9:03 am
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i know they were just testing the trucks out but what are you going to
learn in 7 minutes


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.25.2009 - 10:26 pm
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Unlisted nationality: Craig Huartson is from New Port Richey, FL

Huartson would be a regular in the prelim and Winter Heat Truck events
but would never race in the series itself. He still gets the honor as
the first to sit on a pole in the series and the first to run a Chevy
truck.


  6.   77 Racer posted:
  06.29.2013 - 12:07 am
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I believe I now have that truck. Getting ready to make it a road racer.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.18.2016 - 2:07 pm
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This was the very first NASCAR Truck Series exhibition race ever held.
P.J. Jones put his name in the record books as first ever winner of a
NASCAR pickup truck race.


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.19.2016 - 2:53 pm
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Sponsors:
#21 Rob MacCachren- Mesa Marin Raceway / Venable Racing
#2 Dave Ashley- Ultra Custom Wheels / Fairview Ford (Dick Lanfield
Enduro Racing wasn't on the truck)


  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.19.2016 - 2:57 pm
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NASCAR ran this race to get a little bit of a handle on how the trucks
would run under race conditions since they had very limited track time
earlier. Since the trucks were unproven, and only P.J. Jones and Gary
Collins had raced on pavement before, the drivers were instructed
somewhat to take it easy. NASCAR specifically said they didn't want any
wrecks or breakdowns in this race so the drivers took it easy in the
opening laps, running side by side at times, and let loose over the
final 10 laps to assure the race put on a good show.

All of the team's in this race ran chrome grills in this race, something
like the street versions of the trucks had at the time. The Chevy teams
dropped that aspect very early on but some of the Fords, and later
Dodges when they appeared, maintained that into the real deal racing in
1995.


  10.   Gdj_24 posted:
  07.20.2017 - 10:35 pm
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Though there's not a whole lot of footage from the event, there is a
video that contains a few laps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZOQXqekUyk


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