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The "Street Mini 4WD" (Japanese: "ストリートミニ四駆") is a racing sport activity that combines modeling with physical running. The athlete, in this sport, runs and drives a model car called "mini 4WD". The model car is driven using "a guide stick".
The athletes then run alongside their models, controlling them and making them turn left or right using the guide stick.
Born in Italy in 1994 and affiliate CSEN (italian National Educational Sports Center) from 2023, Street Mini 4WD is a sport practiced in various countries around the world.
The Street Mini 4WD is a physical activity that involves running, coordination of movements and proprioception.
Street Mini 4WD atheles have the opportunity to learn technical basic concepts about how model cars work.
Although the Mini 4WD cars were produced in Japan, the street races have obtain a lot of interest in Italy where racers runs for many years in this kind of competitions as well as in the usual on-track ones.
The street racing in Italy employ a regulation based on the official Tamiya race regulation, but there aren't restricted to only Tamiya models and Grade-Up Parts. (For example, the use of battery from the other brands is allowed.)
The Street Mini 4WD races are inspired on the races that were represented in the manga and anime Dash! Yonkuro and the on-going Hyper Dash! Yonkuro manga.