Jack Sprague

Jack Sprague (born August 8, 1964) is an American former stock car racing driver who has competed in all of NASCAR's three top divisions, most notably in the Craftsman Truck Series, where he won series championships in 1997, 1999 and 2001.

Jack Sprague
Sprague in 1996
Born	August 8, 1964 Spring Lake, Michigan
Achievements	1997, 1999, 2001 Craftsman Truck Series Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
24 races run over 4 years
Best finish	40th (2003)
First race	1996 Dura Lube 500 (Phoenix)
Last race	2003 Tropicana 400 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
108 races run over 9 years
Best finish	5th (2002)
First race	1989 All Pro 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	2002 Ford 300 (Homestead)
First win	2002 Inside Traxx 300 Presented by Met-Rx (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 24 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
297 races run over 13 years
Best finish	1st (1997, 1999, 2001)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	2008 Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win	1996 Chevy Desert Star Classic (Phoenix)
Last win	2007 Chevy Silverado HD 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 28 192 32
Statistics current as of April 22, 2013.

Racing career

Beginnings

Sprague was born in Spring Lake, Michigan, and began racing street stock cars at local short tracks. After winning the track championships at Thunderbird Raceway and later Winston Raceway, Sprague began racing in the NASCAR Winston Racing Series, in its North Carolina Late Model Division competition. He won the Big Ten Championship at Concord Motorsports Park, and won more than 30 Late Model Races. Eventually, he won the NASCAR Winston Racing Series championship at Concord Motorsports Park.

Sprague finished first in the inaugural race of the NASCAR Sportsman Division at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1989,[1] but was disqualified in post-race inspection, giving the win to Tim Bender.[2]

Busch Series

Sprague made his Busch Series debut in 1989 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Driving the No. 78 Griffin Racing Chevrolet, he qualified 28th but finished 41st after suffering engine failure early in the race. After a 40th-place finish at the Goody's 300 for Pucci & Associates, Sprague moved up to drive the No. 34 Keystone Beer-sponsored car for Frank Cicci Racing in 1990. He competed in nineteen races and had a best finish of sixth at Orange County Speedway. The following season, Sprague competed in seven races, driving the No. 48 Staff America-sponsored Oldsmobile. He won his first career pole at Charlotte. He continued to drive the car in 1992, where he had a second-place finish at New River Valley Speedway. He finished 24th in the final standings.

In 1993, Sprague signed to drive the No. 74 BACE Motorsports car. Despite four top-ten finishes, he was released with just a handful of races left in the year. He finished nineteenth in points. Sprague returned to the Winston Cup Series in 1994.

Craftsman Truck Series

Sprague began racing in the Trucks' first year of competition in 1995. He began the season in the No. 31 Chevrolet Silverado for Griffin Racing, winning the pole at Louisville Speedway. After the Action Packed Racing Cards 150, Sprague switched to the No. 25 Budweiser-sponsored Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports. He ended the season with a pole at Phoenix International Raceway, and had three fourth-place finishes. In 1996, he slid over to the No. 24 Quaker State-sponsored truck owned by Hendrick, winning his first race at Phoenix, followed up by back-to-back victories at Nazareth Speedway and The Milwaukee Mile. With five wins total and two poles, Sprague lost the championship by 53 points. That season, he made his Winston Cup debut, running a pair of races in the No. 52 Pedigree Petfoods-sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix for Ken Schrader. He led two laps and finished 23rd in his debut at Phoenix, but wrecked the following week at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The following season, Sprague won at Phoenix, Nazareth, and Nashville Speedway USA, and won the championship. In addition, he returned to the Cup series, subbing for Ricky Craven at Bristol Motor Speedway, but finished 40th after a wreck. Despite winning the Truck Series championship, Quaker State did not return as Sprague's primary sponsor, forcing him to start the 1998 unsponsored. After a one-race deal with Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce at Portland Speedway, Sprague won The No Fear Challenge in his debut for sponsor GMAC, allowing them to join full-time as sponsor. He won five races total that season and finished second in points. He returned to the Busch Series to drive the No. 40 Channellock-sponsored Chevy for Doug Taylor at Watkins Glen International, finishing sixth.

In 1999, Sprague won three races as well as the Craftsman Truck Series championship by eight points. He also drove at Watkins Glen in a Terry Labonte-owned car, finishing twelfth, and attempted the Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 for Tyler Jet Motorsports, but failed to qualify. He won three more times in 2000, but crashes caused him to drop to fifth in the standings. In 2001, NetZero became his primary sponsor, and he won seven poles and four races, and took home his third championship trophy.

Return to Busch and Cup

After 2001, Sprague and teammate Ricky Hendrick moved back to the Busch Series, with Sprague driving the No. 24 NetZero Chevy. He won his first career Busch race at Nashville Superspeedway as well as leading the points during the season, before finishing fifth in the final standings. That same year, he ran the IROC series, finishing in the top-ten in all four events. He returned to Winston Cup to run a handful of races for Haas CNC Racing's No. 60 entry. His best finish was a 30th at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Haas switched to Pontiac and the No. 0 with a NetZero sponsorship for 2003, signing Sprague to compete for Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors. Sprague's best finish that season was a fourteenth at the Daytona 500. After the Tropicana 400, Sprague was fired from the ride. He drove in two Truck races that year for Xpress Motorsports, finishing fifth in both events.

2004–2011

Sprague in the No. 60 Con-way Truck in 2007

Sprague took over the 16 Xpress truck full-time in 2004, winning six poles and the UAW/GM Ohio 250. He finished seventh in points. The following season, he won at Texas Motor Speedway, but late in the season, was released in favor of Mike Bliss and took over at newly formed Wyler Racing for Chad Chaffin. Despite switching teams mid-season, he finished eighth in points.

Sprague finished the 2006 season fifth in points with two wins and two poles. He returned to the Con-Way Freight Tundra for the 2007 season. Sprague started the 2007 season in the Craftsman Truck Series with a win in the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at the Daytona International Speedway. However, Sprague began to struggle throughout the year, even dropping out of the top 10 in points. This, combined with Con-way's departure at the end of the season, led Sprague to leave Wyler for Kevin Harvick Incorporated where he drove the No. 2 American Commercial Lines Chevrolet. Late in the year, he left KHI to return to Wyler Racing.

Sprague remained on the sidelines throughout 2009 and 2010, into at least October 2011.

Sprague was rumored to return to the Trucks with Winfield Motorsports at Homestead.[3] It was also rumored that Sprague had struck a deal with Randy Moss Motorsports to return to the series in 2012,[3] though both deals apparently did not materialize as RMM's equipment was purchased by crew chief Richie Wauters to form his own team, Wauters Motorsports.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NWCC	Pts
1995	Hendrick Motorsports	59	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL DNQ						NA	-
1996		52	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO 23	ATL 42						54th	136
1997		25	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI 40	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR							68th	43
		52																																PHO DNQ	ATL
1999	Tyler Jet Motorsports	45	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH DNQ	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			NA	-
2002	Haas CNC Racing	60	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN 35	TAL	CLT DNQ	MAR	ATL DNQ	CAR 35	PHO DNQ	HOM 30	57th	189
2003		0	Pontiac	DAY 14	CAR 34	LVS 26	ATL 37	DAR 40	BRI 35	TEX 22	TAL 34	MAR 29	CAL 39	RCH 26	CLT 22	DOV 41	POC 22	MCH 19	SON 39	DAY 31	CHI 40	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	40th	1284

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2003	Haas CNC Racing	Pontiac	24	14

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	NBSC	Pts
1989	Griffin Racing	78	Chevy	DAY	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	NZH	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 41	CAR	MAR						97th	40
1990	Pucci & Associates	14	Chevy	DAY 40	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO																										24th	2106
	Frank Cicci Racing	34	Buick										NZH 24	HCY 18	CLT 30	DOV 20	ROU 6	VOL 21	MYB 15	OXF 12	NHA 21	SBO 11	DUB 17	IRP 25	ROU 15	BRI 22	DAR 25	RCH	DOV 36	MAR 20	CLT 35	NHA 46	CAR 19	MAR 17
1991	Fred Turner Racing	48	Olds	DAY 28	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR 39	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT 5	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR 12	RCH	DOV 20	CLT 38	NHA	CAR 31	MAR				43rd	629
1992				DAY 19	CAR 23	RCH 11		MAR 22	DAR 25	BRI	HCY 10	LAN 22	DUB 2	NZH 21
			Chevy				ATL 13								CLT 37	DOV
		10															ROU 28	MYB 13	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL 29	IRP	ROU 26	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 32	MAR	CAR	HCY
1993	BACE Motorsports	74	Chevy	DAY 44		RCH 20	DAR 24	BRI 21	HCY 19	ROU 21	MAR 9	NZH 12		DOV 27	MYB 16		MLW 32	TAL 15	IRP 17	MCH 9	NHA 20	BRI 23	DAR 33	RCH 13	DOV 4													24th	1590
			Pontiac		CAR 12
			Olds										CLT 24			GLN 21
	Reno Racing	4	Chevy																							ROU 9	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL
1994	Ingram Racing	10	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR							NA	-
1998	Taylor Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN 6	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM				85th	150
1999	Labonte Motorsports	44	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN 12	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM			96th	127
2000	Andy Petree Racing	15	Chevy	DAY 25	CAR	LVS 36	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX 43	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM			86th	17
2002	Hendrick Motorsports	24	Chevy	DAY 7	CAR 6	LVS 6	DAR 9	BRI 19	TEX 2	NSH 2	TAL 13	CAL 4	RCH 18	NHA 3	NZH 26	CLT 10	DOV 5	NSH 1*	KEN 16	MLW 14	DAY 28	CHI 42	GTY 4	PPR 14	IRP 17	MCH 15	BRI 28	DAR 5	RCH 33	DOV 3	KAN 20	CLT 25	MEM 18	ATL 42	CAR 10	PHO 22	HOM 11	5th	4206

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	NCWTC	Pts
1995	Griffin Racing	31	Chevy	PHO 6	TUS 5	SGS 14	MMR 6	POR 10	EVG 23	I70 7	LVL 9	BRI 6	MLW 9	CNS 8	HPT 7	IRP 28															5th	2740
	Hendrick Motorsports	25	Chevy														FLM 4	RCH 10	MAR 20	NWS 4	SON 11	MMR 4	PHO 6
1996		24		HOM 2	PHO 1	POR 8	EVG 12	TUS 5	CNS 4	HPT 2	BRI 5	NZH 1	MLW 1	LVL 8	I70 14	IRP 2	FLM 5	GLN 4	NSV 3	RCH 29	NHA 2	MAR 3	NWS 2	SON 6	MMR 5	PHO 1	LVS 1				2nd	3778
1997				WDW 15	TUS 7	HOM 5	PHO 1	POR 4	EVG 2	I70 10	NHA 2	TEX 31	BRI 7	NZH 1	MLW 4	LVL 8	CNS 16	HPT 2	IRP 2	FLM 4	NSV 1	GLN 3	RCH 2	MAR 10	SON 5	MMR 10	CAL 6	PHO 3	LVS 2		1st	3969
1998				WDW 4	HOM 2	PHO 2	POR 4	EVG 1	I70 5	GLN 5	TEX 6	BRI 2	MLW 3	NZH 10	CAL 1	PPR 31	IRP 1	NHA 8	FLM 29	NSV 11	HPT 4	LVL 9	RCH 1	MEM 9	GTY 4	MAR 10	SON 9	MMR 2	PHO 13	LVS 1	2nd	4069
1999				HOM 22	PHO 2	EVG 2	MMR 7	MAR 3	MEM 9	PPR 2	I70 1	BRI 1	TEX 5	PIR 28	GLN 3	MLW 2	NSV 5	NZH 13	MCH 4	NHA 8	IRP 34	GTY 3	HPT 26	RCH 5	LVS 2	LVL 5	TEX 11	CAL 1			1st	3747
2000				DAY 33	HOM 3	PHO 2	MMR 3	MAR 3	PIR 3	GTY 1	MEM 1	PPR 4	EVG 1	TEX 28	KEN 2	GLN 5	MLW 8	NHA 34	NZH 5	MCH 13	IRP 17	NSV 30	CIC 17	RCH 6	DOV 27	TEX 22	CAL 4				5th	3316
2001				DAY 12	HOM 3	MMR 2	MAR 20	GTY 8	DAR 12	PPR 3	DOV 2	TEX 1	MEM 23	MLW 2	KAN 23	KEN 3	NHA 1	IRP 1	NSH 21	CIC 9	NZH 3	RCH 1	SBO 4	TEX 3	LVS 2	PHO 2	CAL 31				1st	3670
2003	Xpress Motorsports	11	Chevy	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	CAL	LVS 5	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO	HOM 5			66th	310
2004		16		DAY 25	ATL 24	MAR 3	MFD 1	CLT 26	DOV 9	TEX 4	MEM 7	MLW 35	KAN 8	KEN 2	GTW 29	MCH 27	IRP 18	NSH 14	BRI 28	RCH 8	NHA 2	LVS 36	CAL 3	TEX 5	MAR 28	PHO 2	DAR 11	HOM 7			7th	3167
2005				DAY 13	CAL 22	ATL 8	MAR 11	GTY 20	MFD 2	CLT 27	DOV 29	TEX 1	MCH 10	MLW 2	KAN 30	KEN 36	MEM 13	IRP 9	NSH 21	BRI 3	RCH 26	NHA 15	LVS 4								8th	3137
	Wyler Racing	60	Toyota																					MAR 29	ATL 4	TEX 6	PHO 16	HOM 2
2006				DAY 5	CAL 5	ATL 17	MAR 17	GTY 4	CLT 34	MFD 2	DOV 9	TEX 11	MCH 10	MLW 4	KAN 29	KEN 11	MEM 1	IRP 28	NSH 2	BRI 23	NHA 18	LVS 13	TAL 33	MAR 1	ATL 10	TEX 4	PHO 7	HOM 5			5th	3328
2007				DAY 1	CAL 3	ATL 23	MAR 16	KAN 3	CLT 34	MFD 2	DOV 28	TEX 26	MCH 29	MLW 11	MEM 2	KEN 13	IRP 9	NSH 15	BRI 8	GTW 32	NHA 24	LVS 32	TAL 27	MAR 2	ATL 25	TEX 6	PHO 10	HOM 16			9th	3001
2008	Kevin Harvick Incorporated	2	Chevy	DAY 19	CAL 22	ATL 6	MAR 24	KAN 2	CLT 14	MFD 7	DOV 2	TEX 4	MCH 30	MLW 13	MEM 6	KEN 22	IRP 17	NSH 4	BRI 14	GTW 5	NHA 9	LVS 26	TAL 27								9th	3125
	Wyler Racing	60	Toyota																					MAR 11	ATL 13	TEX 15	PHO 17	HOM 20

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	ARSC	Pts
1996	Hendrick Motorsports	44	Chevy	DAY	ATL	SLM	TAL 4	FIF	LVL	CLT	CLT	KIL	FRS	POC	MCH	FRS	TOL	POC	MCH	INF	SBS	ISF	DSF	KIL	SLM	WIN	CLT	ATL	157th	-

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Pts	Ref
2002	Pontiac	DAY 4	CAL 5	CHI 10	IND 6	8th	36	[4]

References

1. Kelly, Godwin (May 24, 1989). "Sprague pockets opener in late model sportsman". The News-Journal. Daytona Beach, FL. p. 7B. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
2. "Sportsman Driver Has Win Nullified". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, NC. May 25, 1989. p. 5D. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
3. Sprague returns to NASCAR in 2012 Archived 2011-10-30 at the Wayback Machine. Sirius-Speedway. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
4. "Jack Sprague − 2002 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Jack Sprague driver statistics at Racing-Reference