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JACK SPRAGUE
#16 CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
2004 FAST FACTS
EVENT: TOYOTA TUNDRA 200,
NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY (150 LAPS, 200 MILES)
DATE: August 14, 2004
TIME: 4:00 PM CDT (5:00 PM EDT)
LIVE COVERAGE: SPEED Channel, MRN Radio, XM Satellite Radio
NCTS CAREER STATS
- Only three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Champion – 1997, 1999, 2001
- Leading NCTS money winner exceeding $4.975
million in winnings-needs just $25,266 to top $5 million-first to do so
in NCTS
- Only driver to start all 170 events as NCTS
full-time competitor 1995-2001
- Holds series records for total top-five and
top-ten finishes in NCTS
- Holds series records for most races with lead
lap finishes (144-77.4%) and races running at the finish (168-90.3%)
- Second on all time NCTS win list (needs 2 wins
to tie, 3 to be all-time series winner
- Second on all time NCTS starts list - 186
- IWX Racing defending NCTS Championship team
- IWX Racing winner of two consecutive NCTS
championships – 2002 and 2003
JACK SPRAGUE QUOTES:
ON NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY: “It is a great
track-wide, smooth and fast. There is plenty of racing room-it has a
lot of grip. I have run really good there in the NCTS and won a Busch
race there. It is one of those tracks that just really suits my driving
style. I am looking forward to the race and taking this Chevy Trucks
Silverado back to victory lane.
ON SEASON TO THIS POINT: “We just can’t
seem to get a rhythm going. If it isn’t an engine problem, it is
something else strange that happens to put us out of a race. The #16
Chevy Trucks Silverado is the best handling race truck or racecar I have
ever driven. It has handled great at every track with a minimal amount of
changes. It is the other things that keep setting us back. Everyone on
the team is keeping a positive attitude because we know we can contend for
the win every race if we can just get the big gorilla off our back so we
can be consistent and get a rhythm going.”
SPRAGUE NCTS CAREER TRIVIA TIDBITS
- Has won from the pole five times in NCTS
competition (186 starts)
- Has started in top-three 71 times resulting
in 39 top-three finishes (54.92%) (186 starts)
19 wins; 13 seconds; 7 thirds
- Has started in top-five 98 times resulting
in 63 top-five finishes (64.29%) (186 starts)
20 wins; 20 seconds; 9 thirds; 6 fourths; 8 fifths
- Has started in top-ten 153 times resulting
in 122 top-ten finishes (79.74%) (186 starts)
23 wins; 28 seconds; 17 thirds; 11 fourths; 15 fifths; 6 sixths; 4
sevenths; 7 eighths; 6 ninths; 5 tenths
- Has only started out of the top-fifteen 14
times (186 starts)
- Has only finished out of the top-fifteen 32
times (186 starts)
THE RACEDAY CREW:
Team Manager: Dave Fuge
Crew Chief: Chris Showalter
Jackman: Jeremy Adams
Gasman: Chuck Day
Front tire changer: Scott Punch
Rear tire changer: Michael Byrd
Engineer: Shane Martin
Tire Specialist: Jason Guntorius
Pit Support/Catch tires: Terry Lynch
Front tire carrier: Jeffrey Reeves
Rear tire carrier: Billy Fredell
2nd gascan: Tom Gomez
Catchcan: George Stone
Scorer: Sara Dykehouse
Statistician: Dawn Fuge
Spotter: Dave Fuge
Engine Maintenance: Bobby Jones
Lead Mechanic/Pit Support: Randy Dean
For further information on Jack Sprague and the #16 Chevy Trucks Silverado
team, log on to www.jacksprague.com. The media kit for Sprague and the IWX
Racing Chevy Trucks Silverado team can be accessed at
http://www.keldanmedia.com/iwx. For additional information on
the GM Racing/Team Silverado NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series program, log on
to
http://www.gm.com/company/racing/index.jsp.
CONTACT:
Judy Kouba Dominick
(317) 408-1049
jkdracer@aol.com
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