Jamie McMurray

James Christopher " Jamie" McMurray , born the June 3rd 1976 with Joplin (Missouri), is a racing driver American. It runs in 2007 in NASCAR at the wheel of a Ford Fusion (n°26) for the stable Roush Fenway Racing. It full-time takes part in Nextel Cup since 2003.

Biography

There Jamie McMurray carries out its beginnings in NASCAR in 1999 by disputing four races of the Craftsman Truck Series this year. The following season, it is in track for fifteen races of Craftsman Truck Series. It finished once in the five first and four times in the ten.

In 2001, it signs a full-time contract in NASCAR and argument the Busch Series at the wheel of a Chevrolet Monte Carlo (N°27) for the stable Brewco Motorsports. In 2002, it gains two races and finishes sixth with the final classification of the championship.

It begins in 2002 it carries out some races of the NASCAR Winston Cup (today NEXTEL Cup) and removes off the victory with the Bank America 500. It signs full-time in this formula in 2003. It is indicated rookie year, hanging five places among the five first for a thirteenth position with the championship. Parallel to its career in Nextel Cup, it also takes part in some tests of Craftsman Truck Series and Busch Series.

In 2004, it is penalized of 25 points after the Ford City 500 which costs him its participation in the final hunting of end of season for 15 points. It finishes thus eleventh with the classification of the championship by signing 23 places among the ten first, including twelve during the fourteen last tests. These result of end of season would have enabled him to become champion if it had taken part in the hunting of end season (the ten first of the classification to the 3/4 of the championship can only claim with the title). It also gains a race in Craftsman Truck Series and three in Busch Series joining the list of the pilots having gained at least a race in the three great formulas of the NASCAR.

Jamie McMurray joined the stable Roush Fenway Racing at the end of the season 2005. This transfer ensures to him one of the most profitable contracts ever signed in NASCAR with an income of 20 million dollars, not included/understood per annum the premiums.

The July 7th 2007, it gains its second race in Nextel Cup at the time of the Pepsi 400. After 644 km of race, one needs a photo finish to decide between it with its second, Kyle Busch. The difference between the two pilots (0,004 seconds) the least important is ever measured on the track of Daytona. It is even the second less important variation ever measured in NASCAR since the adoption of electronic timing.

Prize list

Rookie of the year in Winston/NEXTEL Cup in 2003.
Better final classification in Winston/NEXTEL Cup: 11th in 2004.
Better final classification in Busch Series: 6th in 2002.

Victories in NASCAR (10)

Winston/NEXTEL Cup (2)

2002 (1): Bank off America 500 (Charlotte)
2007 (1): Pepsi 400 (Daytona)

Busch Series (7)

2004 (3): Goody' S Headache Powder 200 (Rockingham), Bashas' Supermarkets 200 (Phoenix), Bi-Lo 200 (Darlington)
2003 (2): Rockingham 200 (Rockingham), Target House 200 (Rockingham)
2002 (2): Aaron' S 312 (Atlanta), Sam' S Club 200 (Rockingham)

Craftsman Truck Series (1)

2004 (1): Kroger 200 (Martinsville),

External bond

Official site of Jamie McMurray

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