A WALK IN THE PARK: Three-time Truck Series champion, Jack Sprague, has the best record of any Truck Series driver at Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park (MMP). In 2004, Sprague started on the pole, led 139 laps on his way to winning the inaugural race at MMP. Sprague has an average finishing position of 1.8, never ending a race at MMP worse than second.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY: Even though Sprague won the inaugural race at MMP in 2004, he has not visited victory lane at MMP since.  Last season he missed the victory by 0.522 seconds when eventual winner Dennis Setzer completed the race on only one pit stop.

SHORT TRACK ACE: Sprague is the only driver to have wins on all five short tracks (Martinsville Speedway, Mansfield Motorsports Park, Memphis Motorsports Park, O’Reilly Raceway Park and Bristol Motor Speedway) on the current schedule.

Jack Sprague Quotes:

MANSFIELD MOTORSPORTS PARK HAS BEEN A GREAT VENUE FOR YOU THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WHAT MAKES YOU SO COMPETITIVE THERE?

“To be honest I have no idea.  Mansfield is a short track just like I grew up on.  I have the most experience with these types of tracks and I am most comfortable racing at these venues.  A lot of my success can be attributed to pit strategy. We have always had great pit stops and been able to make the right calls when it came to Mansfield.”

 HOW CRITICAL IS QUALIFYING UP FRONT AT MANSFIELD? “Qualifying is very critical here.  This place is so small and passing is so tough that a good qualifying effort can set you up to have a great day.”

CHASSIS HISTORY: The KHI No. 2 ACL team will bring chassis No. 021 to Mansfield Motorsports Park. Chassis No. 021 set a new track record and sat on the pole at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway earlier this season. 

PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Sprague recorded a 14th-place finish last week at Lowe’s (N.C.) Motor Speedway, his career best finishing effort at that venue.  Starting third, Sprague looked to be a factor mid-way through the race as he and the KHI No.2 ACL team battled a tight -handling race truck.  Running third on the restart at lap 100 Sprague was forced into the outside wall as he tried to avoid an incident with race leader Kyle Busch and Ron Hornaday.  Narrowly missing both trucks, Sprague scraped the wall and severely damaging the truck’s tow.  Despite the No. 2 team’s best efforts to fix the truck, Sprague crossed the finish line in the 14th position.

 ABOUT AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES: 

American Commercial Lines is a leader in the marine transportation and manufacturing business.  Through its subsidiary companies, ACL owns and operates approximately 2,800 barges and 160 towboats; transporting a vast array of cargos such as grain, coal, steel, chemicals, petroleum products, edible oils, fertilizers and construction materials on the U.S. inland waterways.  ACL also owns the largest single-site manufacturing facility for vessels in the United States, offering technically advanced marine design and manufacturing capabilities for both inland and ocean service vessels.  ACL is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol ACLI.  For more information about ACL generally, visit www.aclines.com.

 ABOUT KEVIN HARVICK INC.:

Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001, is a 70,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C.  KHI houses two full time Truck Series teams: the No. 33 Camping World/VFW Chevrolet Silverado driven by three-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday as well as the No. 2 American Commercial Lines (ACL)/RVs.com Chevrolet Silverado driven by three-time Truck Series champion Jack Sprague.  KHI is also home to the No. 33 Camping World/RoadLoans.com/ Rheem Chevrolet driven by two-time Nationwide Series champion Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday and Cale Gale and the No. 77 Rheem/VFW Chevrolet driven by Cale Gale and Ron Hornaday competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.  2008 marks KHI’s fifth year of full-time competition in NASCAR’s elite divisions.  Please visit www.kevinharvickinc.com for more information. 

QUICK NOTES

Race Info

 May 24, 2008

Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park

Ohio 250

Race length: 250 Laps/125 Miles

Banking/Turns: 12-16-degrees in turns; 6-degrees on straight-a-ways

Track layout: 0.5-mile
Shape: Oval

Pre-Race Schedule

Friday:

Practice: 11:30-1:00 p.m., ET

Final Practice: 1:30-2:30 p.m., ET

Qualifying: 6:30 p.m., ET

TV: The Ohio 250 can be seen live on SPEED at 12:30 p.m., ET

Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast live at

12:30 p.m., ET

Truck Specs:

Chassis: 021

Engine: Pro Motors Engineering (PME)

 Jack Sprague

Truck Series Mansfield Stats

Year               No.          Team     Start Finish

2007               60           Wyler        11         2

2006               60           Wyler        9            2

2005               16           Xpress    25         2

2004               16           Xpress     1            1