Capping off a tremendously successful inaugural campaign in the Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup Series, Group-A Racing is expanding to a two-car effort adding young gun, Jacob Abel, to its lineup. Abel joins Group-A Racing during the series final event at Road Atlanta November 18-22. Jacob will drive in the SR3 Pro 1500 class, driving a brand new SR3 1500 XX. The SR3 XX is the latest generation of the world’s best-selling race car.
Jacob Abel is 19 years old, born and raised in Louisville Kentucky. Initially started his racing career like many young aspiring drivers in karting, before making the transition to cars in 2017. Abel made his car debut in 2017 competing in the United States Formula 4 Series presented by Honda. Jacob continued to develop in F4 and then Formula Regional Americas (formally F3 Americas). He also competed a duel campaign in 2019 in both FR Americas and Indy Pro 2000. Highlight of the 2019 season would be him earning his maiden car victory in FR Americas at Road Atlanta. Abel will look to carry that same success & track knowledge into the Radical Cup Series at Road Atlanta from when he last visited.
Through his experience in the Honda powered F4 & FR Series, Jacob has been able to participate in the Honda Performance Development (HPD) driver development program, giving him his first taste of sports car with testing opportunities in the factory supported Acura NSX GT3 cars. Abel will now be making his sports car race debut by entering the Blue Marble Cocktail Radical Cup with Group-A Racing.
“I am so excited to have Jacob joining us at Road Atlanta” said team principal Jonathan Scarallo. “I have known him and his family for a while as we’ve been competing in the F4US Series. He’s really been coming along the last 2 years in FR Americas, earning wins and podiums. I am really excited about being able to be a part of his sports car racing debut. I most importantly appreciate the trust from his family to provide what’s needed for him. It will naturally be a learning experience for him but I am very optimistic of earning some fantastic results.”
"I'm very excited to get things going down in Georgia in a few days. Road Atlanta is one of my favorite tracks, and one that I have had a lot of success at in all different types of race cars. The Radical SR3 looks like an amazing car and I'm looking forward to learning it's nuances. Coming off a relatively disappointing 2020 season with only two podiums, I'm going to be hungry for good results. The Group-A Racing team has already proven themselves early in this series. With that success and my combined experience at this track, I think a good weekend could be in store!"
Abel will join Group-A’s full-time driver Steve Jenks. Despite being a rookie & single car entry in the ultra-competitive series, Jenks and the Group-A team enter the final event in contention to win the championship.
Group-A Racing is the exclusive dealer for Radical Sports Cars in the North East. Parties interested in all things pertaining to Radical Sports Cars such as new car sales, used car sales, service, test & race opportunities contact team principal Jonathan Scarallo 631-974-4379 info@GroupARacingTeam.com