Last weekend the German 1:8 Onroad Nationals took place in Ettlingen where Team Serpent claimed a number of National titles with the 960 ‘08.

In the Senior Championships it was Michael Salven who took top honours with his Mega powered Xceed shod Serpent.  There was also title success for the car, which was designed by Salven himself, as young Toni Gruber won the Junior Championship also using Mega engines and Xceed tyres.

In Class 2, Serpent enjoyed further success as Jörg Wäldle claimed overall honours while Philip Kremer won the Youth Master title, Timo Schröder became Junior Champion and the Senior Championship went to Andreas Salzburg.

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Round 4 of the Thailand Championship was held on June 21/22 at the Hobbica racing circuit at NakornPathom. There were 87 drivers competing in the Buggy class. There were more XB808 buggies in this circuit after its debut at the previous race.

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Round 3 of Swiss National Championships was held at the Sitterdorf track where competitors were greeted by 30 degree plus temperatures and Simon Kurzbuch took his Serpent 960 ‘08 to victory.

In Qualifying victory for Kurzbuch didn’t look on the cards as he could only manage the 13th fastest time with Shasa Lackner the top Serpent in 3rd position.

Saturday night a great effort was made by Kurzbuch and his team to change the set-up on his car ahead of Sunday’s Semi-Finals and it would work.

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Clive Connolly is the 2008 Irish 1:8 National Champion winning the title in perfect style on Sunday with victory at the St.Annes track at the controls of his Serpent 960 ‘08.

The defending 2007 Champion, Connolly successfully retained his National title with the perfect score despite one round remaining in the 6 round championship.

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Every year Jimmy Babcock and the crew at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California gear up for one the biggest electric off-road races of the season; the Hot Rod Shootout. Routinely drawing over 300 entries and racers from multiple nations “The Shootout” has solidified itself as of the “must attend” races each year for factory pros and weekend warriors alike. Team HB was once again on hand to do battle with the best in the World, and this year marked the unveiling of the newest car in the HB arsenal; our two wheel drive secret weapon, the D2.

Open practice was run on Wednesday, with controlled practice beginning on Thursday leading into the race weekend. All of the big names materialized on Wednesday morning to be sure they got the most possible run time on the exciting Hot Rod Hobbies circuit.

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The 2008 A.A.P. National 1/10th On Road Championship, held in San Jose Costa Rica was the perfect backdrop for an exiting day of racing. The Kyosho V-One RRR grabbed the number one spot with Team Kyosho driver Gilberth Jimenez behind the wheel. Both Gilberth and Alberto were driving Kyosho’s V-One RRR WC Team Edition cars straight to the finish line. Look Out! The Kyosho Domination Has Begun.

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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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Race report by Chris Russell
The 2008 Winter Champs were held at the PNDR raceway out in the Western suburbs of Sydney from the 27th -28th of June.

Saturday Qualifying:
Arriving at the track at 7am it was cold with quite a few people already set up & ready for the track to open. We set up our pit area & got onto the track for some much needed practice as I had never raced at this facility before. I had set-up my car from the reports I had for friends at Fridays practice. I managed to get 3 tanks of fuel though the car in practice & it felt pretty good to start with but it lacked initial turn in, so I reduced my caster which helped allot.

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