Jack Sprague Las Vegas Fast Facts

NO. 16 CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO
XPRESS MOTORSPORTS

EVENT: Las Vegas 350, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile)

DATE: September 17, 2005 TIME: 3:15 PM EDT

DISTANCE: 146 laps/219 miles/350K

LIVE COVERAGE: SPEED Channel, MRN Radio, and XM Satellite Radio-6:15 PM PDT (9:15 PM EDT)

• Has won from the pole five times in NCTS competition (216 starts)
• Has started in top-three 75 times resulting in 42 top-three finishes (56%) (216 starts) 19 wins; 15 seconds; 7 thirds
• Has started in top-five 106 times resulting in 66 top-five finishes (62.9%) (216 starts) 20 wins; 23 seconds; 9 thirds; 6 fourths; 8 fifths
• Has started in top-ten 164 times resulting in 129 top-ten finishes (78.7%) (215 starts) 24 wins; 31 seconds; 18 thirds; 11 fourths; 15 fifths; 6 sixths; 5 sevenths; 8 eighths; 6 ninths; 5 tenths
• Has started out of the top-fifteen only 21 times (216 starts) (9.7%)
• Has finished out of the top-fifteen only 42 times (216 starts) (19.4%)

 

• Only three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion - 1997, 1999, 2001
• Leading NCTS money winner exceeding $5.5 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 (112 - 51.9%) and top-ten (155 - 71.8%) finishes (216 starts)
• Holds series records for most races with lead lap finishes (163-75.5%) and races running at the finish (199-92.1%) (216 starts)
• Second on all time NCTS win list with 25 (needs 2 wins to tie, 3 to be all-time series winner)
• Tied in all time NCTS starts list - 216
• Has won most poles in NCTS history - 27
• One of only two drivers to win a race in each of eight seasons
  

JACK SPRAGUE LAS VEGAS FAST FACTS: Sprague holds the majority of the NCTS records at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His two wins, three second-place, six top-five finishes, six top-10 finishes and three poles in seven previous NCTS starts are all Series' records. He has never started out of the top-ten and has led the most NCTS laps and miles - 298 and 447 respectively. He's also led most races (five), won most money ($317,165) and completed most laps/miles (919/1,378.5).

JACK SPRAGUE LAS VEGAS QUOTES: “I have loved racing at Las Vegas since the first time the trucks unloaded there in 1996. It is wide and fast with room to pass.
“Although it isn't as flat as New Hampshire, IRP and a couple others we run, it doesn't have the banking of the other 1.5 mile tracks we run which gives us a lot of speed but you still really have to drive the track. I have always liked flatter tracks, they just suit my driving style.

“We had a great truck last year but the engine problem put us out early. We will head back this year and see if we can't recapture the Las Vegas luck of the past. I have been fortunate to set some records at the track. I have clinched a championship there and lost one there as well. It is just a track that I enjoy, I am not sure how to explain it. I think every driver has tracks that have been special in their career and Las Vegas is one of those for me.

“Our Chevy Trucks team has had some huge disappointments this season. It would be nice to get a win and set the stage for a strong finish to the season.”