Jamie McMurray

DraftKings NASCAR Lineup Picks: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

Which nine NASCAR wheelmen should make it on your roster for this weekend's race?
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DraftKings NASCAR Lineup Picks: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte
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75 Funny Fantasy NASCAR Team Names for 2017
NASCAR's Monster Energy Cup Series Schedule 2017
10 Monster Energy Girls We Love

This week's daily fantasy tackles the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series as they head to Charlotte Motor Speedway. One of the sport's crown jewels, the Coca-Cola 600, will run Sunday night at 6 p.m. Cars hit the track on Thursday at 2 p.m. for first practice; Coors Light Pole Qualifying begins at 7:15.

 

Jamie McMurray: 2017 NASCAR Season Driver Preview

Chip Ganassi Racing No. 1
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NASCAR's Monster Energy Cup Series Schedule 2017
NASCAR Camping World Truck Schedule 2017
NASCAR's XFINITY Series Schedule 2017
Kasey Kahne: 2017 NASCAR Season Driver Preview

Jamie McMurray crossed one of those racing milestones last season that are interesting when they occur, but are otherwise just a footnote in a driver’s career. The achievement for McMurray was Cup Series start No. 500 at Chicagoland Speedway in September.

Jamie McMurray 2015 Season Driver Preview

McMurray looking to break through with first career Chase berth in 2015
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Jamie McMurray 2015 Season Driver Preview
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Greg Biffle 2015 Season Driver Preview
Austin Dillon 2015 Season Driver Preview
AJ Allmendinger 2015 Season Driver Preview

It would have been easy for Jamie McMurray to exit last season frustrated. Despite having a strong car early in many races, his No. 1 Chevrolet rarely finished where he felt it could. The team’s only winning outing came in the exhibition, non-points All-Star Race in May.

 

NASCAR Chase Report: Previewing Race No. 3 in Dover

Pretenders, contenders and potential winners as NASCAR's Chase moves to the high banks of Dover
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Contenders, pretenders and predicted winners for the third race of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup, the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway.
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NASCAR Chase Report: Previewing Race No. 2 in New Hampshire
NASCAR Chase: Previewing Race No. 1 at Chicagoland Speedway
NASCAR's 10 Coolest Paint Schemes in 2014

Ted Nugent likely would refer to the third track of the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup as “the concrete jungle hell-zone.” And honestly, that’s exactly what Dover is — an oversized Bristol with corners akin to the white cliffs of the same name that fall away into the abyss, only to shoot cars up onto a straightaway with what feels like an off-camber turn.

The most memorable Richmond moments from NASCAR's Chase era

Tony Stewart makes his NASCAR return at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Geoffrey Miller's five things to watch at Atlanta Motor Speedway
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Each week, Geoffrey Miller’s “Five Things to Watch” will help you catch up on the biggest stories of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ upcoming race weekend. This week, as the circuit hits Atlanta Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart’s return, a shift in the 2015 schedule and the two remaining opportunities to earn a “win and you’re in” Chase draw highlight the storylines of the weekend.
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NASCAR's Top 10 Atlanta Motor Speedway Moments
NASCAR Rookie Report: Ranking the driving chops of the rookie class
Penske teammates "legit championship threats" after big NASCAR weekend in Bristol

Each week, Geoffrey Miller’s “Five Things to Watch” will help you catch up on the biggest stories of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ upcoming race weekend. This week, as the circuit hits Atlanta Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart’s return, a shift in the 2015 schedule and the two remaining opportunities to earn a “win and you’re in” Chase draw highlight the storylines of the weekend.

 

 

More questions than answers as Tony Stewart returns

Penske teammates "legit championship threats" after big NASCAR weekend in Bristol

Through the Gears: Four things we learned in the Bristol Night Race
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Post-race reaction from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Ryan Blaney promotion a boon for both Penske and Woods
Jeff Gordon bests Joey Logano in a NASCAR "battle of the ages"
Rattled Cages & Bump 'n' Runs: The Best of NASCAR's Bristol Night Race

Penske Racing has been a multi-car team since the beginning of 1998. Despite making over 1,000 starts in the first 15 years in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, it had only a single 1-2 finish — and that in itself was rolling snake eyes on a craps table: mastering plate-racing luck in the 2008 Daytona 500.  Joey Logano

 

NASCAR, Indianapolis need marquee winner to bolster slumping Brickyard 400

Storylines rule the day for NASCAR at the Brickyard. And there have been too few of late.
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NASCAR and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway need an intriguing storyline and big-name driver to carry the day at the struggling Brickyard 400.
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Balance of power in Ford's NASCAR camp has shifted to Team Penske
Almirola, RPM win saved NASCAR from forgettable Daytona weekend
Free agent Carl Edwards wins in NASCAR trip to Sonoma

In a decade of skyrocketing growth for the sport of NASCAR, no single event in the 1990s topped its first visit to the hallowed grounds of Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 1994 Brickyard 400.

 

However, 20 years later, amid sagging attendance and television ratings and a weekend diluted with Nationwide and nondescript sports car ancillary races, the Sprint Cup Series’ annual visit is a shell of its former self.

 

After Sonoma win, is Carl Edwards' NASCAR destiny as clear cut as believed?

Through the Gears: Four things we learned at Sonoma Raceway
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Post-race reaction from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Toyota-Save Mart 350, won by Carl Edwards.
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NASCAR's Greatest Road Racing Aces
Johnson slays Michigan, cements standing as NASCAR title favorite
Can a winning Dale Earnhardt Jr. turn NASCAR's tide?

Let’s have a quick flashback to NASCAR 2011. The hottest free agent on the Sprint Cup Series market? Carl Edwards, whose decision lie between sticking with Roush Fenway Racing and replacing a struggling Joey Logano at Joe Gibbs Racing. The choice was difficult, as Edwards was on the comeback trail with RFR after a 2008 season that witnessed a gaudy nine victories and found him on the cusp of unseating Jimmie Johnson.

Johnson, Knaus heating up, win second straight with authority in Dover

Through the Gears: Four things we learned at Dover
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Post-race reaction from Jimmie Johnson's win in NASCAR's FedEx 400 at Dover international Speedway.
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Jimmie Johnson dominates in Charlotte, wins NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600
Is Jimmie Johnson's summer reign beginning?
NASCAR's Hall of Fame, Part 1: The Next Five

Two and a half weeks ago, a NASCAR storyline was growing: Jimmie Johnson was doomed. The No. 48 was winless, crew chief Chad Knaus and his driver were fighting with one another and a Chase bid, let alone a bid for a seventh championship, could be in jeopardy.

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