| James Christopher McMurray was born on June 3rd in | | | | Racing. He also managed to finish 2nd that season at |
| 1976 in Joplin, Missouri. He began racing around the | | | | Dover. His next best finish came at Watkins Glen |
| tracks in Joplin by the time he was eight years old. | | | | where he came third. That season was finished with |
| He won the World Go-Karting Championship in 1991 | | | | a three top-five win and seven top-tens. Some say |
| which set the trail for him to go on for bigger | | | | the reason why he did not do as well that season as |
| winnings. He decided in 1992 to go into NASCAR late | | | | he did in the rest was because he was struggling a |
| models racing and began competing in the NASCAR | | | | bit throughout the new program. |
| RE/MAX Challenge Series from 1998 till 1999. | | | | Jamie McMurray won his third career NASCAR |
| He took part in 4 starts of the Craftsman Truck | | | | NEXTEL Cup in 2007 during the 2007 Toyota/Save |
| Series and went on to compete in 15 truck races in | | | | Mart 350 and he also won the Pepsi 400 by a mere |
| 2000. He managed to win two Bud Pole Awards with | | | | 0.005 second. He also won the third pole with a |
| one top-five and three top-ten finishes. He debuted | | | | record of 77.521 seconds lap at the Infineon |
| into the NASCAR Busch Series in 2001 on a full time | | | | Raceway. He secured top-five finishes at Daytona, |
| basis and in 2002 he brought back two races with a | | | | Texas Motor Speedway and Talladega Speedway. He |
| sixth place standing in points. McMurray got his lucky | | | | finished at 17th place that season. |
| break in 2003 when filled in for Sterling Marlin during | | | | Jamie who is also a pop icon has appeared in MTV |
| the NEXTEL Cup Race at Kansas Speedway. It | | | | Cribs, The West Wing and the comedy with Will |
| proved a positive course of action for him and his | | | | Ferrell, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. |
| team as he set NASCAR history to be the fastest | | | | That is not all that is impressive about McMurray's |
| first time winner when he competed in the UAW-GM | | | | ever growing resume. He is also one of the known |
| Quality 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He also | | | | faces in the Crown Royal's social responsibility |
| became the last driver to win a NNCS. In the same | | | | program. The newly minted "Safe Rides Home" which |
| year, he won the NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of | | | | was launched in 2003 has seen participation from |
| the Year title with 5 top-five wins and the 13th | | | | McMurray. The program was designed to ensure rides |
| position overall. | | | | home for those who have consumed liquor at the |
| In 2004, he added an impressive 23 top-10 wins, 11th | | | | race markets across the land. He is also actively |
| standing in points and a big fat $1 million bonus. That | | | | involved in the Jamie McMurray Foundation that was |
| year he won the Craftsman Truck Series races as | | | | established to help spread awareness about autism |
| well and again made NASCAR history as being one of | | | | and to also help out the research programs. The |
| the few drivers who have won the Craftsman | | | | foundation has done many activities to raise funds |
| Truck, Busch and NEXTEL Cup. | | | | for the charities involved like an online charity auction |
| Jamie McMurray made headlines in 2005 when he | | | | and special paint scheme. |
| signed a multi-million dollar deal with Roush Fenway | | | | |