Jamie McMurray Darlington Race Advance
Jamie McMurray, #42 Dodge Darlington Race Advance RACE INFORMATION: EVENT: Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 (race 5 of 36) TRACK: Darlington Raceway QUALIFYING: Friday, March 14 at 2:35 p.m. EST RACE: Sunday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m. EST BROADCAST: FOX Television and MRN Radio TEAM FACTS: * Chassis: The team will race chassis #206. This is the same car McMurray raced at Las Vegas Motor Speedway two weeks ago. * McMurray will be making his first NASCAR Winston Cup Series start at Darlington Raceway this weekend. He has four previous NASCAR Busch Series starts at Darlington Raceway with a best finish of 14th (Spring '01). * McMurray has qualified in the top-10 in three of his four starts at Darlington Raceway in Busch Series competition. His worst qualifying effort has been 12th place. * McMurray and the team come to Darlington 29th in NASCAR Winston Cup Series points and currently lead the Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year standings. JAMIE MCMURRAY QUOTES: "Darlington is definitely a track that you have to give respect to," McMurray said. "There's a reason it's called 'The Track Too Tough to Tame.' Darlington's surface eats the tires very bad and you have to be patient and get your car to handle on the long runs at Darlington. The key is to just be around at the end and try not to get too many 'Darlington Stripes' on your car." "I have a pretty good qualifying record at Darlington and if we can get the finishing position to match that, I'll be happy," McMurray added. "Even though we've had a couple of bad weekends at Las Vegas and Atlanta, everyone on this team continues to be pumped up about the 2003 season and all the potential that exists within this team," McMurray said. "You have to approach each race as a new opportunity to have success and can't get bogged down on what happened last week. We're ready to try to tackle Darlington this weekend." JAMIE MCMURRAY DARLINGTON RACEWAY STATS: Date Finish Start LC / TL Money Status Busch: 8/31/02 32 9 67 / 74 * $11,490 Accident 3/16/02 16 9 146 / 147 $15,640 Running 9/1/01 23 12 145 / 147 $12,755 Running 3/17/01 14 9 147 / 147 $16,461 Running * Rain-shortened event TEAM: DRIVER: Jamie McMurray CREW CHIEF: Donnie Wingo TEAM MANAGERS: Andy Graves, Tony Glover Name Pit Crew Duty Shop Duty Mike Brill Front Tire Carrier Car Chief Keith Mansch Rear Tire Carrier Fabricator Billy Curwood Front Tire Changer Assembly Mark Cass Jack Man Chassis Setup Dave Collins Rear Tire Changer Fabricator Heath Silver Catch Can Man Assembly Rick Reling Windshield Assembly Mike Bodick Gas Man Assembly Trevor Jackson Pit Support Shocks Ryan Quinn Pit Support Paint Shop Bob Hannigan Pit Support Truck Driver Matt Gimble Engineer Engineer Keith Armstrong Pit Support Tire Specialist Brady Whitcamper Scorer Assembly Ray Hall Spotter Suspension Supervisor Bob Dell Engine Specialist Engine Tuner Al Shuford Trainer Trainer