The first round of the Radical World Cup, which supports the Le Mans Series at Donington on the 26th/ 27th August, is set to have a full grid of Radicals. With over 30 entries already confirmed and several more teams expected to enter, the first round will have a guaranteed bumper grid.
Currently nine SR8 teams are entered, headed by the leading Radical Enduro team, Team Quaife, while Touring Car ace David Leslie will be partnering SR8 owner/driver Steve Jones. Four teams from Germany, headed by Radical Germany?s Christian Droop will be attending, as will four teams from Radical Portugal.
Jacob Greaves has enlisted the help of Le Mans driver and Radical test pilot, Michael Vergers in the SR4 class, while father, Tim, will be driving both his SR8 with co-pilot Stuart Moseley in the Radical World Cup and his AER-powered SR9 in the Le Mans Series.
The second round of the Radical World Cup at Spa Francorchamps on 6th / 8th October is also guaranteed to be a full grid with 60 cars expected to attend, including cars from the Swedish Radical Cup and the Matador Powertec Radical Challenge.
The third round of the Radical World Cup at Estoril, in Portugal, has moved forward a week to November 4th/5th. Grids for this round are expected to be forty plus with 20 teams from the Radical Portuguese Cup joining forces with UK and German teams.
The last round of the Radical World Cup at Dubai also had a date change recently to the 14th/15th December. The date changes will enable teams to ship cars to Dubai by sea ensuring costs are kept to a minimum. As with the other rounds a healthy grid is expected with a contingent of drivers from the Gulf Radical Cup being joined by the European drivers.
Radical co-founder Mick Hyde, is understandably pleased, ?We have hit a chord with the Radical World Cup concept. A lot of our customers like racing at prestigious events at top circuits. We are looking forward to extending our participation in the Le Mans Series rounds in 2007. We are expecting four Radical SR9?s on the Le Mans Series grid next year and many of the drivers, including our Tim Greaves and Stuart Moseley, made a name for themselves in Radicals, so it is a natural step for us?.