Team Serpent Brazil backed up their Round 2 victory in the Brazilian 1:10 200mm Championship by winning the third round last weekend in Brasilia with Ricardo Perez driving a Serpent 720 ‘08.
Saturday qualifying saw Round 2 winner Henrique
Winik TQ the event ahead of Flavio Elias and Perez.  The final on Sunday was held in very hot conditions.  Car No.1 of Winik was flying and he was able to run a lap time below the previous record.  Unfortunately engine problems would rule out back to back victories for the Team Serpent driver but team-mate Perez took up the lead where he would stay till the end to take the win.   This moves him into the lead of the standings and closer to becoming 2008 Brazilian Champion.

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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.

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Team Serpent Ireland driver Clive Connolly was in dominant form for the latest round of the Irish Nationals as he claimed his second consecutive double victory winning both the 1:8 and 1:10 200mm A Finals at the fourth round.

The reigning 1:8 Champion and rookie 1:10 racer qualified his 720 ‘08 third fastest in the heats and using his 960 ‘08 once again TQ’d the 1:8 event.

First up for Connolly, who has a dedicated pit man for each class, was the 30 minute 1:10 200mm A Final with Sam Morelli in charge in the pits. A strong drive saw the Serpent driver pass former National Champion Chris Steele and standings leader Eoin Doran to cruise home to a one lap winning margin over Steele’s Kyosho. Keith Dempsey made it two Serpent 720 08s on the podium as he claimed his first ever National Championship podium finish.

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Aluminium radio plate support for the Serpent 960, together with a 50g brass weight and fasteners.

Serpent is pleased to announce the release of this aluminium radio plate support with brass weight. Similar in structure to the previous aluminium bracket, this version has been modified to accept the brass weight and will come as standard in future 960-08 kits.

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Serpent 960-08 3.5mm thick carbon fibre rear shock tower.

Serpent is pleased to announce the release of this new shock tower for the rear of the Serpent 960. Made from 3.5mm thick carbon fibre, the new shock tower features a 2nd, higher mounting hole for the centring pin. This hole allows for the rear body mount to be set at its highest setting, while still being able to be centred. Some new low body shells work best when they are raised at the rear and this new shock tower facilitates that. This part will come as standard in future 960-08 kits.

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The third round of the Dutch National EP Touring Car Championship took place at the technical Gouda track where it was Round 2 winner Bart Wubben that once again took the win with his Serpent S400 ahead of team-mate Rob Janssen.

In qualifying it was Janssen who was the top Team Serpent driver claiming the No.2 spot on the grid for the A Mains ahead of his team-mate.

Leg 1 of the final went the way of Wubben after the pole sitter Hugo vd Berg made a mistake allowing the Serpent driver to assume a lead he would maintain till the end.

In the second Leg, Janssen took the lead but strong team work saw him allow Wubben through for the win to give Serpent an overall 1-2 finish in the event.

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Thomas Musial continued his winning form last weekend when he took his second consecutive victory in the German Region West Qualifier race at the controls of his Serpent S400.

acing in the 9.5T class Musial, who TQ’d and won the previous race at Geilenkirchen, once again set the pace TQ’ing ahead of team-mate Christian Kohrn.  In the finals the pair cemented those places to claim a great 1-2 result for Team Serpent.

SM-Lauf West, Standard (9,5T)
Top 3, Ibbenbüren

1. Thomas Musial – Serpent S400
2. Christian Kohrn – Serpent S400
3. Mike Treder - Corally

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The third round of the French EP Touring Nationals took place at the MRCV track in Villerest last weekend and Team Serpent France driver Fabien Valantin enjoyed a strong race taking his S400 to a podium finish.

Sunny weather meant drivers had to deal with very hot conditions but Valantin couped well claiming 3rd position in qualifying.

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The latest round of the German National Qualifiers West Region produced a great result for Team Serpent despite thunderstorms causing the finals at the Oberhausen track to be cancelled.  TQing for the event it was Serpent veteran Karl Heinz Meisters that took the win with his Mega powered 720 ‘08.

A great performance in qualifying by the Serpent team meant no less than six 720s filled the Top 10 places with Meister at the top ahead of team-mate Marcus Mobers.

With the bad weather forcing the finals to be abandoned the final result was declared on the qualifying order handing Serpent drivers an important 1-2 result.

German National Qualifiers West Region
Oberhausen, Overall Result

1. K.H. Meister - Serpent/Mega
2. M. Mobers - Serpent/Mega
3. T. Saarinen
4. F. Südhoff - Serpent/Mega
5. S. Bürge
6. T. Hepp - Serpent/Mega
7. D. Fleischer
8. Y. Prümper - Serpent/Mega
9. V. Frederico - Serpent/Mega
10.U. Baldes

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Current European 1:10 235mm Champion Glyn Beal looks in good shape to defend his title at the up coming 2008 Euros after the Englishman took a convincing win at the fourth round of the British Championships at Aldershot over the weekend.

The Serpent 835 driver was in top form from the start securing the TQ by 10 seconds around the technical track.  From pole Beal went on to take his Mega powered car to a massive 5-lap winning margin. Greg Fairlie took second with third place going to young hopeful Karl Dransfield.

The 2008 1:10 235mm European Championships takes place next week at top class Heemstede track in the Netherlands where Beal will be looking to successfully defend the title he won in Germany last year.

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