Jamie McMurray
Jamie McMurray
James Christopher "Jamie" McMurrayis an American professional stock car racing driver. He is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver for Sterling Marlin in his second Cup start, and is one of only three drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet SS for Chip Ganassi Racing...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth3 June 1976
CityJoplin, MO
brakes car easy five front good hardest lock places practice qualify top
This is the hardest place, I think, to qualify because you can have a good car and it's so easy to lock the front brakes up or overdrive the corner. It's one of those places where you can be in the top five in practice and qualify 20th. It's so close.
apologize percent
I need to apologize to Kurt. I got into him. That was 100 percent my fault.
came definitely good
It's definitely different from where I came from - a good different.
ahead beat night races run ryan
You have 25 other races to try to make into this and we just didn't run well enough. I could see Ryan ahead of me all night and they told me I had to beat him. We just couldn't get there.
At one point, I was 30th on the racetrack, but we were able to come back.
mike
There's something about when Mike Helton talks, everyone listens.
everybody mike powerful
There's something about when Mike Helton talks, everybody listens. He has a very powerful voice.
ahead beat kept night ryan telling
I could see Ryan ahead of me all night and they kept telling me I had to beat him, ... We just couldn't get there.
best car crew knew pit races won
There was a lot of pressure. I wasn't with one of the best Busch teams. When I got in Sterling's car, it had won two races that year. I knew the car was there, the team, the pit crew and everything. I was fortunate.
race
There is not too much that can be said about this weekend's race at Richmond,
life worse
There's a lot more worse things in life right now than not making the Chase.
race richmond throughout tonight until
Until Richmond is over, I know throughout the race tonight it fluctuated huge,
forget good rest week
I know it's a good story for the rest of the week but just go on and forget about it.
forget good rest
I know it's a good story for the rest of the week, but just go on and forget about it.