The 8th Round of the Championship was hosted by the Cotswold Club situated within the Cotswold airport complex. The weather forecast was for a wet Saturday and a dry Sunday, but this tuned out to be the opposite which had all the drivers frantically adding wet setups to their cars and changing to damp tires. Every driver decided a banker time was required since due to the open nature of the track surroundings and no wind would result in the track taking a long time to dry out, if at all. In first round of qualifying, it was the top 5 who pulled out a good lead. Kyle Branson then broke away with...
Billy Easton with Cobra buggy wins semi final ahead of Batlle and also takes victory in the main Final ahead of Battle, Perin and Bianchi. Great race.
Congratulations to Easton and his pitcrew.
What is your name, age, profesison and where do you come from ?
A; My name is Michael Nilsson and I'm 24 years old. I have a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Design Engineering and I live in Gothenburg, Sweden. As for now I am studying for my Master's degree in Advanced Engineering Materials.
When was your 1st test with the Serpent 411
A: I ran my S411 the past weekend, at a carpet event called West Coast Racing Weekend. Drivers from all around the south-western part of Sweden got together and drove touring cars all weekend long, from Friday to Sunday. It was a lot of fun, and a great kick...
Easton who came over to Europe, Italy, for the NovaRossi Challenge put up a great show in qualifying and Tq-ed the event with Serpent Cobra Buggy 811 , ahead of Bianchi, Perin and Robert Battle (current EU champion).
Easton TQ-ed 3 out of 4 rounds.
Program:
race starts from 21-23/10
Int'l race organized by Beijing
1/10th SCALE I.C.(GAS) 200mm
1/10th ISTC ELECTRIC 190mm
21/10 (A.M.) : Controlled heat practice and Opening Ceremony
21/10 (P.M.) - 22/10 (A.M.) : Qualification rounds
22/10 (P.M.) : Final rounds & Banquet and Awards presentation
23/10 : Race show
Serpents top-racer and offroad car designer Billy Easton has arrived to Italy, to attend the NovaRossi Buggy Cup with Serpent Cobra.
Also Battle and Jerome Aigon attend.
Paolo Morganti was in great shape in 1/8 scale class in Chaplin USA.
Morganti taking TQ honors with Serpent 966 ahead of DJ, Toso, Soto Jr, Burch, Schwauger, Tiskali, Lemieux and many other ace drivers.
In the final Morganti kept a very high pace with his Serpent 966-TE, only dropping few times to 2nd place after a fuel-stop, and creating a gap of 2 laps in the end of the hard harging Carpri's.
Last weekend saw the Swedish onroad elite gather for the final round of the Swedish national cup series, held at the superfast track in the city of Orebro.
Saturday was qualifying day, great weather and the track and been prepared with additives for maximum traction, actually so high that several of the 1:10 cars tractionrolled.
After some rounds of racing the track got more normal with a mix of fuel and tires on it.
The track has a very long straight and open corners so laptimes differ only a little among the top drivers, enginepower and correct gear-ratio becomes crusial to perform and...
USA Nationals gas-onroad 2011: Michael Salven is at the USA nationals to support the Serpent drivers in 1/10 and 1/8 scale onroad. The race in Chaplin is badly affected by rain and forecast is bad too. Let hope it will turn for the better, so racing can get underway soon. liverc.com will do live-timing when qualifying starts.
For Serpent Scott Kimbrow and Paolo Morganti are the ace drivers, in both classes. Many other top-drivers around, so will be a super race.
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Last weekend was the final race of the Turkish Championship Series. It has been a very sucessful season even though we have entered in the middle of the season.
in 1/8 class Görkem Gür dominated the class again and was crowned the Turkish Champion running the 966TE with Xceed ZX-21 EM. 3rd place went to Gökmen Çakan using 966 EVO again using the Xceed ZX-21 EM engine.
In 1/10 class, Mustafa Alp has become the 2011 Turkish Champion who has completely dominated the class from the start using the 733 Mustafa Alp Edition. Second place is secured by Serdar Sakallıoğlu againt driving...