RECORD BREAKER: Jack Sprague holds the NASCAR Truck Series qualifying record at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). In 2005, Sprague laid down a lap of 144.844 m.p.h.

“Poles mean a lot to me, they always have,” Sprague said.  “I held the record for most pole wins until Skinner passed me a few years ago.  I would love to go back to Texas and beat my own record.  That would be pretty cool.” 

Jack Sprague Quotes:

WHAT MAKES TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (TMS) A UNIQUE TRACK?

“TMS is a lot like Lowe’s Motor Speedway.  However, there is a distinct bump at TMS going into turn one that always makes acing the first lap a little hairy.“

THE TRUCK SERIES DOES A LOT OF NIGHT RACING.  DOES PRACTICING IN THE DAY AND TRANSITIONING TO NIGHT CHANGE THE TRUCK SIGNIFICANTLY? “Practicing during the day you usually have a tight truck, however, you want it that way.  As you transition into night, the track gets progressively looser but you have more overall grip.  I don’t really think it changes too drastically, but the track is rather temperature-sensitive, so knowing that going in helps to make adjustments. “

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HOLD THE TRACK RECORD AT TMS?

“When we race 25 races a year you tend to lose track of where you hold track records.  I know that I have 33 poles and three track records but if you ask me to name where they are it can get a little foggy.  It’s always a nice reminder that you are the person in the record books that blew the doors off the other competitors.  Chances are with our new restrictor plates, I don’t think my record is in danger of being broken.”

CHASSIS HISTORY: The KHI No. 2 RoadLoans.com team will bring chassis No. 023 to TMS.  Chassis No. 023 has raced this season at Kansas Speedway and Lowes (N.C.) Motor Speedway and helped Sprague earn his career best finishes at each of those venues.

DUE FOR A CHECKERED FLAG: It has been 32 starts since Sprague last visited victory lane. However, TMS is just the place for Sprague to end that trend.  In 16 starts at TMS Sprague has two wins, seven top-five and 10 top-10 finishes.

PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Last week at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, Sprague recorded his second runner-up finish of 2008.  Battling a tight-handling race truck, Sprague fought his way from the sixth starting position and moved to the sixth position in the points standings, 65 markers out of first.

About RoadLoans.com:
RoadLoans, based in North Richland Hills, Texas, is a leading direct-to-consumer auto finance company that simplifies the financing of a new or used vehicle through its online application process. RoadLoans specializes in new and used vehicle loans, consumer-to-consumer purchases and opportunities to refinance existing loans for customers with all types of credit, and is especially proud of its history of helping people with less than perfect credit. Since June of 2000, RoadLoans has carried out its mission to educate and empower people through the auto buying process and has helped tens of thousands of consumers purchase or refinance the car, truck or SUV of their dreams. The company’s focus on customer service earned it the Lending Tree Customer Service Excellence Award every year the award was presented since 2002.  For more information, visit http://www.RoadLoans.com or call (888) 276-7202.

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 

June 6, 2008

Texas Motor Speedway

Sam’s Town 400 

Race length: 167 Laps/250.5 Miles

Banking/Turns: 24-degrees in turns;

5-degrees on straight-a-ways

Track layout: 1.5-mile
Shape: Quad-oval

Pre-Race Schedule

Thursday:

Practice: 11:00-12:15 p.m., EST

Final Practice: 12:45-2:00 p.m., EST

Qualifying: 6:00 p.m., EST

TV: The Sam’s Town 400 can be seen on SPEED at 9:00 p.m., EST

Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast live at 9:00 p.m., EST

Truck Specs:

Chassis: 023

Engine: Pro Motors Engineering (PME) 

Jack Sprague

Truck Series Texas Stats

Starts: 16

Wins: 2 (2001, 2005)

Poles: 1

Top-Five’s: 7

Top 10’s: 10
Laps Led: 216

Average Start: 14.6

Average Finish: 10.6