October 27, 2004 - Summit Point, WV 

RADICALS ATTACK Legendary Race track

 FunKtion Auto Group hosted their inaugural track day on Bill Scott's famed Summit Point Motorsports Park on Wednesday the 27th of October.  Over 90 racers were on hand to experience the first public showing of the Radical SR-3.

 FunKtion Auto President Walid Achi stated, " I am ecstatic, not only about the performance of our first two cars but also the racing communities excitement about these on track experience we offer to learn more and drive the cars as well as the open invitation to all that want to race their cars in a properly controlled environment.  We were expecting 40-50 participants and we had nearly double that!."

 "We will host another track day on the 23rd of November at Summit Point" Achi went on to say.  The event featured great food as well as classroom instruction. Veteran road racer and "on air" personality Bob Steele from The Arrow 94.7 Classic Rock was the event’s emcee. Bob said of the event, "From the time I arrived, we were treated like royalty. From the coffee and pastries first thing in the morning to the last flag at the end of the day the event was a blast for everyone that participated."

 Crew chief Brian Downey spent most of his day driving the Radicals with a co pilot. "Even with two people in the car the handling was not diminished and the acceleration was excellent."  Brian also had two of the legendary Datsun 510's he has campaigned over the last 25 years present.

 The SR3 is produced in England by Radical Motorsports and has proven to be the world's fastest one-make sports racing car, lapping circuits at Formula 3 lap times. In addition it had been certified as the "World's Fastest Track Day" car by several British car magazines and has rewritten many lap records all over Europe for its class. The SR3 smashed the production car lap record at the famous Nürburgring on its first attempt by an amazing 13 seconds. Similar versions have dominated SCCA's C and D Sports classes, setting new lap records and winning races nearly every time out. The SR3 hits 0-60 in a little over 2 seconds, 0-100 in under 6 seconds, and can out accelerate almost anything this side of an F1 car.

 Here's what the racing community had to say about the Radical Experience.

Francois Duret` the proprietor of Allsports Indoor Karting in Sterling, VA as well as 24 Hours of Le Mans veteran likened the Radical to the styling, handling and performance of the Can Am cars that were so popular in the late 60 and early '70's. 

NASCAR Series driver Jason Smith had a great time going right as well as left, Jason commented, "I was impressed with the acceleration and the versatility of the torque range and the superior cornering with the Radical racer".  Smith said he can't wait for the next track day scheduled for November 23rd at Summit Point.

Gary Church, veteran Porsche Club road racer "The Radical is an exciting track car. It is very responsive, power is very good, braking is outstanding.  The overall performance is phenomenal. The Radical SR3 combines speed fun and safety with the best of the best."

Darrell Carlisle a Porsche GT3 Cup car owner/driver and veteran SCCA Porsche Cup driver- "The SR3 is very predictable and easy to drive.  The learning curve is phenomenally easy with the Radical.  It's a lot of car for a bargain price. It's a real race car!"

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