Jamie McMurray on Dodge Teleconference
Written by John Davison · November 16, 2004
Driving the No. 42 Dodge, Jamie McMurray has clinched 11th place in the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Standings. He has 11 top 10 finishes in the past 13 races and has an average finish of 9.22 in the 9 Chase races. He’s won back-to-back Busch races and won a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in October at Martinsville. He’s fresh off a fourth-place finish in last Sunday’s Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington and he’s the defending pole winner at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
OPENING COMMENTS “With the exception of some of the problems we had early on, it seemed like we had all of the Ganassi engine failures early on in the season, but other than that it’s been pretty good. It seems like every single week we can finish in the top 10. Some of those weeks we can finish in the top five and some of those weeks we’ve had shots to win races. We’ve struggled a little bit in the pits, and that’s probably cost us here and there, but other than that it’s been pretty good.”
COMMENT ON NOT MAKING THE CHASE AND FINISHING 11TH “Obviously when we didn’t make the Chase that was our goal. I think a lot of people, and when I say that I mean the media, I think a lot of them thought that when we didn’t make The Chase, us and the other five or six teams, that maybe our season would be over with, but our team got stronger it seems like. Luck started going our way where maybe we didn’t have some of that earlier in the year, but from Richmond on it was really good. Every single week we were fast and Talladega is the only race we really struggled at. Even at Phoenix where I finished (24th) I was running eighth with 20 laps to go and had new tires where a lot of guys in front of me didn’t and got together with the 88 and spun myself out.”
COMMENT ON THE 25-POINT PENALTY “I think that’s probably the easiest
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