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New SDD signing Sangjoon TQs at Korean Nationals (16/05/2007)
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- Laurant
New Serpent Driver Development signing Nam Sangjoon was the star of the Korean 1:8 National Championships which took place at the Kirina Circuit near Seoul last weekend.
Driving his Mega MF 9P powered Serpent 960 '07, 17-year-old Sangjoon was in superb form taking the TQ spot after rounds of 10 minute qualifying heats.
Serpent 960 wins 'Car of the Year' in Germany (15/05/2007)
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- Laurant
Readers of the famous German r/c car magazine AMT have voted Serpent's 960 as their 1:8 Nitro 'Car of the Year'.
Well known for its high level product reviews, AMT gave it readers the chance to vote for their favourite products and it was the European Championship winning Serpent 960 that got their No. 1 vote. The AMT 'Car of the Year' award is yet another endorsement of the Michael Salven designed car.
Serpent Motorsport and Chief Designer Michael Salven, who comes from Germany, are very proud to see the 960 selected as AMT Car of the Year, "It will motivate us even more to continue in...
Austria Nitro Tour offers F180 test (15/05/2007)
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- Laurant
The first of two Austrian Serpent Nitro Tours events takes place over the weekend of May 26/27 at the SFMAV track near Salzburg and is open to racers of Serpent 1:8, 1:10 200mm and 1:10 235mm cars.
Organised by RC Car Exklusive, Serpent's Austrian distributor, the race weekend will feature a tech workshop on Day 1 hosted by top Austrian racers Daniel Tomaschko and Gerhard Kandelhart. Day 2, Sunday, will focus on racing with neither Tomaschko and Kandelhart taking part so as to allow them to offer full tech support to racers.
A first for the Nitro Tour will be the chance to test Serpent's...
Another podium for defending champion Cabezas (14/05/2007)
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- Laurant
Serpent SDD driver Oscar Cabezas secured a podium finish in the second round of the ultra competitive Spanish 1:8 National Champions over the weekend at the new Valladolid track.
The winner of the opening round of the championship held at the ARCA track in Madrid in March, Cabezas got Round 2 off to the perfect start by taking provisional pole after the opening round of heats.
Victory for Taskilla in HOA Series opener (14/05/2007)
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- Laurant
The Heart of America Series kicked off at the Fastlane Raceway in Blue Springs recently and it was Serpent driver Jari Taskilla who took the win.
Taskilla TQ'd for the race and was one of 3 Serpent 720 drivers to qualify in the Top 5 after three of the four scheduled rounds of 5 minute heats. Rain descended on the track for the fourth run causing the cancellation of the remainder of the meeting with the result being declared on qualifying order.
The only driver to break into the 19 laps in qualifying, Taskilla was in top form and should be a major contender for the HOA Series title, which...
Per-Ola tests for F1 Racing (14/05/2007)
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- Laurant
Swedish Team Serpent driver Per Ola Hard was given a very interesting task recently when the world best selling Grand Prix magazine F1 Racing asked him to become a test driver!!
The Swedish edition of the international magazine, which attracts 3 million readers worldwide each month, wanted the r/c racer to test Serpent's exciting new F180 car for a feature in the magazine and Per Ola was only delighted to provide his services.
Serpent stamps authority on Philippine National Race (10/05/2007)
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- Laurant
The 5th Cebu Philippine National Invitational Race was hosted recently at the Ultimate Hobby & Speedway Race Track and Team Serpent Philippines drivers Ralph Lorenzo and Clemen Pancho stamped their authority on the RCMP sanctioned National Race.
The Team Dogbone, Serpent's new Philippine distributor, kitted their two drivers out with Serpent 720 '07 cars and the pair made great use of Rene Cornella designed 1:10 200mm chassis.
Having set a record breaking pace in practice Lorenzo went on to top qualifying TQ'ing for the important race.
In the race Lorenzo headed home team-mate Pancho winning...
Serpent F180 now Shipping (08/05/2007)
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- Eoghain O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent F180 kit, Serpent F180 kit with Engine & Starter, Serpent F180 RTR Assembled kit
The long awaited Serpent F180 has been shipped from the factory and should be available in your local LHS around this time. This amazing new platform, that has been many years in the works, will be available in 3 versions, with 2 of these kit versions, available immediately, and 1 version a Ready to Race pre assembled car.
Indoor racing in Manila (07/05/2007)
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- Laurant
2006 EFRA Dutch GP winner Julius Kolff has travelled the world but recently the very capable r/c racer took a trip to Manila to check out an interesting indoor Nitro track which came to his attention on the internet!
Here's his account of the trip -
EC-B Interview with Alex Thurston (07/05/2007)
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- Laurant
While 15-year-old Italian Alessio Mazzeo was making a name for himself as a future star of the sport by winning the first ever 1:10 EC-B title another young talent was emerging in Belgium.
At almost half the age of the new EC-B Champion, 8-year-old Alex Thurston was the youngest competitor at the event and Youri Mestdag caught up with the Serpent racers for a quick chat.
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