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closeMcMurray battles numbness in leg and arm in addition to difficult Darlington
JIM UTTER / The Charlotte Observer
Sunday, May. 13, 2007
DARLINGTON, S.C. - Driving at Darlington Raceway is tough enough, but dealing with a possibly pinched nerve while trying to stay in contention for a top-10 finish was painful for Jamie McMurray.
For much of Sunday’s race, McMurray ran in the top 10, sometimes breaking his way into the top five. But as the race wore on, a numbness in McMurray's right leg and left arm increased.
At one point it was so bad that the in-car camera showed McMurray wheeling around the tough Darlington track with one hand.
"I don’t know if I got a pinched nerve or what, but you pull those seatbelts so tight around your collarbone and everything,” he said.
“I’ve gotten in there before and had my leg fall asleep, but just nothing like today. To have your right leg and your left arm fall asleep, that’s a job at Darlington.”
McMurray ended up finishing 16th and remains 13th in points, 46 behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 12th.
The top 12 make the Chase for the Nextel Cup.
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: 1950 First NWCS Race: Southern 500, September 4, 1950 Qualifying Record: Ward Burton, 173.797 mph, (28.295 sec.), 3/22/96 Race Record: David Pearson, 132.699 mph, 5/11/68 Owner: ISC President/GM: Chris Browning Phone: (843) 395-8499 Tickets: (843) 395-8499 Shipping Address: 1301 Harry Byrd Hwy Darlington, SC 29532 Mailing Address: PO Box 500 Darlington, SC 29540-0500 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1.366 Mile Oval Banking in Turns 1-2: 25º Banking in Turns 3-4: 23º Banking in Straights: 2º Length of Frontstretch: 1,229 ft. Length of Backstretch: 1,229 ft. Grandstand Seating: 65,000 Miles/Laps: 501.3 mi. = 367 laps Miles/Laps: 400.2 mi. = 293 laps |