Radical SR8LM smashes the Nordschleife Lap Record on the new Intrax 4-way Black Titan shocks

Radical Sportscars has smashed the Nürburgring production car lap record, with driver Michael Vergers posting a committed 6m48s lap time. The road-legal SR8LM smashed the previous record, also held by Radical since 2005, by an incredible eight seconds. All this, less than 24 hours after the car was driven from England to Germany for the record.

German motoring magazine Sport Auto oversaw the attempt, with the UK’s EVO magazine confirming the time, which will be officially finalized tomorrow (Thursday Aug. 20th).

Intrax 4-way adjustable Black Titan shocks on the SR8LM

Conditions for the record were perfect, with clear skies and temperatures in the high 20s. Vergers initially battled with the Nordschleife’s fearsome kerbs, jumps and bumps, but soon found the ideal setup, inspiring confidence to push harder. “The car was great, I could push really hard and it felt clearly faster than the previous SR8 in 2005,” said Vergers. “It’s fantastic that we’ve beaten the record; hopefully I’ll get an opportunity to return with Radical in the future.”

Radical co-founder Mick Hyde said: “I’m obviously delighted, the record has been a real team effort headed up by Phil Abbott and Mike Rowe. Dunlop have supplied us with brilliant, hard-wearing trackday tires, indeed we’ve only used one set to both drive to the ‘Ring, and set the record. “We’ve proved that the SR8LM is not only the world’s best trackday car, but it’s also practical enough to drive to and from the circuit. It is a genuine production sportscar, with genuine performance credentials, as we’ve shown today.”

Intrax founder Henk Thuis was present to support the Radical attempt and help finding the optimum settings on the 4-way Black Titan shocks. “This car is equipped with all the latest inventions of Intrax, including the new “v3” piston design, which optimizes stability, comfort and traction of the Radical. This is –again- a real step forwards and we are pleased it translates so well in improved safety and lap times.”   

Winning Examples
Intrax owns the official lap record for street legal cars at the well known “Nordschleife” of the Nürburgring. In 2009 a “Radical SR8LM” equipped with Intrax 4-WAY dampers lapped in 6m48s to improve the previous lap record, also held by Radical. As per today, the Radical is per lap more than 23 seconds faster than any other streetcar. See the link below and several youtube movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordschleife_fastest_lap_times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSGbO0MGGI

Champion Niels Langeveld Suzuki closes Suzuki-career with win!

The new Swift Cup champion Niels Langeveld has endid his racing career in the Suzuki’s with a victory.
In the second heat of the final races came the Sassenheimer on CPZ before Peter Schreurs (2nd) and Marth Earl (third) over.

"This was a great last round in Swift," grinned Langeveld, followed by a huge bottle of champagne to his mouth.

Results Race 2  Formido Swift Cup, Final races, CPZ:

1. Niels Langeveld 12 laps in 28:56,928
2. Peter Schreurs in 3,399 seconds
3. Marth de Graaf in 3,875
4. Glenn Coronel in 4,453
5. Sven Snoeks in 4,731
6. Dennis van de Laar in 6,796
7. Sandra Douma in 6,990
8. Bart van Os in 16,425
9. Jelle Beelen in 17,065
10. Jörg Obluda in 17,465
11. Wesley Caransa in 18,374
12. Jasper Bijl in 18,564
13. Robbert Bijl in 19,228
14. Laura Katsma in 19,448
15. Maaike de Wit in 28,656
16. Ertjo Buitenhuis in 29,564
17. Mike Hesse in 29,740
18. Kees Paulusma in 29,890
19. Kim van den Berg in 30,080
20. Maarten van ’t Schip in 34,768
21. Joost van den Akker in 35,168
22. Jos Veldboer in 46,957

Failed: Marcel van de Maat and Niels Kool
Did not start: Nick Hummel and Steijn Schothorst
Fastest race lap: Niels Langeveld in 2:08,062

Pieter van Soelen champion in the DSC Supersport II-division 2010!

After the last race weekend at Spa Francorchamps during the Racing Festival is Pieter van Soelen the first champion of 2010!

He won the championship from the Supersport II division after an excellent fifth place with his car on Intrax, which is well enough for the title. With this victory Van Soelen has for the second time in three years time the first place in the championship, and for JR Motorsports this was even the third victory in three years time.

Peter and JR Motorsports both congratulations for the title!

Henk on topspeedtv.eu

Henk Thuis owner of Intrax) gives a small interview during the DNRT racing day on Zandvoort.
With thanks to Martin Utberg from www.topspeedtv.eu where you can watch the full lenght episodes.

Youtube movie

Bart van Os pakt toch zijn Suzuki-zege op Zandvoort

Article about the Radical Benelux Cup in START

In the magazine START Nr. 4 of April 2011 is an article about the Radical Benelux Cup.

Read the full article here.

JR Motorsport 1st in his Class and 16th overall in 24H Dubai!

JR Motorsports first in class and 16th overall in the 24H of Dubai!

JR Motorsports for the first time took part in a 24 hour race, and their debut went very well.
They drove the BMW E46 M3 GTR with our Intrax 4-Way Black Titan XL shock absorbers.

They started with number 71 and with 4 and half hours to go the drive in the first position, with the number 2 on a backlog of eight rounds.

Without too much trouble, they can keep this up and they became the first in their class!

Launch of the new Seat Ibiza 2.0 TDI Endurance Cup

Launch of the new Seat Ibiza 2.0 TDI Endurance Cup
The change of a legend during a racing life

After 12 years of competition and many thousands of kilometers, the time has finally arrived, the legendary yellow Seat TDI will be replaced by his successor. With new looks, new modern technology and the ambition to do as well or even better then his predecessor. The new Seat Ibiza TDi FR cupracer is ready to rumble.

Het DNRT bestuur nodigt belangstellenden uit om op zondag 4 maart de lancering van de nieuwe Seat Ibiza 2.0 TDi FR mee te maken.Plaats van handelingis hetCircuit Park Zandvoort en wel tussen de tijdtraining en start van de Final Four, de laatste race om het Winter Endurance Kampioenschap. Ook kunt u het nieuws over deze nieuwe cupracer volgen op de DNRT.nl en seatendurancecup.nl

Amazing races by Niels van Boxtel and again van Berkel

Saturday 30 September, Horst, Motorcross youth cross ktm 65 cc.

Two times a second place for Niels van Boxtel! This was the first time he raced on the Intrax shock damper and he raced a fantastic race! Literally he raced full throttle over the gaps and won two times with big dominance!

Also there was a manche victory by van Berkel in the classe 85 cc. Strugling from a bad start, van Berkel showed that the stickler wins! Unfortunately he could not win the second manche because of mechanic trouble.

Van Soelen and vd Heuvel score at DSC-Zolder

The 4th round of the "Dutch Supercar  Challenge"  was another good one for Pieter van Soelen and his  BMW E46 V8 GTR.  Equiped  with INTRAX 4-WAY systems Pieter managed to finish the very wet and slippery race in 2nd place. Gathering  another 18 points gives him the overal lead in the Championship.
Another happy INTRAX client became 3th;
Jeroen vd Heuvel steered his Marcos Mantis ("VDH Racing Team") to the podium through the wet.

Championship Standings; Here
Race Report from 4th race; Here
Rider/Team info van Soelen; Here