Jamie McMurray

Birthday: 06/03/1976
Hometown: Joplin, MO , United States

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2011 -- Finished 27th in series points. ... Had 15.5-point drop in driver rating from 2010. ... Five DNFs his most since 2007. ... Won pole at Martinsville-1. ... Average start of 17.8. ... Best finish fourth at Indianapolis. ... Average finish of 22.2, worst since 2007. ... Four top-10 finishes his least in nine full-time seasons. ... Completed 90 percent of laps attempted.

2010 -- Finished 14th in series points. ... Won three races, Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Charlotte-2. ... Tied Kasey Kahne for series lead in poles with four (Fontana sweep, Darlington, Chicagoland), average start 13.4. ... Average finish 16.4.

2009 -- Finished 22nd in series points. ...Won the Talladega fall race, leading 32 laps. ... Led just one other lap all season. ... Peaked at 18th in points after the fourth race of the season (Atlanta). ... Signed with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. ... Broke into the Cup Series with Chip Ganassi in 2002.

2008 -- Finished 16th in series points. ... Ended on a high note with four top-fives in the season's final six races, including three consecutive third-place efforts in the final three events, his highest finishes of the season.

2007 -- Finished 17th in series points. ... Won race and pole in same season for first time in career. Win came at Daytona (July) and pole came at Sonoma. ... Won Pepsi 400 at Daytona by 0.005 seconds over Kyle Busch. Win tied for second-closest since the advent of electronic scoring in 1993. ... Finished in the top five in two of the four restrictor-plate races. ... Ended season with three top-fives and nine top-10s.

2006 -- Finished 25th in series points. ... Struggled in first year with Roush Fenway Racing, finishing with three top-fives and seven top-10s, both career lows. ... Best finish was second at Dover in June. Led most of the final 90 laps before being passed by teammate Matt Kenseth with three laps remaining.

2005 -- Finished 12th in series points. ... Best finish was second place at Texas (April) and Daytona (July). ... Earned four top-fives and 10 top-10 finishes. ... Earned the pole at Pocono in July.... Was in the coveted 11th-place position until dropping to 12th with two races to go in the season.

2004 -- Finished 11th in series points. ... Almost doubled his top-fives from his rookie season, finishing with nine. ... His 23 top-10 finishes was tied for second in the series. ... Won three Busch Series races in 14 starts, including Rusty Wallace's first win as an owner at Darlington. ... Won a Truck Series race at Martinsville for Ultra Motorsports.

2003 -- Finished 13th in series points. ... Beat 2002 Busch Series champion Greg Biffle for the rookie of the year award. ... Won his first career pole at Homestead, the last race of the season. ... Best finish was third, twice, at Indianapolis and Bristol in August. ... Had 13 top-10 finishes. ... Also started 19 races in the Busch Series.

2002 -- Finished 46th in series points. ... Won first race in only his second start at Charlotte in October by holding off Bobby Labonte on the last lap. ... One of the biggest stories of the season, the Busch Series regular was announced in early September as the surprising selection for the Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Dodge ride in 2003, but got the nod to finish the season's six remaining races following neck injury to Sterling Marlin that ended the veteran's challenge for the championship after Kansas race in September.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

In 2004 won three NASCAR Nationwide Series races in 14 starts, including Rusty Wallace's first win as an owner, at Darlington. ... Won a 2004 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville for Ultra Motorsports. ... Made 19 Nationwide Series starts in 2003. ... Won his first two Nationwide Series races and scored his first win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series within a four-week period in 2002. Following his win at Charlotte on Oct. 13, he won his first Nationwide Series race Oct. 26 at Atlanta, followed one week later with a self-described "lucky" victory at Rockingham, taking the checkered flag after a last-lap tangle between Jeff Green and Michael Waltrip, who were running one-two. ... Finished sixth in the 2002 Nationwide Series standings and posted career bests in top-fives (six) and top-10s (14). ... Ran in 69 Nationwide Series races from 2000-2002, winning twice and earning six top-fives and 17 top-10s during that span; third in Rookie of the Year standings in 2001. ... Competed in five races in the Camping World Truck Series in 1999 while also racing in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Midwest Series. ... Ran in the Whelen All-American Series at several tracks in his home state of Missouri, most notably the I-44 Speedway where he was track champion in 1997. ... Also competed in the Grand American Late Model Class from 1996-1998 and in the Grand American Modified Division in 1994-1995. ... Began racing late models in 1992 at age 16. ... Started with karts at age 8. ... Won four U.S. Go-Kart titles between 1986-1992 and was World Go-Kart champion in 1991. ... Selected as one of only 10 Americans to represent the U.S. in an international karting event in the former Soviet Union in 1989.

NOTEWORTHY

His NASCAR Nationwide Series victory on Oct. 26, 2002 gave him the distinction of becoming the 100th driver to win a series race. ... Became associated with two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart during their days on the karting circuit while Stewart was in junior class and McMurray in rookie-junior class. ... Fabricates his own karts with which he competes. ... McMurray's home was once featured on "MTV Cribs." ... Actively involved with his Jamie McMurray Foundation, which supports Autism Awareness.