Group-A Racing Dominates at Sonoma: Wins Platinum Class Championship and Re-Writes Record Books

Group-A Racing Dominates at Sonoma: Wins Platinum Class Championship and Re-Writes Record Books

With championship titles on the line, Group-A Racing takes home a lot of hardware and re writes the record books. 

Per the norm in Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup, the weekend started with a full Friday with many hours of track time for the competitors. All three drivers showed very good pace and promise throughout the day, leading into qualifying and race one on Saturday.

With tire wear being a big issue for the high horsepower turbocharged Radical SR10’s at Sonoma Raceway, tire strategy and management would be a key factor. The team would elect to only do 2 flying laps in qualifying, looking to keep the tires as fresh as possible for Jenks. With that, he was able to put the car on outside pole, just missing by .063 of a second! Aurora Strauss would qualify a strong 4th in PRO 1500, only a few tenths off pole. Reid Stewart qualified 2nd in PRO 1340 with a small margin to the pole sitter's time. 

Race 1 would see Jenks haunting Judd Miller from the very start in the Platinum class. Not giving him any room to breathe, Jenks was finally able to find a way past him, mid race, never looking back, to take the win with the fastest lap of the race. In PRO 1500 Aurora would jump hometown local, Will Lin, on the initial start with an aggressive maneuver. She then set her sights on series veterans, Greg Gorski & Palmer Miller. Initially, she lost some ground to both of them, but then by mid race started to reel them back in with tremendous pace. She would catch the leading duo and find a way past championship leader Palmer Miller, now haunting Greg Gorski, as the two traded fastest lap of the race back and forth. With few laps remaining, an unfortunate car issue would cause Gorski to pull over while battling with Aurora, giving her the lead and pulling away from Palmer, never looking back, and capturing the win in PRO 1500! In PRO 1340 it was yet another 3-way battle between Reid Stewart, Austin Riley and Mike Anzaldi. Anzaldi and Riley would tangle at the end of the opening lap, giving Stewart the lead. From there, he put his head down to build a gap over the rest of the field, and set fastest lap of the race in route to victory in PRO 1340! This was the first time in series history that a team has ever swept victory in all 3 classes in the same race. The history books were also re written with Aurora Straus becoming the first female winner in series history. 

Race 2 saw Jenks start on pole in Platinum class but would lose the lead off the jump to Judd Miller this time. Just as the previous race, the two were nose-to-tail the entire time, neither driver making a mistake. John Field would eventually catch the 2 with his new tires from not starting race 1 and pass Steve for 2nd with a lap remaining. The top 3 would finish on each other's gearbox. The 3rd place would essentially lock the Platinum class championship for Jenks, with him only needing to start the final race later that afternoon. In PRO 1500 Aurora would start outside pole to Palmer Miller. She got a good initial jump, but would lose ground in the first third of the race. But with the team’s setup to last the entire race, she came to life again in her Richard Mille/Monticello Motor Club SR3 and start to run down Palmer Miller. She would eventually catch him and force him into a mistake to take the lead. The next lap, Miller would pass to obtain the lead with a three-wide move with Aurora and lap traffic. But the lap after that Aurora re took the lead again, this time never looking back checking out, to now also win race 2 in PRO 1500! It was a fantastic drive, proving the day before was not a fluke. In PRO 1340 Reid Stewart would start from pole, but it was a very different race to the day prior. He had championship leader Austin Riley & defending series champion Mike Anzaldi breathing down his neck during the entire 40 minute event. Stewart put on his best performance of the year, ripping off immensely fast and consistent laps, never putting a foot wrong, to give his rivals a chance, and he too would win race 2 in PRO 1340!

Race 3 is always exciting with the pit stop that occurs only in race 3. Steve Jenks would start outside pole to John Field, and initially Field would get away. During the pit stop the team timed it perfectly for Jenks to jump to the lead with a big gap. Unfortunately, a late yellow would put John Field close to Jenks with much fresher tires. Jenks held him off for a bit, but did not put up a huge fight, with the big picture in mind. Jenks would capture another podium finishing 2nd. With that, he captured the Platinum Class Drivers Championship! Aurora would start 3rd in PRO 1500 behind two hometown locals Will Lin & Joe Nuxoll. Again, she did a great job in getting off the initial start and was now hounding Will Lin for the lead. Just like Jenks, the team timed her pit stop perfectly for her to leapfrog to the lead. She was in the lead for the late race restart when suddenly started to not feel well and really struggle. She held on as best she could to capture another podium result of 3rd. In PRO 1340 Reid Stewart would once again start from pole and it was dejavu from the previous race with his rivals on his rear wing all nose-to-tail. Stewart continued to execute the perfect race yet again, never wavering the entire time. On the final lap he would have a small error, just enough for savvy defending champ Mike Anzaldi to find a way past and Reid would have to settle for 2nd. 

Steve Jenks would earn the driver’s championship in Platinum class, Group-A would earn the team championship in PRO 1500, Reid Stewart finished 3rd in the PRO 1340 championship and won Rookie Of The Year honors. Group-A Racing has been involved in Blue Marble Radical Cup for 3 years, 2 of which they have had a full season rookie, both of them now having earned the rookie title, a great testament to how they develop and work with their drivers. 

“There are truly no words to describe this weekend” stated team owner Jonathan Scarallo. “I can ramble forever on how proud I am of everybody in this team, both drivers and crew. We obviously highlighted the weekend with the championships and rookie title. Having rewritten the record book the way we did, it's truly a special unforgettable weekend. Motor racing is a cruel sport where there are a lot more mediocre-bad weekends then good, and we had a beyond phenomenal one. This is such an incredible way to end a season and go into the off season with great momentum for the 2023 season!”     

Group-A Racing Takes Championship Lead at COTA

Group-A Racing Takes Championship Lead at COTA

After an intense season long battle in all three classes of the Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup, Group-A Racing has taken a narrow championship lead in the top Platinum class at the penultimate round this past weekend.

Group-A Racing entered three drivers for the 5th round of the Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup event at COTA. Full times Reid Stewart (PRO 1340) , Steve Jenks (Platinum), and Aurora Straus (PRO 1500) rejoined the team following a successful triple podium debut weekend at Watkins Glen.

After a lot of promise showed during testing and official practice sessions, qualifying left a bit to be desired by all three drivers under the Group-A Racing tent. With a very tight field as always, all three drivers qualified 4th in their given class. Race one saw Jenks find some extra pace in his 425HP Platinum class Radical SR10, lighting up the timing board every lap with fastest lap of the race and moving forward in a hurry. Jenks found himself on the gearbox of the leade, Jon Field with a win seeming imminent. Sadly, a fuel pump issue would cause a temporary shut down of Jenks car, causing him to pull over and re cycle the system. He would lose a tremendous amount of time and go from challenging for the win to having to settle for 6th. Aurora Straus would pick up where she left off. She instantly moved forward to 3rd in the opening laps, running with series regular, Greg Gorski, for 2nd. Aurora would come across the line in 3rd extending her podium streak to 4, in as many races. Reid Stewart would find himself in an unlucky situation. A few cars tangled in front of him in the opening lap, and would collect him, creating race ending damage.

Steve Jenks would start race 2 on the pole after setting fastest lap in race 1. He would lose two spots on the opening lap to those who chose new tires for that race but was able to quickly stable pace and start to close in. Trouble would strike championship leader Robert Rossi, with him dropping out of the race lead, moving Jenks up to 2nd. Jenks would come home with a 2nd place podium result behind hometown hero, Judd Miller. Jenks gained many points on championship rivals, with them all having trouble. Aurora Straus found herself in an intense 3-way battle for 2nd with two veterans; Greg Gorski and Alain Derzi. The back-and-forth manner would carry on for the entire 40-minute race, including side-by-side battles in the final corners. Playing the long game in very dicey situations, Aurora would settle for 4th to protect the equipment for the final race that afternoon. Reid Stewart had a massive drive forward starting last, since he was taken out of the opening lap of the first race. Stewart using speed and race craft in his Fasano Textiles/Group-A Racing PRO 1340, and would charge all the way to 3rd, earning a podium from the back. He also earned the races Sunoco Hard Charger Award.

Final race of the weekend features the mid race fixed pit stop. In the race, Steve Jenks was in another intense three-way battle for the lead with John Field and hometown hero Judd Miller. The three would trade positions back and forth, eventually with Field and Jenks pulling away. Jenks was on the gearbox of Field, but struggling to find a way past, so the team elected to pit him early, hoping to achieve the ‘undercut’ on its rival. Jenks executed a very good in lap, pit entry, and the team released him at the perfect time. Jenks found himself in clear space, allowing him to lay fast laps down. When John Field exited the pits a few laps later, Steve Jenks found himself leapfrogging to the lead by 7 seconds, a well timed out and perfectly executed strategy, turning the race in Group-A’s favor. Jenks was able to cruise to victory from there, his third of the season. Aurora Straus would have some bad luck find her. In the opening laps, a shifting issue later found to be a failed actuator would cause her race to end early. Reid Stewart was involved in a 5-car battle in PRO 1340. Again, with the field tight, the team elected to pit him early hoping to achieve the undercut on the competition. Just like his team mate, Stewart executed a good in lap, pit entry and the team released him perfectly allowing him to leapfrog up to 3rd. An intense battle all around would find Stewart having to settle for 4th in a huge stacked PRO 1340 field.

Going into the season finale at Sonoma Raceway October 28-30, Steve Jenks has launched himself to the championship lead in the Platinum class. Jenks has a small 8 point lead over Rossi and Field, with Judd Miller, only 30 back. In what has been a huge learning year and his first full season in racing, Reid Stewart finds himself in an impressive 3rd in the PRO 1340 field going into the final event. Group-A Racing finds itself 2nd not far behind in the team championship in the Platinum Class and leading the PRO 1500 class.

Race Fans can re watch the live stream coverage from COTA on the Radical Motorsports Youtube page https://www.youtube.com/c/RadicalMotorsport

Group-A Racing is an exclusive dealer of Radical Motorsports for the North East. Parties interested in all things pertaining to Radical Motorsports, such as new cars, used cars, parts, service, arrive-and-drive opportunities, contact Jonathan Scarallo info@GroupARacingTeam.com 631-974-4379.

Group-A Racing Endures Adversity to Earn Wins & Podiums at Watkins Glen

Group-A Racing entered rounds 7-8-9 of the 2022 Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup with its largest line-up of 5 drivers. Usual full-time drivers of Steve Jenks (Platinum Class), Reece Everard (PRO 1500), Reid Steward (PRO 1340), Jack Yang (PRO 1500) returning after a successful Road America and Aurora Straus (PRO 1500) making her debut with the team. The team would work with relentless attitude to overcome tremendous adversity and still come home arms full of hardware.

Per the norm, Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup Series organizers offered an enormous amount of track time to its competitors starting with Thursday promoter test day. Sadly, disaster would strike for not one, but two of the Group-A Racing drivers in the third session at the ultra-fast bus stop complex. Jack Yang would lose control exiting the corner and have a huge crash, followed a few seconds later by his teammate and PRO 1500 championship lead Reece Everard incurring the same incident. Both cars would incur chassis damage forcing those cars out for the remainder of the weekend.

After finishing the test day the team was able to send a crew member home to drive through the night to the team’s shop, (310 miles away) to get their demo car for Reece Evered. Ari Straus (Owner of Monticello Country Club) was coming up Friday evening and able to grab Jack Yang’s back up car for him to finish. Both cars would arrive to Watkins Glen after 8PM on Friday for the team to then prepare for the drivers to enter race 1 early Saturday morning.

Still with three other cars to run for Friday qualifying the team kept its head down. Steve Jenks would earn a solid third position in qualifying for the Platinum Class. On debut, Aurora Straus earned a very impressive outside pole in the PRO 1500 class. Reid Stewart would also earn himself a third place qualifying result in PRO 1340. The adventures did not end, as Reid pulled into the pits after qualifying with a clutch issue which would require the team to do an engine change. After arriving at the track at 5:30AM, the team was at the track until 11PM Friday getting two back up cars prepped after late arrival and an engine change accomplished for Reid.

Race 1 saw Jenks get off to a good start making it three wide for the lead off the initial jump in Platinum. He would slot into 2nd behind Robert Rossi. The two were nose-to-tail, but Steve could not find a way past, but earned a very solid runner up spot. In PRO 1500 Aurora Straus ran an incredibly strong & clean first race to earn a 2nd place on debut. Reece Everard & Jack Yang had to start 24th & 25th after not participating in qualifying the day before while they waited for back up cars to arrive. Everard would get off to a tremendous start in the Group-A Racing demo car cutting through the field at a fierce pace. He would get all the way up to third behind his Group-A Racing team mate Aurora Straus before the checkered flag flew. Jack Yang would have a great rebound race after his crash as well to get back up through the field a bit and rebuild his confidence. In PRO 1340 Reid Stewart would find himself in a back and forth scenario of the top 4 challengers. In the end he would come with a podium in third just two tenths behind 2nd place.

Race 2 had Steve Jenks and Robert Rossi going back at it again for the Platinum class win in their SR10’s. The two constantly reset fastest lap every time by, not giving eac other an inch to gain on each other. Jenks would have to settle for second again. In PRO 1500 Group-A drivers Everard and Straus would start 1-2. Everard would go on to win leading every lap in dominate fashion in his back up car, the Group-A demo car. Straus would drop back initially to 5th in class. She remained calm and muscled her way back to the front in a calm yet professional manner and earned another podium in 3rd. Jack Yang took a massive step forward in regaining his confidence following his Thursday crash setting his best laps of the weekend and earning a top 10. In PRO 1340 Reid Stewart was running another solid 3rd in class before disaster would strike yet again, with 5 minutes to go where he spun and backed it into the wall incurring immense damage. To make matters worse there was exactly 2 hours between the two races leaving not much time. Miraculously the Group-A Racing team worked feverishly yet again and got his car repaired and re set up in time to make the grid for the final race.

Race 3 would see Jenks start on pole in Platinum class. A competitor from the third row would do an egregious jump start (which he was penalized for) but in result would shuffle Jenks back. He put his head down and used his pace to quickly start working his way back forward. In the end Jenks would earn his third 2nd place finish of the weekend. The results also leapfrog Jenks back up to 2nd in the championship as well. In PRO 1500 Everard was out front yet again leading the field. Sadly, in a heart break manner he would have to retire from the lead with an electrical issue. Even with that misfortune, he leaves the weekend with the championship lead in PRO 1500. Aurora Straus was running another solid third and would capitalize on her teammates misfortune to then earn another runner up, making it three podiums on her debut weekend. Jack Yang continued his rebound and earned his best result of the weekend finishing 6th and setting his best laps of the weekend yet again. In PRO 1340 Reid Stewart was in a tight nose-to-tail battle with defending champion Mike Anzaldi. The two ran each other close and hard all race but Stewart would come out on top to earn a 2nd place result to rebound from the crash in previous race. Stewart leaves the weekend 3rd in points of PRO 1340 class.

“I don’t even know where to start with everything that went down the last 4 days” stated Group-A Racing owner Jonathan Scarallo. “Every single team member worked like an animal dealing with a full season worth of adversity thrown at us in just one weekend. Nobody ever complained, everybody just put their head down and fixed each issue as they came at us. With it we were able to keep everybody on track and yet still take home an incredible amount of hardware.”

Rounds 10-11-12 of Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup heads west to Utah Motorsports Campus August 12-14. Group-A Racing is a professional race team since 1996 & also a exclusive dealer of Radical Sports Cars in the Northeast. for more information on cars for purchase, arrive-and-drive opportunities with your Radical or using one of theirs contact jonathan via 631-974-4379 info@GroupARacingTeam.com

Group-A Racing Drivers Earn More Wins & Podiums at Road America

Group-A Racing Drivers Earn More Wins & Podiums at Road America

In front of yet another huge crowd on the NTT Indy Car weekend, Group-A Racing drivers earned more wins and podiums in the Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup races.

As always, the promoters were able to gather an immense amount of track time for the competitors, even on the ultra-high-profile NTT Indy Car weekends. Radical Cup competitors had a total of 6.5 hours of track to themselves. Throughout the 5 practice sessions the Group-A Racing Drivers all took turns at the top of the time sheets in all three classes, picking up where they left off at Barber, setting the bench mark.

In qualifying Steve Jenks put in a great lap in his SR10 for the platinum class. The immensely tight competition though would see him qualify second, only .009 of a second off the pole over the course of the 4-mile lap! Reece Everard would capture the Motul Pole Award in PRO 1500 with a mega lap to stun the field. Newcomer Jack Yang qualified inside the top 10 making immense progress throughout the weekend. Reid Stewart qualified 3rd in PRO 1340 which was only .25 of a second off the pol, in yet another ultra-tight session.

Race 1 Steve Jenks got the jump to take the lead in Platinum class from pole sitter Louis Schriber, but he had defending champ Al Miller on his tail. Reece Everard was able to pull out a gap in the PRO 1500 class over his competitors. Reid Stewart was able to move up to 2nd from his 3rd starting spot. Unfortunately, by that time, he lost a lot of time to the leader and defending class champion Mike Anzaldi. Jenks would lose the lead mid race to Al Miller but the two were still nose-to-tail battling it out. Everard continued to build a gap for his lead in the PRO 1500. Despite the huge deficit he had in the beginning, Reid Stewart kept running the leader down the entire race. Meanwhile Jack Yang had moved up steadily from his 10th place starting spot in PRO 1500 to now be running 8th. Full course yellow would come out with about 7 minutes to go, Sadly the cleanup was too immense to get done in time, with the race finishing under yellow. Jenks would earn another podium in 2nd in Platinum, Reece Everard winning PRO 1500, Jack Yang finishing 8th on debut in PRO 1500 and Reid Stewart finished 2nd in PRO 1340. After this race Group-A Racing drivers were now leading the championship in all 3 classes.

Race 2 had a mixed weather forecast in the air, with dark skies overhead. Jenks would start on pole in Platinum, Everard 2nd in PRO 1500, Yang 8th in PRO 1500 and Stewart on pole in PRO 1340. At the start, Group-A Racing drivers took the lead in all 3 classes. Everard sadly had contact on the opening lap avoiding a spinning car to damage his nose and splitter, causing him to retire the car early. Jenks would lose the lead mid race as it started to sprinkle, to 12 hours of Sebring winner Jon Field, while Stewart continued to build his lead in PRO 1340. Jack Yang would steadily move up yet again, especially as the rain became heavier. Eventually series officials would red flag the race to bring everybody in to change to wet weather tires and do a 2 lap dash to the checkered. On the last lap, Jenks would have a crash in turn 1 while running in fourth, and a few moments later, things get worse with Reid Stewart crashing out of the lead in PRO 1340 in the same corner. Jack Yang, though, continued to march forward and find his footing in the wet and earned a 3rd place result on his debut weekend!

Unfortunately, race 3 saw a withdraw of Jenks and Stewart with too much damage to fix at the track, leaving just the two PRO 1500 drivers of Everard and Yang. Everard again took the early lead but with defending class champion Gustavo Rafols all over him. A mid race mistake would see Everard lose the lead and a 4 second deficit. During the pit stop sequence found only in race 3, Everard would close that gap back down to 1.5 seconds but would see huge steps of improvement in his lap times.

“To have all 4 drivers take home hardware is absolutely fantastic” said team manager Jonathan Scarallo. Everybody under the tent with the drivers and team are continuing to do a great job. This past weekend was another great testimony to how Group-A Racing operates but also how tough the Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup has become. The Group-A Racing boys are constantly towards or on top of the results sheet, but the moment one small detail is not executed or does not fall your way, you quickly move down the order. There has become no room for error in this series which is really awesome. Everybody under our tent with the drivers and team are continuing to do a great job but we can’t let up on any detail because the competitors are right there to take advantage of it.”

You can re watch the live stream of the races on the Radical Motorsport Youtube page. Next round of the Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup will take place July 7-10 at the historic Watkins Glen International. For all things pertaining Radical Motorsports such as car sales, parts, test & race opportunities in Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup contact Jonathan Scarallo info@GroupARacingTeam.com 631-974-4379.

Group-A Racing Fills Their Trophy Case At Barber Motorsports Park

In front of a sellout crowd on the NTT Indy Car weekend, Group-A Racing drivers showcased tremendous speed and filled their trophy case during the event.

Group-A Racing entered three cars, one in each class in the Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup, Steve Jenks in his new Radical SR10 in the Platinum class, Reece Everard in Pro 1500 and Reid Stewart in Pro 1340. The weekend started with four practice sessions on Thursday. All three drivers started the weekend finishing the first sessions fastest in their class. Jenks & Everard would continue to set the pace in every practice session, with Reid in the top 3 every session.

Qualifying for race 1 would not go completely to plan. Jenks bumped the engine mapping knob on his steering wheel during the session without realizing it, costing him about 30 horsepower, an innocent mistake easily fixed, but would cause him to only qualify 4th. Reece found himself very unlucky with red flag session stoppages, traffic, and cars exiting the pits in front of him and never got a proper clear lap. He would still manage to salvage a 3rd in the Pro 1500 class. Reid Stewart was in an intense session in Pro 1340 and would qualify fourth, but was less than 4 tenths of a second off the pole.

With full horsepower in hand now, Jenks would quickly start moving forward in race one. The Platinum class saw a close nose-to-tail battle for the lead with 5 cars scrapping it out. Jenks did a great job to recover from his 4th place starting spot to finish 3rd on a track that’s very difficult to pass. Reece Everard did exactly the same in Pro 1500, recovering from a disappointing qualifying to finish 2nd in his class as well. Reid Stewart saw himself in a frantic Pro 1340 battle for the lead, driving swapping positions all race and finish a tremendous 2nd in class as well. All three Group-A Racing drivers set the fastest lap of the race in their class results in a clean sweep of Group-A Racing drivers starting on pole for race 2.

Race 2 saw Jenks get a great start from pole in the Platinum class to build a small lead. After an early full course yellow, defending champion Al Miller would get past Jenks. Steve continued to hound the multi time series champion and forced him into a mistake to re take the lead. Jenks never looked back to bring home the win in his debut race weekend in the Platinum class! Reece Everard did not get as good of a start from pole in the Pro 1500 falling to second behind defending champion Gustavo Rafols. After the early yellow though, he re took the lead and checked out from the rest of the field putting on a dominate display to win as well! Reid Stewart,s start from pole in Pro 1340 was not ideal, and a mistake in turn 1 saw him off course and with a spin. This resulted with him in last and many seconds behind the pack. Stewart got the car restarted finally and put his head down to salvage a tremendous 5th,considering how the race started.

In race 3, Jenks started outside pole with a great start edging ahead to take the lead. Unfortunately, he was run wide by polesitter Al Miller with contact to the left rear upright. The damage caused the alignment to go off, with Jenks having to salvage what he could with a wounded car to finish 4th. Reece was starting from pole in Pro 1500, but an electrical glitch on the grid caused the car to not engage first gear. The team scrambled to miraculously get it fixed on the formation lap. With it though, Reece went from starting on pole in his class to now starting last, 32nd overall. He drove with an intense fire in his eye blitzing through the field in an incredible manner. Everard would do a tremendous job to recover all the way back to 2nd in the Pro 1500 class! Reid Stewart started 3rd in Pro 1340 class. He was in another intense battle all race long in 1340 with 5 drivers trading position all race. Stewart would come home with yet another podium result in 2nd!

“All-in-all, I can only be extremely proud and happy with this weekend” stated Group-A Racing manager Jonathan Scarallo. “We put the paddock on notice with all of our drivers’ pace, many poles, wins, podiums, it’s a great weekend. Naturally as fierce competitors though, we are quickly not satisfied and can’t help but feel like we left some championship points on the table. But everybody under the tent is feeling great, nothing but tremendous confidence as a complete unit, which is a great thing for everybody to take to Road America next month and hopefully be better yet again.”

Round 2 of the 2022 Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup will take place June 9-12, again with the NTT Indy Car Series. Race fans can re watch the live stream from the Barber Motorsports Park on the Radical Sports Car Youtube page.

Race 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RldAtwXUNA

Race 2: https://youtu.be/8n_6ibMLd3U

Race 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5k63Y25iPI&t=2s

Group-A Racing Dominates Radical Cup Pre-Season Test

With the new 2022 Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup getting ready to launch, the series hosted a two-day test at Barber Motorsports Park. The same venue will also host the season opener in late April, running on the NTT Indy Car Series event.

Group-A Racing entered three cars, one in each class. Steve Jenks, who has been with Group-A since they entered Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup, was with the team, but in a new car and class. Jenks was sampling a brand new Radical SR10 in the Platinum class instead of his usual SR3 1500. In Jenks usual SR3 1500, was open wheel driver Reece Everard, who got his first taste of Radical Sports Cars back in October with the team at NJMP. The third was Reid Stewart in his SR3 1340, making his return in his completely rebuilt car.

The Group-A Racing trio showed tremendous pace during the two-day test, constantly monopolizing the top of the time sheets. Steve Jenks would top the time sheet in the Platinum class with his SR10 5, out of the 6 sessions he participated in. In the final session he drove, Jenks set the all-time fastest lap of the test. That lap was also 4 tenths under the track record set a year ago. It was a tremendous debut for Jenks and the team who were using a brand-new car that only ran its first laps just a week before at Carolina Motorsports Park.

In the SR3 1500 class, Everard came out and was immediately to the top of the board. Everard would end five sessions of the six he participated in on the top of the time sheets. Everard got some of his first experience running in a bigger program with the engineering and coaching resources the Group-A Racing program has to offer. He was faster and better every session out, which was very impressive for his second outing in a Radical, and first time in a series hosted outing.

In SR3 1340, Reid Stewart was in his completely rebuilt car with a new chassis, all rebuilt by Group-A during the month of February. There was not a single hiccup or issue with the car running perfectly out of the box. After being out of a car for 6 months, he spent the first day building up to the new daunting Barber Motorsports Park, never setting a foot wrong and progressing all along. On Day 2, he took another huge step of progress, both in technique and the lap time, consistently in the top 2 at the end of the sessions and occasionally at the top of the board during the sessions.

“These two days were a tremendous way for us to kick off the 2022 season” commented Group-A Racing owner Jonathan Scarallo. “The Group-A Racing cars were monopolizing the top of the time sheets in all three classes and everybody definitely took notice. I was very happy with how all the drivers worked individually, but also together to help one another. Lenny did a great job as always on the engineering, as the cars ran perfectly and it was a great start to the year. No points are awarded during a test, but it certainly gives everybody under the tent a ton of confidence for when we come back here next month for when it does count!”

Group-A Racing is a professional race team since 1996 & also exclusive dealer for Radical Sports Cars in the North East. For more information on cars for purchase, arrive-and-drive opportunities with your Radical or using one of theirs, contact Jonathan via 631-974-4379 info@GroupARacingTeam.com