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  Jamie McMurray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2004, McMurray and his team were penalized 25 points after the Food City 500 for an incorrect "x-measurement," which proved costly when, later in the year, McMurray missed the Chase for the Cup by 15 points.
McMurray was originally supposed to go to the #6 Ford in 2007, but since Kurt Busch was released after an off-track incident, and Mark Martin announced he would race for another year, Jamie instead took over for Kurt Busch in the #97 Ford (which was renumbered #26).
McMurray's contract with Roush Racing is one of the richest in NASCAR history with a guaranteed salary of $20 million dollars per year plus bonuses.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamie_McMurray   (720 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray : USAToday.com - Jamie McMurray Biography from USAToday.com
ET Jamie McMurray gained 3 spots in the Cup Series point standings after the June 4th Neighborhood Excellence 400 at Dover International Speedway.
McMurray finished 2nd (and led the most laps) and, along with #12-Ryan Newman, gained the most (3 positions) in the standings (to 15th) among the drivers who made all races so far this season.
McMurray made the field since the team he drives for won at Phoenix International Raceway in April 2005 (with Kurt Busch behind the wheel).
fantasynascar.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=NAS&id=84   (343 words)

  
 Havoline.com: Racing: NASCAR News: Jamie McMurray
McMurray, driver of the No. 42 Havoline Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing, finished in the eighth position and scored his 10th top-10 finish of the 2003 season.
McMurray, a native of nearby Joplin, Mo. was pleased with his effort in front of the hometown crowd.
During a scheduled green-flag pit stop on lap 58, McMurray came to the attention of his crew and was fitted with four Goodyear tires and fuel as the crew made an air pressure and wedge adjustment to correct a tight condition.
www.havoline.com /racing/nascar/news_archive/news_100503.html   (772 words)

  
 Media.Ford.com: Jamie McMurray Bio Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
McMurray, who is recognized as one of the top young drivers in the sports, announced midway through last season that he had signed a contract to drive for Roush Racing in 2007.
McMurray was eventually tabbed to replace Kurt Busch in the No. 97 car (changing to the 26 in 2006) after he signed with Penske Racing and both drivers were released from their contractual obligations.
McMurray’s, whose niece is autistic, also donated money to the society for every lap he led last season in addition to running a special paint scheme at Bristol in March.
media.ford.com /article_display.cfm?article_id=22244   (653 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray Merchandise Super Store
Jamie McMurray moved to NASCAR late models in 1992 and by 1997, had won a track championship.
Jamie McMurray moved to the Craftsman Truck Series in 1999, competing in five races.
Jamie McMurray was the driver chosen by Chip Ganassi Racing to fill in for their injured Cup driver.
racingusa.com /jamiemcmurray.html   (351 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray at Racingspeakers.com - Racing Business, NASCAR, Jamie McMurray Motivational speakers, Jamie McMurray ...
Jamie McMurray won his first United States Go-Kart title at the age of 10 in 1986.
In October of 2000, Jamie McMurray was tabbed to drive for Brewco Motorsports in the Busch Series.
Jamie enjoys his time with corporations and organizations as his shares is success on and off the track with their groups.
www.racingspeakers.com /h/mcmurray   (347 words)

  
 NASCAR News - Jamie McMurray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jamie McMurray was signing autographs for a noisy crowd at Monument Circle in the heart of Indiana's state capitol Thursday night when an impassioned cry cut through the din.
Jamie McMurray on Sunday questioned whether contact with Matt Kenseth on Lap 27 of the New England 300 was intentional on Kenseth's part.
Jamie McMurray, just days after the Chip Ganassi team announced it would be picking up the option for him to drive the No. 42 Dodge in 2006, knocked Mark Martin off the pole for Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race.
www.nascarnewsblog.com /index.php?cat=55   (4542 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray Diecast -Jamie McMurray Diecast 2006
Jamie McMurray 2006 Diecast #26 Smirnoff Ice Ford-Jamie is scheduled to race this Smirnoff Ice paint scheme at Charlotte 1, Daytona 2, and Fontana.
Jamie McMurray 2006 Diecast #26 Lenox Ford-Jamie is scheduled to race this Lenox paint scheme at Chicago, New Hampshire, and Kansas City Speedways.
Jamie McMurray 2006 #64 Top Flite Busch Series Dodge- Jamie will be splitting duties piloting the #64 Top Flite Dodge with Stephen Wallace for Rusty Wallace Racing during the 2006 Busch Series season.
www.atthetrackracing.com /racemall/2006_diecast_mcmurray.htm   (376 words)

  
 ~*~ToTaL NASCAR ChICKs~*~   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
McMurray completed six of the final seven races that season, scoring another top-10 and prompting team owner Chip Ganassi to give him his own ride in 2003.
McMurray was the Cup rookie of the year in 2003 with five top-fives and 13 top-10s.
McMurray was handpicked by Mark Martin to replace him in the No. 6, but when an opening came about for the No. 97/26, McMurray had his ride.
groups.msn.com /totalnascarchicks/jamiemcmurray.msnw   (438 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - McMurray breathes new life into NASCAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jamie McMurray's surprise victory at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Sunday night left NASCAR fans wondering, "Who is this guy?" Fortunately, the rookie driver is a refreshingly open book.
Jamie McMurray, left, talks over strategy with a crewman during a break in practice at Talladega.
Jamie McMurray became the third rookie to win a Winston Cup race this season.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2002-10-14-mcmurray_x.htm   (732 words)

  
 NASCAR News: Jamie McMurray NASCAR Teleconference
Jamie McMurray, driver of the No. 42 Havoline Dodge currently sits in 12th place in NASCAR Nextel Cup Series point standings and is only four points out of 10th place, a key spot, and 433 behind Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Among Jamie’s career highlights are a 2002 win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in only his second career series start when he was filling in for Sterling Marlin and no longer filling in, but running full time he claimed the Raybestos Rookie of the Year title last season in 2003.
Long: Jamie, you were critical about the scoring issues at Dover and you were one of the few guys who did what you were supposed to do during that caution at Pocono and were handicapped by that.
www.fastmachines.com /archives/nascar/001983.php   (3284 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: EA Sports 500 - Jamie McMurray Notes
McMurray will be sporting a "retro" paint scheme to honor the life and racing legacy of Davey Allison.
The "BattleStar" paint scheme that McMurray will be running this weekend at Talladega is a replicable of the design that Allison made famous during his 1987 rookie campaign in NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing.
McMurray has earned five top-five and nine top-10 finishes in 2003 and currently sits 18th in NASCAR Winston Cup Series point standings.
www.race2win.net /wc/03/race/ts2/jm42.html   (719 words)

  
 GNEXTINC.com: NASCAR - Jamie McMurray 26 Sharpie/Irwin Tools/Crown Royal News
McMurray talks about move finally: Jamie McMurray, who gained his release from Chip Ganassi Racing this week to join Roush Racing a year early, said the decision to leave was strictly business.
Jamie McMurray would be released from the final year of his contract with Ganassi so that he can drive the No. 97 Ford for Roush Racing, thus freeing up Kurt Busch to get out of his contract with Roush one year early to replace Rusty Wallace in the No. 2 Dodge next season.
The replica cars driven by McMurray at Texas (April), Charlotte (May), Sonoma and Talladega (Oct.) are a part of the "Shine On" series celebrating the history of the Texaco brand with four retro logos on the hood.
www.gnextinc.com /nascar/drivers/news/jmcmurray.html   (2675 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray News
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NASCAR star Jamie McMurray will participate in a question and answer session at the Party Zone fan hospitality area on Friday, September 8 before the Emerson Radio 250 NASCAR Busch Series race at Richmond...
Jamie McMurray Foundation, Sharpie Race to Support Autism; ASA's...
www.topix.net /nascar/jamie-mcmurray   (670 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray
McMurray will be racing chassis number RK-227 this weekend, which was tested in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Jamie McMurray on racing at Darlington: "Racing at Darlington is always fun and intense.
We had a tough weekend in Richmond and didn't finish where we wanted, or even where we probably could have, had we not gotten caught on pit road when that caution came out.
www.roushracing.com /jamie_mcmurray/facts.asp?menu=cup   (228 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray Online
CONCORD, N.C. (May 30, 2006) – Jamie McMurray has formed the Jamie McMurray Foundation (JMF) to promote awareness of and raise funding for, research, education, and support for individuals and families affected with autism.
McMurray, who drives for Roush Racing in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, is sponsored by Newell-Rubbermaid (Irwin Industrial Tools, Lenox Industrial Tools and Sharpie) and Diageo (Crown Royal and Smirnoff Ice).
McMurray has been a viable advocate for the Autism Society of America (ASA), with a “Driving Autism Awareness Pledge” campaign in 2005, and has participated in many golf tournaments, auctions for charitable contributions and benefits throughout the year.
www.jamiemcmurray.com /NewsDetail.aspx?WhatsNewID=62   (398 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray Photos - Jamie McMurray News - Jamie McMurray Information
In this episode, Jamie talks about how racing go-karts helped get him started driving in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck and Busch Series in the late 1990's and success in the Nextel Cup series in the new millennium.
Jamie has represented the U.S. in an international karting competition in the former Soviet Union.
Jamie won one pole in the 2005 race season (Pennsylvania 500, July 24, 2005).
www.tv.com /jamie-mcmurray/person/241283/summary.html   (334 words)

  
 RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2006, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, ...
Based on the way he lit up the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000, Jamie McMurray was one of the pre-season favorites for the 2001 Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award.
McMurray scored a seventh-place finish in the 400-mile season finale to earn his 23rd top-10 finish of the season.
McMurray finished the season 11th in points, and collected a check for $1 million for the points finish.
www.racingone.com /driver.aspx?driverID=239&subID=1   (533 words)

  
 Driver: Jamie McMurray
Jamie McMurray made his first mark on the racing world by winning his first United States Go-Kart title at the age of 10 in 1986.
Jamie got his first taste of NASCAR's big time in 1999, when he competed in five Craftsman Truck Series events.
Jamie’s true rookie season in 2003 brought five top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 36 starts, including third-place finishes at Indianapolis and Bristol.
www.racechase.com /ftopic83.html   (422 words)

  
 SI.com - Racing
McMurray and new Roush teammate Matt Kenseth feuded on the track on more than one occasion last year.
McMurray announced he would leave Ganassi Racing at the end of the '06 season and drive for Jack Roush, and the team never recovered, as an ugly contract dispute ensued.
When the dust settled, McMurray was released from his contract and was free to join Roush upon the conclusion of the '05 season.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /racing/drivers/2006/jamie.mcmurray.html   (533 words)

  
 Roush Racing Roush Racing, Jamie McMurray, AUTO RACING - CBS SportsLine.com
All are words and feelings Jamie McMurray is all too familiar with.
In just five months, McMurray has gone from a driver who was supposed to be one of the season's biggest surprises to its biggest disappointment.
McMurray is driving for the team that won at Pocono with Kurt Busch last year.
cbs.sportsline.com /autoracing/story/9485312   (1069 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: Pontiac Excitement 400 - Jamie McMurray Notes
This is the same car McMurray raced at Martinsville Speedway a few weeks back and was running in the top five with until the engine let go.
* McMurray returns to Richmond International Raceway for the first time since he was named driver of the Havoline Dodge in a press conference last fall at the track.
* McMurray is coming off his second top-five and third top-10 finish of the season after his fifth-place run last weekend in the AUTO CLUB 500 at California Speedway.
www.race2win.net /wc/03/race/rir/jm42.html   (329 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray - 2004 Season Recap :: ERaceFans.com ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Of the 9 times he has finished outside the top 10, Jamie has recorded 5 DNFS and failed to finish on the lead lap 8 times.
Jamie missed the chase but ran well over the final 10 race looking up 11th place in the standings before the final race of the season.
Jamie turned that around this year finishing 2nd at the Sonoma circuit and 13th at Watkins Glen.
www.eracefans.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=04recap&file=McMurray_Jamie   (560 words)

  
 Jamie McMurray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This is the 3rd "Shine On" special paint scheme of Jamie McMurray's #42 (Havoline) Dodge Charger.
Jamie McMurray will be racing four different Texaco/Havoline "Shine On" paint schemes this year in four races throughout the season.
McMurray will race the third of the "Shine On" cars at Infineon Raceway on June 26, 2005.
www.pyramidracing.com /PRC_STORE/en-us/dept_124.html   (525 words)

  
 Newsvine - McMurray, Stewart Released From Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
CONCORD, N.C. — Jamie McMurray and Tony Stewart went to the hospital for further evaluations following separate accidents Saturday night in the Busch Series race.
His sense of humor was intact before he and McMurray left to make the short trip to the hospital.
"Jamie McMurray is riding with us, so I don't know who is driving, me or him," Stewart said.
www.newsvine.com /_news/2006/05/27/230982-mcmurray-stewart-released-from-hospital   (247 words)

  
 GNEXTINC.com: NASCAR - Jamie McMurray 26 Sharpie/Irwin Tools/Crown Royal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
McMurray was originally supposed to go to the #6 Ford, but since Mark Martin announced he would race for another year, Jamie instead took over for Kurt Busch in the #97 Ford (which was renumbered #26).
Jamie has 2 poles in his NEXTEL Cup career.
Jamie is known has one of Nascar rising stars and infact moving to Roush gain more Fans.
www.gnextinc.com /nascar/drivers/jmcmurray.html   (558 words)

  
 The Official Jamie McMurray Fanlisting         { my weakness }   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jamie was named 2003 NASCAR Raybestos Winston Cup Rookie of the Year.
2004 marks Jamie McMurrays sophomore season behind the wheel of the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series.
Jamie is my favorite Nascar driver and I think he's fantastic (not to mention quite handsome
they.brinkster.net /jamie.html   (139 words)

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