Sebring IMSA 2018

My second IMSA Continental Tire series race is now complete! This one was a 2 hour race at Sebring International Raceway. We left for Sebring a week early for David Murry Track Days, where I was coaching someone in a Corvette. We had Monday and Tuesday off, so on Tuesday, we went for an airboat ride on Lake Istokpoga. After having a little non-racing fun, we had practice on Wednesday and Thursday. 

Dylan 

Daytona IMSA 2018 BGB highlights FS1 Broadcast

Here are 16 minutes of highlights of our BGB Porsche GT4 MR from the FS1 broadcast of Daytona IMSA CT race. We got some airtime, hope you enjoy. BGB Porsche GT4 MR #38, drivers Jim Cox, Dylan Murry, David Murry

#TurtleWaxFullThrottle Daytona IMSA race

Aside from a little bad luck with cautions, my IMSA debut was a fantastic experience, especially being able to have my dad as my teammate, along with the car owner, Jim Cox. Team BGB got a lot of media coverage and press releases. It was a great weekend for exposure. It started off with two practice sessions on Wednesday. Mr. Cox started the first practice, then I got in and finished it. In the second practice, I got in to start and left it to Mr. Cox finish off the day. Thursday was just a fifteen minute practice directly followed by a fifteen minute qualifying session. Mr. Cox did both of those. We ended up qualifying 22nd out of 30 cars in class. 

On race day (Friday), we had a team meeting in the morning to prepare for the race. Since it was a four hour race, we had to make four pit stops. Mr. Cox started the race and did two stints. He held his position for the first part of the race. Picking off cars one by one, he gave me the car in P17. We had to make that pit stop under green because we were running really low on fuel. As soon as I got out on the track, a caution came out. Because other people did not pit yet, we went to the back of the field and restarted in 26th, still on the lead lap. I got stuck on the outside on the restart and got caught on the outside. After that, I worked my way up to 10th place before we had to pit for gas. Once we pitted, I got out of the car, and my dad got in to finish. Once again, we pitted under green and the next lap, a caution came out. This time we weren’t so lucky. Another car was on a different pit strategy and my dad came out of pit lane right behind him. When the caution came out, we were not ahead of the leader, so we didn’t get the wave around. We were never able to get our lap back and ended up finishing 17th in class and over all.

We are now in Sebring for the David Murry Track Days event to test the car for the next race. I am looking forward to my second Continental Tire race in March at Sebring (2 hour race) with Mr. Cox and BGB Motorsports.

Dylan 

2017 year end update

This weekend was fantastic! It was the final race of the year at Atlanta Motor Speedway on the road course. We went into the race knowing that I had already locked up the championship, so most of the pressure was off. The will to win, however, was still there. We were fastest over all in practice, which gave me a bit of confidence going into the race. There was a heat race (instead of qualifying), and a feature race. I drew to start 3rd in the heat race. I passed the car on the outside front row going into turn one. He stayed pretty close to my rear bumper for the rest of the race. Still trying to hold him off, I made a pass for the lead. I held the lead and won the heat race. The video here is from the heat race which was short and intense. 

In the feature, I held the lead throughout the race. The cars were running side by side behind me, so I was able to pull away. I ended up winning the race by two seconds. 

I had to jump on out of my sweaty racing suit, and into a real suit to go to the awards banquet that night. In the banquet, I was awarded my 12th championship, accompanied by the “President’s Award” presented by Mr. Ed Clark, President of Atlanta Motor Speedway. I am very humbled by this award. I never saw it coming, and it’s truly an honor to receive it. 

This year has been very amazing and a great experience. To be able to receive the help to get two K&N races with Logan Zimmerman Racing, and a chance to race at the infamous Circuit de Spa Francorchamps, has really amazed me. I am looking forward to seeing what comes my way in 2018 with a lot of hard work ahead. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to my career including the Go Fund Me donors, Turtle Wax, The Gorsline Company, Tupelo Honey Cafe, Case•it, Simcraft, Craig Stanton keeping me fit, those having me drive their race cars on track, and many many others. I could not be writing this race report without you.

Dylan

                                  Ken Ragan presents "Pro Legends Championship"                               Ed Clark presents "President's Award"

Video- Atlanta Motor Speedway Legends heat race December 2, 2017- short & sweet

Video- "Thank you"

Dylan drives a Porsche Supercup car at VIR 9-19-17

Watkins Glen K&N race and TV time

Last weekend went great! Buckling down the second K&N race of the year, we were up in Watkins Glen all weekend. I had so much fun with my dad as one of my spotters. It was a great learning experience and an unforgettable weekend. Learning how to boogie a stock car around a road course was very fun. It was a one day show with the K&N race on Friday, Xfinity on Saturday, and Monster Energy Cup on Sunday. 

Dylan 

NASCAR K&N Watkins Glen announcement 7-20-17

iRacing June update

We changed my logo to the one above so look for that in the future. I hope you like it.

A couple of weeks ago, NASCAR asked if I would participate in the Circle K Speed Street autograph session during the Charlotte Coca-Cola 600. I ended up sitting in-between Ernie Irvin and Jeffery Earnhardt, pretty inspiring. There were two sessions that I was signing in. 

After that, I started the Thursday Thunder Legends racing season last Thursday. We tested on Wednesday and raced on Thursday. This race didn’t send us the best of luck, but it was still great experience. We had some troubles with set up and qualified 8th out of 15 cars. A couple of laps into the race, we were running side by side and one of the old racing incidents occurred. I got turned around and the toe got knocked out a bit and didn't have the finish we hoped. I guess sometimes you’re the bug and sometimes you’re the windshield. That night, I was the bug, but hopefully the next race I won’t be the bug, or windshield and just miss everything. 

We are working on the K&N race at Watkins in August. Once we have firmed up the program I will let you know. I am really looking forward to getting back in a K&N car again. 

Monday we are going to Charlotte to visit and then on to Richmond, VA for a meeting before going to VIR for DMTD and PCA on Monday. Look for some posts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Happy Fathers Day everyone!

Dylan 

K&N Article on their website - Dylan Greenville

Here is an article that NASCAR K&N series sponsor has written and posted on their website. Direct link is https://www.knfilters.com/news/news.aspx?id=7014

K&N Pro Series Rookie, Dylan Murry, Uses Greenville Pickens Speedway to Prove His Might

In just his fifth race in a car, Dylan Murry finished sixth in his first K&N Pro Series event If in high school you were to draw the shape of the Greenville Pickens Speedway and submitted it to your teacher as a representation of an oval, it’s unlikely you would have received a passing grade. With four turns, each with its own radius, and front and back straights that aren’t parallel, it’s not the standard image of an oval racetrack that usually comes to mind. Beyond just the shape of the track, there are even more challenges for the driver. The two straights are virtually flat and the turns are banked at only five degrees. In addition, the turns have been freshly repaved while the straights are covered in decades-old asphalt. So just as the driver starts to transition to power, the grip of the track surface changes greatly. This background is provided so that you can better appreciate the feat of this young teenager from Georgia, who raced in his very first K&N Pro Series East race at Greenville Pickens Speedway this month, in only his fifth race in a car. Sixteen-year-old Dylan Murry is like many young drivers who come out of a racing family. His father David was a championship road racer and now operates a track day and coaching business. Dylan caught the racing bug not from his dad’s insistence or encouragement, but from watching kart races and pressuring dad to allow him to start racing. “I wanted to make sure it was his passion and not mine,” dad, David, added emphatically. Dylan enters a newly paved turn with the older asphalt straightway behind him Dylan drove road racing karts for several years but then decided to pursue a career on ovals. He moved up into Legends where he cut his teeth in quarter-mile wheel-to-wheel competition. He managed to put together funding to drive in four Whelen Late Model races for Spraker Racing Enterprises last year, at two tracks – Caraway Speedway and Motor Mile Speedway, with the goal of breaking into the K&N series at Watkins Glen, to take best advantage of his road-racing background. A quick aside: While Dylan’s racing has received some support from Tooth Life, Gliimpse, and The Gorsline Company, it's come mostly from his friends, fans, and other supporters through a GoFundMe campaign.   Will Dylan Murry be among the drivers to replace fan favorites who are retiring, like Dale Jr.? Because of the high speeds at Watkins Glen (160 mph up the backstraight) NASCAR wanted Dylan to first prove his ability in a more powerful K&N car on a shorter track. So the race at Greenville Pickens was chosen. The challenge of driving Greenville Pickens is well-known among short track racers in the south. The apex is up against the inside retainer wall, plus the changes in pavement and the mixture of radii of the turns. Not the place most drivers would select to put in a safe finish to receive approval to race at the faster tracks. The only experience he’d had of the South Carolina track was a few laps in a street car. If the layout wasn’t intimidating enough (based on a clay horse track carved out in 1940), it’s also the second oldest NASCAR track still operating and where the legends of Richard Petty and David Pearson have at least some of their roots. In the first practice session, Dylan was not surprisingly near the bottom of the order – 18th out of 19 cars. In qualifying Dylan moved up to 16th. Not what he’d been hoping for, but the race would take over an hour and Dylan knew he could learn more about the car, the other drivers, and the track as the race wore on. With each lap of the race, Dylan began to find his pace. He learned that you lost speed late braking into the turns as the cars are actually coasting at the apex, and that power has to be applied judiciously as you transfer off the fresh asphalt of the turn and onto to aged surface of the straights. “In the last 25 laps I felt I had a good handle on the track,” Dylan would comment after the race. As a shout-out to those who supported him through GoFundMe Dylan carries the logo on the car Dylan had moved up 9 positions during the race and finished an incredible sixth and top Rookie, in his Rette-Jones Racing Ford Fusion. To put accomplishment into context, the drivers who finished ahead of him have multiple K&N Pro Series races under their belts, or have raced in ARCA or the Camping World Truck Series. Not just four outings in a Late Model car. For his performance, Dylan was awarded the Sunoco Rookie of the Race, Coca-Cola Move of the Race, and the Brembo Brake Through Challenge. The only award he didn’t receive was a first place trophy. Because of his impressive performance at Greenville Pickens, Brett Bodine, head of NASCAR's Driver Approval Committee, has given Dylan the green light to race at not only Watkins Glen, but all tracks in the series, including the three other fastest tracks: Bristol, Dover, and New Hampshire. So make sure to look out for this young man in the K&N Pro Series East race at Watkins Glen, and perhaps a few other races this year, depending upon the support he receives through his GoFundMe campaign.

NASCAR & Legends Update, April 24

Last weekend was a great weekend for us winning the Legends race at Crisp Motorsports Park on Saturday. They had a 10 minute practice. We were 4th in practice, and decided to check the rear toe after because the car was very loose. It turned out that the rear tires were toed out 1/8” after the last race when I hit the wall on the last lap. The housing is bent, so we couldn’t do anything at the track. After making some changes, 5 lap qualifying was next. The car was still loose and I qualified 4th. Before the race, we changed the cross weight a little. The car ended up being balanced perfect and picked up 3rd place on the start. Throughout the race, the top four or five cars were switching positions every lap. They had a wreck with a few laps to go and had to clean up oil around the track. I restarted the race in first place. It was a green white checkered, so all I had to do was maintain my lead. Going into turn three with 2 laps to go, second place tried to do a bump and run, but wasn’t enough to get around me. After taking the white flag, I got a great run coming out of turn two and extended my lead to win the race! Legendsofga.com.

NASCAR also just announced that I won the "Coca-Cola Move of the Race Award", "Sunoco Rookie of the Race Award", and the "Brembo Brake Through Challenge Award" for the K&N race at Greenville. I could not believe that I won 3 out of 4 awards in my first race! We have also been notified by NASCAR that I am approved to race at Watkins Glen and all other tracks in K&N. Thanks Rette Jones Racing and LZR for making my first K&N race a great one!

I have been going back and forth to The Mitty and my dad’s track days at Road Atlanta. I had a lot of fun hanging out with my co-drivers at Spa and everyone and got a chance to drive a Datsun 510 and a Porsche 968. Both were very cool cars. I had a blast driving them.

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