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