Nextel Cup Series

PERSONAL Birthdate: June 3, 1976 Hometown: Joplin, Mo. Resides: Statesville, N.C. Marital Status: Single Children: None Hobbies: Home projects

HIGHLIGHTS Finished career-best 11th in NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in 2004 2003 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Scored first series win in October 2002 at Charlotte in second series start, setting modern-era record Finished sixth in 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Championship Five-time national KART champion

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP 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 NASCAR Busch Series races in 14 starts, including Rusty Wallace’s first win as an owner at Darlington. … Won a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville for Ultra Motorsports. 2003 Finished 13th in points. … Beat 2002 NASCAR Busch Series champion Greg Biffle for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year award. … Won his first career pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway, 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 NASCAR 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; he led 96 laps of the event as well. … His were the fewest starts to a first win in the modern era, the fewest races to a series victory since Johnny Rutherford’s win at Daytona on Feb. 22, 1963, in a 100- mile points race, and was just the 11th time a driver won within two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series starts. … Qualified on the outside pole at Rockingham’s fall race and finished 15th. … One of the biggest stories of the season, the NASCAR Busch Series regular was announced in early September as the surprising selection for the Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates’ Havoline 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 chase for the championship after Kansas race in September.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY NASCAR’s version of “Mr. October” won his first two NASCAR Busch Series races and scored his first win in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series within a four-week period in 2002; following his win at Charlotte Oct. 13, he won his first NASCAR Busch 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 NASCAR Busch Series championship standings in 2002 and posted career bests in top-five (six) and top-10 (14) finishes. … Ran in 69 NASCAR Busch Series races from 2000-02, winning twice and earning six top fives and 17 top 10s during that span; third in Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings in 2001. … Proved to be a driver to watch by finishing 22nd in the 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings. … Competed in five races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 1999 while also racing in the NASCAR RE/MAX Challenge Series. … Ran in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly 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 1996-98 and in the Grand American Modified Division from 1994-95; began racing Late Models in 1992 at age 16. … Started with gokarts at age eight. … Won four U.S. Go-Kart titles between 1986-92 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 Busch Series victory on Oct. 26, 2002 gave him the distinction of becoming the 100th driver to win a NASCAR Busch Series race. … Became associated with 2002 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion Tony Stewart during their days on the go-kart circuit while Stewart was in junior class and McMurray in rookie-junior class. … Enjoys racing remote-controlled cars not just for the hobby, but also for the hand-eye coordination to aid him on the track. … McMurray’s home was featured on “MTV Cribs.”