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McMurray Wins The Brickyard 400

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Jamie McMurray greatly increased the quality of his racing resume Sunday with The Brickyard 400 victory.  He now has joined some very good company with the likes of Jimmie Johnson and Dale Jarrett.  Johnson and Jarret were the only other NASCAR drivers to win The Daytona 500 and The Brickyard 400 in . . . → Read More: McMurray Wins The Brickyard 400

Montoya Captures The Brickyard 400 Pole

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Today Juan Pablo Montoya (JPM) captured the pole for the 17th running of The Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in his Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing #42 Target Chevy. JPM, the 2000 winner of the Indianapolis 500, won the pole with a lap time of 40.375 seconds and a speed of 182.278 mph.  Juan . . . → Read More: Montoya Captures The Brickyard 400 Pole

EGR Reveals The GE Light Bulb #1 Car

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Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and GE Lighting announce today that the GE Reveal® Light Bulb brand will be the primary sponsor on the #1 Chevrolet, driven by 2010 Daytona 500 Champion, Jamie McMurray at the June 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Michigan International Speedway.

In conjunction with GE’s . . . → Read More: EGR Reveals The GE Light Bulb #1 Car

Hamlin Pulls Off A Double At Darlington

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Denny Hamlin pulled off the Darlington double, winning both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races this weekend!  That feat has only been accomplished 3 times in Darlington’s illustrious 61 year history!

Denny Hamlin restarted the Showtime Southern 500 Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway Saturday night in the lead driving his JGR . . . → Read More: Hamlin Pulls Off A Double At Darlington

McMurray Is Comfortable Again

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Many think that Roush-Fenway Racing is not only a top level race team in NASCAR, but the answer to many of their Ford prayers.

But for Jamie McMurray, driving for Roush was just plain uncomfortable. A bad pairing for him and for Roush, he said this week.

“That was a tough place to . . . → Read More: McMurray Is Comfortable Again

Reworked Rules Equals Excitement!

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NASCAR’s philosphy change and its new approach of “have at it boys” now seems to be paying dividends.  It has brought back the excitement to racing.  The addition of up to 3 green-white-checkered finishes to insure a race ending under green is creating excitement.  It is also creating a new strategy for . . . → Read More: Reworked Rules Equals Excitement!

Harvick Wins The Aaron’s 499

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There are two tracks that NASCAR has declared an out of bounds area, Daytona and Talladega.  That out of bounds area is defined by the double yellow line on the very inside of the racing surface.  You can not go below the double yellow line to better your position or you will . . . → Read More: Harvick Wins The Aaron’s 499

Montoya Has A Chapped Buttocks!

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One might wonder just how much venom would have spewed Sunday after the Las Vegas Shelby American 400, had not Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray been teammates?  As it was there was plenty spewing out  to go around!

The two team mates collided with each other in turn #3 early on in . . . → Read More: Montoya Has A Chapped Buttocks!

McMurray Back His Roots

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What has been widely speculated, is now a reality.  Today it was announced that Jamie McMurray would drive the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing #1 Bass Pros Sports/ Tracker Boats Chevy in 2010.  That announcement reunites McMurray back with his original Cup owner, Chip Ganassi, whom he drove for from 2002-2005.

McMurray broke into the . . . → Read More: McMurray Back His Roots

McMurray Wins Amp Energy 500!

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As this reported crept onto the property through the fog and the mud to find a parking spot at Talladega Superspeedway at 6:15 am Sunday in the rental car, it appeared that the race may be in jeopardy of postponement for lack of visibility!  The actual visibility at that time was approximately . . . → Read More: McMurray Wins Amp Energy 500!