Michelin has added a Pilot® Sport GT customer racing tire size to fit the popular United Kingdom-built Radical SR3 and SR8 sports racers.

The tire helps Michelin round out its line of popular customer racing slicks. The tire is being launched just in time for the Radical gathering at Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club in Nevada on March 26-28.

“The Pilot Sport GT combines a high level of peak grip and good wear with excellent predictability and progressivity, making it well suited to broad range of driver and vehicle performance capabilities within the radical racing series,” said Ken Payne, motorsports technical director, Michelin North America.

Launched in 1997, Radical has grown as manufacturer – rising to the LM P2 ranks at the Le Mans 24 Hour and even recording two of the fastest ever laps at the famous Nordschleife at the Nurburgring.

Dutchman Michael Vergers holds the record at a stunning 6 minutes, 48 seconds aboard a Radical SR8 LM – eclipsing his previous record of 6m55secs aboard a standard SR8.