June 15, 2015
The fourth round of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was hosted by the Halifax circuit in West Yorkshire. The entry list was good, so the competition between drivers in their respective skill levels would be very close. Local driver Tim Wood was the first absentee on Saturday due to racing the Euro B finals in Italy but was due to attend on Sunday after a night flight and travel back Sunday morning. Saturday and the pace was set by Mark Green with his Novarossi-powered Serpent but the gap back to the chasing pack was around 0.1 second per…
May 25, 2015
…making it a clean sweep for team Serpent. Final result: 1. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi – 112 Laps 2. Tim Wood – Serpent/OS – 111 Laps 3. John Carr – Serpent/OS – 108 laps 4. Ashley Gouveia – Shepherd/Sonic –106 Laps 5. Jason Frost – Capricorn/XRD – 105 laps 6. Andrew North – Mugen/Sirio – 104 laps 7. Steve Scott – Serpent/RB – 100 laps 8. Andrew Hastings – Shepherd/Sonic – 99 laps 9. Neal King – Capricorn/Tesla – 42 Laps 10.Chris Simons – Serpent/Novarossi – DNS Next meeting will be at Halifax over the weekend of 30/31 May. Thanks…
May 8, 2015
Mark Green has come out successful in his recent 1/10th electric on-road campaign by winning the British 1/10th Formula championship title. On his way to the overall win he scored maximum points in first three of the four rounds to take the title with a 2 point margin on Mark Burgess. David Underwood completed the top 3 result of the 2015 series. Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
May 4, 2015
…4. John Carr – Serpent/OS – 17 laps 306 secs 5. Andrew North – Mugen/Sirio – 17 laps 306 secs 6. Steve Scott – Serpent/RB – 17 laps 317 secs 7. Michael Walton – Mugen/Sirio – 16 laps 301 secs 8. Sam Snell – Motonica/Sonic – 16 laps 303 secs 9. Chris Simons – Serpent/Novarossi – 16 laps 307 secs 10.Baj Panasar – Serpent/Novarossi – 16 laps 307 secs The A-final started in formation order but by the end of lap 1, it was John Carr who was in the lead followed by Hastings and King with the first looser…
April 15, 2015
…Upfront, it was Green who started to pull out a comfortable lead over the chasing pack of Wood, Bancroft, Hastings, and North. The first retirement was Hastings with a blown plug but continued and eventually retired on 47 laps. Upfront Green was cruising to victory until an out of control car hit him on the back straight which broke the car and allowed Wood to take the lead. Green then managed to limp to the finish to secure second place ahead of Bancroft in third. Final result: 1. Tim Wood – Serpent/OS – 85 laps 2. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi…
March 10, 2015
Round 3 of the British Indoor National Championships was held at the Swift Raceway in South Yorkshire last weekend. Mark Green (Serpent) took the overall TQ in the Formula class and in the A-final he lead all the way from his pole position on the grid and managed to win the A-main from Mark Burgess (CRC) and Dave Underwood (Xray) who rounded out the podium. The final round will be held at Chesterfield on Sunday 26th April. Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
February 3, 2015
Last weekend was the 2nd round of a 4-meeting series for the British 1/10 F1 Nationals held at Broxtowe. Mark Green with his Serpent F110 managed TQ in 3 of the 4 qualifying rounds and lead the A-final for most of the race he have a close race with David Underwood for the first half of the final before winning the final by a full lap. Round 3 will be at the Swift Raceway near Sheffield on Sunday 8th March. Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
January 14, 2015
…gaining three places, whereas the race wasn’t quite as enjoyable for Kevin Creaser and David Underwood as both unfortunately dropped time through incidents. As Mark Green ran the show in the qualifier; he had the confidence in the car to dominate once again in the main, lapping 2nd place to take the victory. Mark Green, better known for his gas car efforts was a clean, Green, apex-hitting machine and as he had done all day, took his new Serpent all the way to the top step of the podium. The return of the GT12 class to the nationals was always…
