Jamie McMurray’s Show Car - Up Close and Personal
Submitted from NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Well I went and did it, I went and saw the number 26 Jamie McMurray show car today. It was in town at two locations - one at the West End of the City and one at the East End. Even though I live closer to the East End location I went to the West End showing because it was earlier in the day, therefore I would be able to coach my son’s T-Ball Team tonight. As it turns out, it rained cats and dogs so the game was cancelled, and I would imagine they put the show car away early too. So, unlike the Tony Stewart autograph session that I missed, my luck today held out. 
I’ve been to a lot of show car appearances around this neck of the woods, and let me tell you I’ve seen some high calibre machines like the Dale Earnhardt collection (Wheaties, Olympic, Taz, Silver, Peter Max, Bass Pro Shops) and I’ve seen some pretty low calibre machines as well, like the Jeff Gordon show car that came to town just after he switched to his current flame job paint scheme. The Gordon car looked like somebody just ‘put it together’ thinking that since it had the 24 on the side everyone would oooh and awwwe about it - that didn’t happen, there were a lot of disappointed fans - but the car was junk. Unlike the Gordon car the RCR cars of Dale Earnhardt were nice pieces, every attention was given to detail - there was even a detail printed history of each car.
