Jack Sprague on the Samsung / Radio
Shack 500
"Texas is a tough track. It's hard on motors, it's hard on drivers,
and it's hard on crew chiefs when the car isn't just right. Typically,
there are a lot of long green flag runs and not a lot of chances to adjust
on the car, so if you haven't got it right when you take the green flag,
you're going to be in for a long day. It's a fast track. I think
the qualifying speed there last year was the fastest of any track the
Winston Cup Series raced on by a couple of miles per hour at least.
We've had a bit of success there in the past both in the Trucks and then
again last year in the Busch car when we finished second. Hopefully,
we can get in a good qualifying lap and start a little closer to the front
than we have been."
SPRAGUE ON SUCCESS IN WINSTON CUP.
"I'd like to think
the couple of poles and the win I had there in the Trucks would help us out
at Texas, but this series is so competitive, our past success at the tracks
we have been to this season hasn't given us any kind of an advantage over
anybody else. There are so many people in this sport that have had been
around for a long time and had so much success, it's tough for brand new
teams to come in here and be good right off the bat. We just need to be
patient, work hard and not lose sight of our goals. If we do those things
we'll get where we want to be, which is to be competitive week in and week
out. We can't let the misfortune of the last couple weeks get us down."
JACK SPRAGUE WINSTON CUP CAREER STATS.
TOTAL STARTS: 12
FIRST CAREER START: 1996
Dura Lube 500, Phoenix International Raceway, No. 52 Pedigree Chevrolet,
Started 34th, Finished 23rd - Running
BEST QUALIFYING: 12th
- 1996 NAPA 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway
BEST FINISH: 2003
Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, No. 0 NetZero Pontiac,
Started
24th, Finished 13th - Running
MOST RECENT START: 2003
Food City 500 -Bristol Motor Speedway, Started 42nd, Finished 35th
- Running
CAREER EARNINGS: $608,446
ABOUT NETZERO.
NetZero is a United
Online company. United Online is a leading provider of value-priced
Internet access services through its NetZero, Juno and BlueLight Internet
consumer brands. The company's services are offered at less than half the
standard prices of its major competitors and are available in more than
5,000 cities across the United States and Canada. The company is
headquartered in Westlake Village, Calif., with offices in New York City,
San Francisco and Hyderabad, India. United Online's common stock is traded
on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol "UNTD."
For more information
about NetZero and United Online, visit
http://www.unitedonline.net or www.netzero.com. To obtain a NetZero CD,
please call 1-800-DEFENDER.
