Jack Sprague Martinsville Fast Facts

NO. 16 CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO

XPRESS MOTORSPORTS
2005 FAST FACTS
EVENT: KROGER 250, MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY (250 LAPS, 131.5 MILES)

DATE: APRIL 9, 2005 TIME: 1:15 PM EDT

LIVE COVERAGE: SPEED Channel, MRN Radio, and XM Satellite Radio

• Only three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion – 1997, 1999, 2001
• Leading NCTS money winner exceeding $5 million in winnings-only driver in series history to exceed $5 million mark
• Only driver to start all 170 events as NCTS full-time competitor 1995-2001
• Holds series records for total top-five (108 – 54.0%) and top-ten (149 – 74.5%) finishes (200 starts)
• Holds series records for most races with lead lap finishes (153-76.5%) and races running at the finish (187-93.5%) (200 starts)
• Second on all time NCTS win list with 24 (needs 3 wins to tie, 4 to be all-time series winner)
• Second on all time NCTS starts list – 200
• Has won most poles in NCTS history - 26
• Has won from the pole five times in NCTS competition (200 starts)
• Has started in top-three 73 times resulting in 41 top-three finishes (56.2%) (200 starts) 19 wins; 15 seconds; 7 thirds
• Has started in top-five 103 times resulting in 65 top-five finishes (63.1%) (200 starts) 20 wins; 22 seconds; 9 thirds; 6 fourths; 8 fifths
• Has started in top-ten 159 times resulting in 126 top-ten finishes (79.2%) (200 starts) 23 wins; 30 seconds; 17 thirds; 11 fourths; 15 fifths; 6 sixths; 5 sevenths; 8 eighths; 6 ninths; 5 tenths
• Has only started out of the top-fifteen 18 times (200 starts) (9.0%)
• Has only finished out of the top-fifteen 35 times (200 starts) (17.5%)

2004 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• Won inaugural event at Mansfield Motorsports Park *Won six poles, set three new track records

JACK SPRAGUE QUOTES:

ON STATUS OF INJURED FOOT: “My heel is doing pretty good. It will be two more weeks before I can walk on it so that part is hard but the pain is pretty much gone. I feel comfortable about running the short track race at Martinsville without any problems.”

ON MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY: I won the pole at Martinsville last spring and qualified tenth for the fall race and as I said that was probably one of the last places I expected to win a pole. We were very competitive both races with a strong Chevy Trucks Silverado. We finished third in the spring 2004 and if we hadn’t had trouble and gotten in a wreck, we were a serious contender to win the fall race too.

“We know what it takes to run fast there and we just tested there for this race and we have as good a truck or better than last year. Chris (Showalter, crew chief) and the guys have been working so hard this year, we have had trucks at every race capable of winning; we just need some racing luck on our side. I am just ready to go racing.

“It is a fun track but it takes a ton of patience to run all the laps to put yourself in contention to win the race. We have the right truck, we just need to bide our time and get ourselves in a position to make a run for it when it is time to go.”

ON 2005 SEASON: “All three races so far have been as exciting and competitive as I have ever seen in any series. We have a group of veterans that are hungry to put another win on their resumes and a talented group of young drivers wanting to make names for themselves to give them a shot to move up to Cup someday. It is a great formula for everyone. As a competitor, it puts the driver solidly in the equation and as a fan there isn’t any better racing anywhere”

SPRAGUE PREVIOUS MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY NCTS STATS

YEAR ST/FIN LAPS STATUS

9/25/95 6/20 147/150 Running

9/21/96 10/3 255/255 Running

9/27/97 8/10 256/256 Running

9/26/98 11/10 250/250 Running

4/17/99 10/3 250/250 Running

4/10/00 4/3 250/250 Running

4/7/01 8/20 200/250 Engine Failure

4/17/04 1/3 254/250 Running

10/23/04 10/28 175/200 Accident

STARTS: 9 WINS: 0 TOP-FVE: 4 TOP-10: 6 POLES: 1

SPRAGUE 2005 NCTS RESULTS

DATE TRACK ST/FIN LAPS STATUS MONEY POINTS POSITION

2/15 Daytona 15/13 99/100 Accident $16,465 13th

2/25 California 11/22 99/100 Running $14,190 16th

3/18 Atlanta 23/8 135/135 Running $11,375 11th

Totals: Starts: 3 Wins: 0 Top-Five: 0 Top-10: 1 Winnings: $42,030


SPRAGUE NCTS STATS YEAR BY YEAR

YEAR STARTS WINS TOP-FIVE TOP-TEN POLES MONEY WON YEAR END PNTS POS

1995 20 0 4 15 1 $116, 501 5TH

1996 24 5 18 21 2 $580,112 2ND

1997 26 3 16 23 5 $880,835 1ST

1998 27 5 16 23 4 $745,171 2ND

1999 25 3 16 19 1 $834,016 1st

2000 24 3 13 15 0 $567,536 5th

2001 24 4 15 17 7 $967,493 1st

2003 2 0 2 2 0 $ 26,250 N/A

2004 25 1 8 13 6 $532,741 7th

Totals: 197 24 (12.2%) 108 (54.8%) 148 (75.1%) 26 $5,250,655

NASCAR BUSCH SERIES STATS

108 1 12 24 2 $1,063,033

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES STATS

24 0 0 0 0 $1,361,200

THE RACEDAY CREW:

Team Owner/Spotter: Dave Fuge

Crew Chief: Chris Showalter

Jackman: Steve Hill

Gasman: Jim Mervine

Front Tire Changer: Scott Punch

Rear Tire Changer: Michael Byrd/Nicole Addison

Engineer: Greg Erwin

Engine Maintenance: Bobby Jones

Pit Support/Catch tires: Terry Lynch

Front Tire Carrier: Jeff Galati

Rear Tire Carrier: Randy Dean

2nd Gascan/Gas Runner: Tom Gomez

Catchcan: George Stone

Tire Specialist: Ira Duville/Sara Dykehouse

Scorer: Lindsey Sprinkle

Statistician: Dawn Fuge

SHOP CREW

Shop Foreman/Fabricator: Peter Michaud
Paint and Body: Travis Hawk
Head Fabricator: Keith Cox
Suspension/Mechanic: Matt Pitkin
Chassis Builder: Brian Wheeler
Computer Specialist/Data Acquisition: Matt Teeple
Suspension Specialist: Mike Casto