The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) made their lone visit to Kentucky Speedway. For the second consecutive weekend on the schedule rain would dominate the racing plans, affecting events scheduled Wednesday through Friday, including the cancelation of qualifying, thus the starting line-up would be determined by first practice speeds, giving McMurray a seventh-place starting position.
After starting in the top-10 McMurray reported handling issues in the early running. On lap 32, the first pit stop of the night, McMurray would have to make an additional trip down pit road to check for missing lugnuts and make further adjustments. The extra stop would drop McMurray to the back of the field, however the No. 1 crew worked feverishly to make improvements on the handling the rest of the night to get the No. 1 Chevy back to the front, however McMurray would ultimately settle for a 14th-place finish.
With his finish, McMurray dropped one position in the NSCS point standings and is currently in seventh-place.
NOTES OF INTEREST
· This was McMurray’s sixth consecutive top-15 finish
· The Quaker State 400 was slowed by caution 11 times for 9 laps
CGRFS Quoteboard:
Jamie McMurray – No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet SS: – “We just had a difficult time with the Cessna Chevy on short runs. The car was really loose on entry and tight through the center of the corner most of the night, so I had to work on adjusting my line to find speed. We had a little set back early in the race that put us in the back of the field, but the guys did a great job on pit road and managed another top-15 finish.”
NSCS teams will run the New Hampshire 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 19. NBC Sports Network, Sirius XM NASCAR Channel 90 and PRN Radio will have live coverage at 1:30 p.m. ET.
About Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
Chip Ganassi has been a fixture in the auto racing industry for over 25 years and is considered one of the most successful as well as innovative owners the sport has anywhere in the world. Today his teams include four cars in the IndyCar Series, two cars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and one Prototype in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. Overall his teams have 17 championships and over 160 victories, including four Indianapolis 500s, a Daytona 500, a Brickyard 400 and six Rolex 24 At Daytonas and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Ganassi boasts state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis and Brownsburg, Ind. and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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