The Radical SR8 is a British sports car made by
Radical Sportscars
Radical Motorsport is a British manufacturer and constructor of racing cars. The company was founded in January 1997 by amateur drivers and engineers Mick Hyde and Phil Abbott, who built open cockpit sportscars which could be registered for roa ...
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Dominic Dobson drove one to victory in the 2015
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures and has over 156 turns, climbing from the sta ...
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Michael Vergers held the all-time lap record of the
Nordschleife circuit on the Nürburgring until 29 June 2010,
doing so in 2009 in a Radical SR8 LM on
Dunlop Direzza DZ03 tyres. He clocked a lap time of 6:48:28.
A prototype is being made, with the help of Radical Sportscars, into an all-electric version by
Racing Green Endurance
Racing Green Endurance (RGE) was a student-led project at Imperial College London to demonstrate the potential of zero emission cars. The team drove 26,000 km down the Pan-American Highway
The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)rout ...
, a student-led project of
Imperial College London
Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...
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Life cycles
References
External links
Radical Sportscars , Racing , Track Day , Road and Race CarsRacing Green Endurance - The CarRacing Green Endurance website
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Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Cars of England
Sports cars
2000s cars
2010s cars
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