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Double victory for S400 at Italian Nationals

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

The first round of the Italian National EP Championship took place in Rome last weekend where brothers Michele and Samuele Romagnoli took top honours for Team Serpent.

Both at the controls of the S400, the brothers won the Expert (Michele) and Senior (Samuele) classes and will be looking to repeat the result at the next leg of the 3 round National Championship....

Salven to support Serpent drivers at 1:8 EC-B

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Next week (22-25 May) drivers from across Europe will travel to Austria for the 2008 EFRA 1:8 Onroad European B Championships which takes place on the Kirchberg track and Team Serpent will be on hand to offer support to the large number of drivers competing with the 960.

Finch wins BTCC encounter with S400

Oisin O'Briain — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Round 2 of the BTCC Series took place over the weekend at Yateley School Model Car Club where 17-year-old Ashley Finch took his Serpent S400 to top honours in the 27T Brushless Class.

Billy Easton Column - Worlds Warm Up

Oisin O'Briain — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

This year's Worlds Warm up/Worlds is to be held at the same track RCS in Thailand as the renowned TITC. The race turn out was a little low, but the competition was just as high as it could have been. Many of your known racers were in attendance with the likes of: Marc Rheinard, Andy Moore, Atsushi Hara, Victor Wilck, Shinosuke Adachi, Masami Hirosaka and myself....

Winik takes Round 2 of Brazilian Nationals

Oisin O'Briain — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Team Serpent Team Brazil enjoyed success in the second round of the Brazilian National Championships over the weekend when Henrique Winik took his 720 08 to victory at Carrefour São Paulo.

Derderien TQs Serpent 720 at 200mm Euro B Championships

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

The 2008 EFRA 1:10 200mm European B Championship took place in Ampuis, France, last week were local driver Michael Derderien marked himself as one to watch for the future. Driving his Mega MF powered Serpent, the youngster TQ'd the big event making it the second year in a row that the 720 topped the qualifying time sheets at the EFRA race.

Tomaschko wins 1:8 EC-B Warm Up Race

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Daniel Tomaschko took an important race win over the weekend when he won the EC-B Warm-up race at Kirchberg. Driving his 960 '08/Mega MF combination, the Austrian driver set a new track record on his way to the victory.

Truck success for Serpent at Cotswold

Oisin O'Briain — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

The first round for the 2008 UK 235mm and Truck Series was held at the New Cotswold Circuit recently where Serpent topped the results.

Racing on the fast and flowing circuit which features a down hill section in the middle of the track, it was Richard Boult who TQ'd the Trucks with his 720 chassis while Glyn Beal took pole in the 235mm class with his Serpent...

960 takes Swedish victory

Oisin O'Briain — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Team HP Racing, the team of Serpent's Swedish distributor, enjoyed a successful weekend at 2006 European Championship host track Staffansdorp over the week when its drivers Bengt Andersson and Christoffer Hallborg stormed to a 1-2 finish with their Serpent 960s.

S400 takes 1-2-3 in BRCA Opener

Oisin O'Briain — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Team Serpent UK got their National EP Championship campaign off to the perfect start over the weekend when the S400 filled the podium in Pro Stock at Round 1 of the BRCA Touring Car Nationals at Aldershot.

Serpent 960 1-2-3 at Halifax

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Round 2 of the BRCA British 1:8 Nationals took place at Halifax yesterday were Team Serpent UK controlled proceedings to take the 960 '08 to a 1-2-3 result.

TQ & Podium for Lackner in Swiss Nationals

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

The Swiss 1:8 Nationals got underway over the weekend at Wallisellen where Team Serpent driver Shasa Lackner TQ'd the event with his 960 before going on to secure a podium finish.

Serpent 960-08 kit production ready

Eoghain O'Briain — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Serpent are pleased to announce that after some unexpected delays in production, the 2008 specification S960 car kits are finally available again. Being shipped to distributors on the 1st week of May, they should arrive in various markets by the 2nd week of May.

We are sorry for this delay and thank you for your continued support.

MMR Electric Challenge '08

Oisin O'Briain — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Molzer Mowery Racing hosted their annual MMR Electric Challenge recently in Minnesota with racing for both 1:10 190mm and 1:12 EP cars. Both the organiser and a competitor in the event, Andrew Mowery send us the following account of his racing exploits over the two day indoor event -

Klöckner is German Junior EP Champion

Oisin O'Briain — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

The German Indoor EP Touring Car Nationals took place last weekend at the Intermodellbau Messe in Dortmund and it was Serpent S400 driver Rene Klöckner who was crowned Junior Champion.

Report on first Danish Championship success for S400

Oisin O'Briain — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Team Serpent Denmark have sent us the following report on their recent Danish EP Touring Car Indoor Championship victory with Nicolai Nielsen who steered the S400 to its first Danish title -

S400 wins Romanian National Championship

Oisin O'Briain — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

The Romanian EP Touring National Championship took place in Arad last weekend where Team Serpent driver Cristian Faur ruled by Stock and Modified at the controls of his Serpent S400.

Billy Easton Column - Florida State Series

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Howdy fellow Serpent Team and column readers. This Florida State Off Road Series event was the fifth leg of their 7 race series. The event was to be held in Ocala, Florida at the Ocala RC Club. I took the trip from Tampa on up to Ocala, approx. 1 hour 10 minute drive and was really surprised upon the arrival. It was only Friday, the first day of practice and...

Heremans wins Belgian 235mm opener

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

The Belgian 235mm National Championships got underway recently and it was once again Serpent that came out on top of the class despite some interesting new prototype cars joining the mix and some rather difficult race conditions.

15-year-old Claes wins Belgian T2 National race

Oisin O'Briain — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Maxim Claes marked himself out as a young racer to watch when the 15-year-old took his Mega MF powered Serpent 720 '08 to victory in the opening round of the T2 Belgian 1:10 200mm National Championship over the weekend.