Alex Murray Revved Up For Charlotte Tripleheader
Concord, N.C. - Alex Murray, 15, of Concord is looking forward to this weekend's INEX Legends Tripleheader finale' to the Winter Heat Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Coming off a strong third place finish, Alex says he is looking for a win in one of this weekend's three Semi-Pro features.
"We were on old tires last weekend," the personable racer said. "That makes just enough of a difference in speed that it's hard to keep up with Christian (Eckes) and Dillon (Faggart). We have new rubber for this weekend, so I'm hoping we can be racing for the win. I just need to be smart behind the wheel and stay smooth and I think we have a chance. We're very close on speed."
For Murray, this season is about getting the most out of himself and the car on the track, and building the right relationships off it.
"I'm still learning of course, but I know we have the car to win. My Dad and my team have seen to that. We don't have the funding that some others do to buy tires as often, so we have to do everything we can to get more out of what we have. I would love to work with a company that would enjoy having us do appearances for them and represent them in a professional way. A sponsor or two would help us to have the tires we need and to run more races. I want to win races, and I believe we can do that. We're getting closer every time out!"
About Alex Murray
Alex Murray is a Concord, NC driver who began racing quarter midgets at the age of 5, even before entering kindergarten!
He enjoyed a successful eight year quarter midget racing career traveling throughout the eastern half of the United States. In his 449 quarter midget main events, Alex finished in the top 3 positions 52% of the time-233 podium finishes!
He set numerous track records and won three track championships, a regional USAC .25 championship, and a national USAC .25 championship.
Alex began racing in the U.S. Legend car series in September of 2012 at age of 12. He has tasted the fruits of victory twice since then, along with several fast time awards and hard charger awards.
Among his honors are the following...
2013 Concord Speedway Hard Charger Awards 2012 USAC .25 Gen Next Mid-Atlantic Lt. AA Champion 2012 USAC .25 Gen Next Mid-Atlantic 2nd place, Lt. 160 2012 USAC .25 Gen Next Mid-Atlantic 3rd place, Lt. World Formula 2011 USAC .25 National Award Series Lt. 160 Champion 2011 NCQMA Lt. 160 Champion 2011 NCQMA Lt. World Formula Champion 2009 NCQMA Sr. Honda Summer Heat Series Champion
Alex is being coached and promoted by Performance Coach Tom Baker of Team Full Throttle in Charlotte, N.C.
His marketing partners include Get N Gear Auto Care and Performance.
About Racing With Ryan
"Racing with Ryan" was created by US Legend Car driver Alex Murray (#22) to memorialize his #1 fan, Ryan Beckett. Ryan is also the brother of Justin Beckett, a crew member on the Alex Murray Racing team.
Ryan, age 13, was in the 8th grade at Winkler Middle School. Ryan had high functioning Asperger's which helped fuel his love for fast cars, all types of Racing and especially NASCAR.
Ryan was a neighbor and friend of the Alex Murray Racing family and loved to cheer on Alex at the Summer Shootouts and see himself on the big screen with his Alex Murray fan sign.
Ryan died on December 30, 2014, after fighting for his life at the Levine Children's hospital for two weeks. He passed away from complications with bacterial meningitis that attacked his body and brain. Alex wanted to keep Ryan's spirit and love for racing alive by running a decal with his name on his race car.
The family of Ryan wishes to join with Alex Murray Racing to keep Ryan's spirit in racing alive and to help touch the lives of others.
The "Racing with Ryan" decal, as seen on Alex's #22 Legend Car, will be available soon for all to purchase, place on their vehicle and to help us keep the decal running on race cars of all kinds. The proceeds from the sale of the decals will go to support local children's Charities such as Victory Junction Gang Camp.
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