DUNLOP MOTORSPORT IRELAND YOUNG RACING DRIVER OF THE MONTH – JUNE 2011
Niall Murray from Dublin has been selected as the Dunlop Young Racing Driver of the Month for June, for his performances during the month in the Ginetta Junior UK Championship.
The 16 year-old from Firhouse, the winner of last year’s inaugural Ginetta Junior Ireland series, finished in an excellent second place in the British Championship race at Oulton Park on June 5, also setting the race’s fastest lap. He followed this, two weeks later, with a fourth place finish at Croft in North Yorkshire, despite not having tested at either circuit previously. He is racing against opposition, many of whom already have knowledge of these tracks, and of the 1.8 litre Ginetta G40, from last year.
Niall plans to complete the season in this class, and hopes to contest it again in 2012, with a full year’s experience to his credit, when he hopes to mount a strong challenge for the UK title. The Ginetta Junior UK class runs as a supporting race to the high profile, televised British Touring Car Championship.
Niall Murray in action
Niall is sponsored by Staffordshire University, which has a partnership with the Beacon Racing team, providing technical knowledge and engineering skills, and by Murray Motorsport and splashIT.net.
He attends Colaiste Eanna Secondary School, where he is a fifth year student. Niall began kart racing in 2003 and won the O Plate meeting in the KF3 class in 2009.
Having been selected as the third Dunlop Driver of the Month for the 2011 season, Niall is now a contender for the prestigious €50,000 Dunlop Motorsport Ireland Young Racing Driver of the Year Award. This award is presented annually and is sponsored by Dunlop, the Irish Sports Council and Motorsport Ireland.
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