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720 dominates to win Florida Winternats (17/02/2007)

By:: Laurant
Linked to:: Serpent 720 1/10th scale 200mm, Mega MF12 3P MasMo Cera IFMAR, 2007 Winternats

Making its Florida Winternats debut, Serpent's 720 completed the perfect result with Poalo Morganti taking is Mega powered example to A-Main victory in the event having earlier TQ'd the Dutch manufacturer's 1:10 200mm racer.

Having secured pole for the all important 45-minute A-Main encounter, following a stunning final qualifying run, Morganti dominated the race to win by a massive 6 lap margin over Chris Tosolini, winner of the 2006 US Nationals also driving a 720.

Morganti's perfect performance at Fort Myers, one of the world's most intimidating tracks, was backed up by a fine performance by local ace Danny Horta who drove superbly throughout the event to take his 720/Mega combination to 4th overall.

The Florida Winternats has established itself as the event to kick off the international on-road nitro racing season and Morganti's win will give Serpent 720 racers throughout the world a boost of convidence as they make final preparations for their own 2007 campaigns.

1/10th A-Main Final Results

1. Paolo Morganti - 185L 45:10.29 (Serpent 720)
2. Chris Tosolini - 179L 45:01.65 (Kyosho RRR)
3. Ralph Burch - 179L 45:04.48 (Xray NT1)
4. Danny Horta - 176L 45:01.99 (Serpent 720)
5. Martin Hudy - 176L 45:02.91 (Xray NT1)
6. Martin Christensen - 175L 45:16.46 (Xray NT1)
7. Jared Scott - 175L 45:17.40 (Mugen MTX4)
8. Paul LeMieux - 174L 45:04.86 (Xray NT1)
9. Ron Atomic - 163L 45:04.70 (Kyosho RRR)
10. Jamie Corrado - 157L 45:03.69 (Mugen MTX4)
11. Andrew Duperrouzel - 150L 45:07.79 (Mugen MTX4)
12. Josh Cyrul - 118L 30:11.21 (Kyosho RRR)

Team Serpent's Paolo Morganti on the top step of the 2007 Florida Winternats podium. Image: www.redrc.net

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