Bradley Smith (born 21 February 1991) is a former
British Racing Drivers' Club
The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) is an exclusive invitation-only members club for racecar drivers who are judged to have achieved success in the upper levels of motor sport for a number of seasons. Except under exceptional circumstances, me ...
(BRDC) Rising Star and sports car driver from
Essex, United Kingdom.
He is the Sunoco Prize winner and raced in the
Rolex 24
The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on the Sports Car Course layout ...
at Daytona in 2014.
Career
Starting in Karts at the young age of 8, Bradley began to win races at Club, National and European Level. Moving to Sports Cars in 2011, Bradley experienced half a season and was able to outdrive his 2004 car to gain top ten places.
In 2012, was his first full year competing in a
Radical SR3
The Radical SR3 is a race and sports car produced by Radical Sportscars, which has been built in Peterborough since 2002. The vehicle is considered a further development of the Clubsport 1100.
History
Designed by race car designer Mike Pilbeam, ...
RS 260hp car in the Clubman Cup. Winning the Clubman cup championship in his first year
Moving to the endurance Radical SR3 challenge for 2013, he took his second championship. In 2014, he made his European debut in a V8 with a 2nd at
Nürburgring
The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Formula One, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around t ...
and his maiden European win at
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently host ...
. A highly successful batch of races saw Bradley becoming European Champion in 2014 at his first attempt.
2015 Bradley became a Grade A ARDS instructor
Races
2014 24 Hours of Daytona
The 52nd Rolex 24 at Daytona was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, from 23–26 January 2014. The 52nd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona was also the inaugural race for t ...
2015 Ginetta G55 Supercup race winner
2014 Radical European Masters Champion
2013 Radical SR3 Challenge Champion
2012 Radical SR3 Clubman Cup Champion
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
People from Billericay
Sportspeople from Essex
English racing drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Team West-Tec drivers