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F180 is RRCI cover car (23/09/2007)
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- Laurant
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- Serpent F180 kit, Serpent F180 kit with Engine & Starter, Serpent F180 RTR Assembled kit
Serpent's F180 formula race car features on the cover oft the upcoming edition of top UK r/c car magazine Radio Race Car International.
The car will be featured in the November issue of the magazine which goes on sale October 6th and is finished in the Spyker F1 colours to reflect reporter Mark Christophers visit to the Spyker F1 team factory as part of the feature on the unique 1:8 nitro powered Serpent.
Billy Easton - 2007 IFMAR Worlds 4wd Report (23/09/2007)
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- Eoghain O'Briain
Far up in the Mountains of Japan, Mount Hakusan to be exact, we were about to embark on the debut of the S500 prototypes first mission of attempting to take over the world.
As we arrived at the track the weather was much better than it had previously been for the 2wd portion of the event. The sun was out, track was dry and practice was about to begin. Having never actually raced the car at an event I was quite unsure of exactly how things were going to fare out. I had bench raced the car many heats and felt the set up would be a great starting point. Gerd and Joern were going to start with...
Another win for Zachariades in Cyprus (23/09/2007)
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- Laurant
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- Mega ZX12 DSII Legal Race, Serpent 720 07 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 720 08 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 720 -09 1/10th scale 200mm
Nicholas Zachariades has taken one step closer to the Cyprus National Championship title for 1:10 200mm after the young star took his fifth win of the season at the Daytona track over the weekend.
Connolly takes Irish Championship title (23/09/2007)
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- Laurant
Clive Connolly is the 2007 Irish 1:8 Onroad National Champion. The 2006 Champion defended his title in style by winning the final race of the season yesterday at the St. Annes track beating fellow Serpent driver and main title rival Darragh Fox.
Serpent EP buggy Prototypes in World Championship final (20/09/2007)
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- Eoghain O'Briain
Serpent drivers Billy Easton (USA) and Joern Neumann (Germany) have both placed their Serpent Durango based prototype 4wd buggies into the World Championships A-Main held last weekend. Billy went on to finish 5th overall while Neumann, in his 1st ever WC event, claimed 10th. Considering the level at World Championship events this was a fabulous achievement for both drivers, and the Serpent prototype buggy.
Schuitmaker wins Dutch Nationals finale (18/09/2007)
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- Laurant
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- Mega ZX12 DSII Legal Race, Serpent 720 07 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 720 08 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 720 -09 1/10th scale 200mm
Serpent ended off the Dutch 1:10 200mm National Championship in style over the weekend with team drivers Ruud Schuitmaker and Remy Moller finishing 1st and 2nd in the 5th and final round at the Gouda track.
Driving their Mega powered 720s, Schuitmaker and Moller enjoyed a race long battle with Schuitmaker coming out on top from young gun Moller by just 11 seconds at the end of the 30-minute encounter.
Indonesian Grand Prix F180 (17/09/2007)
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- Laurant
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- Serpent F180 kit
In August myself and Rob Kuijper from Serpent went to Jakarta in Indonesia to race in the annual Dalton Touring Masters organized by Serpent Indonesia, the Dalton Shop.
For me this was my fourth time to Jakarta and the excellent JITC track which is in the central business district of the multi million city. Racing in Jakarta is always a great pleasure with great organisation, great track and great weather and this time proved to be no exception.
Malveiro and 720 are Portuguese Champions (17/09/2007)
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- Laurant
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- Serpent 720 07 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 720 08 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 720 -09 1/10th scale 200mm
Joćo Malveiro is the 2007 1:10 200mm Portuguese National Champion. The Team Serpent Portugal driver clinched the title last weekend with a podium finish at the new MAIA track in the north of the country.
Driving his Mega powered Serpent 720, third in the final round of the championship was enough for Malveiro to secure the title by 20 points from Mugen driver Bruno Coelho.
Overall it was a strong season for the 720 in Portugal with four Serpent drivers finishing the season in the Top 10 of the National Championship.
Serpent Motorsport congratulate Joćo, his team and Vintesete on their...
Mark Christopher wins BRCA 1:10 200 Truck Championship (17/09/2007)
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- Laurant
Serpent UK are enjoying a very successful month of September with their drivers winning in all the classes in which the team currently race.
In the BRCA 1:10 200mm Truck Championship, Mark Christopher clinched the title in style by winning the final round of the Series at Aldershot. Driving his Mega powered 720, Christopher took 5 wins over the 8 rounds to win the title by 18 points from Andrew Oulton.
In the 1:10 200mm Rubber Championship, runs alongside the National Truck Series, young Joe Kerry finished off his 2007 season on a high taking his 720 to its second victory to become Vice-Champion....
Branson secures third BRCA podium finish (11/09/2007)
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- Laurant
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- Mega MF12 3P MasMo, Serpent 720 07 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 720 08 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 720 -09 1/10th scale 200mm
Young talent Kyle Branson secured his third podium finish of the 2007 British 1:10 National Championship recently when he steered his Mega powered 720 to third in penultimate round of the series at Wrexham.
Making his first visit to the Welsh circuit, Kyle set the fastest lap time of the event in the heats to qualify 3rd for the A Final. Rain made the 30-minute encounter tricky but the Serpent Driver Development team member drove a superb race to maintain third finishing less than a second behind second place at the finish line.
Currently third in the standings, Kyle will be hoping to add...
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