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Racing Truck Of The Day: June 1, 2017; New Ray '98 Mercedes Atego
Topic Started: May 31 2017, 10:38 PM (397 Views)
Swifty
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Today's racing truck of the day is New Ray's 1998 Mercedes Atego racing truck.Its made to about 1/87 scale.

This is from Chris.P's collection.

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The Mercedes-Benz Atego is a range of light/lightweight general-purpose rigid truck introduced by Mercedes-Benz in 1997.
Designated 970, it is available in weights of 7.5 to 16 metric tonnes (t) and is powered by a straight 4- or 6-cylinder engine. Originally all straight-engined rigids by Mercedes were marketed as Atego, but from the 2005 facelift Atego models over 18 t were renamed Mercedes-Benz Axor……..

…...…Race truck versions of the trucks are called Mercedes-Benz Race Truck. Built by LARAG in the Eastern Switzerland canton of St. Gallen. The race trucks have competed in the ADAC Truck Grand Prix and the NRW Truck Cup.

Ludovic Faure won the FIA European Truck Racing Championship in 1998 using an Atego Renntruck. FIA ETRC vehicles develop 1200 hp and 5,600 Nm of torque. Minimum weight is 5400 kg, and the trucks have 6-speed ZF transmissions, with water-cooled disc brakes. This gives a similar power-to-weight ratio as a World Rally Car.


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Racing versions of the Atego model took a part in the European Truck Racing Championship for the first time in 1998. These trucks were equipped with 11.5-liter V6 engine with rated at 1496 hp. Top speed is limited at 160 km/h. Mercedes pulled out of truck racing a short time after this was current, although appear to have re-entered later.

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For more information and pictures of the racing truck, please visit: Atego racing truck

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For more information and pictures of the Atego range , please visit: : Atego range


I bought this from a French motorway services shop in the mid 2000s. Boxed in a tray for about £4?

Its very detailed, 6 rubber tyres, roll cage inside the cab, very finely printed grilles/netting on the side windows. Fantastic printing on the cab, front screen and side panels. It sits happily with the Matchbox Mercedes Benz Actros.

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I don't remember there being any others available at the time. The model has an entry on the hobbydb website but no details.

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pjedsel
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It just goes to show, people will race anything with wheels (as well as many things without wheels). :lol: It is a nicely detailed model from New Ray - right down to the ESSO tiger logo! It would have been neat if there was a series of these so those who like racing could have a display of some of the other trucks in the series.
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CarreraRSR
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Swifty - I have seen these trucks in German races. They are fantastic.
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Pegers
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i like the bright red paint job.
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juantoo3
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That's actually pretty cool! Didn't know anything about this or the Euro truck racing. I know in the states back around 1980 (about the time of the Smokey and the Bandit movies) drag racing Semi trucks was a bit of a thing, but it quickly disappeared.
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