It wasn’t the best of weekends for SR1 Cup Championship leader Theo Micouris, but he still managed to consolidate his lead in the title race. Having qualified on class pole in the latest round of the Hagerty Radical Cup UK at Silverstone, he was straight into the lead on the opening lap of race one. “I had never done a race start here before, so was just hoping for the best,” he said. His lead began to grow substantially and by the end was over five seconds clear. “I just avoided a first corner incident, but had to back-off briefly mid-race, to let a slower SR3 through. “He was stressing me ..read more

It was back to winning ways for RAW Motorsports at Oulton Park, with victories for Alex Khateeb and Theo Micouris in the final Radical Cup UK race of the weekend. Khateeb was in the RAW awning for the first time and was quick to show his pace, setting third quickest time in qualifying, “the car is transformed, the time is in me now and we can progress,” he said. Team mate Gavin McAlpine was also happier with his pace, “it felt very much better, but I still need to go quicker,” he added after qualifying 13th. With poleman De Leon running wide at the first corner, Khateeb was into second as th ..read more

Teenager Theo Micouris consolidated his bid for this years Radical SR1 Cup title, with another two wins from three races at Snetterton, as the Radical Championship made its first guest appearance on the British Touring Car programme. The RAW Motorsports/Hart GT driver qualified on pole position for the first race of the weekend, but lost out to main Championship rival Tom Wood into the first corner. Having briefly lost ground, he came charging back into contention, and lap after lap he was poised to challenge on the infield section of the Norfolk circuit. Having been almost alongside on nume ..read more

The opening rounds of the Radical Cup UK had gone so well for RAW Motorsports Radical squad, with defending Champion James Lay totally dominant with three wins from three races. He was on pole position again for the first of last weekends races at Brands Hatch too. “I managed to get a clear lap in the second half and just had to maximise the opportunity,” he said. Team mate John Macleod was down in 13th, with Gavin McAlpine making his SR3 debut 16th in Class. As the lights went out Lay held the inside into Paddock, with Daryl De Leon going around the outside to nose ahead. “He just had the p ..read more

It was a good start to the season for RAW Motorsports, with reigning Hagerty Radical Cup UK Champion James Lay, taking three wins, three pole positions and three fastest laps, while debut racer Theo Micouris made two wins from three in the SR1 Cup. Lay had managed to fend off an early challenge from Daryl de Leon in race one, when the red flags came out with oil down and cars in the gravel. RAW team mate John Macleod was one of the casualties. “I had made some places and was going well chasing Andy Lowe. Mid corner I hit the oil, we made contact and I was in the gravel with a damaged front co ..read more

Three of RAW Motorsports successful Radical Challenge squad teamed up as one last weekend and came away victorious in the six-hour 750 Motor Club relay on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit. Chris Preen took the first stint for “Rob’s Wrong Un’s”, lining up his Radical SR3 in pole position. But with such a mix of cars and pace, he joined Radical team rivals Doris NWH and RJ Motorsport 2 in going a lap clear of the rest in the first 30 minutes, holding onto third. “It wasn’t too bad at the start, but a TCR car did jump it initially, but didn’t cause us a problem,” said Preen. He stayed out fo ..read more

The RAW Motorsports squad had their usual pairing of Ben Stone and Rob Wheldon sharing one car and Rod Goodman solo in the second, as the Praga Cup reached its conclusion at Donington Park. Stone and Wheldon’s car was forced to start at the back of the nine car grid after qualifying. “We had a problem with the boost pipe, but the cars actual set up was fine,” said Wheldon, while Goodman had a fairly troublefree run into seventh. Wheldon took the first stint in race one and was up to fourth by the end of lap one, despite contact with Scott Mittell into the Melbourne Hairpin. “I had caught Sco ..read more

The RAW Motorsports duo of Ben Stone and Rob Wheldon proved their undoubted pace in both Praga Cup races at Donington Park, only to be thwarted twice over by mechanical maladies. Starting from sixth on the grid for the first of the weekends races, Wheldon made a flying start and was into second place after taking the outside line at Redgate. As he chased down leader Stefano Leaney, he began to come under pressure himself in a four-car train. But as they came through the chicane for the second time, he was attacking for the lead. It was another two laps before Wheldon made it by, after some ro ..read more

In a day that had showed plenty of promise, the RAW Motorsports run Fuelled Up crew’s Fun Cup race came to a dramatic and race stopping conclusion, when Paul Ellis-Smith was involved in a huge collision. For this weekend it was Paul Taylor and Jamie Price joining Paul Ellis-Smith, with Wendy on the sidelines and in charge of race strategy. They had qualified 16th fastest out of 20 but when the draw for race one grid positions came out they were 17th. It was Ellis-Smith starting the race and it was an excellent opening lap, gaining two places immediately. By the end of lap four he was 13th and ..read more

James Lay made it a second successive winning treble, as he dominated the Radical Challenge’s visit to the Silverstone GP Circuit. RAW Motorsports team-mate John Macleod secured pole position for the first race, but when he was held up at the first corner, Lay sailed around the outside to lead on the run to Maggotts Curve. It got worse for Macleod as he pitted after only three laps, “I had to brake early at Copse when Jim Booth braked hard as I was trying to follow. My race was stuffed and I was in fourth, but the temperature went sky high as the water pump had gone,” he explained. Lay’s lead ..read more