Bristol Motor Speedway, dubbed “The World’s Fastest Half Mile”, hosted the eighth race on the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season. After enduring a delayed start and two red-flags for rain in the Food City 500, teams were able to complete the full distance, and McMurray drove the McDonald’s Chevy to a 14th-place finish.
After advancing to the third round of qualifying on Friday afternoon, McMurray and the McDonald’s team had a strong car for Sunday’s race. The McDonald’s Chevy was strong from the drop of the green flag and competed among the leaders through most of the race.
With just 32 laps remaining, while battling for a top-five position, McMurray cut a right front tire and made contact with the outside wall. The No. 1 Chevy was forced to make a pit stop and lost a lap to the leaders. McMurray was able to continue and pick-up several positions in the closing laps to capture a 14th-place finish.
With his finish, McMurray dropped one position and is currently 12th in the NSCS point standings.
NOTES OF INTEREST
· The Food City 500 was slowed by caution 11 times for 117 laps and also had two red-flags
· McMurray had an average running position or 6.6 and completed 488 of the 511 laps in the top-15
· This was the second consecutive Spring race at BMS that McMurray has been running in the top-10 with less 50 laps to go and had an accident
CGRFS Quoteboard:
Jamie McMurray – No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet SS: – “Another strong run by our McDonald’s team at Bristol only to come up short. We had a really fast car tonight, but unfortunately I cut a right front tire and got into the wall with less than 40 laps to go. We were able to rebound a little bit with some cautions at the end and pick up a few positions. Not sure why the tire blew out, but pretty happy to salvage a 14th-place finish out of the night”.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will head to Richmond International Raceway and the Toyota Owners 400, April 25. FOX, Sirius XM NASCAR Channel 90 and MRN Radio will have live coverage at 7:30 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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