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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.

Driver Background information

Name - Nam Sangjoon
Date of birth - 23 October 1989
Nationality - Korean (Republic of Korea)
Lives - Seoul
Sponsors - Serpent, Mega, Hitec, Jaco, Rapicon(fuel)
No. of years racing - 10 years
Class experience - 1/8 on-road, 1/10 200mm, 1/10 ISTC
Sporting hero - Jisung Park (Korean football player)

Interview:

Serpent - How did you become involved in the sport?

Nam - When I was 5 years old I began to drive RC car after my father who ran the RC Shop. Then at 7 years old I started to participated in RC racing and from that time I have been enjoying racing.

Serpent - How does it feel to be a member of the Serpent Driver Development program?

Nam - I am so proud to become a Serpent team driver, which I have dreamed since I started RC and I will do my best and not make team disappointed.

Serpent - What are your race plans for the coming season. Will you be racing in any major international events?

Nam - Although this year it will be a little bit difficult to participate all the races however from next year I will concentrate to participate all the races including IFMA, ISTC and SERPENT Nitro Tour, FEMCA Championship so on.

Serpent - What has been the highlight of your racing career to date for you?

Nam - First title that I won in 2006. was 1/8 GP on-road Korean Championship (KMRCA).

Serpent - Do you ever have days that you feel like giving up?

Nam - 3-4 years ago I thought I spent so much time on RC during weekend time, I thought that was waste of time, but I am waiting for the weekends now.

Serpent - Can you tell us a little about the rc racing scene in your country?

Nam - There are 5 onroad track and 3 off road track near by Seoul. There are always 2-3 races going on. And among them 1/10 scale racing is the most competitive class and the level of racing is quite high, close to world class.

Serpent - Which track in Korea would you most recommend to fellow racers as being worth a visit?

Nam - I want to recommend Kirina Circuit which is located near by Seoul. Course layout is perfect for 1/10, 1/8 nitro car and many users love this course. For 1/8 onroad driver I would like to recommend Suwon circuit but noise problems exist there.

Serpent - If you were not involved in rc racing what other sport do you think you would have pursued?

Nam - I would like to enjoy basketball or football with my friends.

Serpent - What element of the sport do you like most?

Nam - It is fascinating to have best result by making driving technich, machine quality and set-up unified.

Serpent - If you could change anything about the sport what would it be?

Nam - If somebody create the muffler having not much noise then GP race might be possible even in public places then more many people will have interested in RC.

New SDD signing Nam Sangjoon from Korea

Nam with his Serpent 960

The young Korean with some of his trophies