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Damaged sustained during the hectic three
British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) programme at the Snetterton
circuit last
weekend, will force Eoin Murray to sit out the next round of
the series to be held at Knockhill in his Alfa 156. The
young Irishman received the full N.technology-built Alfa 156
racer as his prize for winning the 2005 edition of the
European Alfa Challenge. He joined the 2006 BTCC series at
Croft on 16th July, and has since turned in a string of
hugely impressive performances on the track against
bigger-budget teams.
Changing weather patterns created difficult BTCC qualifying
conditions for Eoin Murray and his Quest Team at Snetterton
last weekend. Setting the car up
for wet conditions, which did not eventually materialize,
meant that the Arguscarhire.com car qualified in 13th place
for Sundays race.
In the first race of the weekend, on a
wet Snetterton track, extra caution was called for but Eoin managed to
stay in contention until a spin by Matt Neal meant that Neal
was stalled right across the track and as Murray came through Neal
re-joined in his path leaving Murray nowhere to go. Murray’s
car was severely damaged and the resulting collision forcing
him to retire.
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Eoin Murray received the N.technology-built Alfa 156
racer as his prize for winning the 2005 European
Alfa Challenge. He joined the 2006 BTCC at Croft on
16th July, and has since turned in a string of
hugely impressive performances against the
big-budget teams. |
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Damaged sustained during the hectic three
British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) races at Snetterton last
weekend, will force Eoin Murray to sit out the next round of
the series at Knockhill in his Alfa 156. |
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A fantastic effort by Team Quest had the
Car ready for race two where Eoin started from nineteenth on
the grid and eventually managed to finish in tenth place. In the third race of the weekend Murray,
starting from tenth on the grid, had a battle with fellow
Irishman Gavin Smith until a collision at the Esses damaged
Eoin's front wheel which and put paid to further advancement
and he struggled with a vibration to eventually bring the
Alfa Romeo home in tenth.
"Overall that was a very difficult
weekend but for the efforts of the team I could have been
out completely after the first race. Considering the damage
from race one it was a miracle to be able to complete the
second two races however the additional expense of the
repairs on our limited budget means that we will not be able
to compete at Knockhill in three weeks time. Now we will
really concentrates on strong performances in the last two
events at Brands and Silverstone." The next round for
Eoin will be at Brands Hatch
on the 24th of September.
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