Dyson Racing Forms Developmental Program
In addition to announcing the formation of the Dyson Racing Junior Development Program, the team’s Vice President and Sporting Director Chris Dyson also named the program’s first member, 16 year-old Skip Barber Racing Series and US F2000 graduate Matt McMurry.
"The Dyson Racing Team has during its long history been home to many of the best drivers in sportscar racing," said Dyson. “Over the past three decades our team has also nurtured the careers of a number of up-and-coming drivers, including my own. With the creation of the Dyson Racing Junior Development Program we’ve made a more formal commitment to accelerating the progress of new generations of driving talent."
McMurry, the son of sports car racing veteran and former team driver Chris McMurry, joined Dyson Racing drivers Tom Kimber-Smith and Chris Dyson last weekend in Kershaw, S.C., for a two-day test in the same Caterham-liveried LMP2-class Zytek-Nissan that will be fielded for TK-S and Dyson by Greaves Motorsport in the European Le Mans Series.
McMurry’s first outing as part of his Dyson Junior Development program will see him rejoin Greaves on April 1-2 at the European Le Mans Series official test at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.
“This is a very exciting opportunity for me, and I’m honored to be Dyson Racing’s first Junior Development Program team member," said McMurry. “Sportscar racing is an international sport and to have the chance to compete in Europe and learn from guys like Tom, who’s won the LMP2 class twice at Le Mans, and Chris, who’s twice been the IMSA American Le Mans Series driver champion, it’s just such a great thing."
Dyson Racing Team President Rob Dyson said he is looking forward to watching McMurry’s racing career progress this year with the support of Kimber-Smith and Chris Dyson.
“I saw how having the support of a well-organized and experienced team behind him helped accelerate Chris’s development as a driver. It allowed him to fully focus on building his skill behind the wheel," Rob Dyson said.
“What impresses me the most about Matt is not how good he is for a driver his age," Chris Dyson said. “It’s just how flat good he is. I watched him drive last week in testing and I came away with the sense that he has enough talent that if he plays his card right, there’s no limit to how much he can accomplish. In the car and working with the team running the test, Matt showed an unbelievable degree of maturity. All of us at Dyson Racing are happy to welcome him to our Junior Development Program, and we are excited to see him grow with us."