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Jamie McMurray, driver of the No.1 McDonalds Chevrolet, had a pretty decent car to start the race, though ended up finishing deep in the running order as a result of serving a penalty under green.
He was in the top-10 for most of the beginning laps but on Lap 31, McMurray was called to pit road for an unapproved adjustment. The video replay showed that one of his crew members had what it looked like to have hipped checked the passenger door, which if done would have approved the aerodynamics of the car. So he had to come down to pit road under green and the crew had to bang out the door until NASCAR approved of it. By that time he had fallen two laps down. The penalty cost him a decent finish.
“I really don’t know,” McMurray said. “I was just asking what happened. I guess there was something about the right side, but I don’t have any idea.”
McMurray enjoyed the racing at Kansas Speedway. He said that the top of the track was where drivers went as their tires were starting to wear out. He also said that passing was a little difficult because there wasn’t enough tire fall out.
“I don’t know,” McMurray said. “The track was really wide, which was good. The top was probably the preferred lane when the tires wore out. But, I don’t know. I thought it was actually pretty good. Certainly some tracks are easier to pass than others. This one is a little more difficult; maybe not quite as much tire falloff as what we need. But overall, I thought the racing was still pretty good, from 34th.”
McMurray finished the race in the 26th position.
