SPARTA, Ky. –
Three-time NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series
champion Jack Sprague
and his No. 60 Con-way
Freight Toyota rolled
out the fastest lap
among 35 competitors
this afternoon at
Kentucky Speedway during
the first of three
scheduled practice
sessions for tomorrow
night’s “Built Ford
Tough 225 Presented by
the Greater Cincinnati
Ford Dealers.”
Sprague, who owns two
second-place finishes
and one third-place
finish through five
career NASCAR Craftsman
Truck Series starts at
Kentucky Speedway,
turned his top lap at
172.750 mph (31.259
seconds).
The Spring Lake, Mich.,
driver who is second
behind defending
Kentucky Speedway race
champ Ron Hornaday, Jr.,
on the all-time series
wins list was followed
by Ted Musgrave and his
No. 9 Team ASE Toyota
with a 172.040-mph
(31.388 seconds),
Brendan Gaughan and his
No. 77 South Point Hotel
Chevrolet with a
171.597-mph (31.469
seconds) lap, series
standings leader Mike
Skinner and his No. 5
Toyota Tundra Toyota
with a 171.581-mph
(31.472 seconds) lap as
well as Johnny Benson
and his No. 23 Toyota
Certified Used Vehicles
Toyota with a
171.114-mph (31.558
seconds).
Joey Clanton led the
all-rookie NCTS practice
session with a
171.942-mph (31.406
seconds) lap in his No.
09 Zaxby’s Ford. Clanton
will start tomorrow’s
“Built Ford Tough 225
Presented by the Greater
Cincinnati Ford Dealers”
fifth in the series
rookie standings and 27th
in the overall standings
after registering two
top-10 finishes in seven
events this season. He
was eighth in the
opening practice session
with a 170.605-mph
(31.652 seconds) lap.
ARCA RE/MAX Series
“Channel 5 150”
qualifying is up next at
the speedway and NASCAR
Craftsman Series final
practice follows at 6:30
p.m.
Tickets for tonight’s
ARCA RE/MAX Series
“Channel 5 150” and
tomorrow night’s “Built
Ford Tough 225 Presented
by the Greater
Cincinnati Ford Dealers”
are still available and
can be reserved by phone
at 888-652-RACE, online
at
http://www.kentuckyspeedway.com,
through Tickets.com and
Tickets.com outlets
including Meijer stores
and at the speedway main
entrance.
The July 14 race ticket
includes a prerace
concert with American
Idol champ Taylor Hicks.
Speedway gates open at
3:00 p.m. tomorrow,
“Built Ford Tough 225
Presented by the Greater
Cincinnati Ford Dealers”
qualifying begins at
4:00 p.m., Hicks takes
the Turn 1 Concert Stage
at 6:30 p.m., and NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series
drivers take the green
flag for the “Built Ford
Tough 225 Presented by
the Greater Cincinnati
Ford Dealers” at 8:00
p.m.
Story by Mike
Schmaltz
