McMurray with obligations in LA previous to Sunday’s race
Slowly but surely, Jamie McMurray has realized his victory in last Sunday’s Daytona 500 wasn’t a dream. It’s real, and he’s enjoying every minute of it. More than six hours after the start of the Daytona 500, McMurray joyfully hoisted the famed Harley J. Earl Trophy in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway. McMurray endured lengthy delays for potholes that surfaced on the track, survived a crash-filled affair in the closing laps and held off a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap.
Last year, McMurray didn’t know for whom he would drive in 2010 after his Roush Fenway Racing No.26 team folded tent at the end of the season. He landed a ride with Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing in the No.1 car shortly after, and what a debut he made with the team.
With his second-place run, Earnhardt Jr. was the highest finisher among the four Hendrick drivers. Earnhardt Jr., hoping to snap a 57-race winless streak, charged from 10th on the final two-lap overtime restart to second on the last lap, but McMurray held him off by 0.12 seconds. California has not been one of Earnhardt Jr.’s best tracks, based on his previous performances there. ”I don’t like going out west, but it’s much easier to go there after you run good somewhere else,” Earnhardt Jr. said. Earnhardt Jr. has finished 25th or worse in three of the last four races at California.
McMurray celebrates his Daytona 500 victory with several obligations in Los Angeles this week previous to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 500 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.
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