Sprague, Silverado take second pole of year in Memphis

CHEVROLET NOTES AND QUOTES
MEMPHIS 200
MEMPHIS MOTORSPORTS PARK
MILLINGTON, TENN.
3/4-MILE PAVED OVAL
JUNE 22, 2001

AFTER QUALIFYING:  THREE SILVERADOS IN TOP FIVE; SPRAGUE TAKES SECOND POLE
POSITION OF SEASON

JACK SPRAGUE, NO. 24 NETZERO PLATINUM SILVERADO, claimed the pole position
for the second time this year, his 15th career, tying Mike Skinner and Joe
Ruttman for most poles.  Chevrolets have collected the most pole positions
of any manufacturer since the series' inception in 1995, with a current
total of 63.  Ford is next with 51.

SPRAGUE:  "It's our second pole of the year and that's great!  A win at
Texas and now another pole, that's really cool.    Hopefully we will win
another race, even though last year was a gift.  We really should have
finished second, but I am definitely not complaining.  We had no power
steering at all (in qualifying today).  I just had to fight it the whole
way.  The run felt fine, but my power steering went out as soon as I started
the NetZero Silverado up.  Fortunately it was only a two-lap deal.  I
thought we'd probably run fifth, but I will happily take the pole.  This is
in line with what I've been running all year.    It may be another one of
those deals like last year where we lost power steering and won the race."

DENNIS SETZER, NO. 46 ACXIOM/COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SILVERADO (fourth):  "We
basically qualified in race setup; we¹re pretty good for the race tomorrow.
We will see how that shakes out.  It¹s been smooth this weekend.  We have
been fast since we unloaded and the changes we have made have really taken
to the Silverado.  I think we have a great setup for the race; that is
mainly what we have been working on all day and I think that will hold up
for tomorrow.  A lot of the credit has to go to the guys at Morgan/Dollar
Motorsports.  We tested last week in Altus, Okla., at a track very similar
to this and we were good there.  I think that we¹ll be strong for the race
tomorrow."

COY GIBBS, NO. 20 MBNA SILVERADO (fifth):  "I don¹t like this track.  I¹ve
run here in the past and I haven¹t done well.  I¹m happy we qualified as
good as we did.  Everything is coming together, it¹s taking time.  The
motors (by Mark Cronquist from Joe Gibbs Racing) are definitely helping.
Everybody is doing a good job.  We¹ve got some stuff to think about.  Gary
(Showalter, crew chief) and I now have some history together (10 races this
year) and that helps a lot.  We were OK; we weren¹t great.  We just have to
fix a couple of things and I will feel confident."

LANCE NORICK, NO. 90 AVENTIS BEHRING CHOICE SILVERADO (seventh):  "This is
the track where last year I just about killed myself, broke my arm, rattled
my head off the rollbars.  The guys gave me an awesome Silverado.  After
what happened last year everybody really concentrated on making sure the
thing felt good for me.  John Monsam (racing consultant) came out and is
helping us out and is really turning it around.  We slowed down a little bit
in qualifying, but it¹s our best start all year.  We look to be up front all
day tomorrow."

RANDY TOLSMA, NO. 61 TEAM RENSI MOTORSPORTS SILVERADO (10th):  "We had a
great first lap, the fastest lap we ran all weekend long.  That was good.
The guys made the right changes on the Silverado.  We got it going good
through (turns) one and two; in return it got loose in three and four.  I
had to get off the gas and catch the truck.  It probably cost us a good shot
at a good up-front spot.  The truck responded to the changes we made, so it
should run good on race day."

RICKY HENDRICK, NO. 17 GMAC SILVERADO (12th, first rookie): "We qualified
12th.  Of course we wanted a lot more than that.  I think we probably should
have qualified third.  We ended up third after the last practice and then
they made some last minute tire pressure adjustments.  Obviously the changes
didn't work too well.  I couldn't turn the GMAC Silverado.  We were really
tight.  Everyone else here is loose and we were tight, I just don't know.
We are in the Top-20 and hopefully we will move up fast.  The good news is
that we are the Top Qualifying Rookie and I will be starting on the outside.
I really like the high side.  Give me 50 laps and we'll be up front."

TRAVIS KVAPIL, NO. 60 CAT RENTAL STORES SILVERADO (16th):  "In practice we
were running at half throttle for some reason; something got overlooked.
Once we got that taken care of I never got any laps with the motor running
right, so we kind of went out qualifying blind.  The Silverado is going to
want a different setup when it has a lot more horsepower.  Hopefully in
happy hour we can get it going good for the race."

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