Consistently running in the front behind the wheel of the No. Martin's successor was originally going to be the driver of the No. Unlike Busch's tenure with Roush, McMurray has not been quick to find the magic and success that was present with the Missouri native on that October night of at Concord, North Carolina. Roush's team has tried about every trick in the book to help McMurray out on the track and even with his psyche as a racer.
From a change in his eating habits to visits with the sports psychiatrist, the results did not change on the track. He has all the talent to be very successful but he seems to get all the bad breaks. McMurray has only one win in the last five years, far to little for a driver that won in his second race.
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The Daytona is one of the premier events in all of sports and having the AdventHealth car on the track for this iconic race with Jamie behind the wheel is truly special. On November 1, , McMurray won the AMP Energy at Talladega Superspeedway , after leading over 20 laps and passing David Stremme with 8 laps to go, then surviving a green-white-checkered finish to earn his second restrictor-plate win.
His departure came as Roush Fenway was forced by a new NASCAR policy implemented a few years prior that limited the number of cars a race team could have to four, and the 26 was the team Roush Fenway chose to cut. He won the pole for the Goody's Fast Relief at Martinsville, where he finished 7th. Following the massive tornado that went through McMurray's home city Joplin, Missouri, McMurray listed Joplin as one of his racing sponsors to help his town.
He blew his engine during the Coca-Cola In July, McMurray came close to winning the Brickyard by passing Paul Menard with nine laps left but with four laps remaining, Menard took back the lead and while Menard charged to his first Cup victory, McMurray ended up 4th as a good record of July. McMurray congratulated Menard publicly after the race when he was interviewed about his finish. However, McMurray's second season with EarnhardthGanassi Racing was a disappointment compared to his first; he earned just four Top 10's that year and finished the season 27th in points.
He started the season with a crash in the Daytona The next week, in Phoenix , McMurray had an accident before blowing an engine; he then posted two straight 7th-place finishes at both Las Vegas and Bristol. He would not post another top ten in the Pocono race in June. McMurray contended to win at Talladega in the fall race, but Harvick spun McMurray in the final laps; thus, McMurray finished the season with only three Top 10s and no victories.
McMurray started his season on a low note, crashing in the Daytona on lap 33, relegating him to a 32nd-place finish, followed by a 22nd-place finish at Phoenix.
At Las Vegas, the third race of the year, McMurray improved, with a 13th-place finish. The following week, at Bristol, he scored a 10th-place finish; this was his first Top 10 of the season, despite spinning out in the middle of the race.
Then, after a 19th-place finish in Fontana, McMurray finished a season-best 7th place in Martinsville, despite being involved in an early collision with Clint Bowyer. McMurray then had a 16th-place finish at Texas, and took another 7th-place finish at Kansas, bringing him up to three Top 10 and six Top 20 finishes. Leading all 40 laps, the Cup win was his first since the Bank of America , which also came at Charlotte. McMurray would hit a low stretch, with a 19th-place finish in the Coca-Cola and a 33rd-place finish at Dover.
He then had a 13th-place finish at Pocono. At Michigan, McMurray led 21 laps but finished 33rd after a late accident. The following week at Sonoma, McMurray narrowly beat Marcos Ambrose to win his first pole of the season.
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