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March 31, 2010

Team Shepherd confirm Marc Rheinard for 2010

Shepherd are announcing that one of the world’s best rc-car drivers joins their team for the upcoming season. Marc Rheinard, 2-times IFMAR World Champion, 3-times EFRA European Champion and multi German National Champion, has decided to use the Shepherd Velox V10 at this years World Championship in Houston as well as at the European Championship in Goteborg. He will part of the Shepherd factory team to support them with all his racing experience. Marc had the following to say:

I’m really happy to be a part of the Shepherd Team for the upcoming season. It will be nice for me to work together with world class drivers like the reigning World Champion Daniele Ielasi, the former Worlds TQ driver Jilles Groskamp and all the other drivers in the team. I’m pretty sure that the support from Shepherd will be the best I can get and we are looking forward to have some good results at the Worlds and the Euros this year.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 24, 2010

Shepherd teams up with Martin Lissau

Shepherd have announced the partnership with another world-class driver. 1/5th Scale World Champion 2007 and 2008 1/10 IC Track World Championship finalist Martin Lissau will use the Shepherd Velox V10 for the upcoming season. He will attend the Danish National Championship as well as this years European Championship A in Goteborg to join the already strong team around World Champion Daniele Ielasi and other international top drivers. Martin had the following to say:

I’m very happy that Team Shepherd are giving me this opportunity to race with the new Velox V10 and I’m really looking forward to being a part of the strong team that they have for the upcoming season. I would like to say thanks to Team Shepherd for giving me this opportunity and I hope to have a great season with good results and a lot of fun.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 23, 2010

Tobias Hepp gets support from Shepherd

With the start of the new season getting close, talented 16-years old up and coming German driver Tobias Hepp has signed a deal to use different products distributed by Shepherd Micro Racing. Besides Novarossi engines he will also use MLC fuel by Lamberto Collari as well as Shepherd Racing Tyres in both classes, 1/10th scale on-road and 1/10th scale touring car. Tobias will race the West German Championship, the EFRA Grand Prix in Apeldoorn and Hildesheim and of course the German Championships in Rötz (1/8) and Leipzig (1/10). He had the following to say:

I am looking forward to working together with Team Shepherd and I am sure that the use of such high quality products will help to increase my performance in the upcoming season.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 19, 2010

Bobby Flack joins Shepherd/CEFX

Shepherd Racing have announced that front running 1/10 IC Track racer Bobby Flack is joining the Shepherd/CEFX team for 2010. Bobby brings years of experience and speed to our team making it even more likely you will be seeing the V10 in the winner’s circle this year. Here is what Bobby had to say about joining the team:

I would first like to thank RC America and Xray for all their support over the past 5 years. They have been great to race for and work with over that time. I truly appreciate everything they did for me. With that said I am very excited about this new opportunity with CEFX and Team Shepherd. I am looking forward to working with Josh and the rest of the team this season. Hopefully, many great results will be coming soon!

Bobby joins the team of defending IFMAR World Champion Daniele Ielasi, IFMAR Worlds Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp, Josh Cyrul, Brian Thomas and another top level driver soon to be announced for this years IFMAR WC in Houston. The Shepherd team is looking stronger and stronger heading into this years World Championships later in the summer.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 16, 2010

Shepherd reports on Worlds Warm up race

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.

Continue reading the report here

February 25, 2010

Shepherd Velox V8 short side belt

Following extensive testing Shepherd have decided to produced a new low-friction middle belt according to their own specifications. It has an overall length of 435mm and suits the new pulleys included in the Velox V8 2010 perfectly. With the standard belt it was a little bit difficult to find the right tension when using the pulley ’09 set, but with this new belt that problem is eliminated.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

February 23, 2010

Shepherd Cup Race Series Malaysia

On behalf of Niko Sales & Services Centre & NRC racing circuit, we have been asked to invite racers to compete in the 1st Malaysia Shepherd Cup Race Series. A total of 5 pre-rounds and a big final event will determine the champions in 1/8th scale on-road and 1/10th scale touring car. The cup is open to all brands of cars, for Shepherd drivers there will be an extra ranking with special prices like car kits and free air tickets. The series will kick off at the nice track in Johor in the south of the country on the weekend of 22/23rd March and already over 130 racers from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei have signed up. Additionally racers from Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia are expected to attend this event. For more informations please contact Mr. Niko Cheng at this address: nikoas03@gmail.com

February 17, 2010

Shepherd Velox V10 & V8 options

New for the Velox V10, Shepherd have released a full set of shock absorber springs. The light green standard springs are included in the kit, while the dark green springs are a little bit harder and the grey springs a little bit softer. This allows to fine-tune the V10 accordingly to different tracks. Also new are the softer floating piston springs that are available for the Velox V10 and the Velox V8. They create less rebound for an overall softer shock absorber setup by having more coils compared to the standard one. As many drivers requested a harder servo saver spring for the V10 for high grip conditions this spring is now available as an optional part. Still protecting the servo from being damaged it offers more pressure on the servo saver. The existing range of pinions for the Velox V10 Competition Clutch is now completed by a 16T pinion for the first gear. This suits very small tracks where a lot of power from the bottom is needed an joins the previously available 17T and 18T pinions for the first gear and 21T, 22T and 23T for the second gear. To adjust the off-set at the Velox V8 several shims are needed. Shepherd have extended the already existing range of shims by a new 12x16x05mm version and are preferably used with 12x18x5mm bearings so they don’t touch the outer ball bearing ring. Finally, they have created a new decal sheet for the Velox V8. These new decals are included in the kit and are available separately from now on and sport the “Velox V8” logo and the ram-head in different sizes.

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