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February 29, 2008

ETS Rd2 Denmark – Update

ETS Rd2 Denmark - Update

With the 2nd round of the Much More sponsored European Touring Series in just over 2 weeks (14th – 16th of March) in Vejle Denmark, the organizers have announced that due to the great durability of the Much More Sweep control tire, the Modified class racers will now only be supplied with 2 sets, not 3 as previously stated. This will of course be reflected in the entry cost, which has been reduced from EUR100 to EUR80, and will also include a great t-shirt, the design of which we will show you soon. Pro Stock class entry will stay at EUR 100 but includes 2 sets of Sweep tires, the t-shirt and the fantastic Team Checkpoint Money 19T Spec motor. Finally, to encourage new racers, Scotty Ernst has revealed that they will run a Stock class, with racers able to use their own Stock 27 Turn Motor, a great way of letting newcomers experience a world class event. Entry fee will be EUR 30 and will include 1 set of Much More hand out tires and the event T shirt.

Do you want to race against some of the World’s top touring car racers, while being commentated on by the legendary Scotty Ernst, in a fun and friendly, yet professional racing atmosphere then be sure to get your entry in for round 2 of the ETS by going here.

Find out more about the ETS Series by going to the official site.

February 29, 2008

Prumper bros. win Corally Thunderdays

Serpent are reporting on last weekends Corally Thunderdays that took place at Geilenkirchen in Germany where it was brothers Yannic and Bjorn Prumper driving Serpent S400s that took a 1-2 in the Modified class. On Saturday Björn set the fastest time of the weekend and also set a new track-record, however Yannic could not at first match his brother’s times but the reason for this was later discovered, a broken front end of his chassis plate. After replacing the damaged chassis Yannic’s lap times improved dramatically and this allowed him to join his brother in the final. Overtaking Corally driver Lars Treder for 2nd position early in the final, Yannic followed his brother for the rest of the race, which saw Bjorn take the win from Yannic in 2nd and Treder in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 28, 2008

De Felici takes National Warm up win

Xray have a report from Italian NT1 racer Giorgio De Felici who was attending the warm up race for the first round of the Italian 200mm Nationals Championships held at the Cassino track. With around 60 drivers in attendance it was European B Champion Alessio Mazzeo driving a Serpent that took the pole position ahead of Giorgio De Felici in 2nd. In the final De Felici started with very large diameter tires and this caused some problems at the start, but meant he had more tires at the end of the race, and with Mazzeo sidelined early on, he could get into the lead and take the win ahead of Serpent racer Simone Peretti in 2nd and Xray racer Stefano De Rossi in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 27, 2008

Clive Connolly to race Serpent 720

Current Irish 1:8 on road National Champion Clive Connolly has announced that he will double his 2008 Irish campaign and head Team Serpent Ireland’s challenge for 1:10 200mm title honours. The Multiple 1:8 National Champion, who will race a Serpent 960 08 both in Ireland and Europe this season, was attracted to the 1:10 Championship by the competitiveness of the class in Ireland, with this year’s 6 round national series expected to attracted 30 plus drivers per event making for one of the best ever seasons of 200mm racing in the country. For his 1:10 campaign Connolly will race Serpent’s latest 720 08 which will be powered by Mega ZX engines.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 27, 2008

Nacho Lopez wins Rd1 Spanish Nats

Tecrotec driver Nacho López carried forward his current run of form to last weekend’s opening round of the Spanish 1/8th Nationals, held in Cádiz. Both practice and qualifying were run in wet conditions and this left Nacho having to start from the semi finals. On Sunday, the Picco powered driver was able to win his semi and start the main from 5th position behind Carlos Peracho and Oscar Cabezas, among others. After some problems for Cabezas the fight was then between Peracho and Nacho with the latter managing to conserve his tires better and was able to take the victory by 4 seconds at the end of the 45 minute final. Shepherd racer Carlos Peracho was 2nd with Victor Gonzalez a further 3 laps back in 3rd. The next round of the Nationals will be held on the Valencia track, host of this years 1/8th scale European Championships.

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February 26, 2008

Dmitriy Chub wins Rd1 Ukraine Champs

The first round of the Ukrainian Championships took place recently at an indoor track in Nikopol. The race was open to both touring car and buggies and in both it was LRP team driver Dmitriy Chub that took the win. Racing a Tamiya chassis in each class, he TQ’d the touring class and won ahead of team mate Nikita Dimbitskiy, with Xray driver Anton Buga in 3rd. In the buggy class, it was Evgen Brajko that was quickest in the qualifying session, but he dropped to 3rd by the end of the final behind 2nd placed Andriy Boyko, while Chub managed to work his way to the front and take the win.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

February 26, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins Carpet Wars World Cup

Last weekend saw the running of the Carpet Wars World Cup, a 2 day event that saw International interest with Marc Fisher making the trip from Germany for the race. After Saturdays qualifying it was Kevin Brunsden on pole but a quick run in the final qualifying heat on Sunday saw Olly Jefferies take the top spot by 0.6 of a second. Leg 1 of the finals saw some problems for the front runners and this allowed Glen Doman through for the win ahead of Elliot Harper, with Olly recovering to 3rd. The 2nd leg was better for Olly, taking the lead from the start and converting it into the win in front of Harper and Doman, while the final leg was again won by Olly, who took the overall win, in front of Elliot in 2nd who claimed the overall runner up spot and Glen coming home in 3rd overall.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

February 25, 2008

Charalambous wins Cyprus NC Rd2

Serpent are reporting that their team in Cyprus concluded another almost perfect weekend in during Round 2 of the Cyprus Nitro Challenge as the ‘Dream Team’ completed a 1-2 finish in the A-final. This time it was new signing, Andreas Charalambous’ turn to take the victory only seconds ahead of reigning Champion and team mate Nicholas Ζachariades. The two Serpent 960 drivers led the race throughout, after qualifying on the front row of the A Final grid. Both drivers pulled away from the rest of the pack right from the start of the race and battled each other for the win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]