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September 29, 2010

Shepherd V10 one-piece steering servo mount

Shepherd have released this one-piece aluminium steering servo mount for the Velox V10. The prototype was succesfully used at the world championship in Houston earlier this year by Marc Rheinard and other team drivers. The blue-anodized CNC-machined servo mount is made of high quality 7075 T6 material to provide an optimized fastening of the steering servo. This results in a very precise control of the steering movement and improves the handling of the Velox V10. Long holes allow the use of different kinds of servo and the necessary fastening material is included.

View it mounted in the car here

September 29, 2010

Daan Jacobs wins Dutch 1/10th finale

Last weekend was the final round of the Dutch National at the smooth flowing Apeldoorn track in the east of the country. Pedro Rombouts had successfully defended his title on the Baanbrekers home track 4 weeks ago, where the final was less then 10 minutes because of a thunderstorm hitting the track. While the NK class was decided already, the NOMAC class still had no champion and with 4 drivers still able to take it, it would be an interesting weekend for them. Daan Jacobs took TQ for the event, also setting a new fastest lap for the AMCA track. The Serpent team driver was clearly happy that he finally could focus on his chassis and described his car as perfect. Maxim Claese didn’t train on Saturday which left him half a second behind Daan Jacobs on the grid. Sander Borghof was in 3th spot on his home track. Pedro Rombouts in 4th and completing the top 5 direct qualifiers was Daan Stuiver, who had also trained on friday with his new Capricorn chassis.

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September 29, 2010

T.O.P. Racing Sabre FD chassis

Having shown you the first CAD images from the new T.O.P. Sabre FD front wheel drive chassis back in February, the car is now ready and specs have been finalised. Using a gear driven front drive system, it features a super narrow 2.5mm thick chassis design and alloy bulkheads & motor mounts for improved heat dissipation. Other features include alloy threaded shock absorbers, alloy hex wheel hubs, a front ball differential and 3 step adjustable steering Ackermann.

View more details and images here

September 28, 2010

Villegas wins in Madrid, Cabezas wins title

The last round of the Spanish 1/8th National Championship was held in ARCA track, near Madrid last Sunday. The main candidates for the overall title were Carlos Peracho and Nacho López after previous race in Valladolid where Oscar lost most of the chance due to an inopportune belt breaking while he was leading the race. So Oscar had to win the race and expect his main rivals to finish below 4th. Oscar Cabezas was top qualifier in the 4 rounds, follwed by main rivals, Carlos Peracho and Nacho López.

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September 28, 2010

Okonski & Zeljas take Polish titles

Last weekend the Polish nitro on-road championships took place in the small city of Pacanow. Good weather all weekend made for a nice atmosphere between drivers and so it was a good event for everyone. In the 1/10th scale class it was Serpent driver Robert Okonski that took the title ahead of the Shepherd pairing of Blazej Orlowski and Robert Motyl in 2nd and 3rd. The 1/8th scale title went to Rafal Zeljas in front of his Shepherd team mate Marcin Marczyk, with Serpent racer Norbert Rekawek completing the podium.

View the 1/8th podium here

September 27, 2010

Robert Pietsch & Klaus Lechner take German titles

Robert Pietsch has become German Champion in the 1/8 nitro class 1 category. With this success the Mugen factory driver has given the new MRX5 chassis, which at long last will hit the market in the next few days, a second title following the European Championship in Italy three months ago. German Champion in class 2 was Klaus Lechner racing a Serpent 966.

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September 27, 2010

Sandro Sammarini wins Trofeo Max Power Sprint

The Trofeo Max Power Sprint took place last weekend at the Riccione track in the east of the country, close to San Marino. Qualifying saw Serpent/Max driver Sandro Sammarini fastest, who along with team mate Alessandro Bracci, were the only two drivers to record 27 laps. In the finals it was again Sandro who was the fastest, never relinquishing the lead on the way to the win with a 4 lap margin. Behind there was a close battle between Bracci and Manuel Tordi, but by the end it was Bracci who would take the runner up spot, 1 lap ahead of Tordi in 3rd.

Source: RRR [roadracericcione.com]

September 27, 2010

Chris Kerswell joins Serpent

Serpent have confirmed that current European 1/12th scale Stock Champion Chris Kerswell has joined their team for the 2010/11 season to run the company’s S120L car. Having won his European title with the V-Dezign car in the UK earlier this year, Chris is aiming to defend his title at next years Euros as well as compete at the British nationals as well as the Ardent Raceway winter series and selected EPS series races. He had the following to say:

Serpent cars have always been well designed and engineered. The S120L has looked good at every meeting I’ve seen it at and with more developments already in the pipeline it was an obvious choice.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]