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A New NASCAR Season Spawns Hope, Optimism and Nervousness

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Painted high on the walls of the sprawling setup room at the Stewart-Haas Racing team shop here are inspirational quotes from Winston Churchill, Thomas Paine, Lyndon B. Johnson and Vince Lombardi, among others, as well as Satchel Paige, the legendary African-American baseball player who made his name as...

Indy 500, Daytona 500 Champs Headline Ganassi's Rolex 24 Lineup

For the first time in the history of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the reigning Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500 winners will team up to campaign in the twice-around-the-clock sports car endurance race that kicks off 2011 Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway. Indy winner Dario Franchitti and Daytona winner Jamie...

Jamie McMurray Wins Bank of America 500 at Charlotte

CONCORD, N.C. -- Jamie McMurray battled past Kyle Busch on the final restart of the Bank of America 500 Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway and won his third race of the year, stealing the thunder of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. McMurray added the Charlotte fall race to his impressive...

Jamie McMurray Wins Nationwide Race at Atlanta

Jamie McMurray continued his spectacular season on the racetrack with a victory in the Nationwide race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Saturday night -- his first in the series in six years. McMurray jumped into the lead on the final restart and stretched his advantage to about one second before giving up most of that at the...

Changes Unlikely Among Top 12 NASCAR Drivers for Chase

Four NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers are hovering at or near 13th place in the points standings, hoping to claw their way up into the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup playoff beginning Sept. 19 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Don't shift to the edge of your seat just yet, however. With two races to go before the Chase...

jamie McMurray News From the Web

06/01/12 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing/ Dover International Speedway... Source: The Frontstretch Continue to follow Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (EGR) on their official team Twitter page.
05/30/12 Press Teleconference Interview With Jamie McMurray Source: NASCAR Bits and Pieces Last week Jamie McMurray spend a few minutes on the phone with the press answering some questions... below are excerpts from that NASCAR press conference where Jamie chats about his feelings on Ganassi programs, looking back at his first win, drivers have at, crashes in the industry and the changes that came to the All-Star race.
05/29/12 Banana Boat, Chip Ganassi Racing Teams partner for... Source: Drug Store News Banana Boat sun care is racing through Indianapolis as part of its sponsorship with Chip Ganassi Racing Teams for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series racing season.
05/23/12 McMurray Sees Better Days Ahead Source: RacingOne Jamie McMurray believes things are improving as the season goes along for his Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team.
05/21/12 NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders Source: The Garden Island - Lihu'e HI 1, Greg Biffle, 411. 2, Matt Kenseth, 409. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 397. 4, Denny Hamlin, 394. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 372. 6, Martin Truex Jr., 372. 7, Tony Stewart, 369. 8, Kevin Harvick, 361. 9, Kyle Busch, 349. 10, Carl Edwards, 337. 11, Clint Bowyer, 335. 12, Brad Keselowski, 328. 13, Paul Menard, 308. 14, Ryan Newman, 307. 15, Joey Logano, 293. 16, Kasey Kahne, 283. 17, Jeff Burton, 275. 18, Marcos Ambrose, 274. 19, Juan Pablo Montoya, 272. 20, Jamie McMurray, 263. 1, Matt Kenseth, $3,236,967. 2, Greg Biffle, $2,514,378. 3, Denny Hamlin, $2,485,141. 4, Tony Stewart, $2,437,265. 5, Jimmie Johnson, $2,337,634. 6, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,333,330. 7, Kyle Busch, $2,320,461. 8, Kevin Harvick, $1,974,556. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $1,971,737. 10, Carl Edwards, $1,887,646. 11, Jeff Burton, $1,868,750. 12, Brad Keselowski, $1,863,045. 13, Ryan Newman, $1,816,401. 14, Jeff Gordon, $1,783,834. 15, A J Allmendinger, $1,692,990. 16, Clint Bowyer, $1,633,152. 17, Marcos Ambrose, $1,578,388. 18, Aric Almirola, $1,574,511. 19, Jamie McMurray, $1,573,068. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, $1,545,666.

Background on jamie McMurray

James Christopher "Jamie" McMurray (born June 3, 1976) is a NASCAR driver. He is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver 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.

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