Team Serpent USA enjoyed great success at the third annual US Open Sedan Championships over the weekend with Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro taking a superb 1-2 finish at the controls of their Serpent 720s.

Driving his Mega MF powered and Xceed shod 720, Paolo Morganti took the TQ as Serpent secured no less than 5 places on the grid for the Main Final.

Unfortunately rain caused the cancellation of the big race with the championship organisers doing a great job to get the event as far as the running of the Semi-Final from which the final overall results would be declared.

US Open Sedan Championship
Kissimmee R/C Raceway, Florida
Overall Result - Factory Class

1. Paolo Morganti - Serpent 720′08/Mega MF/Xceed
2. DJ Apolaro - Serpent 720′08
3. Chris Tosolini
4. Ryan Rhodes
5. Vincent Jackson
6. Joel Johnson
7. Luke Whitaker - Serpent 720′08
8. Mark Harrison
9. Uriah Murman
10.Gianni Giorgio - Serpent 720′08/Mega MF/Xceed
11.Roniel Regalado - Serpent 720′08/Mega MF/Xceed
12.Guy Hood

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The second round of the Ligue 9 Championships took place at the famous Rumilly Raceway over the weekend where Serpent’s S400 enjoyed success in both the Supersport National and Expert categories.

In the National Class Vincent Cavard dominated proceedings first TQ’ing the event before going on to take the overall victory with his S400.

In the Expert, Serpent once again took the TQ with Fabien Valantin at the controls. Racing on the impressive indoor asphalt track, Valantin went on to give secure Serpent’s second podium of the day finishing in 2nd spot overall.

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The Hungarian 1:10 200mm Onroad National Championships kicked off over the weekend at the Pécs circuit where the Unico Modellsport team ruled proceedings for Serpent.

No less than seven Serpents occupied the grid for the A Final with Rajki Balint using his Mega MF powered 720 ‘08 to got effect to secure a great opening win for the team.

In the supporting classes it was also Serpent that enjoyed success with Timar Gergo taking his 960 ‘08 to the 1:8 victory while Horvath Zsolt used his Serpent 835 to win the 1:10 235mm Final.

Image credits; rcauto.hu

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The third round of the inaugural Euro Touring Series travelled to the Netherlands over the weekend where Serpent’s S400 showed well in both Pro Stock and Modified as it literally flew around the superb MACH track.

In Modified Bart Wubben, John Bruins and the S400’s creator Rene Cornella all made the A Mains which featured a quality international field including former World Champion Marc Rheinard. In the end Wubben was the highest place Serpent driver finishing a very creditable 5th overall thanks to a strong opening Leg of the finals when he scored a podium finish. In the Modified B Mains Rob Janssen gave Serpent the win taking his S400 to the overall victory with ease winning all three legs of the final.

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The Portuguese 1:8 National Championship got underway in the Algarve recently where Team Serpent Portugal enjoyed a strong start to their campaign with double podium result.

Competitors were greet by beautiful weather for which the Algarve is world famous making for a nice weekend but a dirty track on the Saturday made practice difficult. Come Sunday, race day, the track was up to grip with Ricardo Nogueira and João Sousa placing their Mega ZX powered Serpent 960 ‘08 in top 3 after the heats.

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Rising Team Serpent talent Oscar Cabezas got his Spanish National Championship campaign on track over the weekend when he claimed his first podium finish of his 2008 campaign at Valencia.

After the disappointment of the opening race held at the new Cadiz track where he set a new track record and led the final before suffering a gear failure, the reigning champion travelled to round two looking to get decent points on the board for his title defence but the weekend was to get off to a horrible start.

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The RCCAOI Irish National Onroad Championships got underway over the weekend in Dublin and for Team Serpent Ireland it was a great start to the 2008 season as their drivers were fastest in both 1:10 200mm and 1:8.

The defending 1:8 Champions, it was business as usual for team leader Clive Connolly who TQ’d the event with his 960 ahead of team-mate Michael Byrne. In the half hour Final Connolly cruised to victory but it was Graeme Lougheed, making his first appear at the controls of a Serpent, who set the fastest lap of the race on his way to third to give Serpent a podium double. In the end five of the Top 6 places in the A Final were occupied by Serpent drivers.

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The 2008 1:8 Onroad British National Championships kicked off over the Easter weekend at the very fast Brookland Circuit in Kent where defending champions Team Serpent took top honours in the cold conditions.

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Dear Racers,
The next stop on our racing tour was Omaha, Nebraska. The site was Hobby Town, Hobby Plex. The race you ask was to be the US ROAR Carpet Nationals. As you arrive at the location the building itself was massive. The hobby shop was very complete from trains & planes to cars. They simply had everything a hobbyist would ever want.

The track was a good size and there were plenty of pits to accommodate all the entered racers. The carpet was freshly laid and would prove to be a bit to fresh. The layout had a variety of turns with an exceptionally tough chicane just after a short straight away. There was a combined variety of classes and it proved to be one of the largest ROAR carpet nationals to date. The hottest class seemed to be 1.12 actually. The cars are very simple and cheap to get into. You do not have to buy as many cells and tires last a fair amount longer than TC.

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The final and title deciding round of the South Swedish Indoor Championship (SSIC) took place at Malmö indoor track where the Serpent S400 of Team Serpent Sweden driver Niclas Nilsson enjoyed victory to became the overall Champion in Modified EP Touring.

On the large but tight high traction track the Serpent performed really well allowing young Nilsson to TQ. Using the new shorter wishbones on his S400 the car had more steering in the corners with the result of some of the fastest lap times ever on run on the Malmö track enroute to A Mains victory.

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