Jack Sprague Kentucky Speedway Fast Facts

NO. 16 CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO

XPRESS MOTORSPORTS

EVENT: O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 250, KANSAS SPEEDWAY, KANSAS CITY, KS (167 LAPS, 200 MILES)

DATE: JULY 2, 2005 TIME: 2:15 PM CDT (3:15 PM EDT)

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

• Only three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion – 1997, 1999, 2001
• Leading NCTS money winner exceeding $5.4 million in winnings-only driver in series history to exceed $5 million mark
• Only driver to start all 170 events as NCTS full-time competitor 1995-2001
• Holds series records for total top-five (111 – 53.4%) and top-ten (153 – 73.9%) finishes (208 starts)
• Holds series records for most races with lead lap finishes (159-76.4%) and races running at the finish (193-92.8%) (208 starts)
• Second on all time NCTS win list with 25 (needs 2 wins to tie, 3 to be all-time series winner)
• Second on all time NCTS starts list – 208
• Has won most poles in NCTS history – 27
• One of only two drivers to win a race in each of eight seasons
• Has won from the pole five times in NCTS competition (208 starts)
• Has started in top-three 75 times resulting in 42 top-three finishes (56%) (208 starts) 19 wins; 15 seconds; 7 thirds
• Has started in top-five 105 times resulting in 66 top-five finishes (62.9%) (208 starts) 20 wins; 23 seconds; 9 thirds; 6 fourths; 8 fifths
• Has started in top-ten 162 times resulting in 128 top-ten finishes (70.1%) (208 starts) 24 wins; 31 seconds; 17 thirds; 11 fourths; 15 fifths; 6 sixths; 5 sevenths; 8 eighths; 6 ninths; 5 tenths
• Has only started out of the top-fifteen 20 times (208 starts) (9.6%)
• Has only finished out of the top-fifteen 38 times (208 starts) (18.3%)

KANSAS SPEEDWAY NOTES: Sprague feels that Kansas Speedway owes him one. In 2001, the Spring Lake, MI native had a dominant truck and looked to be one his way to victory when he had an engine failure on lap 136 of the 167-lap race. Last year, Sprague had a “rocket ship” and was running near the front of the field when on-track contact damaged the aero of the No. 16 Xpress Motorsports Silverado and the handling went away. Sprague salvaged an eighth-place finish.

JACK SPRAGUE QUOTES:

ON RACING AT KANSAS SPEEDWAY: “"I like Kansas, it is a cool place. I had a great run there in 2001 and was leading with about 40 to go and the engine let go, but my teammate, Ricky Hendrick went on to win so that was cool.

"It is a fast track but the corners fool you a little. It takes a really good handling truck as well as a good aero truck.

"We were a rocketship there last year in the early part of the race. We led and ran second for a long time but then we had contact with a couple of different trucks and the body got pretty beat up on our Chevy Trucks Silverado so we faded back a little but still salvaged a top-10 finish.

"I am looking forward to this weekend's race. We feel like we have the Right Truck for this weekend and can get a strong run."

JACK SPRAGUE PREVIOUS NCTS KANSAS SPEEDWAY

YEAR START/FINISH STATUS

2001 3/23 Engine failure

2004 11/8 Running

NBS Stats

1 Start - Started 16th, finished 20th

SPRAGUE 2005 NCTS RESULTS

DATE TRACK ST/FIN LAPS STATUS MONEY POINTS POSITION

2/15 Daytona 15/13 99/100 Accident $16,465 13th

2/25 California 11/22 99/100 Running $14,190 16th

3/18 Atlanta 23/8 135/135 Running $11,375 11th

4/9 Martinsville 3/11 250/250 Running $10,375 9th

4/30 Gateway 2/20 160/160 Running $11,340 11th

5/15 Mansfield 25/2 254/254 Running $31,600 8th

5/20 Charlotte 11/27 111/136 Running $7,515 10th

6/4 Dover 11/29 174/200 Running $10,015 12th

6/10 Texas 7/1 167/167 Running $72,850 10th

6/18 Michigan 30/10 100/100 Running $14,225 9th

6/24 Milwaukee 1/2 200/200 Running $35,475 7th

Totals: Starts: 11 - Poles: 1 Wins: 1 Top-Five: 3 Top-10: 5 Winnings: $233,925

SPRAGUE NCTS STATS YEAR BY YEAR

YEAR STARTS WINS TOP-FIVE TOP-TEN POLES MONEY WON YEAR END PNTS POS

1995 20 0 4 15 1 $116, 501 5th

1996 24 5 18 21 2 $580,112 2nd

1997 26 3 16 23 5 $880,835 1st

1998 27 5 16 23 4 $745,171 2nd

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

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

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

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

2004 25 1 8 13 6 $532,741 7th

Totals: 197 24 (12.2%) 108 (54.8%) 148 (75.1%) 26 $5,250,655

NASCAR BUSCH SERIES STATS

108 1 12 24 2 $1,063,033

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES STATS

24 0 0 0 0 $1,361,200

THE RACEDAY CREW

Team Owner/Spotter: Dave Fuge

Crew Chief: Chris Showalter

Jackman: Steve Hill

Gasman: Ryan Swann

Front Tire Changer: Scott Punch

Rear Tire Changer: Michael Byrd/Nicole Addison

Engine Maintenance: Bobby Jones

Front Tire Carrier: Jeff Galati

Rear Tire Carrier: Randy Dean

2nd Gascan/Gas Runner: Tom Gomez

Catchcan: George Stone

Tire Specialist: Ira Duville

Scorer: Lindsey Sprinkle

Statistician: Dawn Fuge

SHOP CREW

Shop Foreman/Fabricator: Peter Michaud
Paint and Body: Travis Hawk
Head Fabricator: Keith Cox
Suspension Specialist: Mike Casto
Chassis Builder: Brian Wheeler
Computer Specialist/Data Acquisition: Matt Teeple