Barry’s interest in anything fast started in his very early 20s when he raced speedway. Moving on to jet boat marathon racing and winning the North Island twin rivers title, he held the Wanganui river record, and it is still the fastest New Zealand boat time to this day. Later in life he purchased a 1992 Fraser Clubman followed by a Radical sr3 when the racing bug got the better of him. Hill climbs and street sprints became favourite events and he competed in over 30 of them, achieving 20-plus class wins. This led to the purchase of Barry’s current car – a Radical sr3 RS.

Barry Cutelli - 2009 Radical sr3 RS

Barry’s interest in anything fast started in his very early 20s when he raced speedway. Moving on to jet boat marathon racing and winning the North Island twin rivers title, he held the Wanganui river record, and it is still the fastest New Zealand boat time to this day. Later in life he purchased a 1992 Fraser Clubman followed by a Radical sr3 when the racing bug got the better of him. Hill climbs and street sprints became favourite events and he competed in over 30 of them, achieving 20-plus class wins. This led to the purchase of Barry’s current car – a Radical sr3 RS.

2009 Radical sr3 RS:

This car was imported from the United Kingdom by Derick Neil, of Christchurch, three years ago after he purchased it from Mecktec Motorsport. The Radical had a major rebuild in 2012 by Radical Performance, bringing it up to full FIA-spec. The car runs an RPE 1475 Hayabusa engine with a 6-speed sequential gear box and a paddle shift with flat shift auto blip. Barry purchased the Radical earlier this year to run in street sprints and hill climbs. His first event was the Stratford Street Sprint, where the car was first overall.