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#16 CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO

2004 FAST FACTS

EVENT: O'REILLY 200, BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY (200 LAPS, 106.6 MILES)

DATE: August 25, 2004

TIME: 9:00 PM EDT

LIVE COVERAGE: SPEED Channel, MRN Radio, XM Satellite Radio

NCTS CAREER STATS

Only three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion - 1997, 1999, 2001
Leading NCTS money winner exceeding $4.975 million in winnings-needs just $25,266 to top $5 million-first to do so in NCTS
Only driver to start all 170 events as NCTS full-time competitor 1995-2001
Holds series records for total top-five and top-ten finishes in NCTS
Holds series records for most races with lead lap finishes (144-77.4%) and races running at the finish (168-90.3%)
Second on all time NCTS win list (needs 2 wins to tie, 3 to be all-time series winner)
Second on all time NCTS starts list - 186
IWX Racing defending NCTS Championship team
IWX Racing winner of two consecutive NCTS championships - 2002 and 2003

SPRAGUE CAREER NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES STATISTICS

STARTS POLES WINS TOP-FIVE TOP-TEN MONEY WON

187 24 24 (12.83%) 104 (55.6%) 142 (75.9%) $4.987 million

JACK SPRAGUE QUOTES:

ON BRISTOL: "Bristol is just a great place to race. Luck is the major equalizer there. You can have the best truck on the track but if you don’t have luck with you to stay out of trouble, you won’t be there at the end. I think it is a track where experience gives a driver a little edge. You know how quickly things can happen out there and stay heads-ups from the drop of the green. Even then, you can be leading and then in the garage in a blink of an eye. It is really a fast track, faster than you would think for the size. If you have the right setup under you, you get great exit speed off two and four and really fly down the short straights."

ON PREVIOUS BRISTOL SUCCESS: "We have had some pretty good runs in the NCTS at Bristol. We haven’t started or finished out of the top-10 and got the win in 1999. Plus my IWX Racing Chevy Trucks Team won the race last year with Travis (Kvapil). That is a pretty good record to have going into this race. But as I have said before, this isn’t the old NCTS. The level of competition in the series this year is as tough as any form of racing any where in the world. Every week we line up against some strong guys driving for tough, experienced teams with tons of short track experience. You have to be on your game as a team and a driver.”

SPRAGUE NCTS CAREER TRIVIA TIDBITS

Has won from the pole five times in NCTS competition (187 starts)
Has started in top-three 71 times resulting in 39 top-three finishes (54.92%) (187 starts) 19 wins; 13 seconds; 7 thirds
Has started in top-five 98 times resulting in 63 top-five finishes (64.29%) (187 starts) 20 wins; 20 seconds; 9 thirds; 6 fourths; 8 fifths
Has started in top-ten 153 times resulting in 122 top-ten finishes (79.74%) (187 starts) 23 wins; 28 seconds; 17 thirds; 11 fourths; 15 fifths; 6 sixths; 4 sevenths; 7 eighths; 6 ninths; 5 tenths
Has only started out of the top-fifteen 14 times (187 starts) (7.5%)
Has only finished out of the top-fifteen 32 times (187 starts) (17.2%)

SPRAGUE NCTS STATS YEAR BY YEAR

YEAR STARTS WINS TOP-FIVE TOP-TEN POLES MONEY WON PTS POS

1995 20 0 4 15 1 $116,501 5^TH

1996 24 5 18 21 2 $580,112 2^ND

1997 26 3 16 23 5 $880,835 1^ST

1998 27 5 16 23 4 $745,171 2^ND

1999 25 3 16 19 1 $834,016 1^st

2000 24 3 13 15 0 $567,536 5^th

2001 24 4 15 17 7 $967,493 1^st

2003 2 0 2 2 0 $26,250 N/A

Totals: 172 23 100 135 20 $4,717,914

THE RACEDAY CREW:

Team Manager/Spotter: Dave Fuge
Crew Chief: Chris Showalter
Jackman: Jeremy Adams
Gasman: Chuck Day
Front tire changer: Scott Punch
Rear tire changer: Michael Byrd
Engineer: Shane Martin
Engine Maintenance: Bobby Jones
Front tire carrier: Jeffrey Reeves
Rear tire carrier: Randy Dean
2^nd gascan: Tom Gomez
Catchcan: George Stone
Scorer: Sara Dykehouse
Statistician: Dawn Fuge
Pit Support/Catch tires: Terry Lynch