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Jack Sprague
Sprague in 1996
Born	(1964-08-08)August 8, 1964 (age 61) Spring Lake, Michigan, U.S.
Achievements	1997,1999,2001 Craftsman Truck SeriesChampion
NASCARCup Series career
24 races run over 4 years
Best finish	40th (2003)
First race	1996Dura Lube 500 (Phoenix)
Last race	2003Tropicana 400 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
108 races run over 9 years
Best finish	5th (2002)
First race	1989All Pro 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	2002Ford 300 (Homestead)
First win	2002Inside Traxx 300 Presented by Met-Rx (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 24 1
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
297 races run over 13 years
Best finish	1st (1997,1999,2001)
First race	1995Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	2008Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win	1996Chevy Desert Star Classic (Phoenix)
Last win	2007Chevy Silverado HD 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 28 192 32
Statistics up to date as of April 22, 2013.

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

Sprague was born inSpring Lake, Michigan, and began racing street stock cars at local short tracks. After winning the track championships atThunderbird Raceway and laterWinston Raceway, Sprague began racing in the NASCARWinston Racing Series, in itsNorth Carolina Late Model Division competition. He won the Big Ten Championship atConcord 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 theNASCAR Sportsman Division atCharlotte Motor Speedway in 1989,^[1] but was disqualified in post-race inspection, giving the win toTim Bender.^[2]

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

In 1993, Sprague signed to drive the No. 74BACE 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.

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

The following season, Sprague won at Phoenix, Nazareth, andNashville Speedway USA, and won the championship. In addition, he returned to the Cup series, subbing forRicky Craven atBristol Motor Speedway, but finished fortieth after a wreck. Despite winning the Truck Series championship, Quaker State did not return as Sprague's primary sponsor, forcing him to start 1998 unsponsored. After a one-race deal with Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce atPortland Speedway, Sprague wonThe No Fear Challenge in his debut for sponsorGMAC, 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. 40Channellock-sponsored Chevy forDoug Taylor atWatkins 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 aTerry Labonte-owned car, finishing twelfth, and attempted theExide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 forTyler Jet Motorsports, but failed to qualify. He won three more times in 2000, but six DNFs caused him to drop to fifth in the standings. In 2001,NetZero became his primary sponsor, and he won seven poles and four races, taking home his third championship trophy.

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

Sprague took over the 16 Xpress truck full-time in 2004, winning six poles and theUAW/GM Ohio 250. He finished seventh in points. The following season, he won atTexas Motor Speedway, but late in the season, was released in favor ofMike Bliss and took over at newly formedWyler Racing forChad 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 the2007 season. Sprague started the 2007 season in theCraftsman Truck Series with a win in theChevy Silverado HD 250 at theDaytona International Speedway. However, Sprague began to struggle throughout the year, even dropping out of the top 10 in points. This, combined withCon-way's departure at the end of the season, led Sprague to leave Wyler forKevin 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 withRandy 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 chiefRichie Wauters to form his own team,Wauters Motorsports.

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

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

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