Jamie McMurray News

Rumblings – New Hampshire:

Rumblings – New Hampshire:

July 1, 2007
It was Denny Hamlin by an eyelash....Denny Hamlin won his first race of the season today at New Hampshire International Speedway as he barely held on to take the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 over Jeff Gordon....proving (at least for today) that two tires was the way

Testing update from Milwaukee MORE:

Testing update from Milwaukee MORE:

June 27, 2007
There were no incidents, no speeds reported from Tuesday test at The Milwaukee Mile. Wednesday and Thursday, Richard Childress is scheduled to be at The Milwaukee Mile with all three cars. Ford teams will run part or all of Wednesday to complete their 2-day test. Other

Some Cup teams testing at Milwaukee today:

Some Cup teams testing at Milwaukee today:

June 26, 2007
Five Ford teams are testing at the The Milwaukee Mile today in preparation for this weeks race at New Hampshire: #21 Wood Brothers w/Bill Elliott; #6 Roush Fenway w/David Ragan; #26 Roush Fenway w/Jamie McMurray; #7-Robby Gordon and #38 Robert Yates w/David Gilliland

Some first wins since stuff, some ironies:

Some first wins since stuff, some ironies:

June 25, 2007
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya's win at Infineon Raceway is the first win for sponsor Texaco since Ricky Rudd won in the #28 RYR Ford...at Infineon Raceway in 2002 and the first win for the 42 number since Joe Nemechek won for Felix Sabates at New Hampshire in 1999, the 68th

Montoya wins at Sonoma:

Montoya wins at Sonoma:

June 24, 2007
#42-Juan Pabloe Montoya won the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway for his 1st ever Nextel Cup Series win in his 17th career start. The win adds Montoya to the 2008 All-Star race. Montoya led 7 of the 110 laps and won from the 32nd starting spot, the worst spot

Rumblings – Sonoma Race Notes:

Rumblings – Sonoma Race Notes:

June 24, 2007
Juan Pablo Montoya had just enough fuel left today at Infineon Raceway to take the Toyota/Save Mart 350 for his first-ever Nextel Cup victory. He becomes the 10th different winner this season, the 175th different winner in Cup history, and he's tied for 115th on the

McMurray wins pole at Infineon Raceway:

McMurray wins pole at Infineon Raceway:

June 22, 2007
#26-Jamie McMurray won the Budweiser Pole for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway with a speed of 92.414mph for his 3rd career pole, his first since Pocono in July 2005, and the first pole for Ford since the Daytona 500 when #38-Gilliland won the pole. #7-

Ramblings – Infineon Raceway:

Ramblings – Infineon Raceway:

June 22, 2007
If the penalty to the #8 car and crew chief was a shot across the bow, today NASCAR hit 'em broadside! Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsport teammates) spent the day as spectators at Infineon Raceway after failing pre-practice inspection this morning and

Sonoma Qualifying Notes:

Sonoma Qualifying Notes:

June 22, 2007
.. Jamie McMurray won the Bud Pole for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 with a lap of 77.521 seconds, 92.414 mph. .. This is his third career Bud Pole in 166 Nextel Cup races. .. It is his first Bud Pole on a road course and his second top-10 start in five races at Infineon

Rumblings – Michigan Race Notes:

Rumblings – Michigan Race Notes:

June 17, 2007
We had a Ford in Victory Lane today, and that's a sight we haven't seen since February. Come to think of it, we hadn't seen one of those back- flips in a while either.... Carl Edwards broke the Chevy twelve race winning streak today at Michigan International Speedway

Roush: Aflac deal could be sign of things to come:

Roush: Aflac deal could be sign of things to come:

June 17, 2007
Jack Roush says that his team's new partnership with Aflac could highlight how future sponsorships will work in the sport. The company is sponsoring eight Nextel Cup races as primary sponsor for #16-Greg Biffle this season. It is also sponsoring four Busch Series races

Chase Notes/Stats before Michigan:

Chase Notes/Stats before Michigan:

June 16, 2007
Combined, #1-Truex Jr. and #12-Newman have made up 18 positions in the last five races and have emerged as bona fide Chase contenders. Newman has amassed a third-best 721 points over the last five and has zoomed 11 positions in the process, now sitting just 18 out

Aflac to Sponsor Roush-Fenway? UPDATE:

Aflac to Sponsor Roush-Fenway? UPDATE:

June 15, 2007
Aflac is on the verge of securing a multiyear team sponsorship deal with Roush Fenway Racing, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal reports. Aflac's sponsorship with Roush Fenway is expected to include four Nextel Cup races this year as the primary sponsor on Greg

Aflac to sponsor Biffle? UPDATE 3 Cue the Duck, Alfac signs with Roush:

Aflac to sponsor Biffle? UPDATE 3 Cue the Duck, Alfac signs with Roush:

June 15, 2007
hearing that former #7 Robby Gordon Motorsports crew chief, Greg Erwin will be Biffle's new crew chief. Also hearing that Aflac will sponsor the #16 Ford as the primary in a few races Ameriquest is supposed to sponsor. Ameriquest if looking to get out of their sponsor

Rumblings – Pocono Race Notes:

Rumblings – Pocono Race Notes:

June 10, 2007
We had it all today....twilight racing, a race to the rain, a strategy race, and one of the longest days in Nextel Cup racing to boot. When they finally put us out of our misery, Jeff Gordon was declared the winner. Gordon won the Pocono 265 today while the rain fell