Jason Rishover started this seasons Radical Cup UK with a strong third placed finish in his 360 Racing Radical SR3 at Donington Park.
After the first qualifying session he was only 0.522 secs off the pole position time, set by defending champion James Lay.
“The conditions were fairly tricky, between grip and no grip, but it improved during the session. I had an early spin on the Craner Curves as it took a long time to get the heat into the tyres. I could have gone quicker but got held up on my best lap at McLeans,” Rishover explained.
Team mate Jacek Zielonka was sixth best,” I was going quicker too and when I saw my time on the display, I got excited, ran wide over the track limit sensor at the Old Hairpin and had to back out of it,” he added.
The first race of the weekend was red flagged after five laps, due to an oil spillage around the track.
Rishover had settled in third place with Zielonka fifth, as both lined up for the 15 minute restart.
As the lights went out Rishover was holding third again, but coming under increasing pressure from Ben Caisley, as the lead pair began to escape.
Zielonka was still fifth but was also finding himself under increasing pressure, as Mark Williams began to threaten and their duel allowed Ben Stone and Chris Preen to close too.