PRO SR3
Chris Lulham currently has a 22 point lead over his Valour Racing team mate Luke Hilton. Lulham has five wins out of six so far, in his first full season of car racing.
It was the Donington replacement race at Snetterton that proved to be his downfall, picking up a penalty after an off under braking.
Hilton seized his chance to take a maiden Radical victory, and apart from the season opener at Donington, he has been second in every other race, leaving him a clear second in the Championship
RSR’s John Macleod is currently third in the table, with a third place at both Donington and Snetterton. He also leads the Fangio Trophy.
Oscar Joyce moved from SR1’s to SR3’s this season with DW Racing, and started the season with a strong fourth place at Donington. His best result came in the Donington replacement race at Snetterton, taking second to Hilton.
DW also have Peter Tyler, second longest Radical supporter behind Macleod, he had a podium too at Snetterton finishing third in in the penultimate race.
Jason Rishover currently heads Tyler in the points. He has had two third places so far in rounds one and five. The 360 Competition driver swapped his regular SR3 for a works XXR at Snetterton.
Gavin McAlpine is due to make his seasonal debut with RAW Motorsport. It’s his second year in SR3’s, but this weekend his new SR3 XXR car is due to run on a sustainable biofuel, a first for the UK championship.
PRO SR1
The fight for SR1 glory will once again be a duel between DW Racing’s Sam Shaw and self-run Marcus Littlewood.
Both came into Radical’s with an excellent karting pedigree, but it’s Shaw topping the table at the moment, by 25 points.
Shaw had taken maximum points in four rounds so far, with invitation race winners James Taylor and Ryan Lindsay non scoring.
Shaw has been outright winner three times too, while Littlewood has taken top points twice.
North Motorsport’s Bradley and Ashley Gaunt get top marks for effort and entertainment and can often be seen duelling for sibling supremacy. At the moment Bradley holds the bragging rights and is third in the points table.
After debuting at Donington, Mini racer Matt Hammond is back too in the University of Derby car. Donington was Matt’s first ever experience of a car with aero.
Ready to challenge the regulars this weekend is Will Redford, recent winner of the Prodigy Racing Esports competition. With a background in Junior Saloons and currently racing in the Civic Cup, Will entered the Racing Prodigy competition along with 100,000 other hopefuls, with an impressive iRacing result was selected to join the Prodigy Week in Atlanta, USA. The all expense paid trip to the USA involved various assessments culminating in a shootout in a fleet of Radical SR1 race cars provided by Radical dealer Primal Racing at Atlanta Motorsports Park.
Coming away as the winner demonstrated Will's capability in the SR1, and will now be joining the Hagerty Radical Cup UK grid thanks to his sponsors Nitro Composites, ConnX Business Solutions, Onamission and Bourne HPP.
“It’s still crazy to me that this opportunity came around through sim racing and I would encourage anyone who is in the position to compete in Racing Prodigy’s various competitions to do it, as you never know where it might lead,” said Will.
Qualifying is on Saturday at 9.05 for 30 minutes, with race one at 13.50 and race two at 17.20. The final race of the weekend is on Sunday at 15.55 being broadcast live on ITV4 and online at ITVX.