Jamie McMurray had a particular relationship with Rockingham Speedway. Of all of the tracks he raced on throughout his NASCAR profession – each Cup and Xfinity – he gained extra at The Rock than anyplace else. The truth is, he gained the final 4 Xfinity Collection races on the monitor from 2002 by means of 2004.
On Saturday’s return to the historic venue, McMurray’s success on the mile-long monitor was naturally a storyline all through the weekend and talked about a number of instances throughout The CW’s broadcast, the place he has labored as an analyst all season.
Curiously, late in that first stage, the 48-year-old discovered himself inadvertently concerned in one other storyline, oddly sufficient getting back from a industrial break.
Jamie McMurray talks with Kevin Harvick earlier than Conflict at The Coliseum.Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs
It occurred with eight laps to go within the stage when Katherine Legge was a part of an accident that began when William Sawalich drove into the rear of the lapped No. 53 automotive, which bought sideways and slid down the monitor instantly into the trail of Kasey Kahne earlier than ricocheting off the HMS automotive and slamming nose-first into the surface wall.
The tv viewing viewers at house noticed all of it occur in a side-by-side field whereas the printed was in a industrial break. Nonetheless, when the industrial ended and returned to the monitor, McMurray didn’t notice he was again on the air.
“She purchased her means in,” he stated.
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Instantly after McMurray’s remarks, play-by-play announcer Adam Alexander supplied an replace to followers on the accident and who was concerned.
The 2010 Daytona 500 winner’s feedback have been a response to what had occurred earlier within the day when Legge didn’t qualify driving the No. 32 for Jordan Anderson Racing. Nonetheless, she managed to work out an association with Joey Gase Motorsports and changed JJ Yeley, who had certified within the No. 53 automotive.
On the telecast, Parker Kligerman provided extra particulars on the car-swapping state of affairs.
“She’s been put in a extremely powerful place right here being on this automotive,” Kligerman identified.
“Completely,” McMurray agreed.
“After clearly not working towards on this automotive,” Kligerman continued. “Leaping in it for the race. Clearly a variety of sponsorship behind her there that needed to be on this race after they missed it. And it’s simply an unfamiliar race automotive already making an attempt to study the Xfinity Collection at a extremely powerful race monitor. And to be put on this place with the leaders making an attempt to go by – actually unlucky.”
Legge completed final in thirty eighth.
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