New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) hosted race No. 19 of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season. For the first time in several weeks rain did not have a dominate effect on racing action. Jamie McMurray and the McDonald’s/Cessna team looked to cap-off a strong weekend with a top-10 finish, but a late-race mechanical issue dropped the team from contention and ultimately finished with a 26th-place result.
McMurray sported a fast McDonald’s/Cessna Chevy all weekend, finishing the first practice on Friday with the third-fastest speed and advancing to the final round of qualifying with and 11th-place result. From the start of Sunday’s race, McMurray had a car that was strong on long-runs. The No.1 crew made several adjustments on pit stops, improving the handling throughout, to put McMurray in contention for a strong finish. Unfortunately with less than 30 laps to go, McMurray reported that he felt the engine was losing power. He was able to nurse the car to the finish and post a 26th-place finish.
With his finish, McMurray dropped two positions in the NSCS point standings and is currently in ninth-place
NOTES OF INTEREST
· Despite finishing 26th, McMurray ranked 10th for most green flag passes, with 86
· McMurray had the 12th-best average running position of 13.4 and ran 241 of the 301 laps in the top-15
· The 5-hour Energy 301 was slowed by caution seven times for 34 laps
CGRFS Quoteboard:
Jamie McMurray – No. 1 McDonald’s/Cessna Chevrolet SS: – “We had a pretty good car, especially near the end of the race, and the guys made it better with each run. On one of the late restarts I had another car get up underneath me and I just missed a shift, which ended up hurting the engine. I just tried to nurse it as much as I could to get to the finish. That is a disappointing way to end the day, but we had a good McDonald’s/Cessna Chevy here today”.
NSCS teams will run the Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway next Sunday, July 26. NBCSN, Sirius XM NASCAR Channel 90 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio will have live coverage at 3:30 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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