Sprague Goes for Superspeedway Double From the Outside Pole at Talladega

Talladega, Ala. (October 5, 2007) - Jack Sprague and the Wyler Racing team claimed
the second-place starting spot for the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway in
Bud Pole qualifying this afternoon. Sprague, who has one previous NASCAR Craftsman
Truck Series start to his credit at the 2.66-mile oval, laid down a fast lap of 52.720
seconds at a speed of 181.639 miles per hour – only five one-hundredths of a second off
the pole speed set by fellow Toyota driver, Todd Bodine.

“The guys did a great job,” said Sprague. “We actually have a different nose on our
Tundra than we did here last year and I had quite a bit more drag but we were still able
to qualify on the front row. The guys did a great job; we just went out there and ran a
lap. It was actually faster than I thought we would run. I thought we would run
between a 52.8 or a 52.9 and we ran a 52.72.”

Sprague, who won the race from the pole in the season-opener at Daytona International
Speedway, will go for the Superspeedway double on Saturday when the green flag drops
for the 250-mile Mountain Dew 250.

“Restrictor plate racing is just totally a different deal,” Sprague explained. “I really
haven’t enjoyed racing on these superspeedways until the last couple of years. The more
power your truck has, the more enjoyable it is. If you know you have a little more juice in
the truck, you won’t be fighting just to stay alive in the draft. At a place like Talladega,
you don’t lift. Even the bigger tracks like California, you still lift after the first few laps.
Here, if one guy makes a mistake, he can take out 15 or 20 trucks.”

Sprague will have the best shot of staying out of the mayhem that usually takes place at
superspeedways since he’s starting up front, but he knows he will still need help from
his spotter. “The most important thing tomorrow is the spotter,” continued Sprague.
“He’s the one that is going to keep you out of trouble. You can’t see anything out of these
trucks. Everything is in the hands of the spotter, and hopefully we’ll be able to stay out
of trouble.”

Sprague will line up outside of the front row for the tomorrow’s 94-lap shootout that is
set to go green tomorrow 4 p.m. ET.