JACK SPRAGUE
#16 CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO
IWX RACING
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
2004 FAST FACTS
EVENT: BUILD FORD TOUGH 225 (150 LAPS, 225 MILES) KENTUCKY
SPEEDWAY, SPARTA, KY
DATE: July 10, 2004
TIME: 8:00 PM EDT
LIVE COVERAGE: SPEED Channel, MRN Radio
NCTS CAREER STATS
- Only three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Champion – 1997, 1999, 2001
- Leading NCTS money winner exceeding $4.88
million in winnings-needs just $110,700 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 lead lap
finishes (143-79.0%) and races running at the finish (166-91.2%)
- 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 - 182
- IWX Racing defending NCTS Championship team
- IWX Racing winner of two consecutive NCTS
championships – 2002 and 2003
JACK SPRAGUE QUOTES:
On Kentucky Speedway: “I think Kentucky Speedway is a tremendous
racetrack. It is smooth and wide with plenty of room to pass. The 2001
race I started from the pole and was leading the race with five laps to go
and dropped a cylinder and still hung on to finish third. I know my Chevy
Trucks Silverado will be fast and strong as it was in Kansas. Kentucky
banking is similar to Kansas but the front and back straights are shorter
so you spend more time in the corners. We need to get our Chevy Trucks
Silverado back in victory lane and Kentucky is just the place to do just
that.”
On SPEED Channel vs NCTS Drivers annual softball game: “I am ready
for it! This is one of the best things about the NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series. We are tough competitors on the track but we all are friends in
the garage and off the track so we can get together and do things like
this softball game. We will get to meet fans at the ballpark and it is a
great way to start a race weekend.”
SPRAGUE NCTS CAREER TRIVIA TIDBITS
- Has won from the pole five times in NCTS
competition (182 starts)
- Has started in top-three 69 times resulting in
39 top-three finishes (56.52%) (182 starts) 19 wins; 13 seconds; 7
thirds
- Has started in top-five 96 times resulting in
63 top-five finishes (65.62%) (182 starts) 20 wins; 20 seconds; 9
thirds; 6 fourths; 8 fifths
- Has started in top-ten 150 times resulting in
121 top-ten finishes (80.67%) (182 starts) 23 wins; 27 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 15
times (182 starts)
- Has only finished out of the top-fifteen 31
times (182 starts)
THE RACEDAY CREW:
Team Manager: Dave Fuge
Crew Chief: Chris Showalter
Jackman: Pat Bernall
Gasman: John Figler
Front tire changer: Scott Punch
Rear tire changer: Michael Byrd
Engineer: Shane Martin
Front tire carrier: Jeffrey Reeves
Rear tire carrier: Billy Fredell
2nd gascan: Tom Gomez
Catchcan: Jason Pasch
Scorer: Sara Dykehouse
Statistician: Dawn Fuge
Spotter: Dave Fuge
Mechanic and Pit Support: George Stone
Tire Specialist: Jason Guntorius
Engine Maintenance: Bobby Jones
Pit Support/Catch tires: Terry Lynch
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