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FOUR OUT OF FOUR FOR SERPENT IN GREECE (06/09/2006)

By:
Laurant



Serpent made it four wins from four races in the Greece National Championships when Giannis Sotiropoulos took his Mega DSII powered 960 to victory at the Arena track over the weekend.


Having TQ'd for the event, Sotiropoulos was looking good for his third win of the season but shortly after the race had started he hit trouble.  Clipping a curb which launched his car, the INS Box came off after a bad landing, forcing an unscheduled pit stop.  


Rejoining the race 2 laps down, Sotiropoulos set about a stunning recovery drive.  After 20 minutes the Serpent 960 driver had recovered to 2nd place 1/2 a lap down on the first placed Kyosho.


On 25 minutes great work by mechanic Giannis Orfanos during the final fuel stop saw Sotiropoulos take the lead in the pits, a position he would maintain till the chequered flag to record a superb win for Team RC Microracing.


In the Greek Serpent Series, Dimitris Mpastas recorded his first win to finshed ahead of Vagelis Papachristos and Thomas Penka.  Standings leader Mimis Papadopoulos just missed out on a podium placing finishing in fourth.


Greek Serpent Series Standings after Round 5 of 7

1. Mimis Papadopoulos (Athens) - 960/Mega - 490   
2. Nikos Verganelakis (Athens) - 960/Mega - 468
3. Vagelis Papachristos   (Athens) - 960/Mega - 397
4. Kiriakos Anastasiadis (Athens) - 960/Picco - 394
5. Thomas Penka (Athens) - 960/Picco - 386   
6. Giannis Kindis (Athens) - 960/Mega - 384   
7. Gustav Penka (Athens) - 960/Mega   - 381   
8. Vasilis Polimeros (Athens) - 960/Mega - 376   
9. Giannis Fokianos (Athens) - 960/Mega - 373   
10.Andreas Giannakakis (Athens) - 960/Mega - 276
11.Dimitris Bastas (Patra) - 960/Mega - 275   
12.Antonis Paliginis (Athens) - 960/Mega - 274   
13.Aris Kairis (Athens) - 960/Mega - 264   
14.Kostas Kanis (Athens) - 950R/Novarossi   - 189   
15.Antonis Theologos (Athens) - 960/Mega - 182   
16.Andreas Makrigiorgos   (Patra) - 960/Mega - 181
17.Takis Papadopoulos (Patra) - 960/Novarossi - 179
18.Michalis Pantelis (Patra) - 960/Mega - 173   
19.Dimitris Volikakis (Athens) - 960/Mega   - 93
20.Apostolis Lianos (Athens) - 950R/Mega - 89   
21.Theodore Tsistas (Athens) - 960/RB - 87   
22.Nikos Andriopoulos (Patra - 960/Mega - 86



A stunning recovery drive gave Giannis Sotiropoulos victory at Arena

A stunning recovery drive gave Giannis Sotiropoulos victory at Arena


Serpent Series race winner Dimitris Bastas

Serpent Series race winner Dimitris Bastas