Young Irish Racing Driver of the Year, Eoin Murray has signed for the front running PRS Group team to contest the European Alfa Challenge.

Murray who finished third in the UK Elf Clio Cup in 2003 has decided to opt for the highly competitive European Alfa Challenge with backing from Alfa Romeo Ireland in 2004. ‘’This is a highly significant step forward in my racing career and having tasted success in the UK I am now working to compete in the ultra competitive European Alfa Challenge against some of the best young drivers in Europe’’.

The European Alfa Challenge will join the LG Super Racing Weekend for the 2004 season. The weekends will be headlined by the European Touring Cars covering 6 weekends, 6 top European circuits, in all there will be 11 races over Europe’s most prestigious tracks; Monza Italy, Valencia Spain, Magny-Cours France, Hockenheim Germany, Spa Belgium, Imola Italy,

- Spectators; (over 330,000 spectators in the first 8 events of 2003)

- Television; Eurosport ( 54 countries, 95 million households, 18 language and 21 million different viewers), Eurosport news (70 countries, 14 million households, 6 languages)

- Eurosport.com ( 5 local versions, up to 80 million pages viewed per month, up to 2 million different visitors per month).

- Distributed in USA, Canada, Argentina, Pan Africa, Malaysia-Brunei and Japan.

In addition to announcing his signing with PRS Group Eoin Murray is delighted to announce his continued sponsorship by Former British Rallyrcoss Champion Helmut Holfeld through his company Holfeld F1 Components & Current British Rallycross Champion Dermot Carnegie through his company Carnegie Sand & Gravel. Also for the 2004 season multiple Irish Tarmac Rally Champion Austin Mc Hale has come on board to help sponsor the young Irish driver through his company Mchale Plant Hire. Eoin is also generously sponsored by Motorsport Ireland, Alfa Romeo Ireland,Bill Griffin Motors, and a number of other Irish companies.

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