Long Pond, Pa. ? Jamie McMurray has the pole for Pocono and a job for next year.

He’s only really happy about winning the top starting spot.

McMurray turned a lap of 168.761 mph in his No. 42 Dodge Saturday for his second career pole and first since the final race of the 2003 season. While McMurray celebrated the top spot in today’s Pennsylvania 500, he’s unhappy that Chip Ganassi Racing has picked up the option on next year’s contract.

McMurray will leave Ganassi after his contract expires to drive the No. 6 car for Roush Racing in 2007, but hoped he could make the jump after this season. McMurray did not talk about some of the specifics that will keep him with Ganassi for another year, but pledged his full commitment to the team.

“When you race a car, everytime you get in it … I don’t think anyone wants to drive all 500 miles and not give all you can,” he said.

McMurray spoke with his crew last week at New Hampshire and fully explained the situation to a team that heard about the driver’s jump to Roush Racing through the Internet.

“That’s tough, but you get in a situation where you can’t talk,” he said. “You try to do the right thing and it always ends up making someone mad. They’re not going to give up on me.”