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SOTIROPOULOS WINS AGAIN (19/07/2006)

By:: Laurant

RC Microracing Team driver Giannis Sotiropoulos took another ELME Greek National Championship win over the weekend when he steered his Serpent 960 Mega combination to a convincing victory at the new Patra circuit.

The first race at the superb new race facility, Sotiropoulos won the event by a margin of 8 laps and was joined in the final by another five Serpent 960s.

Serpent were also the major force in the B final with 8 cars in the race two of which, driven by Giannis Fokianos and Takis Papadopoulos, secured podium placings.

The first race to be held at the Patra circuit, competitors were very complimentary of the new facility and the efforts made by the track owner Andreas Makrigiorgos.

RACE RESULTS

A Final

1. (2) SOTIROPOULOS GIANNIS (Serpent 960/Mega)

2. (3) TOTOMIS VAGELIS (Kyosho/Sirio)

3. (1) ARKOUMANIS GIANNIS (Slide/Picco)

4. (4) FARMAKIS LEONIDAS (Slide/Picco)

5. (9) ANASTASIADIS KYRIAKOS (Serpent 960/Picco)

6. (7) PAPAXRISTOS VAGELIS (Serpent 960/Mega)

7. (6) TSIAPAS ARIS (Slide/Picco)

8. (10)PENKA GUSTAV (Serpent 960/Mega)

9. (8) PENKA THOMAS (Serpent 960/Picco)

10.(5) PAPADOPOULOS MIMIS (Serpent 960/Mega)

B Final

1.(6) GIANNITSAS KOSTAS (Sepherd/Novarossi)

2.(4) FOKIANOS GIANNIS (Serpent 960/Mega)

3.(5) PAPADOPOULOS TAKIS (Serpent 960/Novarossi)

4.(9) PALIGINIS ANTONIS (Serpent 960/Mega)

5.(8) KEFALONITIS GIORGOS (Slide/Picco)

6.(3) MAKRYGIORGOS ANDREAS (Serpent 960/Mega)

7.(2) VERGANELAKIS NIKOS (Serpent 960/Mega)

8.(7) GIANNAKAKIS ANDREAS (Serpent 960/Mega)

9.(10)PANTELIS MIXALIS (Serpent 960/Mega)

10.(1)BASTAS DIMITRIS (Serpent 960/Mega)

Sotiropoulos' winning Serpent 960/Mega

Sotiropoulos celebrates his Patra win on the podium

Fokianos and Papadopoulos on the B Final podium

The superb new Patra circuit