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MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- Jack Sprague won for the second time in six days in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Sprague won the Quaker State 200 on Saturday as he moved into the lead on the final lap and beat defending champion Greg Biffle by 0.193 seconds.
Sprague thought he was about to finish second, but Biffle's Ford
slid on the track as the drivers entered the first turn of the
200th and final lap around the three-quarter mile oval. It was
enough to allow Sprague to win.
"You know, Greg had that race won," Sprague said. "Then we went into the first corner and he lost control of it. I can't believe it."
Sprague took the lead off the second turn and won $477,000. Last Sunday, Sprague won the series event at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis.
Biffle had taken the lead from Andy Houston on the 191st lap and was pulling away from Sprague's Chevy. Then Biffle hit a slick spot -- possibly oil dropped by Joe Ruttman's battered Dodge.
"I'm not trying to be boastful or anything but I was way faster
than I was showing there in the last few laps," Biffle said. "I
was trying to save the equipment and only use what we needed to
stay out in front. I could have probably been out 15 truck lengths
on him at that time.
"I hate to be disappointed with a second but I really am."
Sprague's victory pushed him within 40 points of standings leader Mike Wallace, who finished fourth.
Sprague led just twice for five laps. There were nine lead changes among six drivers -- three of those changes coming in the race's final 20 laps.
Dennis Setzer brought his Dodge Ram from the 11th starting
position to finish third. Wallace inherited the fourth spot after
his truck ran into the rear of Houston's Chevy, sending it into the
Turn 3 wall on the final lap.
Houston climbed out of his wrecked truck uninjured.
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 Jack Sprague edges Greg Biffle to win the Quaker State 200 on Saturday.
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 Finishing first is a nice surprise for back-to-back winner Jack Sprague.
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Greg Biffle explains how slick track conditions hurt him on the last lap.
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