In 1994 and early 1995, seven non-championship demonstration races for the newly-born NASCAR SuperTruck Series were held.

The races were broadcast during coverage of the Winter Heat Series[1] and were held on tracks primarily based on the West Coast of the United States, featuring four to five trucks each.

[2] The series helped begin the careers of future NASCAR drivers like Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, Matt Crafton, and Ron Hornaday Jr.[3] Another exhibition race was held at the Homestead Motorsports Complex at the end of the 1995 season called the NASCAR Supertruck 25, though not as a Winter Heat race.

[5] Craig Huartson, a NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series driver,[6] won the pole for the race with a lap speed of 91.227 miles per hour (146.816 km/h).

MacCachren would lead until lap 13, when P. J. Jones claimed first, and led for the remainder of the race, beating Gary Collins by 15 seconds.

[9] The race, run as an undercard to the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Northwest Series, was sold out.

[16] Former San Francisco 49ers kicker Mike Cofer, who had won on the regional Southwest Tour, was initially scheduled to run the race but did not.

54 of Steve McEachern spun on the frontstretch on lap 86, bringing out the second caution of the day.

At the time, the track resembled a smaller Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was praised by series champion Mike Skinner.

As trucks weren't as aerodynamic as regular stock cars, he commented, drivers had to be more cautious entering the turns.

Skinner led until lap 12, when the competition caution was waved, and Geoff Bodine claimed first.

[22] The track was added to the 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule as the opening race.