Yahoo Autos 39 Radicals set for the streets of Toronto
The penultimate event weekend of the 2024 Radical Cup North America season sees competitors head north of the border to Toronto, Ontario this weekend. Not only will drivers be taking on the streets of Toronto alongside the NTT IndyCar Series, the Emzone Radical Cup Canada series has swelled the Radical Cup ranks, which will see 39 Radicals tackle the 1.786-mile, 11-turn, barrier-lined circuit.
“We’re delighted to yet again be showcasing the Emzone Radical Cup Canada run by FEL Motorsports alongside Radical Cup North America in Toronto,” said Radical’s Tom Drewer. “Both series have turned up in force, and if we see 37 cars take the green, it will be the largest ever Radical Cup field to race here in North America.”
The Platinum class will feature series regulars with ONE Motorsports driver Jon Field leading the way. Scoring multiple wins this season and a threat for the title, Field will look to add more victories to his resume this weekend. Fellow ONE Motorsports teammate Chip Romer will help his stablemate when he can but will also look to beat him to the checkered flag. The pair will battle the EVR Motorsports trio of Scott Wagner, Jim Booth, and Louis Schriber. EVR Motorsports is coming off a season-best event at Laguna Seca and will look to carry that momentum into Canada. Esses with Crown Racing driver Wayne Williams along with Radical Canada East’s Kevin Poitras will both by flying the Canadian flag and will both look to challenge for a podium finish or two on home soil.
In the always competitive Pro 1500 ranks, EVR Motorsports Evan Slater is coming off a career-best event in California and would like nothing more than to earn three wins on the Streets of Toronto. Nine other drivers will look to steal his momentum including a trio of Cameron Racing entries in Spencer Schmidt, Arul Venkatesh, and Corey Neveau while the multi-time winning Graham Rahal Performance program will enter Nick d’Orlando and Jordan Missig. Both drivers have scored wins and podium results and find themselves in contention for the Pro 1500 title.
2023 Pro 1340 podium winner and Racing With Autism driver Austin Riley will look to make his hometown fans proud while Group-A Racing will see Jack Yang battle in one of their prepped machines. Richard Durocher will join Slater in the EVR motorsports camp while Matt Romer, son of Platinum class driver Chip Romer, will look to see if the father and son duo can pick up wins in two different classes.
Two drivers dominated the Pro 1340 class in the past two event weekends and will fight head-to-head again in Toronto. Canadian resident Suellio Almeida, who competes out of the Graham Rahal Performance camp, and Crown Racing with Apex’s Chris McMurry have both earned multiple wins this season and they will look for more on the challenging street circuit. GRP teammates Kenny Naill and team newcomer Ibby Hadeed will join Almeida. While making his series debut this weekend, Hadeed is a Gulf Radical Cup regular in the Middle East, and another Canadian to watch, as is Seth Bacon, another podium winner who joins McMurry in the Crown Racing with Apex stable. RYNO with Team Stradale had a very strong Barber Motorsports Park event and will look to get back to their winning ways in Canada with Mike Anzaldi. Canadian outfit RySpec Racing will enter the youngest driver in the field Mayer Deonarine. At just 15 years of age, Mayer starred in the opening round at Sebring and has four podiums this season while also contesting GB4 in England. All cars in the Radical Cup North America field will be running on Hankook rubber.
Fifteen Emzone Radical Cup Canada drivers will tackle the tight and twisty circuit, with five of those entries making up the Masters class and nine in the outright ranks in 1340cc Radical SR3 machinery shod with Michelin tires. Championship leader Owen Clarke and JMJS Motorsports will look to add to their tally of wins but will have fierce competition in the likes of Kenny Riedmann in the RRM No. 42 and Travis Hill in the TWOth Autosport No. 22 machine. The sole female in the field, Alana Carter will pilot a Radical Academy entry.
Radical Canada East will have a trio of drivers looking to fight for the win in John Painter, Steven Chen and Brady Clapham while Chris Styles and Mark Boyd represent Auto Electric Motorsports. In the Masters class, Radical Canada fields Robert Burgess and Daniel Earle while TWOth Autosport will enter Liang Qiu. John Hughes and Radical Canada West will make their series debut, after travelling all the way from Area 27 in British Columbia. Jon Sobol with JMJS Motorsports and Tim Sanderson with Northwest Atlantic Motorsports will round out the FEL Motorsports RCC entry list.
Drivers will hit the track on Friday with three wheel-to-wheel races over the weekend. Stay tuned to the Radical Cup North America pages for news, information, photos, and results from the event weekend. All three races will be livestreamed on Radical Motorsport’s YouTube channel.
Radical Cup North America events are open to local and regional Radical racers of all ages with eligible cars to participate. More information, including links to register for events and obtain licensing, can be found at http://www.radicalmotorsport.com. Stay tuned to the Radical Cup social media pages for the latest series news and updates.
