The 3rd round of the five race Danish RC Model Unions (DRCMU) Winter Championships took place recently in Aarhus where the local club presented a small but nice flowing track for an event that would attract 57 competitors.
The sole representative for Serpent at the event was in the Super Stock 19T class driven by Nicolai Nielsen who was making his DRCMU debut with the new S400.

During the practice day drivers had time to get to know the track and find a good setup for the following day’s racing which was an ideal opportunity for Nicolai to get more familiar with his new drive. From the start the S400 worked well allowing its driver to concentrate on finding good pace and speed.
The races are run as Round by Round with two out of three to count. In the first qualifying heat it started out very well. Nicolai ran a good and safe heat taking the second fastest time in the round.
The second round was very tight with four of the Top 5 drivers in the round within one second of each other! Nicolai was keeping up the pace and done his best time of 27/5.00.89 to take third spot.
In the final round Nicolai was unfortunate to make a few small mistakes, but still being able to keep a Top 5 place of the round.
This gave him a starting position of second on the grid for the A-main just behind the Super Stock 19T class TQ man Carsten Madsen.
The first A-main started very well for Nicolai and his S-400. During the first few laps he was able to put some pressure on the leader Madsen. About half way through the heat an unfortunate incident took place. A back maker misjudged the speed and distance of Nicolai the pair had an unavoidable collision. This resulted in a twisted chassis and two bent rear shock tower mounts which forced a DNF.
The start of the second final was very much like the first, Nicolai was putting pressure on Carsten for the opening laps. Then Carsten was able to make a little gap and the two drivers cruised to for the finish with Carsten taking his second win to claim overall honours.
The third leg saw Nicolai again finish second to secure the overall runners up spot for Round 3 after which the Serpent drivers finds himself at the top of the championship standings.
Commenting after the race Nicolai said of the S400, ‘The car worked very well all weekend. I haven’t really made any large changes on the car compared to the kit version. The biggest change was to run with the gear diff in the rear and this works really well.’
With only two rounds left Nicolai is leading the championship, ‘Now I just hope I can keep the momentum and stable running so that I can fight for the victory all the way to the end. I’m really look forward to the final races in March.’ he said.
Next outing for Nicolai and his S-400 will be the 4th round of the DRCMU Winter Championship taking place on the first weekend in March in Tinglev, Denmark.

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Sourcing from RedRC.net : Serpent have announced that they will release 3 new electric powered cars at this week Nuremberg toy fair, which Red RC will be covering live from the Show floor. To be shown at the fair is the new S500 4wd buggy, the S120 1/12th scale pan car and finally the S240 1/24th scale pan car. The Serpent booth will contain all the company’s usual products as well including the 08 versions of the 720 and 960 as well as the S400 and F180.
Serpent S500
The first product to be produced following the collaboration of Serpent and Durango designer Gerd Strenge. While keeping the spirit of the original project, the S500 is all new and has been designed from the ground up by our team of designers. The main features of the new car are its rear mounted batteries, central shaft drive, motor mounted front of center, ultra narrow chassis and easy access front and rear differentials. This car has already proven itself in its prototype phase, with the only 2 cars at last years World Championship in Japan making it into the main final.

Serpent S120
Serpent’s first entry into the resurgent 1/12th scale 2wd pan car class, the S120 sports a one piece CNC machined aluminium rear pod, central main-shock combined with S120 lateral monoshock. Other innovations include a centrally mounted tweak adjuster as well as adjustable front suspension with independent upper a-arms and pivot ball mounted steering blocks. High quality carbon fibre and glass fibre components are used throughout as well as machined aluminium parts.

Serpent S240
Serpent’s new S240 is a 1/24th scale electric powered 2wd pan car chassis. Featuring a rear ball differential and centrally mounted shock absorber, the car is supplied with motor, clear LMP bodyshell and tires. High quality carbon fibre and orange anodised CNC machined aluminium used throughout.

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The fourth running of the Dalton Touring Masters took place recently at the Jakarta International Twin Circuit and once again the Indonesian event was a huge success.

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This weekend at the ACO Racing Track in the New Territories, Hong Kong, Serpent’s 2008 Serpent Nitro Tour will kick off with its first event of the New Year which is being hosted by our Asian dristributor World Model.

The event will see racing for 1:8, 1:10 200mm and Serpent’s unique F180 with numbers restricted to 100 drivers to ensure maximum track time for all those competitors joining in the annual two day event. Already entries have been received from Macau, China, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Thailand and of course Hong Kong.

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