MOUNT Panorama is set for a Radical moment this Easter - the return of the Radical Australia Cup series.
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Like many motor sport categories in Australia, the 2020 season of the Radical Australia Cup was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with only one round being completed.
The news that the 2021 season will start at the Mount - the category's most subscribed venue - is good news for the teams who have been starved of competition.
"We looked at a range of options to keep the season going, but it was untenable in the end, and with safety paramount we had no choice other than to switch our focus to 2021," Radical Australia Cup category rights holder Chris Medland explained.
"Karl Reindler [Radical Australia Cup motorsport series manager] has been in constant contact with Motorsport Australia and the various circuits since March, looking for any option we could find to continue our 2020 season, but as soon as it was clear that wasn't possible, we started discussions about 2021.
"So were in the box seat from the start and despite the ongoing presence of the virus, and the late Supercar calendar announcement, we have the foundations of a strong calendar next year."
As it did between 2014 and 2019, Bathurst will host the opening round of the Radical Australia Cup season, although not on the traditional Bathurst 12 Hour weekend.
The first event will instead come with the annual Bathurst 6 Hour over Easter, a slot originally scheduled on the 2020 calendar.
Bathurst driver Brad Shiels is the man who currently holds the Radical Australia Cup lap record at Mount Panorama. He clocked a 2:11.5252 effort in 2019.
From Bathurst the cup heads to the home of Radical Australia - Sydney Motorsport Park - for the first of what could be two events at the 3.93-kilometre western Sydney venue.
The final confirmed event is set for The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia, a venue that has proven popular since it was first introduced to the cup in 2018.
There are still three potential dates yet to be locked in; Wakefield Park (June), Sydney Motorsport Park (September) and Sandown (September).
