Jack Sprague Gateway Fast Facts

NO. 16 CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO

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2005 FAST FACTS

EVENT: Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 (160 laps, 200 miles)

DATE: APRIL 30, 2005 TIME: 7:15 PM CDT (8:15 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 (150 – 74.6%) finishes (201 starts)
• Holds series records for most races with lead lap finishes (154-76.6%) and races running at the finish (188-93.5%) (201 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 – 201
• 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 74 times resulting in 41 top-three finishes (55.4%) (201 starts) 19 wins; 15 seconds; 7 thirds
• Has started in top-five 104 times resulting in 65 top-five finishes (62.5%) (201 starts) 20 wins; 22 seconds; 9 thirds; 6 fourths; 8 fifths
• Has started in top-ten 160 times resulting in 126 top-ten finishes (78.7%) (201 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 (201 starts) (8.9%)
• Has only finished out of the top-fifteen 35 times (201 starts) (17.4%)

2004 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

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

JACK SPRAGUE QUOTES:

ON RACING AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY: “Gateway is one of the more complicated tracks we race on in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. It isn't that Gateway is so difficult as it is both ends are so different. Turns three and four are high-speed corners while turns one and two are not. You have to set up the truck to work at one end and give up the other end. This year a new piece to the equation will be no shifting, so that is going to change things from what we are used too in the past. It is not so much that the track will reach up and bite you as it is the driver having to remember his truck is only going to work very well on one end or the other and having to finesse it through the other end.

“I won my first pole there last year and had an awesome truck last year. We were set to get a really strong top-three

finish when the right front tire blew. As I was trying to limp around to pit road, the left front blew and at that point the suspension was torn up so bad that we were done for the night. It was a bummer because it was only five laps from the scheduled end of the race and then things really got exciting when we had all the green-white-checkered attempts.

“It is a fun track to ran on, we always seem to have a lot of action for the fans to enjoy. I am looking forward to this weekend with our Chevy Trucks Silverado. “

SPRAGUE PREVIOUS GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY NCTS STATS

YEAR ST/FIN LAPS STATUS

1998 3/4 160/160 Running

1999 6/3 160/160 Running

2000 2/1 160/160 Running

2001 3/8 159/160 Running

2004 1/29 155/174 Accident

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

4/9 Martinsville 3/11 250/250 Running $10,375 9th

Totals: Starts: 4 Wins: 0 Top-Five: 0 Top-10: 1 Winnings: $52,405

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

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 Specialist: Mike Casto
Chassis Builder: Brian Wheeler
Computer Specialist/Data Acquisition: Matt Teeple