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March 26, 2008

Sidiropoulos wins Greek 1/10 Nats Rd1

Sidiropoulos wins Greek 200mm Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Greek National Championship for 1:10 200mm took place over the weekend at the FRT circuit. Saturday practice saw the Serpent pairing of John Sotiropoulos and Kostas Sidiropoulos set the pace, which they would carry through to Sunday as they secured the top two placings in qualifying with Sotiropoulos taking the TQ. In the final Sotiropoulos capitalised on his pole starting position, opening up an early lead over the chasing pack but unfortunately 18 minutes into the race he destroyed both 2 speed gears, handing the lead to team-mate Sidiropoulos. After almost 2 minutes in the pits, Sotiropoulos rejoined the race 5 laps in arrears of his team-mate. Determined to take a podium finish he put in a superb recovery drive setting the fastest lap of the day on his way to an excellent third place finish, just behind Mugen racer Lymnios in 2nd, while up front Sidiropoulos cruised home to take his first ever National championship race win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 20, 2008

Serpent Chrome decal sheets

Serpent have just released 2 new decal sheets suitable for both their 1/8th scale and seperately 1/10th scale cars. Printed on A4 sheets, the 2 new decals have been made using black and reflective chrome ink, giving a very cool look to your car. The 1/8th scale sheet sports larger logos suitable for the bigger car while the 1/10th sheet of course has smaller logos to fit the smaller body shells. Both are fuel resistant.

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March 18, 2008

Niclas Nilsson wins SSIC title

Serpent are reporting on the final, and title deciding round, of the South Swedish Indoor Championship (SSIC) that took place at the Malmö indoor track last weekend where the Serpent S400 of Team Serpent Sweden driver Niclas Nilsson enjoyed victory to become the overall Champion in Modified EP Touring. On the large but tight high traction track Nilsson was able to take TQ as well as setting some of the fastest lap times ever run on the Malmö track en route to the overall victory. Daniel Carlsson finished runner up with Rasmus Thulin completing the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 14, 2008

S400 wins the Nosram Six Enduro Series

Serpent are reporting on the achievements of their South African team, which scored an important victory for the S400 as the three man Serpent squad of Dave Wiseman, Mike Wiseman and Tony D’ Oliviera took overall victory in the Nosram Six Series, an endurance series that takes in three 6 hour races run over a two month period. The first event at the tight Umhlanga Gateway Raceway, saw a tight fight right to the end, with the S400 car of Mike, Dave and Tony D’Oliviera, taking the win by just one lap, approx 16 seconds, after 6 hours of racing. The 2nd event took place at another tight track at Camperdown but unfortunately this event had to be cut short at the midway point when the heavens opened up over the track. The final round was held at the Southway track in Durban where three S400 cars were running. Again a tight struggle until the final two hours when the Wiseman/D’Oliviera team moved clear to take the win and with it secured overall series victory. Second in the final went to another S400 in the hands of Shaun & Mike White, driving with Neil Robinson while in the overall standings Serpent’s EP touring car took a 1-2 with Brandon May, Kim Hein and Shane Sudbury taking their example to 2nd in the final standings.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 13, 2008

Franceschi wins Sao Paulo Stock Rd1

Franceschi wins Sao Paulo Stock Champs Rd1

Serpent have a report on their site from the first round of the Sao Paolo Championship held at the Sam’s Club track in Santo Andre, a city within Greater Sao Paulo, the State’s Capital. The format saw each driver get just a single qualifying round followed by four heats, the best three of which determine the overall result. Starting from pole the two first wins came easy for Serpent racer Felipe Franceschi but his team mate Thiago ‘Poldo’ Podolsky, although very fast, faced mechanical problems with the breakage of his front belt followed by the rear preventing him from getting a good score. In the third heat it would be Felipe’s turn suffer a broken belt, the team putting these failures down to the debris on a number of dirty spots on the track. With Felipe out, Poldo was the favorite but his back luck continued as a prototype aluminum central axle that is currently being developed by the team broke. The fourth and final heat saw Felipe take his third win of the day and with overall victory in the opening round of the championship in front of Corally racer Lincoln Almeida in 2nd and Xray driver Marcos Mayer in 3rd

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 12, 2008

Niclas Nilsson wins Mid Swedish Cup Rd7

Serpent have a brief report from their young team driver Niclas Nilsson, who was in action again last weekend with his S400 for the 7th round of the Middle Swedish Cup where he took another win. A leading force in the Swedish EP Touring Car scene, Nilsson and his S400 had the pace throughout the event winning all legs of the A-main to take the overall victory over 2nd placed Kenneth Malksson and Niklas Filnk in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 11, 2008

Serpent release practical tool bag

Serpent Tool bag

To compliment their recently released line of high quality tools, Serpent have released this stylish and practical tool bag. Made using a hard wearing, stiff and protective material, the bag is large enough the hold the entire tool range including the long reach tuning screw drivers with extra space for holding some of your other favourite tools. Perfect for travelling to away races, the black and orange design features the Serpent Logo embroidered on the front as well as along the inside and outside of the. Opened and closed using a zip, it provides the user with a very organised way to access your tools and you will always have them within easy reach.

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March 7, 2008

Sotiropoulos wins Greek 1/8th Nats Rd1

Serpent are reporting on the first round of the Greek National Championship that got underway at the FRT track last weekend and which saw current Champion John Sotiropoulos dominate the event. With a busy few days prior to the event to build the new 08 kits, Saturday’s practice showed that Sotiropoulos had not lost any of his pace over the off season as he set the pace with his new Max powered Serpent. A pace that he carried through to qualifying on Sunday as he TQ’d the event. Starting the 30 minute final from pole position, Sotiropoulos was pushed hard at the start but once the race had settled down the Serpent driver began to pull away, eventually crossing the line some 3 laps clear of Kyosho racer Giannis Arkoumanis in 2nd and his team mate Totomis Evaggelos in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]