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Serpent victory at Texas Biggie (25/07/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
This year was the 31st running of the Texas Biggie, one of the longest running races in the US, where Serpent driver Jeremy Cupps came away with the race victory driving his 960 '08. Jeremy sent us this short report on the event -
Paolo Morganti reports on Capitol Classic (17/06/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 720 08 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
With almost 230 entries, for both Sedan and 1:8 scale, Capitol Classic at the beautiful 301 Raceway is definitely one of the top US event in 2008. Despite a really strong storm with a Tornado watch on Wednesday, weather was pretty good for the rest of the week. Actually it was really hot (around 85% humidity and 99F in the pits) with the track temp around 140F. Team Serpent was present with a its drivers to participate in the event and support the other Serpent racers competing there.
The Apolaro Report - Roar Region 4 Championships (22/05/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 720 08 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Over the weekend Team Serpent USA driver DJ Apolaro was in action in the ROAR Region 4 Championships where the Sedan star was also at the controls of a 960 '08.
DJ sent us this account of his busy weekend where we think its fair to say he just started a love affair with 1:8 Gas Onroad racing -
Serpent 1-2 at US Open Sedan Championships (16/04/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
Team Serpent USA enjoyed great success at the third annual US Open Sedan Championships over the weekend with Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro taking a superb 1-2 finish at the controls of their Serpent 720s.
Paolo Morganti reports on how 'the unbreakable broke' (28/02/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 720 08 1/10th scale 200mm, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Serpent factory team driver Paolo Morganti is no stranger to the Winternats having being champion in 1:10 Sedan for the past two years.
Once again the Venezualan was a leading contender for this year's title TQ'ing his 720 08 for the 2008 edition of the big Florida race but in the end the simpliest of items cost him the hat trick of titles.
Here is Paolo's own personal account of the event -
The Apolaro Report - Florida Winternats (19/02/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 720 08 1/10th scale 200mm, 2008 Winternats
The Florida Winernats, often referred to as the unofficial World Championships, saw the 2008 international Nitro season kick off last weekend and one of the leading entries for Team Serpent was DJ Apolaro who was racing his 720 '08 in the 1:10 Touring Class.
DJ sent us this account of his 2008 Winternats campaign -
WC - Fantini & Serpent 960 claim TQ in Cordoba (13/10/2007)
- By:
- Eoghain O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
With rain affecting round 5 and 6 on Thursday, the organisers cancelled the running for that day and decided to try and run round 6 on Friday morning before the lower finals. Unfortunately the weather didnt want to play along and the 6th round of qualifying was also abandoned. This left Serpent 960 racer, Massimo 'Max' Fantini in pole position for this years World Championship, having set the fastest time in qualifying on Wednesday, a fantastic result for the team who are using the new rear end for this World Championships.
WC - Fantini holds pole position going into day 3 (11/10/2007)
- By:
- Eoghain O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
Massimo Fantini has continued to lead the way in Argentina by going faster in Wednesdays round 3 and 4, held early for the faster heats 7-12. The Italian driver, racing the Serpent 960 bettered his previous pole time by 9 seconds to secure the top spot going into the final days qualifting. The 2nd position is held by Lamberto Collari, over 3 seconds behind, with Adrien Bertin in 3rd and Chris Tosolini in 4th.
WC - Serpent top qualifying after 2 rounds (10/10/2007)
- By:
- Eoghain O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
The Serpent team are at this years 1/8th scale World Championships in Cordoba Argentina and the event has gotten off to a very good start for the team with the first 2 rounds of qualifying complete and seeing 2 Serpent 960s at the head of the field. Overnight pole position belongs to Italian racer Massimo Fantini who set a time of 33L 10:09.45 in his second round of qualifying to go quickest and improve on his first round time by 1 second. Backing up this top result for Serpent is Fantini's team mate Fabio Domanin who pulled a great run out of the bag in the slightly cooler 2nd round to go 2nd...
Cupps wins at Region Nine ROAR Championships (27/06/2007)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Mega MF21 7P MasMo Ceramic, Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Over the weekend Team Serpent USA driver Jeremy Cupps was in a action in the Region Nine ROAR Championships in Houston Texas. Here is his account of his successful weekend with the Serpent 960 -
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