Jamie McMurray News

BGN Testing at Watkins Glen

BGN Testing at Watkins Glen

June 18, 2001
The rookies in the BGN are making their way to Watkins Glen on June 18 for the final test session before they take the green flag on July 8. #23-Scott Wimmer, #27-Jamie McMurray, #25-David Donohue and Larry Foyt will be in strong company, with several veterans also

Nazareth News

Nazareth News

May 13, 2001
Local hero and U.S. Cycling Olympic Gold Medallist Marty Nothstein will serve as the Grand Marshal for the Nazareth 200 NASCAR Busch Series race on May 20th at Nazareth Speedway. As Grand Marshal, Nothstein will give drivers the command to start their engines and will

Backup Cars:

Backup Cars:

March 31, 2001
PRN Radio reported that three drivers will need to use backup cars on the Texas race: #02-Ryan Newman, #55-Mark Green and #27-Jamie McMurray(3-31-2001)

#37 Rocks On:

#37 Rocks On:

February 22, 2001
Legendary rock group Aerosmith will promote its new single "Just Push Play" and an upcoming album of the same name through an associate sponsorship of Brewco Motorsports driver Jamie McMurray. Aerosmith will be featured on McMurray's car at selected events this year

Darlington Testing:

Darlington Testing:

February 8, 2001
a few BGN teams tested at Darlington Raceway on February 5th and 6th. Some teams speeds: #27-Jamie McMurray, 169.983mph; #37-Kevin Grubb, 169.106; #18-Jeff Purvis, 168.123(2-8-2001)

Las Vegas Testing Day 3:

Las Vegas Testing Day 3:

February 1, 2001
#61-Tim Sauter paced a group of 13 BGN drivers who were preparing for the March 3 Sam's Town 300. Sauter turned a lap of 166.037 mph), which was a lot faster than #11-Marty Houston' s second-best of 162.901mph. Joining Sauter and Houston for Busch Series testing were

Brewco to Pontiac?

Brewco to Pontiac?

February 1, 2001
been asked and found out that Brewco, who recently tested Pontiacs at Daytona, had to build new speedway cars for both teams so they decided to build Pontiacs for #27-Jamie McMurray and #37-Kevin Grubb. As far as I know they will race Chevy's at all other tracks except

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2:

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2:

January 31, 2001
For the second consecutive day, #50-Greg Biffle paced a field of BGN drivers who were preparing for the Sam's Town 300 on March 3rd. Biffle turned a lap of 166.359mph, which was faster than #74-Chad Little's 165.299mph. There were 11 NASCAR Busch Series teams who participated

2001 Daytona Testing – Final Day 4 speeds/news:

2001 Daytona Testing – Final Day 4 speeds/news:

January 24, 2001
The January testing season at Daytona International Speedway was completed on Thursday when NASCAR Busch Series teams wrapped their final day of testing. #43-Jay Sauter was the fastest on the speed chart in the final day of Busch Series testing with a lap of 184.438mph

Daytona Testing Day 3 speeds/news:

Daytona Testing Day 3 speeds/news:

January 24, 2001
#1-P.J. Jones was the fastest on the day with a lap of 184.649mph in the #1 Pontiac. Busch Series testing continues on Thursday and is free and open to the public with access through the lobby of DAYTONA USA. Wednesday Busch Series Test Speeds: 1. #1, P.J. Jones, Pontiac

McMurray debut:

McMurray debut:

October 25, 2000
McMurray debut: Jamie McMurray will make his BGN debut at the Memphis Motorsports Park on October 29th. McMurray will drive the #71 Southern Pride Ford Taurus owned by Matrix Motorsports. Matrix is owned by Cup driiver Kevin Lepage and Steve Plattenburger. Lepage has

#27 Candidates UPDATE 4 official new driver AND sponsor:

#27 Candidates UPDATE 4 official new driver AND sponsor:

October 19, 2000
#27 Candidates UPDATE 4 official new driver AND sponsor: hearing two drivers being considered for the #27 Brewco ride that Casey Atwood will leave at the end of the 2000 season are David Green and CTS driver Andy Houston. Houston is also considering Cup rides(7-25-

#41 Driver Change UPDATE:

#41 Driver Change UPDATE:

October 4, 2000
hearing Jamie McMurray has been released from the #41 TKO Dodge ride and David Starr will drive the truck for the rest of the year(9-28-2000) UPDATE: Earlier this summer, David Starr received a phone call from Mike Farris about driving for his #41 team on the CTS.

Roper to CTS UPDATE:

Roper to CTS UPDATE:

July 19, 2000
Tony Roper, who started the season out in the #50 WEM/DR Pepper BGN ride before that team folded, announced that he will be running several races in the CTS later this year for Mike Mittler's #26 team. Plans are for Roper to debut at IRP on August 3. Other races include

Some Rumored Driver changes:

Some Rumored Driver changes:

July 13, 2000
hearing Jamie McMurray will take over the #41 TKO Motorsports ride effective immediately. Randy Renfo has supposedly been released. Tony Roper will drive McMurray's old ride, the #26 truck in a few events, no idea if the #26 will try to run the full season or not(7