HK race: TQ and win for 411 – FF

February 13th, 2012

The Serpent 411- FF   front wheel drive version  made a great  start  by winning the race last week in HongKong.

 

The week before Teddy Syach won his 1st race as well with the new Serpent 411 -FF in Indonesia.

 

The Serpent 411-FF will be ready to sell end february 2012, and will be run  at the TITC as well.

 

Team Serpent

Korea: Serpent Korea Cup

February 13th, 2012

2012 Serpent Korea electric race indoor was hele in Typhoon circuit last Sunday.

41 drivers attended and enjoyed the race. S411 drivers were 17.

 

1. F1 & 1/12 Class

F1 and 1/12 calss are unpopular in Korea nowadays. So, we organized these class together.

Just 2 drivers attened this class but it’s highly amusing race. Many of drivers and audience watched the race happily who would be a champion and went foot.

*Result :

1st : Dae Cheol Byun, 2nd : Han Jun Ryu

 

2. 540 Class

Total 10 drives attended and had a close race.

*Result :

1st : Jae Ho Yu, 2nd : Hak Kyu Kim, 3rd : Hong Sik Min, TQ : Jae Ho Yu

3. 17.5 Class

14 drivers attended to the 17.5 class and had a good race. The lap time of this class was closed to the modified class.

10 drivers went up to the final and had a fierce racing.

*Result :

1st : Jae Kook Yu, 2nd : Hyun Ahn, 3rd : Jae Ho Yu, TQ : Jae Kook Yu

4. Modified class

This class was the main event. 15 drivers raced with the fastest cars during the entire race and 10 drivers went up to the final.

The Fierce racing had continued by the end of the final and there was almost no difference between the final laps.

1st : Eung Chan Kim, 2nd : Jeong Deok Lee, 3rd : Jun Ho Lee(S411), TQ : Eung Chan Kim

 

We’d like to express our gratitude to the all attendance.

 

Cyprus: Alp wins Indoor with 411

February 7th, 2012

Race report by Mustafa ALP

I arrived at Cyrpus on Friday and met the Serpent team, it was a free day so we had a lot of fun doing things that we cant do in Turkey :)
Saturday was scheculed to have 2 hours of free practise and then 6 controlled practises. I found out that there was a sensor issue in my motor, I tried to fix it in that 2 hours of free practise with no joy… I had no option but to use my motor sensorless. It was very hard to drive as it gave awkward reactions sometimes. In free practise Arman Maralan and Ahmet Tekelioglu used most of the time getting used to the track and trying different setups to improve rear traction.

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Estonia: Tiit wins with 411

February 6th, 2012

Race report of Estonian Onroad series 4th race

Hi Ronald, first of all we would like to thank you for your support, thank you for believing in us and giving us a chance J

About the race: race was rather small, only 7 drivers. The day started hard, in trainings ( had 2 trainings) and in qualifications (3 quals) the car was quite hard to drive, the back end was really slippery. I’m used to drive with a good back end grip. So we had little problems with the setup plus one servo and spurgear broke up. I was the 6th in the qualifiers.

For the finals we changed some setup (lowered roll center and changed shock oil) and then the car was just great to drive – fast, very stable and had a high grip. I was 0.4 seconds faster than the 2nd place guy and almost 1 second faster than others, so the car was really fastJ.

The 1st final was great, start was clean, I was 2nd at the end of the first lap. The guy, who was driving in the 1st place, made a little mistake and I overtook him, so I had the lead of 2 second and it was growing. I won that final.

The 2nd final was almost the same as the first, 2nd at the end of the 1st lap and I was much faster than the 1st position guy. Overtook him and won the final.

So, I had already won the race, but I always drive the 3rd final too.

The 3rd final was easy again, everything was same as before, so I won all the finals with  cap about 2 laps.

The race was great, we learnt some good things about the car, now we know what to do if the back end isn’t working so good and we can setup the car even better now.

If you like, we’ll send you report on every race.

Best regards,

Jörg Miikael Tiit (driver) and Jaanus Tiit (mechanic)



Spain: podium for Garcia with Cobra-B

January 30th, 2012

Interprovincial Rd.1 2012 report

After three-year absense, the Interprovincial championship come back to Spanish Racing Scene. 

With a two-days race format, the limited entry number was for 90 faster drivers, including five spanish finalist drivers and two European finalist drivers: Richi Gomez & Alberto García. 

Cool weather for Spain during the race, never higher than 4ºC, and a bumpy track welcome drivers for the first round of the championship.
Garcia set-up here:  Garcia_InterprovincialRd1_2012

USA: CRCRC Offroad race

January 23rd, 2012

USA: CRCRC Brian Alderman takes Sportsman Truck A-main with Cobra

Malaysia: invitation for Int Buggy race

January 17th, 2012

1/8 Off Road Buggy Malaysia 2012 World Customs Day Cup
Date: 28 – 29 JANUARY 2012 (2 days event )
Location: WPKL Customs Complex, SS 6/3 Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Venue: Football Field (Modified)
Fees: RM 120. 00 ( Lunch and marshal included )

Facilities:

1. Toilets
3. Compressor
4. Washing facilities

 

Images to follow.

 

Turkye / Cyprus: great results with Serpent 411

January 12th, 2012
Team NCRC Started their race season early this year with a wonderful event.  As always flawless execution of the race event and real friendly environment makes these races very desirable for racers especially in Turkey.  There were a total of 40 racers in the event with 14 from Turkey.  The carpet track was built over night by the excellent NCRC team.  The traction was low in the begining but as the first practice sessions progressed the traction came up.
We had 5 Serpent drivers in this event.  Ateş Billur, Arman Maralan, Çağhan Turna, Our team driver Mustafa Alp and myself, Serdar Aytemiz.
Mustafa and Arman came a day early and they already started practicing before hand and it showed.  Mustafa Set the TQ and he proved to be really fast just like in 1/10 GP Touring.  Arman had built the car the day before and was getting used to the car.  Ateş was fast as always, çağhan was on his Ipad and was using a laptop to program the SP ESC he had, I swtiched for Pistol radio to Stick and I was trying to adapt.
In the end Mustafa unfortunately had motor problems in the first 2 races and cost him the race as he woul dhave won the race easily.  He ran a flawless 22 laps and a lap time of 13.5 which was already a lap ahead of everyone and almost half a second faster then the second quickest.  I am sure he will do better next race. Ateş had a good race and finished 6th and Mustafa with problems managed to come in 7th spot.  I gradually got used to the radio but only managed to win the B-main.  Arman came 4th in the B-main due to some technical problems.  Çağhan Tried really hard to break the car but he still managed to finish 6th in the C-main.
Results:
http://www.myrcm.ch/cy/team-ncrc/20120107_388259/MODIFIED/index.html
We had great fun during the event.  next time we will arrive one day ahead to get some sleep as most of us had to race with out sleep for almost 36 hours.  We would like to thank everyone for their hospitality while we were at the event.  looking forward to ur next race…
Video:
Race video
http://youtu.be/a5T5izpwBsY

USA: JP Tirronen with Serpent Cobra wins Mills Pind race

January 12th, 2012

One of the most competitive RC car clubs located in Fort Lauderdale, FL called Mills Pond kicked off their 1st race of the year last Saturday. Race director Bart Collins & the rest of his crew laid down a fresh layout for the New Year in order to get ready for this race. With an amazing 100+ entry, Mills Pond New Year shootout was definitely the race to watch for the weekend.

In 1/8th Pro Buggy A main, it was the battle of the snake. The Local super star, JConcepts/Serpent driver, JP Tirronen had trouble at the start of the race, letting 3rd place Daniel Martinez slip by for the lead. With a consistence pace, Daniel was able to pull a small lead over 2nd & 3rd. The battle between Nick Angelides & JP Tirronen was intense, but this just gave Daniel an advantage. 5 laps later, Nick Angelides turned on his game, putting a charge on Daniel. Daniel’s mistake at the last jump before the straight let Nick take the lead. On the 8th lap, Daniel’s Serpent had a shock failure forcing him to retire from the race. Nick now had a comfortable lead over 2nd place JP. Starting from the 16th lap, JP started to pick up his pace, with back to back 30 second laps, he was slowly catching the leader. With about 3 min left of the race, JP was on Nick’s Bumper. Nick’s pace start to slow down due to tire wear & track condition, while JP’s car got better later on the race, allowing JP to make the move at the back double, passing Nick. With JP’s impressive speed at the end of the race, he was able to put 8 sec over Nick taking the win with Jader Lopez finish 3rd.

Source: Hobby Crap [hobbycrap.com]

 

Hungary: full podium for 411 / 411-LE

January 12th, 2012
Team Unico Modellsport enjoyed an excellent performance last weekend at the sixth round of the National Championship at Dabas track as their drivers finished on the first three places in Modified TC class with Serpent S411.
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