The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) made stop number 13 on the 2015 schedule at Dover International Speedway, nicknamed the “Monster Mile” for its high-banks, concrete racing surface and close-quarters tough racing action. Jamie McMurray and the No. 1 McDonald’s/Cessna team got back on the road after racing close to home at Charlotte Motor Speedway the previous two weeks, looking to tame the monster. The No. 1 team battled hard through an up-and-down race to capture a seventh-place finish.
From the drop of the green flag on Sunday’s race, McMurray charged toward the front of the 43-car field, racing among the top-10, before cutting a left rear tire on lap 153, while running ninth. The pit stop to change the cut tire came during a normal cycle of green flag stops for other teams, so the loss of track-position was minimal. Later in the race, McMurray struggled with an extremely loose handling car, eventually falling one lap down to the leaders. With the benefit of several late-race cautions, the No. 1 team was able to get back on the lead lap for the green-white-checkered attempt and finish the 405-lap race with a seventh-place result.
With his finish, McMurray gained one position to seventh place in the NSCS point standings.
NOTES OF INTEREST
• This was McMurray’s fifth top-10 finish of the season
• McMurray was tied for first in the closers category, positions improved in the last 10% of the race, gaining seven positons in the last 40 laps of the FedEx 400
• The FedEx 400 was slowed by caution seven times for 40 laps
CGRFS Quoteboard:
Jamie McMurray – No. 1 McDonald’s/Cessna Chevrolet SS: – “We got off on the next-to-last run really badly, the car just got really loose. We were fortunate with the cautions at the end that really helped us get back on the lead lap and pick up several positions. I thought we had about a 12th-place car and finished seventh so it was a really good day.”
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will head to Pocono Raceway for the Axalta We Paint Winners 400 Sunday, June 7, 2015. FOX Sports 1 coverage will begin at 1 p.m. ET, Sirius/XM Channel 90 and MRN affiliated radio stations will also have live coverage.
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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