Shepherd Racing have announced that the 2012 1:10 TC World Champion Jilles Groskamp will return to their Factory Racing Team for the upcoming nitro on-road season. Jilles is going to race 1:10 and 1:8 scale and will attend both European Championships as well as the 1:8 World Championship in Japan during October 2013. With Jilles experience and his professional manner, he will be an important part of the team to improve their current products and test future developments. Jilles had the following to say:

“I’m very excited and happy to be back onboard with Shepherd for the 2013 season. This year I will be racing both 1:8 and 1:10 including the Worlds in Japan for the 1:8 class. I would like to thank Patrick and the rest of the crew who wanted to give me this opportunity again. See you at the track soon!”

Source: Shepherd Micro Racing