Jamie McMurray Ford EcoBoost 400 Race Preview

In McMurray’s Sprint Cup career, he has made 10 starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway.  In those races, he has scored one top-five, and three top-10 finishes, and has an average start of 15.5.  He has one pole award at the speedway in 2003. He has completed 2,655 laps (99.3%) of a possible 2,675 laps run at the track.  McMurray has been running at the finish in nine of his ten races.  His best career finish came in the 2008 season finale where he finished third. Phoenix Recap:  The Bass Pro Shops team started 18th on the one-mile tri-oval race track and would immediately battle with the balance of the No. 1 Chevrolet.  The crew worked hard to improve the drivability of the Bass Pro Shops car, but the long, green flag runs during the middle of the race didn’t allow adequate time for major adjustments.  In the closing laps, McMurray dodged multiple incidents of on-track melee and brought the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Allstate Chevrolet to the checkered flag for a 23rd-place finish.    Going t...