If you take a look at the list of competitors that will participate in the 2023 Pikes Peak, you’ll see a healthy number of performance machines from different brands – Ferrari, Porsche, Ford, KTM, and Radical, just to name a few. Wearing race number 4 is a vehicle that hasn’t been seen in the Colorado mountains so far, though – a true race car known as the Radford Pikes Peak Edition. Never heard of Radford? Don’t worry, here’s everything you need to know about it.
For starters, Radford (previously known as Harold Radford) was a Rolls-Royce and Bentley retailer, which developed a bespoke coach-building business in the late 1940s. In the 1960s, the company became famous for its luxury versions of Mini models. That brand was relaunched some two years ago by former Formula 1 champion Jenson Button together with TV presenter and car builder Ant Anstead and business adviser and lawyer Roger Behle. The first product from the revived firm was revealed in August 2021 and now Radford will participate in the 2023 Pikes Peak with a race version of that car.
