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1/8th Scale IFMAR Pre-Worlds race report (25/03/2007)
- By:
- Eoghain O'Briain
- Linked to:
- 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
Well guys the race was amazing. It had all the excitement a world event could have. The drivers were all claming for the top spot in qualifying but at the end of the day the P1 position belonged to the 7-time world champ Lamberto Collari. He was awesome. He was hard to beat in this race. The start of the race was interesting as the 1st and 2nd positions regulated themselves to the 4th and 5th spots.
Dario Balestri’s awesome capture of the lead was followed by Mark Green. 3rd position was Keisuka Fukuda who was very fast. Lamberto and Salemi were battling for the 4th and 5th spot when a tap...
Racer In the Spotlight - Nam Sangjoon (22/03/2007)
- By:
- Laurant
In our latest 'Racer in the Spotlight' column we catch up with new Serpent Driver Development signing Nam Sangjoon from Korea and put 10 questions to the young charger.
Fiorano plays host to Italian Nitro Tour (20/03/2007)
- By:
- Laurant
Serpent's Nitro Tour travels to Italy this weekend (23-25 March) with the 'Jody Scheckter' track at Fiorano playing host to the extremely popular event that will see a host of star drivers on hand to offer technical assistance to the large gathering of Serpent racers in attendance.
European Champion Fabio Domanin, Massimo Fantini and EC-B 1:8 Champion Andrea Cristiani together with staff from Serpent's Italian distributor Sprint RC will support this exciting three day event.
Mark Green wins Pre-Worlds for Serpent (19/03/2007)
- By:
- Laurant
- Linked to:
- 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
Serpent factory race team driver Mark Green has won the 1:8 Pre-Worlds held in Cordoba, Argentina over the weekend. The UK racer was in top form with his 2007 spec Serpent 960 winning the well attended event by a one lap margin from reigning European 1:10 Champion Dario Balestri.
Attracting a star line up of drivers including current World Champion Lamberto Collari, the event was watched by 3,000 spectators who witnessed a thrilling race between Green and Balestri.
Green, supported by mechanic Rafael Angulo, kept his cool despite intense pressure from the young Italian and took advantage...
Double success for Syach in Indonesia (19/03/2007)
- By:
- Laurant
Teddy Syach was in top form for the BSD Invitational Championship which took place over the weekend at the superb BSD Super Traxxx circuit in Indonesia.
Racing in both 1:10 and 1:8 categories Syach was in dominant form. Using his Mega powered 720 he TQ'd for the event which he then went on to win by a 3 lap margin recording the fastest lap of the race en route.
In 1:8 the Team Serpent Indonesia driver repeated his form with his 960/Mega combination to win the encounter by a lap again recording the fastest lap. Joining Syach on the podium, young talent Arya Rido also put in a superb performance...
Serpent dominates lastest Florida State Series encounter (19/03/2007)
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- Laurant
Team Serpent USA continued their winning ways in the Fograss Florida State Series taking victory in both the 1:8 and 1:10 categories at Round 7 which took place over the weekend at the Charlotte RC Raceway.
In the Sedan class Danny Horta headed home Gianni Giorgio for a Serpent 720 1-2 while D.J. Apolaro used his example to record the fastest lap of the race. In total 7 Serpent 720s made the 12 car grid for the Main Final.
Paolo Morganti dominated proceedings in 1:8 with his Mega MF powered Serpent 960. The Winternats Champion TQ'd for the race going on to win it by a 2 lap margin, setting...
Serpent 1-2 in Irish Championship opener (14/03/2007)
- By:
- Laurant
Team Serpent Ireland drivers Darragh Fox and Dean Lacey gave Serpent the perfect start to its title defence during the opening round of the Irish National Championships in Dublin over the weekend when the young pairing finished 1 and 2 in the event.
Defending Champion Clive Connolly used his 960 to TQ for the event recording his fastest time in the fourth and final heat. Unfortunately he was unable to convert his qualifying result into a win when the race was hit by heavy rain shortly after the start forcing him to retire. Similar faith hit young charger Sean Doyle who was debuting his 960FD,...
Cristiani wins Euro B 'Warm Up' race (13/03/2007)
- By:
- Laurant
Current European 1:8 B Champion Andrea Cristiani has won the 'Warm Up' race for the 2007 EFRA European 1:8 IC Track B Championships. Racing at Tolmin in Slovenia over the weekend, the Serpent driver took his 960 to victory ahead of local ace Jernej Vuga.
The pace of racing at the 'Warm Up' event was ultra competitive with Cristiani, Vuga and promising 16-year-old Italian Nicola Maroni pushing one other throughout proceedings. Maroni, also driving a 960, qualified P2 and just missed out on a podium finish when he hit trouble while running third costing him 2 minutes and dropping him to 4th.
As...
Sotiropoulos does it again (12/03/2007)
- By:
- Laurant
Having won the opening round of the Greek 1:8 Nationals recently, John Sotiropoulos was back in action at the Arena track over the weekend for the opening round of the 1:10 National Championship and once again the Serpent driver took the win.
Driving his Mega MF powered 720, Sotiropoulos took the lead of the 30 minute encounter from the start and lead throughout to take the win by a lap from Kyosho driver Spyros Piknis. Sotiropoulos also recorded the fastest lap of the race with a time of 17.466.
There was further success for Serpent and the RCMicroracing team with John Fokianos using his...
Cabezas conquers all in Spanish Nationals opener (12/03/2007)
- By:
- Laurant
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- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 1/8 scale 4WD EVO, Serpent 966 -TE 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 -TE v2 1/8 scale 4WD
Serpent Driver Development team member and reigning Spanish Champion Oscar Cabezas got his title defence off to the perfect start by conquering all at the opening race held at the ARCA track in Madrid over the weekend.
Using his Mega DSII+ powered 960 to great effect, the talented youngster TQ'd and was the only driver to record 20 laps over the 5 minutes runs.
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