WS Racing Germany took delivery of their second ADR3 mce on Monday 26th July 2010.

Both cars are rebuilt used ADR3 mce cars, the latest finished in black Gloss, we delivered the car to Jarney test Circuit in France, where it was given a shakedown test prior to its first outing at Hockenheim on the 20th August.

The car was driven by WS racing principal Thorsten Willems, who very quickly got the car on the pace.

We will be supporting Thorsten and Robert at WS Racing at various european events throughout the remainder of 2010 and beyond.  

Pictures from the test can be found here.

Simon Marsh again proved the ADR3 mce capabilities by taking his second class win in as many outings.

This time entering the car in the BARC sprint championship held at Llandow circuit in Wales, on Saturday 17th July 2010, Simon took the class win ahead of the Radcal SR4 of regular sprint driver Clive Wooster in the Sports Libre class up to 2000cc.

See : http://www.ukmotorsport.com/barc-speed/news7.htm

With First in class and 6th out of 61 competitors overall it is clear that the ADR marque is becoming a serious alternative to those thinking about buying a Radical Sports car for Sprinting and Hillclimbing.

750 Formula class B competitor, Guy Sheppard drove his ADR3 to another two class wins and fourth overall at Cadwell park for the latest rounds of the 2010 750 Formula championship on Saturday July 10th.

Guy has had limited time in the car, but feels the handling and potential is very positive.

" I am very happy with the overall feel of the car considering I have not done any testing. Everytime I drive it I get faster the car just builds confidence and demands pushing"

Now a regular top ten finisher, Guy has his sights on the top five  and a class B champinship title.

With Peter Bove in his ADR winning in class A, and Guy Sheppard in class B the ADR`s are again proving their abilities across the various motorsport disciplines.

More pictures from the event can be found here :

The new ADR3 mce, wins on its debut competion event !!!.

We are celebrating a hillclimbing class win at the car`s debut event. The " Midsummer Speed Fest" at Prescott Hillclimb near Cheltenham, Gloucester.  It was to be Simon Marsh`s first competitive event in his new car.

Running in the Sports Libre class against a 2 litre Pilbeam Cosworth, a Radical 1340cc Clubsport, a Z-Cars 2 litre Mini, and the wheelie pulling 2 litre Smart car, the ADR3 progressed well in the practice runs on Saturday before pulling out a winning run on the first competition run on Sunday.

Some more pictures here courtesy of :  www.digitalderek.co.uk

We will also shortly add a full in car video of the runs, check back soon !!

offered a raffle prize, with proceeds in aid of  The Hawkedon Primary School Association.

We displayed a car (in sweltering heat)  at the school Summer Fayre on Satuday 26 June 2010.

The prize offered 4 people to attend the RMA Trackdays event at RAF Odiham on the 18th July, where the lucky winners will get  high speed passenger rides in the latest ADR3 mce, watch the RAF display the Chinook helicopter and receive a full sit down lunch at the RAF base.

Along with the many other fundraising events the School Association had organized, we are pleased to have been part of the event and help raise a significant amount of money to assist  further the education of the next generation. 

More pictures from the day can be found here :

ADR in Conjunction with RMA trackdays,

 piloted his ADR 750F to its third podium in three outings at Brands Hatch on Sunday 20/06/10.

Peter stormed to pole in qualifing and took the lead for most of the race.  Problems with backmarkers and a clutch issue led to him losing the lead and with the race shortened, due to a red flag, there was no chance to regain the lead.

Despite missing two rounds of the championship, Peter moves to fifth overall and is looking for strong performances at Cadwell Park and Pembrey in July to bring him into contention for the Championship lead.

" The car is way more competitive than I had anticipated given the lack of testing, and I feel that a championship challenge is on the cards " enthused ex-champion Bove.

The Brands Hatch race will be televised on Motors TV in July, you can follow Peter`s blog at : www.motorstv.co.uk

750 Formula regular Peter Bove,

ADR are pleased to announce that we have been commissioned to build a very special ADR3, the car is to have a power plant rarely seen in a race car, and a transmission system that you would also be hard pressed to find walking up and down any current race paddock !!

This special car is for a special person, Rainer Kuschall.  Rainer is quite an amazing person.  In 1963,  a swimming accident , at the age of 16 left him with tetraplegia, only 15 years later he established Kuschall AG, primarily focused on the design and build of sports and custom wheelchairs.

Rainer has always strived to achieve his main ambition: To be able to express his identity and reach freedom through independence in mobility.  His 21 Olympic medals symbolise his determination.

We had the pleasure to meet Rainer on our recent trip to Switzerland and to discuss some of the many technical requirements needed for this project, including power brakes, steering and a single hand control.  Also the need to make quick release panels to enable Rainer access in and out of the car.

ADR are excited about this project, with the chance to further show our engineering solutions and the versatility of the ADR range of sports racing cars.

We will post more information as the build progresses, and maybe give more details on the lightest , and one of the most powerfull engines we have currently fitted !!

We joined our Swiss dealers  Auto-Renntage in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, for the weekend of 24/25 April 2010.

The ex-factory Honda CN car was giving demonstration runs, in the hands of Felix Haas.  The car performed superbly in some very prestigious company, including a Ferrari 333, a Maserati MC12, Sauber and Martini sports cars.

On the tight and twisty course the ADR managed to snap at the heels of the far more powerful machinery, with glorious sunshine and packed spectator areas, a sight and sound worth the long trip.

On the Sunday, Felix gave further demonstration runs and high speed passenger rides to complete a very successful weekend. 

More pictures here.

ADR are pleased to announce that  W.S Racing will be running a 2 car team in Germany for 2010.

W.S Racing is headed by Thorsten Willems and Robert Schoenau, both experienced racers. The cars are ADR3 mce versions, fitted with tuned Suzuki Hayabusa engines and will also be used for corporate events..

One of the cars was put on display at a trade fair in Germany last weekend 10/11 April 2010, attracting lots of interest.

We wish Thorsten and Robert every sucess and look forward to supporting them at some of the European events later this year. 

Few more pictures here.

Simon Marsh spent the day testing his ADR3 mce at the Curborough sprint venue on 7th April 2010.  Neil Wallace from Geartronics was in attendance to set up the new intelligent paddle shift system.

Simon said, "I'm familiar with VW's DSG semi-automatic gearbox so it's easy to adapt to paddles.  The clutchless gear changes are so quick and smooth and not letting go of the steering wheel is particulary going to help in hillclimbs where you are so close to the edges of the track you are best not steering one handed whilst changing gear.  The downchanges are brilliant and there's little chance of locking the rears, even in the wet.  It blips the throttle and delays the down-change until the engine won't over-rev which gives the engine a longer life!" 

The car will now be taken for circuit testing ahead of its very busy 2010 schedule.  Simon has always specified the car to be a multi disciplined race car and will therefore compete in Hillclimb, Sprint and Race events.  Simon will share his car with factory driver Andrew Bentley who will race at selected BRSCC open sports car championship events.

The car will be fully factory supported throughout the season, at all the events.

We would also like to thank  www.raceparts.co.uk for their continued support, having proven the ADR3cn abilities in 2009, 2010 will prove the ADR3 mce has similar qualities in a very competitive market place.

Few more pictures here.

Simon Marsh drove the ADR3 cn car at the famous Gurston Down hillclimb at the end of 2009.

Although the car was set up a circuit racer, it performed well under these fairly extreme conditions with muliple standing starts the drive train coped without fault.

"I've always remembered Phil Chatterton's car and I wanted a two seater sportscar that I could use to broaden my experience.  The ADR is a circuit car, so will be great for sprints and I'm looking forward to sharing the fun of a trackday with a passenger in the seat.  I'm hoping that the extra time you get behind the wheel on circuits will help with my driving at hillclimbs."

Simon was impressed with the car and ordered his own ADR3 mce, which he plans to campaign in British hillclimb and sprint events, as well as the odd track day.

See the photos in our gallery

We had 2 cars at this year's Racecar Live Show, a newly built ADR3mce owned by British Hillclimb racer Simon Marsh and the factory ADR3 cn 2 litre Honda powered car.

Our thanks to both drivers,, Andrew Bentley and Simon Marsh, for demonstrating the cars and giving passenger hot laps throughout both days.

We would also like to thank those who visited us at the show, all in all a successful positive weekend.

ADR  will again this year be exhibiting at Racecar Live  on the 21st & 22nd November 2009.

With 2 cars on track the ADR3cn Honda K20 2 litre endurance sports car, & the ADR3 mce Suzuki Hyabusa powered car, we will be in Garage No.25 @ Brands Hatch circuit .

Both cars will be equipped to take passengers, with pilots Andrew Bentley & Simon Marsh offering the chance to sample the cars on track agility. 

The BRSCC Open Sports Car Series made its first visit to the Oulton Park International circuit on Saturday 15th August 2009.

Race 1 was halted on the warm up lap due to a sudden heavy downpour, the race being rescheduled to allow either the track to dry or the field to fit wet tyres.

On the restart the ADR3 of Andrew Bentley came in to the pits at the end of the warm up lap with a misfire, this was quickly traced, however this now meant we would start the race from the pit lane at the tail of the field, Andrew drove very well to carve through the field to achieve 5th place, & 2nd in class 0.5 sec behind the Ligier JS49, driven by Chris Lake.

Race 2, Andrew started in his finishing position from race 1 (5th), by lap 2 had passed the Ligier, & was closing in on the Radical of  Jon-paul Ivey, with the Jade of Steve Griffiths pulling out with mechanical issues, meant we were now in 3rd overall & again 1st in class !!.

ADR  1st & 2nd

In the BRSCC Open Sports car series at Rockingham Raceway last weekend 18/19 July, Andrew Bentley driving the factory Honda powered car, won the class in both races, with second place in class going to the new Duratec car in its first outing driven by Bob Scanlon.

Both cars ran faultlessly during the weekend, we are looking forward to the next round at Oulton Park on the 15th August.

Peter Bove, driving his ADR 750 took the overall win and The 750 Motor Club "750 Formula" lap record at Brands Hatch on Saturday 20/06/09.

Four times 750 formula Champion Peter Bove, celebrated his first win in his ADR 750 formula car, starting from 4th on the grid.  Peter took the lead before the ignition cut out two laps running, dropping him to second place, 3.5 seconds behind the leader.  But Peter was able to restart the engine and took the lead into Paddock Hill Bend at the start of the last lap.

"It was a great result in only 8 outings with the car and I'm sure that there is more to come" said Bove.

Our Congratulations go to Peter, and we all wish him every success for the rest of season.

Leyton Clarke

drove the works ADR3 cn Honda powered car at Snetterton on June 13/09, qualifying a superb 1st in class and 2nd overall.

The race came with mixed emotions, holding second place with a comfortable margin going into coram on lap 6, our shiny new 1 piece OZ racing wheel, became a 2 piece wheel !!.

A stone? or something had lodged between the caliper & inner wheel & machined it perfectly in two, Leyton did well not to hit anything, but this did bring our almost certain class win to an abrupt end.

Bad luck indeed, but at least the ADR proved its worth.

New for 2009.

THE ADR3 is now available with the Ford Duratec engine, the first car has been completed & is Destined to make its race debut at Kirkistown in Northern Ireland at the end of this month.

Mated to the 6 speed Hewland FTR gearbox the Dunnell racing engines supplied 2 litre is a compact lightweight unit, & producing 292 BHP, engines can be supplied from 220 BHP to over 300 BHP, making these engines ideally suited to trackday or  a very competitive sports racer in a 2 litre class.

See the gallery

Andrew Bentley,

 Drove the works ADR3 cn car in the "BRSCC open sports car series" held at Brands Hatch on 9/10 May 2009, with a 23 entry grid qualified a very respectable 8th overall and second in class, even with an electrical misfire causing the engine cut out randomly.

Working on the car after Qualifying  and with our  thanks to Henry Nickless from Chiron cars, the cause was traced to a cranked sensor plug.

With the car now running as it should we all looked forward to the race on Sunday.   Andrew got a good start only to collect a right rear puncture on lap 2, and he then did an amazing job to bring the car home with a deflating rear tyre to finish in 12th place.

The next round is at Donnington Park on the 6th June, we are looking forward to furthering this initial success.

Finally our special thanks go to RACEPARTS UK for their support in helping make this season get off to a flying start. 

2 New ADR3 mce cars left  our works on Friday 3rd April, destined for Australia.

The cars will compete in the popular Australian supersports series, both fitted with Holeshot Racing tuned engines, the blue car 1300 Suzuki hyabusa, & the white car fitted with a 1500 cc Suzuki hyabusa & MBE management system.

The cars flew from Heathrow on Sunday 5th April & will make their race debut at Wakefield Park Raceway, New South Wales on the 18 & 19 April.

click here for gallery

Jack Frost, Holeshot Racing ran a succesfull shakedown test & Kirkistown in Northern Ireland, last Friday 13 March.

The Honda powered ADR3 ran the day without any problems, & Jack is now looking forward to racing the car at Kirkistown on the 28th March.

The new ADR3cn VdeV car was demonstrated at a very cold Race Car Live at Brands Hatch on 22 & 23 Nov 2008.

Our thanks to our 2 drivers who braved the conditions to give passenger rides, Leyton Clarke, & Phil Quaife.

A succesfull weekend means that we will run a 2 car factory supported campaign for 2009, in the UK VdeV, & selected european rounds. Click here for some photos.

ADR will have on display our new CN2 class VdeV car at Silverstone on Sunday 19th October, the final round of the 2008 VdeV UK series.

The new car will be available in either CN1 or the new CN2 catagory for the 2009 UK series, the CN2 classs having controlled Mugen prepared Honda engines, & ecu, along with spec dampers, & brake components, making this new endurance class a more affordable level.

The new RMA Trackdays liveried ADR3 TS made is debut outing at Donnington Park, on 10th June.

The track sport car fitted with the latest Mugen Honda FD2 K20 engine, ran faultlessly all day, & driven by Leyton Clarke was also the quickest car at the event.

The new car will be used to demonstrate the versatility of the ADR3 TS on all of the RMA Trackday events, the next outing is at Silverstone GP circuit on the 19th June.

The January issue of Race Tech Magazine featured a 5 page article about ADR Engineering including a historic overview and a glimpse at things to come.

This is the perfect read for an insight into the ADR3, one of the most competetive cars in its class today.

Click here for the full article.

Jack Frost, in his Holshot racing turbo charged hyabusa engined ADR3, as you
can see the car had a slight meeting with bank !! on it final run, but with
437 BHP AT THE REAR WHEELS !!, the car was the fastest in its class.

Click here for gallery

Furthering the development of the ADR3 the new 2008 model has many refinements including, a redesigned chassis, removing all square section tubes in favour of round, giving a 20% weight reduction & increased
rigidity. Long range fuel cell 80 litres, to enable the car to be more suitable for
endurance racing, a refined areo package, & the option of either the Hewland or Sadev gearbox.

Click here for the November 2007 workshop gallery.

ADR North America is pleased to announce that Motorsports Southwest, LLC is now a US dealer & ADR representative based in Austin, Texas. Motorsports Southwest, LLC supports customers from Louisiana to Nevada.

Dean Turnbaugh & his crew will be taking orders for both the ADR3 and ADR2 as well as offering Arrive and Drive Programs and ADR3 rentals.

Contact Details : Dean Turnbaugh Tel: 512 413 5359 or 512-261-1462.

www.motorsports-sw.com

Watch the adr3 during practice for the Gurston Down hillclimb in May 2007. Link

ADR3 wins 2 day NASA Super Unlimted Race event at Thunderhill Raceway Park, California on 11-12 August 2007. read more on the US site.

ADR3 wins North American Modern Endurance Challenge at Willow Springs Raceway, California, 7 July 2007. read more on the US site.

ADR3 wins at Infinion Raceway, California, 1 July 2007. read more on the US site.

Round 3 of the South African Sports Racing Association Championship was held on the 26th of May, 2007 at Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria.

Team Legend Cars Motorsport went in to the championship with a 9-point lead in the series, and were hoping to at least maintain this, after mechanical maladies crept in days before the event. In a final shake down, a week before the event, their Hayabusa motor let go, and was only delivered the night before the event, and was in stock standard trim, with low compression pistons. Needless to say, the team was feeling a little down trodden.

After qualifying for the 8-lap sprint event, Grant put in a strong lap to put them 2nd on the grid, far higher than expected. The finishing order for the 8-lapper would dictate the grid for the feature event. In the sprint event, and after going at it, hammer & tong, Grant finished 2nd, only 2.5 secs behind the 3L V6 Nissan Shelby Can Am of Karl Zachau.

This put the team on the front row again for the feature event, a 1-hour endurance event. It was going to be a close fought affair, with Harry Costas in the Speads RS up to speed, as well as the Shelby V6 of Karl also flying. Grant hounded Karl for the first 15 laps, but got on the wrong side of some lapped traffic, and was punted off. This left Karl, and Harry more than 9 seconds up the road. Grant put in some blistering laps, and made up the deficit in only a hand full of laps. Grant took the lead on lap 21, and remained un-challenged for the remainder of the event. So the score card for Legend Cars Motorsport’s ADR3 reflects three outings… 3 wins!

Round two of the SRA championship was recently held at Kyalami International Raceway in Johannesburg, South Africa. Scheduled as a Day – Night event, it drew an entry of 21 cars, including ACD Nardini’s, V6 Shelby Can – Am’s and a Speads.

Qualifying saw Grant Orbell put his Legend Cars ADR3 to the top of the lists, a second faster than the V6 Shelby Can Am’s of Pierre Brydges & Rob Wall.

An hour after its scheduled start time, with lights ablaze, the race started under safety car conditions, for the first two laps. When the safety car came into the pits, Grant blasted his car into an immediate lead, which grew at half – a –second – a – lap for the duration of the race.

One of the competitors was putting substantial amounts of oil on the circuit, and so, at 66% race duration, the organisers put the safety car out. Grant used this safety car period as an opportunity to pit for fuel. During this pit stop, the organisers felt the track was unsafe to continue, and so the chequered flag came out, with Grant still stuck in pit lane. Grant realised what was happening, and made his way up the pit lane, triggering the lap counter, and in doing so still managed to win the race by more than 30 seconds!

With Pole position, fastest lap (by well over a second!) and race win, Legend Cars extend their lead in the championship.

The first round of the SRA (Sports Racing Association) championship was held at Wesbank Raceway on Sunday, the 18th of Feb.

Qualifying saw Rui Campos put his Shelby Can-Am V6 on pole position, followed by Grant Orbell in his very quick ADR3, and third on the grid went to Harry Costas in his Spead RS.

The one hour race, held late in the afternoon, however, was an Orbell / ADR3 Affair, with Orbell pulling two to three seconds a lap. By mid race, he had lapped the entire field, and at race end was a further lap ahead of everyone! With overall win, class win and index of performance win, as well as fastest lap, it was an impressive début performance for the ADR3 in South Africa!

The team looks forward to the next round of the championship will be held at Kyalami, on the 24th of March 2007.

The new ADR3 has been fitted with its new livery and has started its testing at Button Willow Raceway in the USA. Initial tests are proving good and the next 2 cars are now in build ready for an early 2007 delivery. See more in the gallery.

The first of the new ADR3's arrive at Laguna Seca raceway in San Francisco 25 October 2006. It is due to be given its shakedown test on Friday 3 November 2006 in readiness for its first race the following weekend. The car has caused a lot of interest and we will keep you updated on its progress. See more in the gallery.