Jamie McMurray on NASCAR Profession: ‘My Greatest Remorse is Not Having fun with it’

Jamie McMurray was capable of race 16 full-time seasons within the NASCAR Cup Sequence and develop into a broadcaster within the aftermath of that run. With that mentioned, he has a honest profession remorse.

“I want I might do all the things backwards, and what I imply by that’s I want I might’ve finished TV first as a result of if I might have, after I went again to my profession, I’d’ve dealt with issues utterly completely different, whether or not it was interviews or what I discovered worth in or seeing the opposite aspect of it. On the similar time, my greatest remorse in racing shouldn’t be having fun with it,” McMurray advised host Kevin Harvick on the most recent version of “Kevin Harvick’s Joyful Hour.” “Whenever you’re go-karting, despite the fact that your dad’s yelling at you, it is nonetheless enjoyable. You are hanging out along with your buddies. Even in racing, you were not attempting to place meals on the desk your final 12 months, however you need to win. And also you get mad as a result of another person made a mistake, and it is your title on the door.

“That is the one factor about being the motive force or the crew chief, your title is there, and if there’s a difficulty, that is who they blame, initially. There’s only a few individuals in skilled something, whether or not it is racing – I do not care what sport it’s – which have enjoyable.”

McMurray gained simply the second NASCAR race that he appeared in, profitable the UAW-GM High quality 500 at then-Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 2002. He made his full-time debut on the Cup Sequence degree with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2003. After three seasons at Chip Ganassi Racing, McMurray joined Roush Fenway Racing, with whom he gained his first profession race as a full-time driver in 2007.

McMurray launched into a reunion of kinds in 2010, becoming a member of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and profitable a career-high three races, together with the Daytona 500, in mentioned season. The 2018 Cup Sequence season could be McMurray’s final as a full-time driver on the NASCAR circuit, with him later racing within the 2019 and 2021 runnings of the Daytona 500 for Spire Motorsports.

McMurray joined FOX Sports activities as a NASCAR Analyst for the 2019 season, serving as a fixture on “NASCAR RaceDay” and beforehand on “NASCAR Race Hub.” He additionally beforehand served as a coloration commentator for NASCAR Xfinity Sequence and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence races on FS1. The 2025 season was McMurray’s seventh with FOX Sports activities.

McMurray gained seven profession races within the NASCAR Cup Sequence, whereas putting 63 top-five finishes and 168 top-10 finishes.

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