TQ and victory for Francesco Tironi

"The first round of the Italian 1/10 nitro touring nationals took place the at the next 1/10 world championship venue in Gubbio. In qualifying the point system was used with the TQ going directly into the main final. Shepherd/Matrix driver Francesco Tironi managed to win the first two rounds of qualifying which was enough to claim the pole position for the 45min final.

At the start of the final the Velox V10 pilot was able to defend his first position from Dario Balestri in second and after the first round of pitstops he opened a gap of several seconds over the rest of the field. Step by step he increased his lead until he was nearly 2 laps in front midway. Controlling the race at the front for the final 20 minutes Francesco conserved the gap and crossed the finishing line two laps in front of Luca Redaelli with Alessio Mazzeo completing the podium. In the F1 class Shepherd pilot Massimo Balboni finished in second place starting from 4th position."

 

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Patrick

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Front body mount carbon stiffener VELOX

"Shepherd released another option part for the 1/8 on-road vehicles. Made from finest high quality carbon material the new stiffener for the front bumper fits at the Velox V8 EC kit as well as at the Velox E8 electric on-road cars. Fixed with the screws of the front body mounts and coming as a set with two hex. buttonhead screws M3x8 to fix it on the front bulkheads this good looking option part increases the stiffness of the body mounts and the bumper to the maximum. Available from now on."

 

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Patrick

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Oliver Mack continues with Shepherd

Oliver Mack will be a part of the Shepherd factory team for another year. The former world championship finalist, European Champion and multiple German Champion had a great 2014 season by finishing the ENS 1/8 overall ranking on the podium in 3rd position. 2015 will be Olivers 7th season for Team Shepherd and he plans to attend the German championship, the European championship in Ettlingen, two ENS events and the World championship in Brazil.

Oliver had the following to say:

"First of all i would like to thank Team Shepherd for the long and succesfull time we have already had. I'm really looking forward to racing another great season in this nice team. Last weekend we hit the track the first time for this year and the laptimes and feeling with the Velox V8 "EC" 2015 were very promising for the upcoming season."

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Patrick

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