Tropicana 400 - Jamie McMurray Notes

Jamie McMurray, No. 42 Havoline Dodge
Tropicana 400 Race Advance

RACE INFORMATION:

EVENT: Tropicana 400 (Race 18 of 36)
TRACK: Chicagoland Speedway
QUALIFYING: Friday, July 11 at 3:05 p.m. CST
RACE: Sunday, July 13 at 2:00 p.m. CST
BROADCAST: NBC Television and MRN Radio

HAVOLINE TEAM FACTS:

* Chassis: The Havoline team will race chassis #304. Chassis #304 has delivered the best finishes of the 2003 season for McMurray. Chassis #304 has been raced on five different occasions, and has scored two top-five, three top-10 and five top-15 finishes. McMurray has competed with Chassis #304 at Rockingham, Texas, Fontana, Dover and Michigan this season.

* McMurray is making his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend. McMurray has two previous NASCAR Busch Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway with a best finish of 14th (7/13/02).

* McMurray enters the Tropicana 400 23rd in NASCAR Winston Cup Series points and currently sits second in the Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year standings.

* McMurray has scored both of Chip Ganassi Racing's top-five finishes in 2003. (5th place twice - Rockingham and Fontana)

* McMurray will be pulling double duty this weekend at Chicagoland as he will pilot the No. 1 Yellow Dodge in Saturday's NASCAR Busch Series race before climbing behind the wheel of the No. 42 Havoline Dodge for Sunday's Tropicana 400.

JAMIE MCMURRAY QUOTES:

"I'm looking forward to this weekend at Chicago. We're taking the best car in our stable, Chassis #304. This is the same car we've run five times already this year, and its worst finish is 14th at Michigan. I think we've found some things since Michigan that will make the car even better this weekend in Chicago."

"I haven't had many laps around Chicago, but it's a nice, smooth track where horsepower, handling and aerodynamics will be key. I think our Havoline Dodge is up to the task this weekend and we should be in good shape."

"We had a disappointing finish last weekend in Daytona, but the positive side is that our car was really good and the guys back at the shop have done a great job on our speedway program. I'm looking for good things out of our team over the summer months."

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