Jamie McMurray
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
1.5-mile speedway located in Las Vegas, Nev.
NSCS: UAW-Dodge 400; Sunday, March 2, 2008
FAST FACTS:
In five career Cup starts at the 1.5-mile speedway, Jamie McMurray
has one top five and two top-10 finishes.
McMurray has completed all but nine laps (1329/1338) at LVMS, a
99.3% laps completed record.
McMurray has a career starting position average of 18.0 and an
average finishing position of 16.8 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
This Thursday, McMurray and Crown Royal will announce the grand
prize winner of its second annual "Your Name Here" 400 contest, where
either Tim Weiland or Dan Lowry will be awarded naming rights to the
race at Richmond International Raceway in May 2008.
Jamie McMurray - NSCS ADVANCE
Team: No. 26 Crown Royal Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Larry Carter
Chassis: RK-551 Tested at Las Vegas, Feb. 2008
RK-463 Last outing: Martinsville, Oct. 2007; Finished 32nd
McMurray on racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
"After our test session a few weeks ago at Vegas, I’m really looking
forward to the race next weekend. We had a really long weekend in
Fontana, both with the rain and our finish, but I really feel we will
have a better run this coming weekend. Last year we didn’t have the
best qualifying at Las Vegas, but Larry (Carter) and Derek (Stamets)
made a lot of adjustments during the race that really made the car
handle well and I was able to race up through the pack.
“I know our engineering department has come a really long way with this
COT. After our teammate won last weekend at Fontana, it just goes to
show how far along Roush Fenway has come with the new car. At the end
of last year, I really feel like we started to hit our stride with the
new car, and this season, I know that will continue. We didn’t have the
best run last week at Fontana, and I know all the guys on the team are
looking for a solid run to start the season off with.”
Crew Chief Larry Carter on racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
“After they reconfigured the Vegas track a couple of years ago, it has
really made the track a very technical track to get around. The car
enters the corner at such a high speed due to the new banking the track
has installed. During our test session, the Crown Royal team was very
impressed with how we ran and are looking forward to returning this
weekend. I think we made a lot of positive gains on the track with our
new car. The car we are taking this weekend has never raced, but was
the car we took to the test session a few weeks ago. Hopefully, we’ll
be to keep our nose clean and have a good run for the Crown Royal team
in Las Vegas.”
