Midseason Update: Busch and Craftsman Truck.(auto racing)(Brief Article)

Jack Sprague is proving to be a quick study. In this, his first full season in the Busch Series, the former Craftsman Truck Series star is trying to give Rick Hendrick another NASCAR championship. It would be Hendrick's eighth: five in Winston Cup with Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte, and two with Sprague in the Craftsman Series.

A Busch title would make Hendrick only the second man (behind Richard Childress) to win Cup, Busch and Craftsman titles. Sprague led rookie Scott Riggs by 68 points and veteran Greg Biffle by 110 after 16 of the series' 34 races. The rest of the top 10 ...

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