2025 Radical Cup Australia

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The 2025 Radical Cup Australia is the fourth edition of Radical Cup Australia, a motor racing series for Radical SR3 sports cars run by the local distributors of Radical cars.

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Background

With the cessation of the SpeedSeries event series in 2024, Radical Cup Australia has aligned itself with the GT World Challenge Australia series. All five rounds of the series will be at events featuring the World Challenge Australia, and run by SRO Motorsports Group. [1] [2]

The series format is expected to remain similar to previous years, with a mixture of sprint and endurance races. [1]

Calendar

RoundCircuitDatesMap
1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit,4-6 April
2 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park 2–4 May
3 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Raceway 30 May–June 1
4 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Raceway 25–27 July
5 Flag of Queensland.svg The Bend Motorsport Park 5-7 September

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References

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  2. O'Brien, Connor (2024-12-09). "Latest category commits to 2025 SRO platform". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2025-01-11.