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4 out of 4 for Serpent, Another win for Green (06/06/2007)
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- Laurant
Mark Green has made it 4 out 4 for the Serpent 960 in the BRCA British 1:8 National Championship by taking his third 3 of the season over the weekend at the Wombwell track in South Yorkshire.
Green, TQ'd his Mega powered Serpent and led the final from start to finish recording the fastest lap of the race in the process. Round 3 winner and defending champion Richard Hicklin, who qualified P2 for the race, was looking good for a podium finish but hit trouble leaving Tim Wood to secure a podium double for Serpent, his second in as many races and his second Junior Championship win of the season....
Dalton Touring Masters 2007 (05/06/2007)
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- Laurant
Details for the annual Dalton Touring Master event in Indonesia have been announced with this year's race scheduled to take place on August 4-5 at the Jakarta International Twin Circuit.
Organised by the Dalton Shop and supported by Serpent, Mega, GQ and VXR, this is the 4th running of the event which has been won in the past by Kris Heriana (2004), Danny Iswahyudi (2005) and Teddy Syach (2006). This year the race organisers have announced that the winner of the perpetual Champions trophy for 1:10, the main event, will get to keep it for good.
Deyaert wins third Belgian 'Porsche Cup' encounter (04/06/2007)
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- Laurant
The third round of the Belgian National 235mm Championship took place at the Rumst track over the weekend and it was young talent Toon Deyaerts who took victory with his Serpent 835.
15 year old Toon, who has TQ'd for all three rounds of the championship but missed out on the win in the previous round in Luxembourg, made sure he converted his pace into a well deserved victory. The round 1 winner was followed home by Luc Steylaerts and Danny Van Calster. Round 2 winner Roger Capelleman finished 5th.
Branson stars at Portuguese GP (04/06/2007)
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- Laurant
Kyle Branson, a member of the Serpent Driver Development program, was one of the stars of the EFRA GP of Portugal over the weekend with the younger charger setting the third fastest time in qualifying for the event.
Racing his Mega powered Serpent 720, the BRCA British National Championship contender drove superbly at the Lisbon track which will host the 2008 IFMAR 1:10 Worlds to line up behind established international stars Francesco Tironi and Martin Christensen.
Starting 3rd for the 45 minute final, which saw 5 Serpent 720 on the grid, the SDD driver was to retire just after the half...
SDD star Branson takes first podium (28/05/2007)
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- Laurant
Serpent Driver Development program member Kyle Branson put in another superb drive in the 3rd Round of the BRCA 1:10 National Championship at Halifax last weekend to claim his first podium of the season.
Qualifying 10th on the grid for the A Final, Branson was forced to use the heats to find a set up for his Mega powered Serpent 720 as rain kept him from practising on Saturday.
Using the new LCG chassis, the 13-year-old drove a superb 30 minute final to finish 3rd behind Serpent Factory driver and Round 1 winner Mark Green to claim his first BRCA Championship podium finish. Fourth in the...
Mobers TQs for German Nationals Qualifier (28/05/2007)
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- Laurant
On May 20th the second German Nationals qualifier race for 1:10 200mm took place at the small but fast Düren track and it was new Team Serpent Germany signing Markus Mobers who set the pace.
His first time out with the Serpent 720 '07, Mobers set the pace in practice and qualifying setting a new track record of 26 laps to secure the Top Qualifier spot for the race.
Capelleman wins Belgian 235mm encounter (28/05/2007)
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- Laurant
Former top level 1:8 racer Roger Capelleman showed he has not lost any of his pace by winning the 2nd Round of the Belgian 235mm National Championships over the weekend.
Racing on the superb Luxembourg track, which has recently undergone some refurbishment work, Capelleman dominated the final with his Serpent 835 setting the fastest lap of the race enroute to to winning by a margin of three laps from Pieter Nijskens.
Nijskens snatched the runners up spot from Leo Heremans on the last lap after the latter was hit by another competitor and dropped to third.
Top Qualifier for the race was...
Syach crowned FEMCA Champion (28/05/2007)
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- Laurant
Teddy Syach is the 2007 1:10 FEMCA Champion. The Team Serpent Indonesia driver won the prestigious title at the Jakarta track over the weekend driving his Mega powered Serpent 720 taking the victory by a 4 lap margin over Philip Lee.
Syach, who qualified third for the Main Final, drove perfectly over the 45 minute encounter and his smooth driving meant no need for a tyre change during the race allowing him to cruise home for the win.
Fellow Serpent racer Suruth V. looked set to make it a podium double for the 720 but at 36 minute while running third he suffered a heavy crash which immediately...
Serpent to enter the 1/10th EP Touring class (24/05/2007)
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- Eoghain O'Briain
During the 2nd part of 2006 Serpent began developing a high end competition 1/10th scale electric touring car and now, after many months of testing and development, we are very excited to announce our entry in this highly competitive RC car racing category, with our new S400 chassis.
Serpent is well known for its refined platforms in the very competitive 1/8th and 1/10 scale gas powered classes and our new 1/10th scale electric touring car is no different, featuring high quality components throughout and many of the innovations we pioneered in our near 3 decades at the highest level of RC Racing....
Hicklin wins latest BRCA encounter (19/05/2007)
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- Laurant
Defending British 1:8 National Champion Richard Hicklin took his first win of the 2007 Championship last weekend when he won a wet third round on the fast Halifax track.
In qualifying it was Serpent Factory driver Mark Green that set the pace with his Mega powered 960 securing pole from Hicklin.
The winner of the opening two rounds of the championship, Green hit trouble early on leaving Hicklin to head the Serpent challenge. He did just that winning the tricky 30 minute encounter by 2 laps from Pete Hastings. Completing a successful event for Serpent, Elite R/C team driver Tim Wood finished...
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