Carl Murgas, who has been with Ferrari of Austin for the better part of a year, joined the team with 30+ years of experience working on both street cars and race cars. Carl spent 5 years with Ferrari of Houston’s premier Ferrari Factory race team Risi Competizione. As lead mechanic on the #61 F430 GT car, Carl was responsible for maintenance of the car, set up, race prep, driver direction, and maintaining proper performance of the car before, during, and after each race. During his time with Risi Competizione, the team took home 2 consecutive championships from the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as 8 podium wins in the 2007 season, 1st place Petit Le Mans wins in both 2008 and 2009, and 1st place 12 Hours of Sebring wins in 2009 and 2010.
Carl’s most recent stint was running a sports car race team based out of Chicago
Before that, Carl spent 5 years as lead mechanic at Acemco Motorsports, where he assisted in set-up and teardown of race-related equipment and assumed responsibility for all aspects of car preparation and modifications. He has spent time as Senior Tool Engineer, where he was directly in charge of 6 people and oversaw the production of work of 20-30 employees, who altogether were responsible for the set-up, maintenance, building and installation of the production machinery. During this time, Carl was solely responsible for the design and purchase of specialized equipment.
Carl has extensive experience working on street cars, race cars, and every technical and mechanical part involved in each. Please stop in to Ferrari of Austin today to meet our technician and drop your car off in the safe and capable hands of the only Ferrari Factory authorized service shop in the city.
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