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John Ermen checks in - Victory in Luxembourg (09/07/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
On the weekend of 28/29 June the Luxembourg National Championship was held in, where else, Luxembourg. Because the registration was open to other countries and the competition level was very high with drivers like Bertin, Cuypers and van Gastel entered I decided to compete myself.
Serpent dominate rain effected German Regional (19/06/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Mega ZX21 DSII+ Race, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Over the weekend the fourth round of the West Region 1:8 qualifiers was held in Hamm, Germany, where Serpent drivers dominated the rain effected meeting.
D'hondt's Inside Story - Belgian Nationals Rd 2 (20/05/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Mega ZX21 DSII+ Race, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Over the weekend SDD driver and defending Belgian National Champion Robin D'Hondt was back in action in Round 2 of the Championship held in Luxemburg. The 2008 Round 1 winner sent us this report from race -
Salven eases to Oberhausen victory (14/05/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Mega ZX21 OFR DSII EFRA Legal Power Pack, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Last weekend Michael Salven overcame a strong challenge from Serpent team-mate Steven Cuypers to score his second win in a row in the German Regional “West” Series.
Salven to support Serpent drivers at 1:8 EC-B (12/05/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, 2008 European 1/8th scale B Championships
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.
Hepp takes podium at Sinzig (18/04/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Mega ZX21 DSII+ Race, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
New SDD signing Tobias Hepp was in action over the weekend and was showing why the youngster is a man to watch in 1:8. Racing in the third of the German regional races, Hepp showed great talent and maturity qualifying his Mega powered 960 '08 in second position ahead of veteran team-mate Karl Heinz Meister and a host of other leading drivers including former Euro B Champion Steven Cuypers from Belgium and multiple 235mm European Champion Alain Levy of France.
Unfortunately for young Hepp he was unable to challenge for his first win as just before the start of the direct qualifiers free practice...
Serpent end BRCA Nationals with 960 1-2 finish (25/10/2007)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
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- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Mega MF21 Nine MasMo Cera, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Serpent British Champions Richard Hicklin and Mark Green gave the 960 '07 a great to finish to the BRCA National Championship with the pair claiming 1-2 in the eleventh & final round at Brookland over the weekend.
Outgoing champion Hicklin qualified fifth with new 1:8 Champion Green the Top Qualifier but in the final Hicklin just pipped the pole sitter to take his second win of the season.
Finishing second Green, who wrapped up the title at the previous round with a win, recorded his 8th podium finish of the season. Tim Wood, who qualified P2, and Kyle Branson also made the A Final of the...
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...
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