Serpent Snake pit report USA Nationals

[SNEEZER]

Esto es lo unico que e conseguido de las Nacionales en Texas, Alguien tiene mas Informacion?

By: Ronald Baar (NL)
Created: 14.7.2005

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Serpent Snake pit report USA Nats 200mm (1)

Practise started
Nat's Update:
Very hot and humid weather. A little rain today. Track is very slippery.

Very hard compound tires is the only way to go (42R 45F) on this specific and quite bumpy track .

After 1st day, fastest are (in the faster order)

Morganti (S710-Mega), Mcnally (S710-Mega), Tosolini (Kyosho), Swauger (Mugen), Cyrul (?), Burch (kyosho?). No Team Associated present yet.

[ABBY GORDON]

UNA POCA MAS DE INFO.

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Update Nationals
Wednesday 13th 2005
By: Renato A. Tradardi

Today was the first day of practice the weather displayed high temperatures and humidity reaching the 107F degrees with some sprinkles of rain, these changes made the setup more difficult due to the slippery track. From the first day hard tires were necessary.

For today the fastest drivers were Morganti (S710-Mega), McNally (S710-Mega), Tosolini, Swager, Cyrul, Burch.
Let’s see what happens tomorrow!!!!!!.


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Update Nationals
Thursday 14th 2005
By: Paolo Morganti

Todays the track was much better traction wise and temp even higher (air temp 106F and track temp 150F). Two controlled practice where run and after that free practice. Fastest guys on low 18's and fastest lap so far is 17.9 (Swager) Be consistent in this type of track is the key to be in the game After 2 days of practice, fastest guys are pretty much the same: Swager (MTX 3), Burch (RRR), Morganti (S710/Mega/Ellegi), Gray (S710/Mega/Ellegi), Tosolini (RRR), Cyrul (RRR), Mcnally (S710/Mega/Ellegi), Atomic (RRR). So far everyone are really close. Serpent Team is doing pretty good. Morganti and Gray are on the pace. A little bit slower (3/10 sec.)but getting there is Mcnally. Apolaro, Ciccarello, Buran and Regalado are improving. The only bad news is that around 7:30 pm, rain decide to be part of the day. So tomorrow, will be a totally different game Stay tuned for furthers upgrades

[xRiketsux]

UNA POCA MAS DE INFO.

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Update Nationals
Wednesday 13th 2005
By: Renato A. Tradardi

Today was the first day of practice the weather displayed high temperatures and humidity reaching the 107F degrees with some sprinkles of rain, these changes made the setup more difficult due to the slippery track. From the first day hard tires were necessary.

For today the fastest drivers were Morganti (S710-Mega), McNally (S710-Mega), Tosolini, Swager, Cyrul, Burch.
Let’s see what happens tomorrow!!!!!!.


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Update Nationals
Thursday 14th 2005
By: Paolo Morganti

Todays the track was much better traction wise and temp even higher (air temp 106F and track temp 150F). Two controlled practice where run and after that free practice. Fastest guys on low 18's and fastest lap so far is 17.9 (Swager) Be consistent in this type of track is the key to be in the game After 2 days of practice, fastest guys are pretty much the same: Swager (MTX 3), Burch (RRR), Morganti (S710/Mega/Ellegi), Gray (S710/Mega/Ellegi), Tosolini (RRR), Cyrul (RRR), Mcnally (S710/Mega/Ellegi), Atomic (RRR). So far everyone are really close. Serpent Team is doing pretty good. Morganti and Gray are on the pace. A little bit slower (3/10 sec.)but getting there is Mcnally. Apolaro, Ciccarello, Buran and Regalado are improving. The only bad news is that around 7:30 pm, rain decide to be part of the day. So tomorrow, will be a totally different game Stay tuned for furthers upgrades
Siempre Swager da la cara por Mugen! :rockin: :D

[YOKOMO PR]

Saludos
Me informa Paolo que en los primeros tres qualifiers :
1. Swager
2. Paolo
3. Burch
4.Cirul

Veremos que pasa en los ultimos tres.

[Juanqui]

Posiciones luego de 3 Rounds de Qualificaciones:

Fuel Sedan:

1.Mike Swaguer MTX-3 (17)
2.Ralph Burch RRR (17)
3.Paolo Morganti 710 (16)
4.Scott Grey 710 (16)
5.Chris Tosolini RRR (16)
6.Josh Cyrul RRR (16)
7.Paul LeMiuex (16)
8.Jeffrey Lin CD3( 16)
9.Brandon McNally 710 (16)
10.Darin Ishitani MTX-3 (16)

Hasta ahora Mike Swaguer y Ralph Burch son los unicos dos en tocar las 17 vueltas. :rockin:

Masters:

1.Tim Copp (15)
2.Cliff Mcgee (15)
3.Maxy Velazco (15)
4.Jeff Brustad (14)
5.Ray Juhl (14)
6.Eduardo Romero (14)
7.Richard Rivera (13)
8.Don Rice (13)
9.Hugh McGinnis (13)
10.Steve Codgell (13)

Esos son los resultados que hay hasta el momento !!

[andyobaez]

Saludos Juanqui

Cris Tosolini Es Del Team Kyosho Y Corre Un V-one Rrr

[Juanqui]

Es cierto !! Corregido ! Gracias Andy... Nos vemos manana en Isabela

[Mace Windu]

Creo que Jeffrey Lyn corre un Kyosho FW05RR tambien.

[andyobaez]

Creo que Jeffrey Lyn corre un Kyosho FW05RR tambien.

SALUDOS

NO, CORRE OFNA CD3

[Juanqui]

Aqui estan los resultados luego de los 6 Rounds de Qualificaciones:

Fuel Sedan:

1.Mike Swaguer (17)
2.Ralph Burch (17)
3.Paolo Morganti (17)
4.Scott Gray (17)
5.Paul LeMieux (17)
6.Chris Tosolini (17)
7.Josh Cyrul (17)
8.Darin Ishitani (17)
9.Brandon McNally (17)
10.Jeffrey Lin (16)

Ya casi todos basicamente tocaron las 17 vueltas.

Masters:

1.Tim Copp
2.Maxy Velazco
3.Harry Hananouchi
4.Cliff Mcgee
5.Jeff Brustad
6.Ray Juhl
7.Eduardo Romero
8.Richard Rivera
9.Don Rice
10.Hugh McGinnis

Aqui estan los resultados finales de qualificaciones. Ahora hay q esperar los resultados de los mains..

[Edgar Millenium]

jejejje, deja que vea a Maxy, esta en la categoria "masters"= Seniors= 65+ jajajajajajajajajaja

[havy]

jeffry linn corre pa ofna con un cd3,

pero tambien corre un fw05rr y v1rrr de kyosho a veces parece, por sus posts en rctech.

havy

[Juanqui]

Resultados finales hasta lo que pude conseguir, el ganador fue: Josh Cyrul (Kyosho RRR)

Tratare de buscar informacion sobre las demas posiciones...

[Juanqui]

Bueno logre conseguir mas informacion de los ganadores del evento:

Touring:
1-Josh Cyrul 186 laps
2-Chris Tosolini 182 laps
3-Paolo Morganti 182 laps

Masters:
1-Harry Hannanouchi 128 laps
2-Maxy Velazco 128 laps
3-Tim Copp 127 laps

Una leve narracion de la carrera:

The ROAR Sedan National Class was run shortly after. As many people expected, Mike Swauger dominated from the get-go - even when he got in the middle of traffic that wanted to run at a faster pace than he did, it didn't take long for him to get up front and start pulling away. Unfortunately, 18 minutes into the race, it started to rain, and the racers were called in.

A couple of hours later, the race was resumed. There would be another 44 minute race, and the results of this would be combined with the results from the first 18 minutes to determine the winners. Mike Swauger once again dominated. Clearly, he and his Mugen "owned" the track, or at least they did until Mike's battery pack dumped. Josh Cyrul inherited the lead, and Josh (with his 1200 mah batteries) had clear sailing to the finish.

There were numerous problems however. First, it was difficult to sort out who "won" the first 18-minute run, as some racers came in when the race was called, while others made sure to go to the start/finish line to get their last lap in. Then too, there were racers who had flamed out, and because the timing line was right after the pits, it was decided that any racer doing this for the rest of the race would receive a 15-second penalty (so they didn't benefit from running out of fuel and restarting again from the pits). Paolo Morganti was given an 8-second penalty, as his car had several flame-outs and was re-started from the pits during that first 18-minute session of the race. There were also problems with lap counting, as both Mike Swauger and Paolo Morganti had batteries die during the race, and had to come in for replacements. The people in timing and scoring first started to count manually, but then after the new packs were installed, these cars got double-counts until things were sorted out. At any rate, with Mike Swauger being out of contention because of the battery problem, Josh Cyrul took over the lead and held it for the remainder of the race.

[PAULFITIPAULDI]

De mi punto de vista , this stinks!!!

[Mace Windu]

De mi punto de vista , this stinks!!!

Why stinks? because Serpent did not won? give me a break... Segun los qualifiers, Mike Swager fue el dueño y señor de la pista. Los demas tuvieron problemas, that's all there is to it! :yellow_fa

[Maxyv]

Como te quedo el ojo Paul jejejejejeje la venganza es dulce ......
Cometelo todito no le dejes a nadie

[Maxyv]

Bueno me imagino que paul esta con los pelos de la Cabeza en la mano jejejeje..
Mira mi punto de vista,esa carrera era del que pasara la bandera a cuadros ,era dificil,pero ustedes saben que al cesar lo que es del cesar ..
Habian 3 pilotos que para mi ganaban esa carrera.

Mike Swager ,Paolo Morganti y Ralph Bush.
Paolo en el comienzo de la carrera se fue era imparable ,lo dejaron sin gas ,agarro la punta mike swager y 2do Ralph , luego llovio ..
Comenzo la carrera y mike swager agarro el ritmo de carrera muy rapido pero se quedo sin bateria igual que el ano pasado ya Ralph se habia apagado 1 vez ,y paolo entra sin bateria alli se termino todo para esos 3 rapidos pilotos .
Asi que las carreras se ganan cuando se pasa la bandera a cuadros ,puedes ser muy rapido pero si no terminas te J..............

[Chago Aldrich]

Don Maxy. Me quito el sombrero ante usted. Hablando con propiedad y con respeto. Saludos desde Puerto Rico Don Manolo.

[PAULFITIPAULDI]

Why stinks? because Serpent did not won? give me a break... Segun los qualifiers, Mike Swager fue el dueño y señor de la pista. Los demas tuvieron problemas, that's all there is to it! :yellow_fa

Niguer, no estoy hablando de los qualifiers, y no por que Serpent no ganó, sino por lo que escribieron en RCTech, de lo irregular que se dió el evento debido a la lluvia, en la manera que detuvieron la carrera y en la forma en que comenzaron y los problemas con la compu,, pero yo no estuve allí, asi que shhhhhhhhhhh!!!!,, Felicitemos entonces al viejito miss Clairol por su victoria en el Senior Classss!! :eek: que creo que corrió con gente de 65años pluss!, jaaaaaaaaaaa,,


Como te quedo el ojo Paul jejejejejeje la venganza es dulce ......
Cometelo todito no le dejes a nadie

A mi el ojo,, muy bien,,, solo espero que se haiga enterado de lo ocurrido por acá el fin de semana,, pues espero que te hayas recuperado de tu ojo sino pues pones el otro y asi los emparejas, Serpent ganó acá en la isla 1 y 2, el primer lugar para Paco, en los qualifiers rompiendo récords con 18 vueltas en 5:09, y el segundo Top Qualifier lo fue Tu pana fuerte Andy Báez, jejejeje,, que nada mas y nada menos con una Serpiente logró dar por primera vez 18 vueltas en 5:14, cosa que con el Mugen no habia podido hacer, y para colmo de los colmos, el segundo lugar al terminar el A main, se lo llevó Willie González con un Serpent impulse del 2000 con servos 3003 y motor prestao, , y ahora como te quedó el ojo,,, digo el otro ojo :eek: :eek: :eek: , jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[PAULFITIPAULDI]

Saludos desde Puerto Rico Don Manolo.

:yellow_fa :D :D :D :D :D :D

[PAULFITIPAULDI]

Why stinks? because Serpent did not won? give me a break... Segun los qualifiers, Mike Swager fue el dueño y señor de la pista. Los demas tuvieron problemas, that's all there is to it! :yellow_fa


Para ustedes Mugen's Fans!!, escrito por un Mugen Fan , "Mike Rendon" esto es un copy and paste de un reportaje que escribió Mike Myers en MyTSN, y aqui un Mugen Fan contesta........

"Dear Mr. Myers, i really appreciate a lot your work bringing us really high quality pictures and very accurate race report, but this time let me tell you that seems that you either was not on location (and i know that you was there because even if i haven`t the pleasure to meet you, i saw you) or you was too busy taking pictures that you did not see the event.
Let me tell you that i am a hardcore Mugen supporter and customer and a Swager fan (the best driver in US from my point of view) but when i was reading your article (that by the way is the same that has being published in RCTECH, Sgrid, just slightly modified ) i had to read it several time because seems to me that what you write was not really reflecting the reality (a Journalist should write just the facts, not the opinions)
When you start describing the A main you said "Mike Swauger dominated from the get-go – Mike started in the lead, but had traffic catch up to him, with Mikey running in the middle of the pack for a while" Actually, he start in the first place but after a few laps the Serpent driver Paulo catch him and pass him very agressively (there is a picture of this agressive pass on Mr. Pilone website) Paulo was streching the lead (also because his first pist stop was almost 1 minute later than Swager) but he flame out and so Mike took again the 1st. Is a little bit different from what you wrote.
The remark is because reading your article, you tend to believe that the event was totally dominated by Mugen and Swager (wich is not far to be true) and leave the others look like amateurs. Burch was very fast, Cyrul was fast won the race. The Serpent cars where looking really good (fastest 5 minutes qualyfier and fastest lap of the event) and Paulo was concictently fast the whole week.
So even if i am happy reading awesome things about my hero, it will be more interesting and fair if you stick to the facts"

Best Regards

Mike Rendon

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[PAULFITIPAULDI]

Bueno y para todos ustedes aqui esta ,, como Título Oficial ,, desde los Snake pits!!,, "Nuestro Punto de Vista", un pequeño reporte para que sepan de verdad lo que estaba ocurriendo allí ,,,
Nat's Update

"The final day was really exciting and at the same time a little bit disappointing. In the B main Apolaro and Ciccarello had a very good chance to bump up, but unfortunately they where not lucky enough.

The A main final was really interesting and at the same time confusing. The rain was part of the game around the 14th minute and the race had to stop. The race was restarted from there in some way and at the end Josh Cyrul won a well deserved National championship.

Our Team did very good in the final even if we had many issues. Paolo was leading the race the first five minutes, then had a flame out exiting the pits (this cost him a 8 seconds penalization), then had another flame our just before the 10 minutes mark. Just before the re-start of the race, he crash the car and broke an upright (his pitman was able to replace the part in less than 2 minutes, but the setup was not perfect anymore) On the second leg, he was in 3rd place (according with the computer) fighting with Josh for the 2nd spot. He was faster but less consistent (the car was not that good after the crash). Around 15 minutes later his transponder stop counting (basically his battery was dying) and a few minutes later he had to stop for a battery change. Before the end of the race, another flame out just to finish in style.
At the end, he finish officially in third place.

The other 2 Serpent drivers where also fighting for the entire event. Gray was having major issues at the start of the race because he choose a wrong setup and was spinning everywhere. His mechanic was able to fix the car just before the re-start, the car was much better but a lot of time where lost and no chance for the podium. He finish in 11th place. Mcnally drove a very good and intelligent race. He had the speed to be on the right pace and actually was doing pretty good (4th spot after the rain) Beside having a problem with the throttle finger (he has a hand cramp and when he stop to try to fix the finger, the engine flame out) he never had any issues, and at the end with all the confusing he was declared in 6th place

For Team Serpent was quite an experience. The 710 was performing extremely well and together with the Mega engines and Ellegi tires was the car to beat. Actually the best single 5 minutes round (the TQ in a regular event without qualypoints) and the fastest lap of the event was set by Paolo Morganti.jejejeje,,,, como te quedó el ojo Manolo!!!! tongue_lau

We want to thanks the entire Team for the exceptional work in such difficult conditions. Special thanks to Mr. Rene Cornella for all the support, and last but not least our main sponsors (Serpent/Mega/Ellegi)

Official Result

1- Josh Cyrul
2- Chris Tosolini
3- Paolo Morganti -710/Mega/Ellegi :rockin:
4- Mike Swauger
5- Darin Ishitani
6- Brandon McNally - 710/Mega/Ellegi :rockin:
7- Jeffrey Lin
8- Ralph Burch
9- Ron Atomic
10- Bobby Flack
11- Scotty Gray - 710/Mega/Ellegi :rockin:
12- Paul LeMieux

[PAULFITIPAULDI]

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