YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
2006 Finished 25th in series points. … Struggled in first year with Roush Racing, finishing with three top fives and
seven top 10s, both career lows. … Best finish was second at Dover in June. Led most of the final 90 laps before
being passed by teammate Matt Kenseth with three laps remaining. … Started on the outside pole at Martinsville in
April and Infineon.
2005 Finished 12th in series points. … Best finish was second place at Texas (April) and Daytona (July). … Earned
four top fives and 10 top-10 finishes. … Earned the pole at Pocono in July.… Was in the coveted 11th place position
until dropping to 12th with two races to go in the season.
2004 Finished 11th in series points. … Almost doubled his top fives from his rookie season, finishing with nine. …
His 23 top-10 finishes was tied for second in the series. … Won three NASCAR Busch Series races in 14 starts, including
Rusty Wallace’s first win as an owner at Darlington. … Won a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville
for Ultra Motorsports.
2003 Finished 13th in series points. … Beat 2002 NASCAR Busch Series champion Greg Biffle for the Raybestos
Rookie of the Year award. … Won his first career pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the last race of the season.…
Best finish was third, twice, at Indianapolis and Bristol in August. … Had 13 top-10 finishes. … Also started 19 races
in the NASCAR Busch Series.
2002 Finished 46th in series points. … Won first race in only his second start at Charlotte in October by holding off
Bobby Labonte on the last lap; he led 96 laps of the event as well. … Qualified on the outside pole at Rockingham’s
fall race and finished 15th. … One of the biggest stories of the season, the NASCAR Busch Series regular was
announced in early September as the surprising selection for the Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates’ Havoline Dodge ride
in 2003, but got the nod to finish the season’s six remaining races following neck injury to Sterling Marlin that ended
the veteran’s chase for the championship after Kansas race in September.
PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
Won his first two NASCAR Busch Series races and scored his first win in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series within a fourweek
period in 2002; following his win at Charlotte Oct. 13, he won his first NASCAR Busch Series race Oct. 26 at
Atlanta followed one week later with a self-described “lucky” victory at Rockingham, taking the checkered flag after
a last-lap tangle between Jeff Green and Michael Waltrip who were running one-two. … Finished sixth in the NASCAR
Busch Series standings in 2002 and posted career bests in top-five (six) and top-10 (14) finishes. … Ran in 69
NASCAR Busch Series races from 2000-02, winning twice and earning six top fives and 17 top 10s during that span;
third in Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings in 2001. … Competed in five races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series in 1999 while also racing in the NASCAR Midwest Series. … Ran in the NASCAR Weekly Series at several tracks
in his home state of Missouri, most notably the I-44 Speedway where he was track champion in 1997. … Also competed
in the Grand American Late Model Class from 1996-98 and in the Grand American Modified Division from 1994-
95; began racing Late Models in 1992 at age 16. … Started with go-karts at age eight. … Won four U.S. Go-Kart titles
between 1986-92 and was World Go-Kart champion in 1991. … Selected as one of only 10 Americans to represent
the U.S. in an international karting event in the former Soviet Union in 1989.
NOTEWORTHY
His NASCAR Busch Series victory on Oct. 26, 2002 gave him the distinction of becoming the 100th driver to win a
NASCAR Busch Series race. … Became associated with 2002 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion Tony Stewart
during their days on the go-kart circuit while Stewart was in junior class and McMurray in rookie-junior class. …
Enjoys racing remote-controlled cars not just for the hobby, but also for the hand-eye coordination to aid him on the
track. … McMurray’s home was featured on “MTV Cribs.” … Actively involved with his foundation, the Jamie
McMurray Foundation, which supports Autism Awareness.
