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Posted by sc3and8fan
on March 27, 2008 at 10:12:27:
In Reply to: Re: "Elliott and Jamie obviously dont have rides because of their talent. " posted by sc3and8fan on March 27, 2008 at 09:46:36:
Marty Smith, ESPN answering his mail, bracketed comments are mine:
"Back to McMurray. This is not an apologist excuse, so don't give me a bunch of static. I'm just giving his dismal year some context.
Daytona began with a wreck [pretty sure Jamie caused this one] in the Budweiser Shootout while running fifth. Car killed. Then another wreck [and this one] in the Gatorade Duel. Car killed. So here he is entering the Daytona 500 in his third car of Speedweeks, which essentially means it was the 12th-best car Roush had at the moment. He ran 26th.
On to Fontana. He was running in the top 10 with a handful of laps to go and lost it [obviously his fault]. Finished 22nd. At Vegas he spun down into the infield on Lap 10[obviously his fault], knocked the header pipe off and was down on horsepower all day. Finished 25th. Atlanta: awful. Finished 40th. At Bristol, the team tells me the left-rear axle cap was left off the car. That's not McMurray's fault. He wrecked and finished last in the field.
Voila, 36th in points.