A record-setting 23 automobiles participated within the 2024 Radical Cup Canada West sequence finale sequence at Space 27 Motorsports Park this weekend, September 20-21. After clinching the outright championship within the penultimate spherical, Paul Buchmann once more displayed his dominance, as did Dan Viskari within the Masters class.
With Buchmann and Chris Beith confirmed as the highest two within the general driver’s championship heading into the weekend, all eyes had been on Warren Brown, Andrew Dobbie, Dave Saruk and Danny Chase and their four-way struggle for third.
The big grid led to a congested qualifying session, which noticed Buchmann (2m00.820s) declare yet one more pole, nonetheless he was solely two tenths away from Chris Beith (2m01.049s), whose late lap caught out Stephan Rzadzinski (2m01.612s). Fourth quickest, Max Lytvyn (2m01.712s) was one other stand out for the session, as was the quickest Masters driver Dan Viskari (2m01.742s). And crucially for Brown (2m02.188s) he’d outqualified his rivals with sixth on the grid.
Saturday’s race noticed a champion’s efficiency from Buchmann, who cruised to his eight win of the season, whereas Beith was equally comfy in solidifying second.
Catastrophe struck Lytvyn as he approached flip 3 for the primary time, discovering the marbles, which elevated Rzadzinski to 3rd and Viskari to fourth. That pair then engaged in a battle which Viskari gained on lap seven with a lunge into the middle hairpin, and as soon as clear Viskari checked out to take third outright and the Masters class win.
Warren fended off Chase to take fifth, gaining the essential factors he wanted to safe third within the championship, whereas Sonny Andrews held off a racy Will Lin to safe seventh, with Andrew Vilcsak in ninth.
Additional again Jay Ester confirmed a stable protection earlier than a run by Brian Archer into Flip 1 allowed caught Ester without warning, and finally teammate Peter adopted swimsuit. Lytvyn’s day went from dangerous to worse with a spin, whereas Brian Archer reeled in Saruk and made a final lap move for tenth.
With the championship wrapped up, Radical Canada West’s John Hughes rewarded Paul Buchmann with a drive in a 430bhp SR10 XXR for the ultimate race of the season, and as a courtesy to his fellow rivals, Buchmann began from pitlane.
This left Chris Beith to guide the sphere to the inexperienced, with a 3 approach struggle shortly creating between Beith, Dan Viskari and Danny Chase. Viskari fell sufferer to Chase, who then closed in on Beith, whereas a charging Stefan Rzadzinski closed in on the highest three. In the meantime Will Lin engaged Jay Ester in a powerful battle, and Andrew Dobbie commenced his cost ahead, passing Sonny Andrews.
The struggle behind Beith then modified as soon as once more with Danny Chase falling again to fourth, and Viskari wanting threatening whereas Rzadzinski additionally closed in. However chase obtained the higher of Rzadzinski, and never even a giant lunge by way of flip 13 was sufficient for Rzadzinski to assert a high three. These honors had been left to Chase in third and Viskari in second behind an unshakable Chris Beith who, having lead each lap, took his third win of the yr in important type. Behind them, Buchmann had clawed his approach as much as fifth, displaying the may of the SR10.
Jay Ester initially ran as excessive has sixth, however that began to unravel when Will Lin made a definitive move into the flip 12 hairpin, with Sonny Andrews quickly making an attempt his personal dive into the highspeed kink of 13 which wasn’t to be. Warren Brown had additionally been within the combine, and located himself in sixth with two excursions remaining earlier than Andrew Dobbie claimed six after relegating Brown to seventh and Will Lin to eighth. Jay Ester and Sonny Andrews rounded out the highest ten.
Viskari’s outright second place end gave him his ninth Masters win of the season– the proper finish to his title successful marketing campaign. John Hughes was second within the Masters factors, with Reinhold Krahn third.
As for the outright class, Warren Brown claimed third place honors, Chris Beith completed runner up, and Paul Buchmann lifted the Radical Space 27 Membership Champion’s trophy for the third time in 4 years.
“The racing within the Radical Cup Canada West was spectacular this weekend,” commented Radical Motorsport’s Tom Drewer who was onsite to witness the motion. “The ever-growing subject, camaraderie, competitors and the clear racing is a testomony to the stewardship of Radical Canada West’s John Hughes together with Space 27 President Invoice Drossos and Race Director Kees Nierop. We are able to’t await much more report grids in 2025.”
