About SDD (Serpent Driver Development)


Early in 2006 Serpent Motorsport announced its pioneering 'Serpent Driver Development' program or SDD for short. Aware of the importance of encouraging young racing talents, who are the future of the sport, it established this new program to support, develop and nurture the careers of r/c racing’s most promising young drivers. Under the SDD program, four young drivers will be selected each year to receive factory support and tutelage from the five-times World Champion manufacturer.


In addition to receiving support and the use of a Mega powered Serpent race chassis for the duration of the season, each driver will more importantly receive technical support direct from the factory and become a protégé of one of the sports top racers, Serpent’s chief designer Michael Salven.


SDD Drivers

Kyle Branson

Nationality:
English

D.O.B.:
24/01/1994

Kyle is the youngest member of our program. He came to our attention at the 2005 1:10 200mm European Championships at Halifax in England where he became European Junior Champion. In his first year as an SDD driver, Kyle made his first race appearance outside of his native UK and went on to retain his European Junior Champions crown in The Netherlands as well as doing a superb job on his World Championship debut in Australia.

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Titles:

  • 2006 European Junior Champion 1/10th 200mm - Holland
  • 2005 European Junior Champion 1/10th 200mm - England

Oscar Cabezas

Nationality:
Spanish

D.O.B.:
12/02/1987

From Spain, Oscar came to our attention during the 2005 Serpent Nations Cup in Valencia. His speed impressed Michael Salven so much he was immediately offered a place on the program. Oscar repaid Michael decision by winning the very competitive 2006 Spanish 1:8 National Championship and EFRA Spanish GP.

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Titles:

  • 2006 Spanish National Champion 1/8th
  • 2006 Winner GP EFRA Spain 1/8
  • 2005 Winner GP EFRA Spain 1/8
  • Spain Champion of Sport-Protos of 1/8
  • Champion Trofeo Iberico (Spain and Portugal) 1/8
  • Spain Champion of 1/10 235mm

Jérémy Cardot

Nationality:
French

D.O.B.:
18/05/1990

Jérémy is the newest member of our program. Already a national champion in his home country of France having won the 2004 1:10 200mm National Championships, he has been racing for 6 years and is now aiming to repeat that success in 1:8 IC on-road competition. Jérémy has also been selected twice by his National Federation to be a member of the team to represent France at the European Championships.

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Titles:

  • 2004 French National Champion 1/10th 200mm
  • 2004 French Junior Champion 1/10th 200mm

Scotty Gray

Nationality:
American

D.O.B.:
30/08/1988

A well known name in the USA, Scotty makes the SDD program a truely international line-up. The 2005 1:10 200mm Winternats Champion, he has proved himself a very capable young talent in both 1:10 & 1:8 and proved this with a very strong performance at the 2006 1:10 200mm Worlds in Brisbane, Australia.

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Titles:

  • 2005 US Winternats Champion 1/10th 200mm

Nam Sangjoon

Nationality:
Korean

D.O.B.:
23/10/1989

A new signing to the Serpent Driver Development program for 2007, Nam has been racing since the age of 7. The current Korean National 1:8 Champion, winning the title at just 16 years of age, Nam is one of the rising stars of the sport in Asia.

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Titles:

  • 2006 KMRCA 1/8 Korean National Champion