Filed under: Jamie McMurray, Sprint Cup, NASCAR
JOLIET, Ill. -
Jamie McMurray had quite a hectic day, but even before it finished he was a celebrating a small, but worthy, victory.
The 2010 Daytona winner scored his third pole of the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Friday evening at Chicagoland Speedway, giving him the prime starting position for Saturday night's LifeLock.com 400.
The pole was the sixth of McMurray's career, and follows top starting spots he won at Auto Club Speedway and Darlington Raceway this season.
In between practicing and qualifying his Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing Sprint Cup car, McMurray was also preparing for Friday night's Nationwide Series race at the same track. In that race, his qualifying fortunes were not nearly as good, as he started 37th.
McMurray's average speed -- 183.542 mph -- was just a bit quicker than the pair of champions in second and third.
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