James Christopher "Jamie" McMurray (born June 3, 1976) is a professional
American race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002
UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second
Winston Cup start, and is one of three drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year. He currently drives the #1
Bass Pro Shops/
McDonald's Chevrolet Impala in the
Sprint Cup Series for
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with crew chief
Kevin Manion.
Racing career
Early NASCAR career
In 1999, McMurray made four starts in the
Craftsman Truck Series. In 2000, he ran 15 Craftsman Truck races and posted one top-five and four top-ten finishes. During 2001 and 2002, he competed full-time in the
NASCAR Busch Series, driving the #27 Williams Travel Centers
Chevrolet Monte Carlo for
Brewco Motorsports. The latter year was better for McMurray, as he won two races and finished sixth in the overall points standings.
Before the fall race at Richmond in 2002,
Chip Ganassi announced McMurray would be the driver of a Texaco-Havoline sponsored Dodge in 2003. Ganassi planned to have Jamie drive the #42 Dodge for seven races in 2002.
2002 win at Lowe's Motor Speedway
McMurray substituted for an injured
Sterling Marlin, who fractured a
vertebra at the
Winston Cup race at
Kansas Speedway. He made his Cup debut, filling in the #40
Coors Light Dodge at . One week later, in just his second career NASCAR Winston Cup start, McMurray outraced
Bobby......
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