Jack Sprague – No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota Tundra The Built Ford Tough 225 Race Preview
Kentucky Speedway - Race 13 of 25 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series; Racetrack: Kentucky Speedway; Race: The Built Ford Tough 225 presented by The Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers; Location: Sparta, Kent.; Track Length: 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval; Race Distance: 150 Laps / 225 Miles; Broadcast Coverage: SPEED; Radio Coverage: MRN; Date: Saturday, July 14th, 2007; Time: 8 p.m. ET.
Jack Sprague on Kentucky Speedway:
“Kentucky Speedway is a great race track. It is really smooth and wide and there is plenty of room to pass no matter where you are at on the track. Kentucky has been a great track for me in the past and I have a lot of confidence that we’ll have a strong run in the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota on Saturday.”
Jack Sprague on Racing in his Owner’s Backyard:
“Jeff and David Wyler call Kentucky Speedway their home track. They live outside of Cincinnati and have car dealerships all around the speedway – in Cincinnati, Louisville and some other places. So coming to Kentucky Speedway is a big deal for everyone associated with Wyler Racing.”
Jack Sprague on Winning for the Wyler’s:
“This team has only been around for a little over two years and I am really impressed with all that we’ve been able to accomplish in such a short amount of time. We won at Daytona earlier this year, which is something that I never thought I would do. And we’ve been beating on the door of another win for some time now, and this weekend would be the perfect time to roll the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota back into Victory Lane. I want to win for all of my sponsors, but with this being Jeff and David Wyler’s home track, it would be really cool to see them celebrate in their own backyard with all their family and friends around.”
Jack Sprague on a Race to Remember:
“We had a pretty wild finish at Kentucky in 2004 when I finished second to (the late) Bobby Hamilton, Sr. He was the class of the field all night but must not have gotten his tires cleaned off when we had the second to last restart. He was wobbling in the corner and I got a good run on the outside. He came up to protect the spot so I dove down low and got underneath him for the lead. I thought ‘man this can't be happening’. But the caution came out again and I thought ‘he’s a pretty smart old guy and he isn't going to make the same mistake again’. He didn’t. We took off on the restart and neither one of us even cracked the gas; we both went into turn one wide open and never lifted. He got underneath me and pulled me off turn two. I wanted to win the thing and not finish second but when you get to race a guy like Bobby that hard for a win, it is fun so it makes a second place finish not quite so bad."
Introducing Jack and Amy Sprague:
Jack Sprague and Amy Schellenbach were married on Tuesday, July 3rd at Hilton Head, N.C. "Amy is Jeff and Linda Wyler’s niece, and I met her in June of last year at a Cincinnati Reds game,” explained Sprague. “I threw out the first pitch and Jeff and Linda brought her along. We didn't communicate much until much later on and she came to the banquet, but after we did things escalated pretty fast. She is a wonderful woman and is the love of my life. I knew as soon as I met her that she was the one.”
The Wyler’s Honor a Fallen Friend:
Jack Sprague’s No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota will carry a special decal this weekend at Kentucky Speedway to honor Terry Davis, the Chief Financial Officer of The Jeff Wyler Automotive Family, who recently lost his battle with cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Davis family.
Jack Sprague’s Last Race:
Jack Sprague and the Wyler Racing team entered Memphis Motorsports Park as defending race winners and were hoping to sing another song of satisfaction following the O’Reilly 200 at the .75-mile Tennessee short-track on Saturday, June 30th. The three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion did just that after taking the checkered flag in second position, scoring his fifth top-five finish of the year, and moving into seventh in the 2007 Championship title chase while visiting the Home of the Blues for the 200-lap short-track shootout.
Sprague’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Career Stats at Kentucky:
Kentucky Speedway is one of only a handful of tracks on the current NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule that three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion, Jack Sprague, does not own a win. Sprague has come close to scoring a victory at Kentucky Speedway, but a trip to Victory Lane has eluded him so far. Sprague has one pole, three top-five, and three top-10 finishes at the 1.5-mile oval in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ride and has made one start in a NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) car. Sprague’s lone NBS start at Kentucky Speedway came in 2002 when he qualified the No. 24 NetZero car third and finished 16th.
5 starts, 648 of 754 laps completed (85.9%), 47 laps led
Win: 0 ( 0.0%) Average start: 8.8 Total Winnings: $170,205
Top 5: 3 ( 60.0%) Average finish: 10.8
Top 10: 3 ( 60.0%) DNF: 1
(Statistics courtesy of www.racing-reference.info)
Introducing the 2007 Wyler Racing Team!:
No. 60 Toyota Tundra NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Team |
Employee Name |
Track Duties |
Shop Duties |
Tony Furr |
Crew Chief |
Team Manager |
Jack Sprague |
Driver |
|
Damien Dickson |
Engineer |
Engineer |
Mike Abner |
Jackman |
Truck Chief |
Ryan Berry |
Front Tire Changer |
Fabricator |
Jeffrey Galati |
Front Tire Carrier |
Mechanic |
Randy Bates |
Rear Tire Changer |
Mechanic |
Jeff Wilson |
Rear Tire Carrier |
Tire Specialist |
Tim Rice |
Gasman |
Mechanic |
Terry Lynch |
Second Gasman |
Transport Driver |
About Con-way Freight:
Con-way Freight is North America's premier commercial freight transportation company. Known for its high performing employees and superior service levels, the company provides less-than-truckload, services to commercial and industrial businesses in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto, Canada and Mexico. With annual revenues of over $2.8 billion in 2006 and over 20,000 employees, Con-Way's operating successes have made it an industry leader.
