Jack Eugene Sprague was born on August 8,1964 and 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.
29 Facts About Jack Sprague
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Jack Sprague won the Big Ten Championship at Concord Motorsports Park, and won more than 30 Late Model Races.
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Jack Sprague finished first in the inaugural race of the NASCAR Sportsman Division at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1989, but was disqualified in post-race inspection, giving the win to Tim Bender.
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Jack Sprague made his Busch Series debut in 1989 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Jack Sprague competed in nineteen races and had a best finish of sixth at Orange County Speedway.
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Jack Sprague continued to drive the car in 1992, where he had a second-place finish at New River Valley Speedway.
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In 1993, Jack Sprague signed to drive the No 74 BACE Motorsports car.
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Jack Sprague began racing in the Trucks' first year of competition in 1995.
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Jack Sprague began the season in the No 31 Chevrolet Silverado for Griffin Racing, winning the pole at Louisville Speedway.
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Jack Sprague ended the season with a pole at Phoenix International Raceway, and had three fourth-place finishes.
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Jack Sprague led two laps and finished 23rd in his debut at Phoenix, but wrecked the following week at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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Jack Sprague won five races total that season and finished second in points.
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Jack Sprague returned to the Busch Series to drive the No 40 Channellock-sponsored Chevy for Doug Taylor at Watkins Glen International, finishing sixth.
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In 1999, Jack Sprague won three races as well as the Craftsman Truck Series championship by eight points.
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Jack Sprague 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.
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Jack Sprague won three more times in 2000, but crashes caused him to drop to fifth in the standings.
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Jack Sprague 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.
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Jack Sprague returned to Winston Cup to run a handful of races for Haas CNC Racing's No 60 entry.
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Jack Sprague's best finish was a 30th at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Haas switched to Pontiac and the No 0 with a NetZero sponsorship for 2003, signing Jack Sprague to compete for Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors.
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Jack Sprague's best finish that season was a fourteenth at the Daytona 500.
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Jack Sprague drove in two Truck races that year for Xpress Motorsports, finishing fifth in both events.
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Jack Sprague finished the 2006 season fifth in points with two wins and two poles.
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Jack Sprague returned to the Con-Way Freight Tundra for the 2007 season.
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Jack Sprague started the 2007 season in the Craftsman Truck Series with a win in the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at the Daytona International Speedway.
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However, Jack Sprague began to struggle throughout the year, even dropping out of the top 10 in points.
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This, combined with Con-way's departure at the end of the season, led Jack Sprague to leave Wyler for Kevin Harvick Incorporated where he drove the No 2 American Commercial Lines Chevrolet.
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Jack Sprague remained on the sidelines throughout 2009 and 2010, into at least October 2011.
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Jack Sprague was rumored to return to the Trucks with Winfield Motorsports at Homestead.