Matt McMurry

Matthew Merrill McMurry (born November 24, 1997) is an American racing driver from Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. In 2014 he became the first junior development driver for Dyson Racing and a few months later at the age of 16 years and 202 days old became the youngest driver to participate in and finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He is a second generation driver and son of Chris McMurry, LMP2 class winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2005.

Career

McMurry has been racing cars since age 14, competing in Formula Skip Barber, U.S. F2000 Championship, Formula Bondurant, Prototype Lites and the European Le Mans Series. Through age 16 he has total 71 car races with a 8% winning, 21% podium position and 10% fastest lap rate. Prior to racing cars, he raced in karting from age of 5-12, mostly locally in Arizona.

24 Hours of Le Mans (2014)

After back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the 2014 European Le Mans Series at Silverstone and Imola, McMurry was asked to join American Chris Dyson and Englishman Tom Kimber-Smith for the 82nd 24 Hours of Le Mans in the No. 42 LMP2 class entry by Greaves Motorsport from Peterborough, England.

The entry qualified 19th overall and 10th in class. When McMurry was handed the car by Kimber-Smith at about the 43 minute mark in the race, he became the youngest driver to ever participate in the race, breaking the record held by Mexican Ricardo Rodriguez and set 55 years earlier in 1959. Rodriguez was 17 years and 126 days old at the time.

After a 60+ minute pit stop during the 20th hour, the team finished the race 25th overall and 11th in class, having run over 2,600 miles. McMurry broke the record for youngest to finish the race, a mark previously set by American Gunnar Jeannette in 2000 at the age of 18 years and 44 days old.

Statistics

IMSA Cooper Tires Prototype Lites

Year	Team	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2013	Performance Tech	RAM 6	RAM 5	COA 5	COA 18	RAT 6	RAT 12	14th	48

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2014	JDC Motorsports	SEB 23	SEB 5	KAN 13	KAN 9	WGI 6	WGI 13	MOS 17	MOS 8	RAM 19	RAM 2	VIR 3	VIR 2	RAT 1	RAT 12	6th	121

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Caterham Racing	Tom Kimber-Smith Chris Dyson	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	329	25th	11th
2017	Algarve Pro Racing	Mark Patterson Vincent Capillaire	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	330	32nd	15th

Asian Le Mans Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	Rank	Points
2016-17	Algarve Pro Racing	ZIC 2	FUJ	BIC 2	SPG	9th	36

European Le Mans Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2014	Greaves Motorsport	SIL 4	IMO 4	RBR 6	CPR 10	EST 7		7th	38
2017	Algarve Pro Racing	SIL 12	MON 12	RBR 13	CPR 8	SPA 12	ALG 11	20th	4.5

IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship

Prototype

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2015	Michael Shank Racing	DAY 5	ATL 9									18th	50
2018	Spirit of Daytona Racing	DAY 20	SEB 12	LBH DNE	MDO DNE	DGP 13	WGI	CTP	RAM	WLS	ATL	25th*	48*

Season in progress*

Prototype Challenge

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2015	BAR1 Motorsports	WGL 3		ELK 5				11th	116
2015	JDC-Miller Motorsports		MOS 3		AUS 5			11th	116
2016	BAR1 Motorsports	LGA 6	WGI 7	MOS 6	LIM 4	ELK 5	AUS 4	10th	138

Grand Touring Daytona

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	Rank	Points
2016	Park Place Motorsports	DAY 17	SEB 17	WGI 8	ATL 12	21st	74
2017	Park Place Motorsports	DAY 24	SEB 6	WGI 8	ATL 3	30th	85*

External links

1. Matt McMurry Website