Jamie McMurray's first full day at Daytona International Speedway included a photo opportunity of the driver standing amid the track's famed trophies. So much so that team owner Chip Ganassi deemed him ''a big game hunter.'' With last month's Rolex victory, McMurray joined Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt as the only three drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the sports car race. I look at five years ago, I wouldn't have thought I would be here.'' McMurray broke into NASCAR's top series in 2002 as Ganassi's replacement driver for the injured Sterling Marlin. The results never came and he found himself longing for a return to Ganassi, where he was a big fish in a small pond in the two-car system.
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