Not much has gone right for Jamie McMurray since winning at Daytona International Speedway last July. He’s had only five top-10 finishes in the 35 races since 2007’s Pepsi 400, but there’s something about being a defending champion of a race that can raise your spirits. McMurray edged Kyle Busch by inches at Daytona last year in the final restrictor-plate race for NASCAR’s old Cup car. The win was the second of McMurray's career and snapped a six-year winless streak.
McMurray’s No. 26 Roush Fenway Racing Ford will sport a special Irwin Industrial Tools paint scheme in this weekend’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, a scheme similar to the one used last year.
McMurray hasn’t been close to victory lane this year, with a best finish of eighth at Martinsville earlier this season. He was 18th at Infineon Raceway and 41st last weekend at New Hampshire after being in a crash with Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He's a longer shot than the long shot Capt. Augustus (Gus) McCrae made on that bushwhacker when he was pinned down behind his dead horse in 'Lonesome Dove'.
I have the latest rumor on Jamie's whereabouts for next year coming up later this week in RSO. Unless you beat me to it, 14F.
As long as the #26 doesn't have double #8 vision in the rear view mirror. I am not a Jr. fan. But if he is close. And the #26 is in front.....Well you get the Idea. Should be fun to watch.
That's not going to happen at Daytona, or anywhere else for that matter. Jamie and Jr. have talked it out. The location of the spotters, the design of pit road, Jr. being busy with something else inside the car, and Jamie racing Carpentier hard combined for an incident. That's all.
Jr's not going to intentionally wreck someone as payback, especially at Daytona. Jamie should not count on getting much drafting help from him, though. If Jr gets the chance, he may hang him out to dry. Wouldn't blame him.
I don't think anybody can count on much drafting help from anybody. You take what you can get and draft with the person who can get you there no matter who they are for the most part. It's that co-opetition DW speaks about.
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