CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jamie McMurray thought he had a shot at winning the pole two weeks ago in Las Vegas until a bobble on his lap ended his chance.

He looked at the scoring tower and, for a moment, teammate Kyle Larson was in first.

“I thought to myself, ‘Well, at least one of us got it,”’ McMurray said Wednesday. “I was going to go down there and tell him ‘Great job. Awesome.’ And even though he didn’t get the pole in the end, you can’t hide that feeling. You can’t hide when you are happy that someone else has done well.”

It’s that very cooperation and teamwork that has Chip Ganassi Racing off to a solid start through the first month of the NASCAR season.

McMurray finished second last week at Phoenix, where he had an opportunity on a final restart to snatch the win away from Kevin Harvick.

It would have been a steal after the way Harvick dominated, so McMurray was satisfied with second.

It followed an 11th-place finish the week before in Las Vegas, and a strong run that was ended early at Atlanta when he was caught in a crash.

Larson, meanwhile, has put together back-to-back top-10 finishes, and both drivers have advanced into the final round of qualifying in the last three races.

In their second season working together, McMurray believes the absence of a professional rivalry has helped the Chip Ganassi Racing team grow into consistent weekly contenders. He said he views Team Penske, where Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano have a strong belief in teamwork, as the model for a successful two-car organization.

“Kyle and I get along exceptionally well. There’s no jealousy. Egos and jealousy, to me, are what destroys teammates,” McMurray said. “When you don’t want to see the other guy do well, and are bitter when they do, it’s really hard to share everything. But Kyle and I, both of our personalities, we’re pretty laid-back, and even though we both want to beat each other, we are genuinely happy when we do well.

“I just look at Penske, how Brad wanted Joey and felt he and Joey together could build something; that’s where we needed to be as a two-car team.”