Jamie McMurray
McMurray atLas Vegas Motor Speedway in 2025
Born	James Christopher McMurray (1976-06-03)June 3, 1976 (age 49) Joplin, Missouri, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Achievements	2003 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2010 Daytona 500 Winner 2010 Brickyard 400 Winner 2013Sprint Showdown Winner 2014 Sprint All-Star Race Winner 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona Overall Winner
NASCARCup Series career
584 races run over 19 years
2021 position	33rd
Best finish	11th (2004)
First race	2002EA Sports 500 (Talladega)
Last race	2021Daytona 500 (Daytona)
First win	2002UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte)
Last win	2013Camping World RV Sales 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 7 169 11
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
190 races run over 14 years
2018 position	96th
Best finish	6th (2002)
First race	2000Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race	2018Alsco 300 (Charlotte)
First win	2002Aaron's 312 (Atlanta)
Last win	2010Great Clips 300 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 8 70 3
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
25 races run over 4 years
2008 position	81st
Best finish	22nd (2000)
First race	1999O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 (I-70)
Last race	2008Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
First win	2004Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 6 3
Statistics up to date as of December 25, 2021.

James Christopher McMurray (born June 3, 1976), nicknamed "Jamie Mac",^[1] is an American former professionalstock car racing driver and currently an analyst forFox NASCAR andNASCAR on The CW.^[2] He raced in theNASCAR Cup Series on a full-time basis from 2003 to 2018 before shifting to aDaytona 500-only schedule in 2019 and 2021.

McMurray earned his first win in just his second career start in October 2002. He is also known for winning the2010 Daytona 500 forChip Ganassi Racing, and is one of only three drivers to win both the Daytona 500 andBrickyard 400 in the same year.

In 1999, McMurray made five starts in theCraftsman Truck Series. In 2000, he ran sixteen Truck races and posted one top-five and four top-ten finishes. During 2001 and 2002, he competed full-time in theBusch Series, driving the No. 27Williams Travel CentersChevrolet Monte Carlo forBrewco Motorsports. The latter year was better for McMurray, as he won two races and finished sixth in the overall points standings.

After his surprise win atLowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte in the No. 40 Winston Cup car, he won his first NASCAR Busch Series win at theAaron's 312 at theAtlanta Motor Speedway in October by beatingJoe Nemechek andMichael Waltrip on fuel mileage. McMurray only led one lap total and became the one-hundredth different driver to win in the Grand National Series. He then won the next weekend at theSam's Club 200 atNorth Carolina Motor Speedway by leading only the last two laps as leadersJeff Green andMichael Waltrip wrecked each other on the last lap. McMurray finished the year sixth in final points, 772 points behind championGreg Biffle, who would end up being his rookie rival in 2003.

McMurray's entry into Cup racing did not go as planned. McMurray was scheduled to drive a limited schedule in a No. 42Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge in 2002, in preparation for a full-time 2003 rookie of the year campaign in the No. 42 with new sponsorTexaco/Havoline. However, he was instead tapped as interim replacement for injured Ganassi Cup driverSterling Marlin, who fractured avertebra in a crash atKansas Speedway.^[3] Thus, McMurray made his Cup debut in the No. 40Coors Light Dodge atTalladega. One week later, at Charlotte, in just his second career NASCAR Winston Cup and first non-restrictor plate start, McMurray outraced theJoe Gibbs Racing Pontiacs ofBobby Labonte andTony Stewart to win theUAW-GM Quality 500. McMurray had been consistent the entire night and led 96 of the final one hundred laps to score the win.^[4] It is considered one of the biggest upsets in NASCAR history.^[5] This win set a modern-era record for fewest starts before a win (since tied byTrevor Bayne in the2011 Daytona 500, and eclipsed byShane van Gisbergen winning his Cup Series debut in 2023), and it was also the first time a driver won in their first start at a 1.5-mile track. McMurray drove for six of the remaining seven races, except for the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville, withMike Bliss driving as scheduled in the No. 40.

In 2003, McMurray joined the Cup Series full-time. He wonRookie of the Year honors by 37 points overGreg Biffle.^[6] McMurray had five top-fives, thirteen top-tens, and finished thirteenth in the overall standings. He began competing part-time in the Busch Series.

In 2004, McMurray and his team were penalized 25 points^[7][8] after theFood City 500 for an incorrect "x-measurement," a method of comparing the center of the roof with the center of the chassis,^[9] which proved costly when later in the year, McMurray missed theChase for the Cup by fifteen points. If he had made the playoff field, McMurray would have finished the year fourth in points due to his strong performance in the Chase races. The same weekend of the penalty, McMurray was fined $15,000 by NASCAR for intentionally causing a wreck after the race was over.

He had 23 Top 10s during the season, including twelve in the last fourteen races, and finished eleventh in the points standings, which earned him a $1 million bonus. In the same year, he won a Truck Series race, joining 20 other drivers who have won a race in all three of NASCAR's top touring series. In 2005, McMurray scored four top-fives and ten top-tens to finish twelfth in points. McMurray came in tenth in points with a one-point cushion over Ryan Newman in the final race before the chase atRichmond International Raceway. McMurray was wrecked byTony Raines later in the race, ending his chase hopes.

McMurray left the No. 42 team after the 2005 season to drive forRoush Racing. Owner Chip Ganassi was initially adamant that McMurray would be held to his contract, but on November 7, 2005, McMurray was released when Ganassi and partner Felix Sabates learned that McMurray had signed a contract with Roush already before the season ended. McMurray was originally to go to the No. 6 Ford in 2006, but sinceMark Martin announced he would race for another year, McMurray instead took over forKurt Busch in the No. 97Crown Royal/IRWIN Tools Ford (which was then renumbered No. 26).^[10]

In April 2006,Jack Roush movedJimmy Fennig from crew chief of the No. 26 Ford to head Roush's Busch operations.Bob Osborne, who had been crew chief forCarl Edwards, moved to head the crew for McMurray. 2006 was a hard season for McMurray. McMurray's best finish of the 2006 season came atDover International Speedway, where he finished second after leading the most laps. McMurray would record three top fives, seven top tens, and finish a disappointing 25th in points.^[11]

McMurray began the 2007 season with crew chiefLarry Carter. On June 22, 2007, he won his third career Cup pole for theToyota Save/Mart 350. On lap 1, he was passed byRobby Gordon for the lead, but he spent the first quarter of the race holding offBoris Said andJeff Burton for second place. When Robby Gordon pitted after 34 laps, McMurray traded the lead repeatedly. With about 45 laps left, McMurray took the lead and dominated the final laps, but with seven to go, Cup rookie and his future teammateJuan Pablo Montoya passed him and held him off until McMurray eventually ran out of gas with two to go and resulting in 37th. On July 7 at the Pepsi 400, McMurray led a few laps in the first stages. However, on lap thirty, McMurray was then black-flagged by NASCAR for slipping out of bounds. He then spent the rest of the race charging back through the field, eventually getting back to the front on lap 155. McMurray then led the final stages but battled Kyle Busch for five laps. On the last lap, Busch was the leader next to McMurray and charged to the finish, but at the last second, McMurray charged one last time and barely beat Busch to win thePepsi 400 for his second career Cup win. The margin was 0.005 of a second, and the finish resembled theDaytona 500 of the year's finish when Kevin Harvick beat Mark Martin at the last second of the race that year.^[12] The photo finish, at that time, was the closest inDaytona International Speedway history and tied for the second closest finish (1993 DieHard 500) since the advent of electronic scoring in 1993. McMurray finished the year 17th in the point standings.

In the beginning of the 2008 season, McMurray encountered a string of poor finishes that relegated him to 36th in points^[13] and thus notguaranteed a spot^[14] when NASCAR reached the spring Martinsville race. When the current points went into effect to determine those who were locked in the race, McMurray was required to qualify for the race based on his time around the track.^[15] He qualified 5th, locking himself into the field as the fastest of the teams not locked into the race.^[16] He earned an 8th-place finish in the race, securing himself a spot in the Top 35 in points and thus a guaranteed starting position for the next race. Throughout the remainder of the season, he steadily climbed in the standings and reached the top twenty in points. On October 11, 2008, McMurray rallied to finish 5th in theBank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. It was his first top-five finish since his victory at Daytona in July of the previous year. McMurray finished sixteenth in the standings.^[17]

McMurray reunited with former crew chiefDonnie Wingo in 2009. Crew chief Larry Carter moved toYates Racing to be crew chief forPaul Menard.^[18] McMurray started the 2009 season by dominating the final stages of theBudweiser Shootout, but finished second when he lost the lead toKevin Harvick on the last lap. McMurray had an excellentSpeedweeks, finishing ninth in hisGatorade Duel. In theDaytona 500, McMurray ran up front and was a contender, but was involved inthe big one, and his teammate Matt Kenseth won the race. Later in the year, Roush Fenway Racing informed McMurray he would be allowed to leave the team as they needed to cut their teams down to the NASCAR-mandated four. On November 1, 2009, McMurray won theAMP Energy 500 at Talladega after leading over 20 laps and passingDavid Stremme with eight laps to go. He then survived agreen-white checkered finish to earn his secondrestrictor-plate win. Roush released him and the No. 26 team at the end of the season due to NASCAR's four-team limit and the expiration of Roush Fenway Racing's exemption that allowed a fifth team. McMurray decided to ask former boss Chip Ganassi for another chance following his disappointing era on Roush-Fenway Racing, and Ganassi granted him a contract to let him drive for his merged team with Dale Earnhardt Inc.,Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.

In 2010, McMurray moved over toEarnhardt Ganassi Racing in the No. 1 car, replacingMartin Truex Jr.^[19] McMurray reunited with Chip Ganassi when he participated in the2010 24 Hours of Daytona; it was the first time he has been with Ganassi since 2005.

On February 14, 2010, McMurray would start the year off with a bang when, in just his first start for Ganassi since 2005, McMurray won theDaytona 500. He led for only two laps, the least in Daytona 500 history at the time, passingKevin Harvick with two to go before holding offGreg Biffle and a rapidly chargingDale Earnhardt Jr. McMurray cried in victory lane and thanked Ganassi and his new sponsors for giving him another chance. McMurray accidentally crashed into his new teammate and former rival, Juan Pablo Montoya, at Las Vegas. McMurray apologized, but Montoya said after the race that he felt like McMurray wasn't helping the team much, although later they made up. McMurray almost won theAaron's 499 that spring, butKevin Harvick beat him in a .011-second drag race to the finish line. McMurray led 27 laps. It was speculated by McMurray's car ownerFelix Sabates, that Harvick went below the yellow line when he made the pass, but this was denied by NASCAR.^[20]

In May, McMurray ended up second toKurt Busch in theCoca-Cola 600 and had several more top ten finishes before in July, McMurray held off Harvick again to win theBrickyard 400, which made him one of only three drivers to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year, the feat previously having been accomplished byJimmie Johnson in 2006 andDale Jarrett in 1996. Chip Ganassi became the first owner to win both races (with McMurray) and theIndianapolis 500 (withDario Franchitti) in the same year. In September, McMurray held offKyle Busch to win theGreat Clips 300 in the Nationwide Series at Atlanta.^[21] Although he did not make the Chase, he did win theBank of America 500 at the site of his first win —Charlotte Motor Speedway.^[22] McMurray finished fourteenth in the standings with three wins nine top-fives and twelve top-tens.

On January 19, 2011, McMurray signed a multi-year extension with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to continue driving the No. 1 Chevrolet. He won the pole for theGoody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville, where he finished seventh. Following themassive tornado that went through McMurray's home cityJoplin, Missouri, McMurray listed Joplin as one of his racing sponsors to help his town. He blew his engine during theCoca-Cola 600 while battlingMatt Kenseth for the race lead. In July, McMurray came close to winning theBrickyard 400 by passingPaul Menard with nine laps left, but with four laps remaining, Menard took back the lead, and while Menard charged to his first Cup victory, McMurray ended up fourth with a good record in July. McMurray congratulated Menard publicly after the race when he was interviewed about his finish. However, McMurray's second season with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing was a disappointment compared to his first; he earned just four top-tens that year, and finished the season 27th in points.

2012 was not much better for McMurray. He started the season with a crash in theDaytona 500. The next week, inPhoenix, McMurray had an accident before blowing an engine; he then posted two straight seventh-place finishes at bothLas Vegas andBristol. He would not post another top ten until the Pocono race in June. McMurray contended to win at Talladega in the fall race, but Harvick spun McMurray in the final laps; thus, McMurray finished the season with only three top-tens and no victories.

McMurray started his season on a low note, crashing in theDaytona 500 on lap 33, relegating him to a 32nd-place finish, followed by a 22nd-place finish at Phoenix. At Las Vegas, the third race of the year, McMurray improved, with a thirteenth-place finish. The following week, at Bristol, he scored a tenth-place finish; this was his first Top 10 of the season, despite spinning out in the middle of the race. Then, after a nineteenth-place finish in Fontana, McMurray finished a season-best 7th place in Martinsville, despite being involved in an early collision withClint Bowyer. McMurray then had a 16th-place finish at Texas and took another seventh-place finish at Kansas, bringing him up to three top-ten and six top-twenty finishes.

McMurray took home first place in the non-points-paying2013 Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Leading all 40 laps, the Cup win was his first since the 2010 Bank of America 500, which also came at Charlotte. He would go on to finish eighth in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. McMurray would hit a low stretch, with a nineteenth-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 and a 33rd-place finish at Dover. He then had a thirteenth-place finish at Pocono. At Michigan, McMurray led 21 laps but finished 33rd after a late accident. The following week at Sonoma, McMurray narrowly beatMarcos Ambrose to win his first pole of the season.

McMurray then had two strong runs - a runner-up finish toMatt Kenseth at Kentucky, followed by the Coke Zero 400, where he led ten laps and finished seventh. He followed that up with a solid twelfth-place finish at New Hampshire.

In October, McMurray held offDale Earnhardt Jr. andRicky Stenhouse Jr. to win at Talladega, snapping a 108-race winless streak. This was his seventh career victory and fourth on a restrictor plate track (with wins at Daytona in 2007 and 2010 and Talladega in November 2009).

McMurray had a slow start to the 2014 season, finishing fourteenth at Daytona after a last-lap crash, though he posted a top-ten at Fontana. His performances improved at the All-Star Race. After starting in the top ten, McMurray controlled 40% of the ninety-lap race, passed leader Carl Edwards on the final restart, and held off Kevin Harvick for $1,370,400. He was very emotional about his win and gave credit for the win to his pit crew, thanking his new crew chiefKeith Rodden.

On lap 165 of theFedEx 400, McMurray drove into a chunk of concrete, causing his car to turn sideways. The resultingpothole, which was 8 in.x 10 in., led to a red flag that lasted 22 minutes and 22 seconds.^[23]

On June 21, 2014, McMurray won the pole for theToyota/Save Mart 350 for his first pole of the 2014 season and the tenth of his career.^[24] McMurray finished 16th at New Hampshire, after a solid 5th place start. At theIrwin Tools Night Race, McMurray had a car to beat, led the most laps (148), and had the lead with 67 laps to go, but faded towards the end of the race and finished eighth. McMurray had a good end to the season, grabbing a top-ten at Homestead. He finished in eighteenth in the overall standings, seventy-three points behind his teammateKyle Larson.

McMurray had another crew chief change entering 2015, his second swap in two years. His new crew chief is former RCR Engineer Matt McCall. McMurray started the year out poorly with finishes of 27th and 40th at Daytona and Atlanta after being involved in two crashes. He then scored an eleventh at Las Vegas. Coming to the fourth race of the season (Phoenix), he contended withKevin Harvick for the win, but ended in second. He finished 21st at Auto Club. However, he experienced a good streak of races, a tenth at Martinsville, a sixth at Texas, a fourteenth at Bristol, and a fourth at Richmond, where it looked like McMurray was one of the only drivers who could challenge the winnerKurt Busch. He finished 11th at Talladega. After ten races, McMurray was 7th in the standings - the highest he had ever been since the second race of 2010. He had a 44-point cushion over 17th place.

Starting the summer part of the season, McMurray posted a thirteenth-place finish at Kansas. He posted a sixteenth at the All-Star race after leading Segment 3. He finished nineteenth in the Coca-Cola 600. McMurray had a strong run afterward, coming seventh at Dover, Pocono, and Michigan consecutively. He then finished eleventh at Sonoma after a tire issue early threw a wrench in the team's plans. The next week, McMurray's car was involved in a nine-car practice crash and was forced to a backup car for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona; the backup car was slow during the race, and he was involved in multiple large accidents. Still, due to the majority of the field being involved in wrecks, McMurray was able to hang on to finish fifteenth. After seventeen races, McMurray was sixth in points, the highest winless driver in the points. He also had an 85-point cushion overAric Almirola. McMurray finished fourteenth at Kentucky after starting seventh. McMurray lost one spot in the standings to seventh. McMurray looked to grab a top 10 at New Hampshire until he lost a cylinder in his engine and finished 26th. As a result, he dropped to 9th in the standings. Over the next few races, he didn't pick up many points due to a 40th at Watkins Glen. At Bristol, he rallied back for an 11th, which kept him in 10th place in the driver standings. He went on to make the Chase for the first time in his career, seeded 12th in the standings.

At Chicagoland, McMurray started 13th and finished sixteenth. At New Hampshire, he started 23rd and finished fourteenth. Heading into Dover, he started eleventh due to rain washing out qualifying. He was eleventh in the points, just two points above the cut line for who would be eliminated from the Chase going into the Contender Round, and one point aboveDale Earnhardt Jr., who marked the cutoff line. During the race, McMurray would be locked in a constant battle with Earnhardt for control of the final transfer spot. Ultimately, Earnhardt finished third and McMurray finished fourth, which tied them in points, which was broken in favor of Earnhardt, which cut McMurray from the Chase.

On September 19, 2015, McMurray joinedNASCAR on NBC for the Xfinity Series race at Chicagoland as a guest analyst.^[25]

At Martinsville, McMurray looked to be set to finish one lap down in 24th place. However, after a caution with less than fifty laps to go, caused byMatt Kenseth intentionally wreckingJoey Logano, McMurray got back on the lead lap and, after a pit stop, had the fastest car in the field. McMurray, with the fastest car, charged through the field after a restart to finish second behindJeff Gordon.

McMurray started out the 2016 season with a seventeenth-place finish at Daytona. During the next three races, he finished sixteenth, sixteenth, and 21st, before getting his first top-ten, a tenth at Fontana. McMurray would spin at Martinsville and finish outside the top twenty. After finishing inside the top twenty over the next three races, McMurray would be involved in the big one at Talladega. However, he would rally back for a fourth place, his first top five and second top ten of the year.

The next two weeks were rough for McMurray, as at Kansas, he was penalized by NASCAR and forced to repair damage from a crewman who body-slammed the car (NASCAR determined this was an illegal body modification). He spent the rest of the race trying to catch up and ultimately finished 26th. At Dover, he got caught up in the big one and finished several laps down in 21st. Three races later, McMurray would finish ninth at Michigan. After a seventeenth at Sonoma, McMurray would contend at Daytona, but contact fromKyle Larson andJimmie Johnson would cause him to spin, causing the big one.

As the summer began to wind down, McMurray would heat up. He finished seventh at Kentucky in a fuel mileage race. A good sixth place at New Hampshire would allow him to slip further ahead of his competition. However, a spin at Indy, andChris Buescher winning at Pocono didn't help, although McMurray still finished in the top 20 for both races. He would then score three eighth-place finishes in a row, at Watkins Glen, Bristol, and Michigan, allowing McMurray to slip pastRyan Newman in the chase standings. This would be good, as whenKyle Larson won at Michigan, McMurray would find himself fifteen points in, ahead of Newman. Eventually, Newman still looked to be in contention before he was penalized for failing an inspection and docked a significant number of points, giving McMurray a big advantage over Newman going into the Fall Richmond race, whichDenny Hamlin won, and McMurray finished seventh, narrowly clinching the sixteenth and final Chase spot. Poor finishes at Chicagoland and New Hampshire put him in a must-win situation at Dover. Unfortunately, McMurray's engine exploded midway through the race, ending his Chase hopes.

McMurray served as aFox NASCAR analyst for the Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas.^[26] McMurray's first top 5 came at theGEICO 500 when he managed to avoid theBig One and finish 2nd toRicky Stenhouse Jr. in an overtime finish.^[27] McMurray jumped up to fifth in the standings after Dover, the highest he had ever been in the standings at the point in the year. McMurray racked up nine top-ten finishes in the first sixteen races of the year, posting another top-five effort at Michigan. McMurray would survive the night race at Daytona to finish fourteenth, ahead of all drivers in front of him in the points with the exception ofJimmie Johnson. At Kentucky, he managed to score his eleventh top-ten of the year. As the regular season ended, McMurray began falling closer to the cut line of the newly renamed Playoffs, though he ultimately managed to clinch a Playoff spot for the third year in a row. McMurray continued to excel, making it past the first round of the Playoffs for the first time in his career. He posted a top-five at Charlotte, before consecutive wrecks caused byErik Jones at Talladega and Kansas knocked him out. McMurray finished out the year twelfth in the standings and racked up seventeen top tens and three top-fives.

The2018 season became McMurray's worst since 2011 and 2012, having scored top-fives at the2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas in April, and theCharlotte Roval, along with eight top-tens. He also missed the playoffs, finishing twentieth in the points standings. The 2018 season also saw McMurray involved in a seven-flip rollover accident atTalladega Superspeedway during practice for theGEICO 500, leading to NASCAR attempting to reduce speeds for the race by changing therestrictor plates used.^[28] At the end of the season, it was announced thatKurt Busch would take over the No. 1 from McMurray after leaving Stewart-Haas Racing.

On September 10, 2018, McMurray announced that he would not return to Chip Ganassi Racing in 2019.^[29] CGR had offered McMurray a contract to drive at the2019 Daytona 500 before moving to a leadership position with the team.^[30][31]

McMurray would ultimately retire from full-time Cup Series racing and later signed a contract with Fox Sports to appear on their weekday and raceday NASCAR programs, in addition to his leadership role with Ganassi. In January 2019, Chip Ganassi Racing formed a partnership withSpire Motorsports to field the No. 40 for McMurray at the Daytona 500.^[32] McMurray led a few laps in the race but finished 22nd.

He returned to the Daytona 500 in 2021 with Spire, driving the No. 77.^[33] He finished eighth after starting nineteenth, in only his second top-ten finish in the Daytona 500.

On January 4, 2014, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that McMurray will run the24 Hours of Daytona for the team in the No. 01 car alongsideScott Pruett,Memo Rojas andSage Karam.^[34] At the team's announcement, McMurray stated, "It's the most fun race I get to run all year long. There's no points for us and it's all about being able to win. What makes it such a good time, you'll see guys all year long and they'll be here, so you can eat lunch with them, hang out and things like that. It’s fun to be a part of it."^[35] McMurray returned to the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2015 in the No. 02 car withTony Kanaan,Scott Dixon, and Cup teammate Kyle Larson. The team would win the event, and McMurray joinedA. J. Foyt andMario Andretti as the only drivers to win the Daytona 500 and 24 Hours of Daytona^[36] (they would be joined byJeff Gordon two years later). McMurray would also drive for the team in the2016 24 Hours of Daytona.^[37]

Following his departure from Chip Ganassi Racing at the end of the2018 season, McMurray signed withFox Sports to be an analyst for theirFox NASCAR broadcast team starting in 2019. He appeared in theNASCAR RaceDay pre-race show and theNASCAR Race Hub midweek news show.^[2] McMurray also joinedCW Sports as a color commentator for theirNASCAR on The CW broadcast team in 2025.

McMurray was born inJoplin, Missouri.^[5] He grew up racing go-karts and competed in nearly every form ofkarting around the country before moving to late-model stock cars. In 2007, McMurray returned to the karting ranks and still competes inWorld Karting Association races on many of his open weekends.^[38] He races annually at the World Karting Association's Daytona KartWeek in late December.

McMurray married Christy Futrell in July 2009.^[39] Their first childCarter Scott McMurray was born Thanksgiving morning, November 25, 2010.^[40] Their second child, a daughter named Hazel, was born February 11, 2013.^[41] Carter currently races full-time in theSMART Modified Tour.^[42]

Through his trouble-filled 2009, and his contrasting 2010, McMurray found the power ofprayer.^[43] Following his win at Charlotte in 2010, McMurray said in his post-race interview, "As those laps were winding down, I was thinking about Daytona and why I cry and the power of prayer. I had a tough year last year. I found out the power of prayer and what that can do for you. When you get to victory lane, and you get to experience this, it just makes you a believer."^[43]

Throughout 2017, McMurray has also been actively running and cycling with other drivers. McMurray completed the Assault on Mt. Mitchell on May 5, and on December 12, competed in his first marathon, theKiawah Island Golf Resort Marathon.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

(key)Bold – pole position (overall finish/class finish).

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.
2005	DP	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lexus Riley DP	Stefan Johansson Cort Wagner	698	4	4
2010	DP	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	BMW Riley DP	Scott Dixon Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti	249	37DNF	15DNF
2011	DP	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	BMW Riley DP	Scott Dixon Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti	721	2	2
2012	DP	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	BMW Riley DP	Scott Dixon Dario Franchitti Juan Pablo Montoya	760	4	4
2013	DP	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	BMW Riley DP	Scott Dixon Dario Franchitti Joey Hand	594	37DNF	11DNF
2014	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford Riley DP	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Sage Karam	610	43DNF	11DNF
2015	P	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford Riley DP	Scott Dixon Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson	740	1	1
2016	P	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford Riley DP	Scott Dixon Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson	708	13	7

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