“Anonymity doesn’t last long. Once McMurray steps from the car, he’s a superstar, armed with $3,000 in trendy shirts, jeans, shoes and coats, a new dye job and a fresh tan.”
—Description of Jamie McMurray’s appearance at the CMT Awards
One of the hottest young racing stars of today, Jamie McMurray continues a strong tradition of NASCAR heroes hailing from the Show Me State. Much like the Wallace Family and Larry Phillips, McMurray raced all over the state before making it big on the national circuit. He won his first racing title at the age of 10 and has continued to rack up titles ever since.
Jamie McMurray was born on June 3, 1976, in Joplin. His early years were spent primarily on racing tracks behind practically anything that had a steering wheel. He raced go-karts when he was only eight and won his first United States Go- Karting title two years later. He racked up a total of four national titles in the next five years and even won the World Go-Karting Championship in 1991.
Jamie was already a seasoned veteran on the racetracks when he was old enough to legally drive at age 16. He was driving late-model NASCAR racing cars in 1992 all over the Midwest, again racking up wins wherever he raced. Fans of the sport took notice when he won the championship at the I-44 Speedway in Lebanon at age seventeen, defeating fellow Missourian and former NASCAR Winston Racing Series Champion Larry Phillips for the title.
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