Jamie McMurray Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Jamie: Carl had a really good run the last lap and could've made it three-wide, and fortunately he was an incredible teammate tonight. He ended up giving that push, and that push is what helped get me to Victory Lane.

(Following his first victory since 2002) Jamie: I always said for five years, however long, there would never be another victory like Charlotte. And you wait so long to win. Every driver out here can tell you how special it is. I started crying, and I'm like, 'Why are you crying?' Because I was so happy. Celebrating.

Jamie: It's like night and day from last year, 100 percent better. And if you knew why it was this way, and why everything is working, then you'd never have any problems and everything would always be perfect. (About how the 2007 season is going for him)

Jamie: I just tried to make a conservative first lap and then go after it. (About qualifying second for the April 1, 2007 race at Martinsville)

Jamie: I'm really proud of this whole team; they have worked really hard over the last couple of months and it's finally paying off. It feels great to be running so well. Hopefully, this weekend in Martinsville we can bring home another strong finish.

Jamie:That’s a really tough way to start the race. This has been a really good track for me, so I really look forward to coming to Fontana. We didn’t qualify well, but our car seemed pretty good there the first four or five laps, at least what we got to try. The 10 car just spun out and he tried to save it and then got up into the outside wall, and you’re like 10 feet behind him, so you’re just hanging on. An unfortunate day. (Following the California 500 on February 25, 2007)

(About how he did at Texas Motor Speedway on 11/5/06) Jamie McMurray: Tonight was a weird night for our Crown Royal Ford Fusion. There were times tonight when our car was super fast and had a lot of grip, but other times when it just wouldn't handle the way I wanted it to. It was my fault for hitting the wall out there. I just got a little too loose coming off the corner. Once we lost a lap coming down pit road, there wasn't much we could do to get ourselves back up there.

Trivia

On Wednesday May 3, 2007, Jamie and Kevin Harvick were fined $25,000 for illegal bumping during the Aaron’s 499 race at Talladega Superspeedway.

In the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Racing season, Jamie had 3 Top 5 and 7 top 10 race finishes.

At the June 18, 2006 3M Performance 400, Jamie started 41st and finished 23rd.

At the June 4, 2006 Neighborhood Excellence 400, Jamie started 9th and finished 2nd.

At the May 27, 2006 Carquest Auto Parts 300, Jamie completed only 3 laps before a wreck took him out of the race.

At the May 13, 2006 Dodge Charger 500, Jamie completed 223 laps before being taken out of the race in 41st place.

At the May 6, 2006 Crown Royal 400, Jamie finished in 19th place, one lap down.

At the April 22, 2006 Subway Fresh 500, Jamie started the race 26th and finished 14th, one lap down.

At the April 9, 2006 Samsung/RadioShack 500, Jamie completed 254 laps before car problems made him finish in 37th place.

After starting in all the NASCAR Nextel Cup races, Jamie is currently 22nd in points.

At the April 2, 2006 DirecTV 500, Jamie led 6 laps of the race.

At the Food City 500 on March 26, 2006, Jamie qualified 8th, and finished in 35th place.

At the Nicorette 300 on March 18, 2006, Jamie qualified 12th and finished in 9th place.

At the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 on March 12, 2006, Jamie qualified 19th and finished in 23rd place.

He has 7 career NASCAR Busch series wins.

Jamie's first NASCAR Nextel Cup race was the UAW Ford 500 in 2002.

At the Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California in February 26, 2006, Jamie finished in 6th place.

Jamie currently drives the #64 Top Flite Dodge part time in the NASCAR Busch Series.

Jamie made his NASCAR racing debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 1999.

Jamie started driving the #26 Ford Fusion for Roush Racing in the 2006 race season.

Jamie won one pole in the 2005 race season (Pennsylvania 500, July 24, 2005).

Jamie drove the #42 Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing through the end of the 2005 racing season.