Jamie McMurray drives th🦩e #26 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, which must pare its roster from five to four teams, per NASCAR mandate, at the endᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ of the season.

McMurray talked to Reid Spencer about the possibility of switching organisations and about what he does to get away from racing. (Hint: It's more racing.)
Q:
Have you ever made a better save than the one you had at Las Vegas, when you slid sideways, kept you൩r car off the wall and salvaged a ninth-ꦍplace finish?

Jamie McMurray:
No. That kind of blew me away to be able to hang on to that and still finish - and finish pretty good. That save lasted four or five seconds, and that's a long time to try to save a car. It was a really long, long slide, with a lot of gas pedal work and a lot of steering input. That was pretty wild, and I was just shocked I was able to hang on to that.
Q:
How do you see the situation plဣaying out at Roush Fenway at the end of the year, when Roush has to go dow💖n to four teams?

Jamie McMurray:
I don't know that any of the drivers (McMurray, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth and David Ragan) would tell you that they want to be the one that's moved, but I don't think that anyone's really worried about it, either. I think it's going to play out based on sponsorship. I don't think that performance really has anything to do with it.
Q:
What's the biggest difference in style between your former owner, Chi𒈔p Ganassi, and your current one, Jack Roush?

Jamie McMurray:
Jack is a lot more hands-on than Chip was. If there's an issue with the engine or the rear end - whatever the problem is with the racecar - Jack knows as much about that as anybody.
Q:
What do you do whe༒n you waꦍnt to take a break from Sprint Cup racing?

Jamie McMurray:
I used to play golf, but since I got back into go-karting, that's what I do. I just go to my shop and mess around with that stuff.
Q:
Do you have any i꧒nclination to go to South America and race go-karts against some of the European stars, the way Jeff Gordon did in November?

Jamie McMurray:
I would love to go do that. I talked to Jeff about that. It's incredible how fast guys can go in a go-kart. Jeff was saying, "I'm a racecar driv✅er, and I'm over a second a lap off the pace". It's remarkable what those guys are able to do in karts.

by Reid Spencer/Sporting News