Jack Sprague News

News and Notes:

News and Notes:

February 16, 2005
Few in the racing community knew what to expect when the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series kicked off a decade ago at Phoenix International Raceway. But one thing was certain: Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) had his share of critics before the first green flag

Guy leaves Xpress Motorsports:

Guy leaves Xpress Motorsports:

January 19, 2005
Dave Fuge, owner of Xpress Motorsports, announced today that Jay Guy has left his position as crew chief on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series #19 Silverado team with driver Regan Smith effective immediately. "Jay was offered an opportunity on a NASCAR Busch Series

Guy leaves Xpress Motorsports:

Guy leaves Xpress Motorsports:

January 19, 2005
Dave Fuge, owner of Xpress Motorsports, announced today that Jay Guy has left his position as crew chief on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series #19 Silverado team with driver Regan Smith effective immediately. "Jay was offered an opportunity on a NASCAR Busch Series

Truck Series Testing at Daytona finally underway:

Truck Series Testing at Daytona finally underway:

January 16, 2005
After a 30 hour, 50 minute delay for two days of rain, trucks finally hit the track at 3:50pm/et. By 3:58, they were already drafting. Ricky Craven (#99) was first truck on the track. Due to weather, they will test until 11:00pm/et Sunday, then return on Monday. The

New owner at the #16? 2nd team? UPDATE 2 Smith as the driver:

New owner at the #16? 2nd team? UPDATE 2 Smith as the driver:

January 4, 2005
hearing that Dave Fuge bought the IWX team from Steve Coulter and will rename it Express [actually Xpress] Motorsports and supposedly will start a 2nd full-time team with Jay Guy as the crew chief.(12-13-2004) UPDATE: Xpress Motorsports, two-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck

Testing at Talladega:

Testing at Talladega:

December 9, 2004
#15-Kerry Earnhardt, #46-Dennis Setzer, #75- David Starr, #16-Jack Sprague,#08-Ken Weaver and #?-Shawn Murphy tested their Craftsman Truck Series trucks at Talladega Superspeedway . Also joining them was Hendrick Motorsports development driver and 2004 ARCA RE/MAX

Reutimann wins pole at Homestead, new track record:

Reutimann wins pole at Homestead, new track record:

November 18, 2004
#17-David Reutimann won the pole for the Ford 200 with a track record speed of 171.255mph, his 2nd pole of the season and career. Starting his last race in the #6 truck, Matt Crafton will start 2nd, followed by #99-Carl Edwards, #16-Jack Sprague and #47-Bobby Labonte

Homestead News and Notes:

Homestead News and Notes:

November 17, 2004
New series record for wins a possibility When Kasey Kahne (No. 2 Team ASE/Carquest Dodge) captured the Nov. 13 Darlington 200, the list of 2004 winners reached 13. The single season record is 14, in 1998. Kahne is the sixth driver to post his first series victory in

Darlington News and Notes:

Darlington News and Notes:

November 11, 2004
Handicapping the title contenders at Darlington Hamilton has won both series starts at Darlington Raceway in 2001 and 03. Musgrave won in 2002 and finished second a year ago. Setzer counts a best finish of 11th. Edwards was 23rd last year as a Raybestos rookie. Crafton

Starr wins at Phoenix:

Starr wins at Phoenix:

November 5, 2004
#75-David Starr spent the last 27 laps of Friday's Chevy Silverado 150 holding off pole winner #16-Jack Sprague through two cautions and beat Sprague to the checkers by .297 seconds at Phoenix International Raceway for his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory

Sprague wins pole at Phoenix:

Sprague wins pole at Phoenix:

November 3, 2004
#16-Jack Sprague won his fifth career Truck Series pole at Phoenix International Raceway for the Chevy Silverado 150 and his 6th of 2004, with a lap of 131.186mph, a new track record. #52-Ken Schrader is on the outside pole. Rounding out the top-5 are #99-Carl Edwards

Phoenix News and Notes:

Phoenix News and Notes:

October 27, 2004
For Brandon Whitt (No. 38 Werner Ladder/Cure Autism Now Ford), the final three races of the season cant come soon enough. Not because he wants to see his rookie season end, but because hes finally seeing some tracks that hes been to before. "Over 90% of the tracks

Bodine wins at Texas:

Bodine wins at Texas:

October 16, 2004
#30-Todd Bodine pulled away from #23-Johnny Benson after the final caution to win the Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway, his second straight Truck Series win. Rounding out the top five were #23-Benson, #4-Bobby Hamilton, #75-David Starr and #16-Jack Sprague. Hamilton

Trucks test at Atlanta in prep for 2005:

Trucks test at Atlanta in prep for 2005:

October 10, 2004
#46-Dennis Setzer and three other General Motors drivers - #75-David Starr, #16-Jack Sprague and #6-Matt Crafton - spent Tuesday and Wednesday prepping for next season's two races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Setzer led the unofficial speed chart for Wednesday's test

Texas Race News and Notes:

Texas Race News and Notes:

October 8, 2004
Dream month for Bodine and Germain-Arnold team Todd Bodine (No. 30 Arnold Development Toyota) and his Germain-Arnold team may have been late arrivals to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, but their Oct. 2 victory at California Speedway and third top-five finish in