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Shepherd Foam Tires

We are pleased to announce the stocking of new Shepherd Foam Tire Sets, which provides high road grabbing that are  suitable for slippy or misty road condition. Foam tires may increase the cars’ speed because this may reduce  By contrast, rubber tires are more suitable for dry road condition and the left time are longer than foam tires. Shepherd Tires are trustful because they are made in Germany.

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Shepherd (SH8R37) 1/8 On-Road Rear 37 Shore

Shepherd (SH8R35) 1/8 On-Road Rear 35 Shore

Shepherd (SH8F35) 1/8 On-Road Front 35 Shore

Shepherd (SH8F32) 1/8 On-Road Front 32 Shore

Shepherd (SH10P-432) Pro 10 On-Road Rear 32 Shore Green (Medium)

Shepherd (SH10P-425) Pro 10 On-Road Rear 25 Shore Pink (Soft)

Shepherd (SH10P-340) Pro 10 On-Road Front 37 Shore Blue (Medium)

Shepherd (SH10P-337) Pro 10 On-Road Front 40 Shore Purple (Hard)

Shepherd SH10/SH12 Serious now restocked @ rcMart!!!

Plesae see list below and get them before they run out again!

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Shepherd New 1/10 Touring tire available now at rcMart. Check the list below and get it before they run out

Where to buy?
http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/shepherd-m-317.html

The warm-up for this years IFMAR World Championship 1/10 Nitro Touring Car was held in Houston, Texas at the beginning of March. For Team Shepherd it was quite an important event as it was the real first test with the team under race conditions with our latest development, the Velox V10, against other international top drivers. As announced before, Shepherd’s team drivers Jilles Groskamp, Daniele Ielasi and Josh Cyrul joined the factory staff around Patrick Schäfer to prepare for this years major event in July.

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Thunder Tiger

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Shepherd is happy to announce that they have agreed a deal with world-class driver Jilles Groskamp to extend his contract for a further two years. The top-qualifier of the last 1:10 200mm Nitro World Championship will continue to race the Velox V8 in 1/8th scale and the Velox V10 in nitro touring car. Jilles had the following to say:

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Front running French racer Thomas Desmaries will use the Shepherd Velox V10 for the upcoming season. The French Cup winner of 2008 and 2009 will help the local distributor WDS Racing Products promoting the brand new Velox V10 in the competetive national championship.

Thomas had the following to say: “I really enjoy to join the new French Shepherd/WDS racing team for this season 2010. I will do my best to win the Championship title this year, and i’ll try to win the French Cup the third time in a row. Also I’m sure with an innovative car like the V10 I’ll have a good result at the World this year, and I’m eager to start the season with my new Velox.”

Source: Shepherd

Where to buy the Velox V10?
http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/rc-shepherd-velox-400000-p-30385.html

The Shepherd Velox V10 Nitro 1/10 200mm Chassis now restocked rcMart.com

Shepherd Micro Racing are pleased to announce the release of the new Velox V10 1/10 scale 200mm chassis. Designed with the help of current World Champion Daniele Ielasi, the car has already been proving its performance on tracks around the World, finishing runner up at this year’s ROAR Nationals in the hands of Josh Cyrul and winning the competitive Asian Cup in Bangkok driven by Jilles Groskamp. Seen for the first time as a one-off prototype at the 2009 International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, the chassis has undergone a lot of fine tuning in preparation for its public release.

Where to buy:
http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/rc-shepherd-velox-400000-p-30385.html

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After a successfull year with the Velox 1/8th scale racing car winning an European Championship in its debut season, it is a pleasure for us to announce that we will also enter the 1/10th scale touring car market. In cooperation with the current World Champion Daniele Ielasi we want to introduce the most innovative 1/10th scale touring car ever seen. The V10 will be completely different from other cars on the market. Beside many other new features we can already reveal that the Direct V-brake System will also be included.

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Swiss Champion switches to Shepherd
We are very happy to announce that we could sign Marco Müller for the season 2009. The current Swiss 1/8th Scale On-Road Champion will use the Velox at National races as well as at the World Championship next year in Lostallo, Switzerland. We really appreciate the fact that Marco is confident to achieve a good result with a new car at this important event.

Source : Team Shepherd