Two podium finishes and class victory for audi sport in dubai. Michael vergers, the new virgo motorsports spearhead elms 20022009 this is the news of the day. The ten fastest production car nurburgring lap times. Jack drinkall racing driver in british gt palmersport instructor ards instructor driver coach. He currently competes fulltime in the nascar cup series, driving the no. He also scored several wins and top5 points finishes in the points standings in the nascar busch series. Click on the site to see this drivers career results at that track view career statistics for michael vergers. Being as our flagship car is the radical sr3 rs, then it was only logical to bring on board michael vergers, the current lap record holder. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. Profile for racing driver michael vergers from holland. Jack drinkall racing driver instuctor driver coach. Rank driver points wins top 5 poles laps led 1 martin kronke 747 5 8 6 300 2 mitchell dejong 728 2 9 2 7 3 greger huttu 614 1 8 0 40 4 mack bakkum 596 2 6 0 43 5 peter berryman 569 0 5 2 74 6 kevin ellis jr 540. Holmes began racing when he ran in gokart events starting at age 8 and for four years in total, earning 60 wins. An interview with michael vergers the fastest man around the nurburgring.
The team is owned by ken schrader, who drove this team. Radical sportscars is a british manufacturer and constructor of racing cars. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Nov 30, 2019 ken schrader racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the arca menards series. The company was founded in january 1997 by amateur drivers and engineers mick hyde and phil abbott, who built open cockpit sportscars which could be registered for road use and run on a track without modification.
Click on the race number to see the complete results for that race. On pole in the dk engineeringprepared, expeter sutcliffe lightweight etype jaguar was the dutch le mans driver michael vergers, sharing the car with its owner juan barazi. He is the founder and ceo of the ad group of companies, which includes its solution arm ad network video. We are being realistic, but with marcel and myself we have the bulk of a good stint, he said. The german privateer driver team from walluf clinched third place in the a6am classification the last two years and won both rookie titles in the 24h series at the end of the year. Michael bartels racing career profile driver database. Season opener with race cars from audi sport customer racing.
Its last multicar outing in the race came in 2017, the year after its first overall victory, and included 2020 competitors bin saud al saud and vergers in the driver lineup. Season opener with race cars from audi sport customer. Sep 28, 2017 porsche driver lars kern laid down a time of 6 minutes, 47. Do you want to share your thoughts about 2000 fia sportscars donington. Michael mcdowell nascar driver page bio and stats mrn. Michael christopher mcdowell born december 21, 1984 is an american professional stock car racing driver. Slogan 99 percent 100 percent of the time career highlights. Not so long ago we decided it would be fun to plan a trip to germany this month for a spin around the nurburgring in our radical sr3 rs.
The 2019 best appearing car award for the stock car, modified and late model divisions will. Michael set the record in 2005 in the radical sr8 and bettered it in 2009 in the radical sr8 lm with a lap time of 6. Two podium finishes and class victory for audi sport in. The 46yearold racer will support brscc and sro with judicial decisions in the remaining races of the 2016 season with immediate affect, but will not be providing coaching advice for. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Nicknamed magic shoes, mclaughlin was a perennial fan favorite, winning the most popular driver award in 1997. Number 88 from car collection motorsport was leading the field twice with two audi sport drivers, respectively initially, for one lap with markus winkelhock, and subsequently for seven laps straight with christopher haase. Although not seen by all as a road legal car, the radical sr8 has been considered a road legal production car by pistonheads and evo magazine. Michael vergers racing career profile driver database.
Newton was named britains top entrepreneur by management today magazine in 2005. Dec 09, 2019 its last multicar outing in the race came in 2017, the year after its first overall victory, and included 2020 competitors bin saud al saud and vergers in the driver lineup. View michael vergers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Vergers set for competition return in dubai 24 hours racing. Individual driver statistics for the 1995 slick 50 formula. Having previously raced in the lmp2 series cars khaled is no stranger to le mans prototypes having raced the ginetta p50 at dubai autodrome in january. It should be remembered that this team, which entered a ferrari f430 gt for the full 2009 season, was the 2008 lmgt2 winner. Porsche driver lars kern laid down a time of 6 minutes, 47. Join facebook to connect with michael vergers and others you may know. It was using michelin pilot cup 2 tires, along with a 700hp 3. This page was last edited on 14 november 2018, at 22. Michael mclaughlin born october 6, 1956 is an american former professional stock car racing driver. Fuerat aestu carentem habentia spectent tonitrua mutastis locavit liberioris. Jan 01, 2018 michael mcdowell has been on a racing journey all of his life.
Lloyd, the only british driver in an otherwise allfrench lineup, put in a fast lap time early in the session that remained unbeaten in the remainder of tce qualifying. Sep 24, 2009 on 19 august 2009, radical sportscars from peterborough, england, successfully smashed the nurburgring nordschleife production car lap record by eight seconds, with racing driver and ring expert. Khaled al mudhaf debuts in lmp3 cup at donington park. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. In dubai, peter schmidts team will again compete with two privateer driver lineups and receive support by audi sport campaigner frank stippler. Mike newton born 14 april 1960 in manchester is a british businessman and racing driver. Bortolotti to make audi debut in 24h dubai sportscar365. Official radical sportscars 2009 nordschleife record lap by evo. Radical produce a mix of purpose built race cars as well as road legal sports cars. Michael vergers, the dutch racing ace, has been given an advisory and support role in the pirelli british gt championship by series organisers, sro and the brscc. Ken schrader racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the arca menards series. He is dynamic in his personality he met the queen and presented a bottle of bruichalldich to her and tought jacob and i how to drive a racing car and is equally comfortable with all the guys in the race team and never short of an opinion. Racing driver michael vergers nls main page containing all achievements covered by racing sports cars website.
Click on the site to see this driver s career results at that track. Jan 11, 2020 speaking candidly about the conditions during the downpour that brought the hankook 24 hours of dubai to a premature end, michael vergers joked that a jet ski would have been quicker than his gt3 car. Nationality of participating drivers % country drivers number. Timing of this lap, driven by michael vergers in 2009, was overseen by evo magazine. These 10 well, 9 cars have the fastest laps around the. He began karting at the age of four, then stepped up to racing cars in 2003, aged 16. Ryan joseph newman born december 8,nicknamed rocket man, is an american professional stock car racing driver. Adriano medeiros professional motor racing driver and ards instructor, precision driver, product demonstrator. Official radical sportscars 2009 nordschleife record lap by. Jet ski would have been quicker in worst conditions. Slick 50 formula ford championship 1995 standings driver. Davide valsecchi f1 driver biography f1 fanatic racefans.
On november 1,at the amp energy at talladega superspeedwaynewman was involved in a heavy crash on the back stretch in which he flipped over on top of kevin harvick entering turn 3. Official radical sportscars 2009 nordschleife record lap. Starting at a young age, hes spent countless hours mastering his craft and plotting a course to the top levels of motorsports. Michael vergers, the new virgo motorsports spearhead. Polesitter was last years winner michael vergers, who produced another stunning start to despatch peter hardman ferrari 330 lmb at madgwick and enter the chicane with a handy lead, one that safety cars, a driver changeover to juan barazi and the races eventual redflagging after 48 minutes could not reduce. The best car ever lmp2 zytek silverstone elms drivers. This longstanding flagship of the radical range is the most thrilling yet easily manageable track and racing car available. Speaking candidly about the conditions during the downpour that brought the hankook 24 hours of dubai to a premature end, michael vergers joked that a jet ski would have been quicker than his gt3 car. He most recently competed fulltime in the arca menards series, driving the no. On the 19 august 2009, michael vergers set the nurburgring nordschleife lap record in a street legal radical cars sr8lm. Jan 11, 2020 ryan joseph newman born december 8,nicknamed rocket man, is an american professional stock car racing driver. Full details of racing driver michael vergerss record. Bret holmes born may 8, 1997 is an american professional stock car racing driver.
Ken schrader racing wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The vag group currently has a stranglehold on the nurburgringnordschleife, the worlds longest and, arguably, most storied road course. When the flag dropped and it really did, all starts at the revival are by union flag vergers did one of those laps favoured by the late gerry marshall. Vergers would hold the lead from mickel until a caution would come out at lap 32. Apr 30, 2016 michael vergers, the dutch racing ace, has been given an advisory and support role in the pirelli british gt championship by series organisers, sro and the brscc. Mike pegher jr racing, cranberry township, butler county, pennsylvania. Michael vergers barazi epsilon photo 2464 of lemans series lms 2007. An interview with michael vergers the fastest man around. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Michael is the best driver coach my son jacob and i have ever worked with.
He races in the le mans series and 24 hours of le mans in cars prepared by the rml group. Jul 11, 2011 an interview with michael vergers the fastest man around the nurburgring. At three years of age he began his racing career as a bicycle motocross bmx competitor. Michael vergers, the dutch driver who drove the barazi epsilons lmp2 in 2008, will be the spearhead of the virgo motosport team this season. Finally, team ms7 by wrt with dutchman michael vergers in car number 7 was in the top spot between the 89th and 106th lap. Year, age, races, win, t5, t10, pole, laps, led, earnings, rank, avst, avfn, raf, llf, dnq, wd. This was the same specification used by michael vergers to set the production car lap record around the fearsome nurburgring nordschleife in august 2009. If a driver fails to pit by that time, then the driver would be black flagged and would have to take a mandatory stop and go penalty. Mar 25, 2020 chris staniland racing driver download march 25, 2020 admin printers the motor racing scene included a number of fellow aviators like w l hope, whitney straight and richard shuttleworth, and chris staniland often performed display flights at race meetings. Four caution periods slowed the event for 26 laps the most serious of which involved dutchborn driver michael vergers and hesston, pennsylvania veteran tom eriksen.