Jamie McMurray is one of my all-time favorite drivers. For a driver that isn't anywhere in the conversation of being an all-time great, he made the most of his career with some of the biggest marquee wins. A Daytona 500, Brickyard, and All-Star winner and was always a threat at super speedways. He was never a champion, but he has some of the top trophies a stock car driver could ever hope for. An enigma of a driver, but that's why I love him so much.
In some ways, Jamie McMurray reminds me of one of Austria's most successful F1 drivers, Gerhard Berger. He was another Chaotic Good sort of driver, too inconsistent to compete for a championship, but on his day, he was unbeatable (indeed, his final win in Germany 1997 is a case in point. His first race back after illness and the death of his father, he talked about some mysterious power that affected him that weekend, enabling him to perform far better than even he expected. The result was pole position, fastest lap and race win)
@@jt-hb8lh well, Senna beat Berger to only 4th in the 1992 F1 standings by a point and all of his wins at McLaren were either Senna letting him win (Japan 1991, when Senna had sealed his third and final title) or with Senna and Mansell retiring from races when they were ahead of him (Canada and Australia 1992). It would be unfair to say all his wins were like that, he dominated the Australian Grand Prix in 1987 for example, despite the fact that the underside of his car looked like it was about the combust. He admitted that he struggled at McLaren, going from a Ferrari that had a paddle shift transmission to a McLaren that not only was too small for his lanky frame, but had a manual transmission as well, which he had to get used to again. Like McMurray, he did have moments of mostly being an unremarkable driver, like the race after his final win, Hungary, he was in the lower midfield and was running a lap adrift of long time race leader Damon Hill. He was seen as a light hearted practical joker, getting Ayrton Senna to relax, enjoy things that weren't racing, inadvertently enabling Senna to be even better (and even after they went to separate teams, he still went to Berger for advice)
Bad Seasons: Harry Gant 1987-1988 Bad Seasons: Dale Jarrett 2003 Bad Seasons: Carl Edwards 2006 Bad Seasons: Greg Biffle 2006-2007 Bad Seasons: Jamie McMurray 2011 Bad Seasons: Kyle Busch 2012
I had completely forgotten about this... his career was hit or miss, sometimes he would do okay, other times, he was an absolute failure... but I will never forget being a kid, watching one of the best Daytona Finishes 15 years ago, when he beat Kyle Busch to the flag....
At the end of his career he won 4 superspeedways: Daytona 500, the Pepsi 400, and Talladega twice. Also won the Brickyard 400 and won twice at Charlotte one of those being his 2nd cup start ever. That's damn good for a driver never really seen as a championship contender.
2006 Bad Season > 2018 Bad Season. I would believe his 2011 season will be smack dab in the middle. High expectations from 2010 fell flat & the Joplin Tornado added more heartbreak.
J mac was my first ever “favorite driver”. I always loved his positive attitude and ability to accept mistakes. He was always aggressive on the track and when he was hot, he was hot. Still love you JMac!
In my opinion, I think Jamie McMurray was one of the unluckiest NASCAR drivers out there He certainly did have talent but outside of his time at Roush with good equipment, he was never able to showcase his full talent cause he spent the majority of his Cup career with Chip Ganassi Racing and did the best he could with the team
Matt kenseth was the only Roush driver to really have a great season in 2006. Edwards, Biffle, Martin and McMurray had good runs, but none of them enjoyed the success they had in 2005.
McMurray was such an odd driver. He could be extremely competitive one month, then a backmarker the next. There's no doubt that he was able to get a car home, which likely helped him stay in NASCAR for as long as he did. They say that some people have either bad luck or no luck at all; McMurray fell into the "no luck at all" most of the time; he was just kind of there. That's _not_ a bad thing.
McMurray's Roush tenure was mystifying, he was almost outside the top 35 in owner points by Martinsville in 06, I think. 1:45 I forgot that, and in hindsight that's pretty funny.
The thing about Jamie McMurray is that either he was really consistent but could never win, like 2004 and 05. Or he would win races but be extremely inconsistent like 2010, reminder he only had eight top 10 that season, I think if he could have just pulled it all together he would have had a much stronger career and probably even more opportunities with better teams than chip ganassi racing.
I never liked this pairing, I wish Jamie drove the 2 instead of Kurt Busch. At Roush, Jamie could never get ahold of things and his structure never fit Jamie's style, it was a round peg trying to fit into a square hole. That's why he fit so well at Ganassi, once he finally got back there 2010, he had a Dale Jarrett 1996 season, just not as high in points and Jamie won the fall Charlotte race as opposed to the Coke 600. Jamie was always a guy I liked that I wished could have had a better career, very inconsistent but he was unstoppable when he was on and a fire seemed to be lit under him when was at Ganassi both times and you could see it when he came back, he made Martin Truex Jr. look pretty bad in comparison at the time.
I think you should do a Jamie Mac at rough bust video he’s my second favorite driver, but I mean they literally put all 5 cars in the chase the year before he got there
Jamie did a good run in the playoffs of 2004 season... In Roush he was a flop... Also: Bad Seasons: Kyle Busch (2012) Ryan Sieg (2021) and Johnny Sauter (2020-2021)
@@areasevenpro I guess 2 wins isn't enough for you in a season where there are 20 different winners who mostly all have one win a piece. I guess making into the round of 8 and almost certainly the final 4 is a bad season lmao. He has an amazing chance at the championship. Imagine he wins the chip in November and we come back to this...
Good Seasons: Kevin Harvick 2003 Good Seasons: Robby Gordon 2003 Good Seasons: Bobby Labonte 2003 Bad Season: Elliott Sadler 2002-2003 Bad Season: Stacy Compton 2001 Good Seasons: Jimmie Johnson 2003 Bad Season: Jerry Nadeau 2001-2002 Bad Season: Ricky Craven 2003 Bad Season: Mike Skinner 2002-2003 Bad Season: Ricky Rudd 2003 Bad Season: Jimmy Spencer 2002-2003 Bad Season: Johnny Benson 2002-2003 Bad Season: Tony Raines 2003 Bad Season: Robert Pressley 2001 Bad Season: Buckshot Jones 2001
in 2005 Roush was the best team. Biffle Kenseth and Edwards were so damn fast. And McMurray joined Roush in 2006 which was before all of his big wins in the 1 car
Yeah because it is so out of character but when you have been in racing as long as Mark has, you are going to have some times like that where you have to get dirty.
somewhere a wild Michael Mrucz is laughing at McMurray’s misfortune.
who cares about that guy
Mcdouche!
Clearly you with a comment like that
@@grcia_08 most of the NASCAR Gaming community.
@@grcia_08 not sure if you're joking but alot of people
He was hit and miss at times but when he was good, there were very few that could beat him. 2010 was a good year to be a fan of him.
Your right Jamie was a hit and miss at times and I agree with you 2010 was a good year to be a fan of his
just as you think Jamie Mac is gonna be a major playoff threat, he follows it up next year with a 20th place points finish
Jamie McMurray is one of my all-time favorite drivers. For a driver that isn't anywhere in the conversation of being an all-time great, he made the most of his career with some of the biggest marquee wins. A Daytona 500, Brickyard, and All-Star winner and was always a threat at super speedways. He was never a champion, but he has some of the top trophies a stock car driver could ever hope for. An enigma of a driver, but that's why I love him so much.
Still love most of the #26 paint schemes, especially the Crown Royal schemes
In some ways, Jamie McMurray reminds me of one of Austria's most successful F1 drivers, Gerhard Berger. He was another Chaotic Good sort of driver, too inconsistent to compete for a championship, but on his day, he was unbeatable (indeed, his final win in Germany 1997 is a case in point. His first race back after illness and the death of his father, he talked about some mysterious power that affected him that weekend, enabling him to perform far better than even he expected. The result was pole position, fastest lap and race win)
Eh I wouldn't exactly compare him with Burger. He did beat senna in 92 if I remember correctly and he was quite consistent.
@@jt-hb8lh well, Senna beat Berger to only 4th in the 1992 F1 standings by a point and all of his wins at McLaren were either Senna letting him win (Japan 1991, when Senna had sealed his third and final title) or with Senna and Mansell retiring from races when they were ahead of him (Canada and Australia 1992). It would be unfair to say all his wins were like that, he dominated the Australian Grand Prix in 1987 for example, despite the fact that the underside of his car looked like it was about the combust. He admitted that he struggled at McLaren, going from a Ferrari that had a paddle shift transmission to a McLaren that not only was too small for his lanky frame, but had a manual transmission as well, which he had to get used to again.
Like McMurray, he did have moments of mostly being an unremarkable driver, like the race after his final win, Hungary, he was in the lower midfield and was running a lap adrift of long time race leader Damon Hill.
He was seen as a light hearted practical joker, getting Ayrton Senna to relax, enjoy things that weren't racing, inadvertently enabling Senna to be even better (and even after they went to separate teams, he still went to Berger for advice)
Bad Seasons: Harry Gant 1987-1988
Bad Seasons: Dale Jarrett 2003
Bad Seasons: Carl Edwards 2006
Bad Seasons: Greg Biffle 2006-2007
Bad Seasons: Jamie McMurray 2011
Bad Seasons: Kyle Busch 2012
Always has been my favorite driver. Overall had a very consistent career and is a great guy in general.
Consistently shit
I don't care what he did in 2006 because that paint scheme made him the best driver of all time.
He won every single race in spirit
Yes lol
Goes to show that not only is great equipment important, but great people with great chemistry is also equally important. Everything has to gel.
I had completely forgotten about this... his career was hit or miss, sometimes he would do okay, other times, he was an absolute failure... but I will never forget being a kid, watching one of the best Daytona Finishes 15 years ago, when he beat Kyle Busch to the flag....
Yeah I couldn’t believe he beat Kyle to the line
At the end of his career he won 4 superspeedways: Daytona 500, the Pepsi 400, and Talladega twice. Also won the Brickyard 400 and won twice at Charlotte one of those being his 2nd cup start ever. That's damn good for a driver never really seen as a championship contender.
2006 Bad Season > 2018 Bad Season. I would believe his 2011 season will be smack dab in the middle. High expectations from 2010 fell flat & the Joplin Tornado added more heartbreak.
I think you could arguably say 2009 was a bad season for Jamie too
@@trainboy32 2014 too
Even though he had a win in both those seasons
I’m pretty sure that McMurray was supposed to replace Mark Martin in the 6, but then Kurt Busch left, and Roush coerced Martin to stay one more year.
Yeah, I think this is important context for McMurray’s time at Roush. The plan got messed up right at the start.
J mac was my first ever “favorite driver”. I always loved his positive attitude and ability to accept mistakes. He was always aggressive on the track and when he was hot, he was hot. Still love you JMac!
In my opinion, I think Jamie McMurray was one of the unluckiest NASCAR drivers out there
He certainly did have talent but outside of his time at Roush with good equipment, he was never able to showcase his full talent cause he spent the majority of his Cup career with Chip Ganassi Racing and did the best he could with the team
He was the best CGR driver after Kyle Larson... Unfortunately the team was always mid pack and he never did what expected from him
I totally didn’t remember McMurray driving for Roush for this long. I always remembered him being there for just one season and being released 🤷♂️
I loved the Crown Royal scheme
Yay! Black Flags Matter made another Bad Seasons video!
When was the last time that happened?
Like 3 months ago, the real question should be when was the last time he made a good seasons video, and that was at the end of 2019
Tbh I’m still waiting for KB 2012 but he’s just dodging the topic 🤷♂️
Watched for years. Subbed today. Im sorry.
The first Montoya win came after letting mcmurray spend himself on the track
Good Seasons Jamie McMurray 2010
The fact that Jamie never won a race in the 42 car is still amazing.
Always liked Jamie
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Michael Mcruz likes this video.
As Michael would call him "Mcdouche" in his videos and streams.
Michael Mrucz is laughing now!
You really had to do my guy like that... 😢
Matt kenseth was the only Roush driver to really have a great season in 2006. Edwards, Biffle, Martin and McMurray had good runs, but none of them enjoyed the success they had in 2005.
McMurray was such an odd driver. He could be extremely competitive one month, then a backmarker the next. There's no doubt that he was able to get a car home, which likely helped him stay in NASCAR for as long as he did. They say that some people have either bad luck or no luck at all; McMurray fell into the "no luck at all" most of the time; he was just kind of there. That's _not_ a bad thing.
At least he could finish and bring a car home which is something certain drivers these days can't do.
McMurray's Roush tenure was mystifying, he was almost outside the top 35 in owner points by Martinsville in 06, I think.
1:45 I forgot that, and in hindsight that's pretty funny.
The thing about Jamie McMurray is that either he was really consistent but could never win, like 2004 and 05. Or he would win races but be extremely inconsistent like 2010, reminder he only had eight top 10 that season, I think if he could have just pulled it all together he would have had a much stronger career and probably even more opportunities with better teams than chip ganassi racing.
I never liked this pairing, I wish Jamie drove the 2 instead of Kurt Busch. At Roush, Jamie could never get ahold of things and his structure never fit Jamie's style, it was a round peg trying to fit into a square hole. That's why he fit so well at Ganassi, once he finally got back there 2010, he had a Dale Jarrett 1996 season, just not as high in points and Jamie won the fall Charlotte race as opposed to the Coke 600. Jamie was always a guy I liked that I wished could have had a better career, very inconsistent but he was unstoppable when he was on and a fire seemed to be lit under him when was at Ganassi both times and you could see it when he came back, he made Martin Truex Jr. look pretty bad in comparison at the time.
I think you should do a Jamie Mac at rough bust video he’s my second favorite driver, but I mean they literally put all 5 cars in the chase the year before he got there
Cole Custer & Ryan Newman 2021
Custers whole cup career so far could be a bust
@@hetterman10r9 he did decent in 2020, but 2021 and so far 2022 I'd agree with you there
Mickey would like this vid.
Jamie did a good run in the playoffs of 2004 season... In Roush he was a flop... Also:
Bad Seasons: Kyle Busch (2012) Ryan Sieg (2021) and Johnny Sauter (2020-2021)
I've got 3 Bad Seasons Video ideas:
Bad Seasons: Ward Burton 2002
Bad Seasons: Austin Dillon 2019
Bad Seasons: Jimmie Johnson 2020
are you going to dover this weekend darian?
In the words of Mrucz, McDouche... McDouche...
I always find it weird when a good driver and good team are a terrible fit. Kyle Busch at Hendrick, Logano at Gibbs, ...
I always liked Jamie and his crown royal scheme
Bad Seasons:
Brad Keselowski 2022
Denny Hamlin 2022
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2022
NASCAR Busts:
Anthony Alfredo
Alfredo was a project. FRM was like we need a driver. Check.
I don’t know up to this point in xfinity this year Alfredo is 13th in points only 10 out of 12th
Denny Hamlin 2022?
@@user-ed1yx2fq7l You haven't been watching this season, have you?
@@areasevenpro I guess 2 wins isn't enough for you in a season where there are 20 different winners who mostly all have one win a piece. I guess making into the round of 8 and almost certainly the final 4 is a bad season lmao. He has an amazing chance at the championship. Imagine he wins the chip in November and we come back to this...
Future uploads: Not A Bust: Jon Wood and Championship Seasons: Travis Kvapil 2003.
The Mcfortunate Legacy
Ah yes, another bad season video.
Request Good Seasons: Joey Logano 2015
Bad seasons: Kurt Busch 2012
Bad Seasons: Richard Petty Motorsports 2009
Good Seasons 04 please
*Michael Mrucz liked that*
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Good Seasons: Kevin Harvick 2003
Good Seasons: Robby Gordon 2003
Good Seasons: Bobby Labonte 2003
Bad Season: Elliott Sadler 2002-2003
Bad Season: Stacy Compton 2001
Good Seasons: Jimmie Johnson 2003
Bad Season: Jerry Nadeau 2001-2002
Bad Season: Ricky Craven 2003
Bad Season: Mike Skinner 2002-2003
Bad Season: Ricky Rudd 2003
Bad Season: Jimmy Spencer 2002-2003
Bad Season: Johnny Benson 2002-2003
Bad Season: Tony Raines 2003
Bad Season: Robert Pressley 2001
Bad Season: Buckshot Jones 2001
3:12 Man are we just gonna fly by McMurray joking about suicide? Seems SO out of character for him.
Roush Racing: Where drivers careers go to die.
in 2005 Roush was the best team. Biffle Kenseth and Edwards were so damn fast. And McMurray joined Roush in 2006 which was before all of his big wins in the 1 car
Martin just flat out dumps him and the commentators are blaming Jamie 😑
Bad Seasons: Jamie McMurray 2011
Very Similar to Jeremy Mayfield Crashes In 2002
Only if he kept it up after the summer stretch
Rip McMurrays roush tenure
Jamie was just on DBC Monday talking about what a 💩💩💩 show Roush was then.
I really thought him and Kasey Kahne would be the next big things.
I thought they would be hall of famers.
The next Gordon or stewart.
I was so wrong.
Kahne was a much more solid driver than what Jamie Mac ever was.
Jamie Mcmurray was a hit and miss and when he was good there wasn't that many Nascar drivers who could beat him and he had a great season in 2010
Bad seasons: Richard Childress Racing 2009
NASCAR Busts: Cody Coughlin
Championship Seasons Jimmie Johnson 2007
Random Drivers Lyndon Amick
Dale Jarrett 2003/2007
Bad seasons: Kasey Kahne 2007
Mcdouche MCCCCDOOOOUCHHHE
In hindsight, McMurray should have just stayed in the 42 car.
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Marty Robbins
That's what he gets for trusting a Ford
Another clip that shows Mark Martin be one dirtiest drivers in Nascar but still no one wants to talk about it.
Yeah because it is so out of character but when you have been in racing as long as Mark has, you are going to have some times like that where you have to get dirty.
McDouche
Inb4 nascar busts Daniel dye