CONCORD, N.C. – Alex Murray’s first four races in the 22nd Annual Bojangles Summer Shootout INEX Legends Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway have been a learning curve.
Competing in the Pro division for the first time in this series, Murray, 15, and his team have been gaining speed each time out, until last week.
“A problem developed with the fuel line or something in the fuel pickup,” the personable racer said of his early exit from last Tuesday night’s feature event. “We just weren’t getting enough fuel to the motor. We’ve got the car handling much better. We just have to put it all together. I know we’ll get it figured out and I’m excited about this week’s race so we can go out and show what we can do.”
Of his adjustment to the Pro division, Alex says it has definitely been a challenge, but one they were expecting when the series started.
“We knew that we didn’t have the budget that some teams have to race several times a week and start in the spring,” he explained. “But when we looked at what we wanted to accomplish in the Shootout, we thought it was better to step up to Pro and challenge ourselves to learn to run up front with the best than to stay down and run up front against drivers who weren’t as experienced or were younger. We have a top five car. We just need to get the bugs out of it and we’ll be good.”
Tonight is the usual Monday night practice session at the track, while qualifying and racing get underway on Tuesday afternoon.
If you can’t make it out to the speedway to watch Alex on Tuesday night, check out www.goprn.com for information on the internet pay-per-view video broadcast for this summer’s racing, or follow Alex Murray Racing on Facebook, or his website (www.alexmurrayracing.com) to keep up with the latest news.