Chicagoland Speedway hosted the first round of the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup (Chase). Jamie McMurray, one of the 16 competitors in the Challenger Round of the Chase, started from the 13th position and managed and ill-handling car in the early running, to bring home a 16th-place finish.
Torrential rains on Friday afternoon forced the cancellation of qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway, which required the starting line-up to be determined by first practice speeds. McMurray would roll-off from 13th and ran among the top-15 throughout most of the event. Long green-flag runs made it difficult to make major adjustments to the car, forcing the No. 1 team a lap down before the halfway point of the 267-lap race.
McMurray would work to race back into the Lucky Dog position when the caution waved on lap-139, regaining a spot on the lead lap. Unfortunately two more long green-flag runs hampered the chance to adjust on the handling and McMurray would ultimately cross the finish line 16th.
With his finish, McMurray is currently 13th in the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings.
NOTES OF INTEREST
· McMurray is currently ranked 13th of the 16 driver in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, just three points out of 12th and the final cutoff of the three race Challenger Round
· The MyAfibRisk.com 400 was slowed by caution six times for 28 laps
CGRFS Quote board:
Jamie McMurray – No. 1 McDonald’s/Cessna Chevrolet SS: – “This wasn’t quite the day we were hoping for. We started out pretty strong, but my car just really went away after our second pit stop. Matt (McCall) and the guys made some good adjustments and got the car much better, but we had to battle for track-position and just never got the cautions to fall our way. The McDonald’s/Cessna Chevy was pretty good at the end, we just came up short on track-position.”
With a reset of the points to begin the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, McMurray will be in 12th-position heading to the first race of the Challenger Round next week at Chicagoland Speedway.
NSCS teams will run the Sylvania 300 New Hampshire Motor Speedway next Sunday, Sept. 27. NBC Sports Network will have live coverage beginning at 2 p.m. EDT.
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 18 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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