Coming soon from Mugen is their new MBX8 Eco Team Edition 1/8th scale E-Buggy kit. Building on the success of the proven MBX8 World Edition nitro buggy, the MBX8 Eco Team Edition will share many of its siblings option parts such as 1mm wider wheel hubs for improved stability and cornering, inline front uprights for running in higher grip conditions, -3mm front uprights arms for better initial steering response and more stable cornering as well as centre dogbone driveshafts for improved drivetrain efficiency and traction. Also included is the +15mm wing stay that improves cornering. The kit will hit stores very soon.

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The Sand am Main track played host to a round of the German 1/8th off-road regionals this past weekend. The regionals are qualifying races for the German nationals later this year and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller with the overall win in the 40-minute main final, some twelve seconds in front of SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier, who started from the back of the field due to problems in his semifinal. Aaron Münster (Mugen) would round out the top 3 podium result in front of “best of the rest”, Alexander Schmitt. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was Micha Widmaier with a flawless TQ and win.

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Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the release of their new EFRA 2160 pipe and manifold set for .21 off-road engines. Designed to improve overall performance the exhaust set will also offer exceptional runtime over long distances. Developed by World Champion Robert Batlle, the exhaust system works on every race track, under any condition and it is suitable for all common nitro engines.

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Mugen have introduced their new adjustable clamping type aluminium servo horn. Machined from high-quality 7075 alloy material and sporting the company’s distinctive blue-grey anodising, the servo arm is of an adjustable design with the steering link pivot ball mounting locations ranging from 18mm to 20mm. This allows to adjust overall steering throw but also the steering speed. The clamping design makes for additional safety during long mains while also ensures a rock-solid mounting on the servo output gear. The servo arm is available as Sanwa and KO Propo compatible 23T and as Futaba compatible 25T variant.

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Coming from T-Works and made for Mugen MBX8 based buggys, cars and trucks as well as the older MBX7 based kits is a POM shock shaft guide set. Machined from blue colour material the shaft guides offer improved precision for optimised sealing and overall smoother working shock absorbers.

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The FAMAR South American On-road Championships were held in Americana, Brazil recently and in the 1/8th IC Track Pro class it was Mugen’s Flavio Elias with the TQ, win and overall title. Fabricio Zamperetti came in 2nd in the 40-minute A-main final, two laps behind Flavio. Kazuo Ohara would round out the podium for an all-Mugen top 3.

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The KRC Off-Road Circuit in Tokushima, Japan hosted the O.S. Off-Road Challenge this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest nitro off-road racers in attendance. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Yusuke Sugiura with he overall win from Kyosho’s Kazuya Tanaka in 2nd and Mugen’s Kenji Tsuruta in 3rd overall.

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The annual Silver State race was held at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last weekend. Presented by The Dirt Racing crew, the race for sure is one of the best 1/8th experiences of the year. 2018 was the inaugural year that the South Point Hotel and Casino hosted the Silver State and now with a whole year to make think about changes and adjustments, this year’s event was even better. The new make-shift driver stand felt like a real driver stand, the 1/5th scale track turned into a practice track for guys to get more run time than just three five minute quals and to dial in their rides on a surface that was similar to the race track. The track layout is always going to be fun as Joey and Aaron have been doing this for nearly 20 years now and they just understand racing and what it takes to make a fun track that challenges all levels. The real magic of the Silver State race is the evolution of the track and track surface. With Nevada being a desert climate and the driest state in the US, it’s really hard to find good natural earth dirt to make a track. However, by using what they have, the sandy fine dirt never packs together for longevity and over the course of the weekend will break apart creating holes, craters, and broken jump faces making it extremely difficult to race on by the mains. Despite all this, this is what makes the Silver State so special as it really does test the racer’s ability to adapt and overcome.

The Pro Nitro Buggy main didn’t disappoint as some of the best drivers in the world went head to head on one of the gnarliest track conditions that would rival the world famous DNC. With his new SWorkz team, Elliot Boots was fast all weekend showing the speed and pace he’s well known for as he took over the lead from an unfortunate for Dakotah Phend. Dakotah ran into some bad luck this weekend and was forced to retire despite leading the race early on. Boots held on to 1st as Xray’s Ty Tessmann mounted a charge late in the race and came within 4 seconds of Boots by the end of 45 minutes. Mugen’s Ryan Maifield had an uncharacteristic slow start in his main, but once his car came in he was one of the fastest drivers on the track. Dropping back to 13th early in the race required Maifield to put his head down and charge for the last 30 minutes. Slowly he was picked apart his competitors and was able to move back up to 3rd place and took the final podium spot.

Earning perhaps the biggest win of his career, Tekno’s Joe Bornhorst was hauling the mail in the Pro Nitro Truggy class taking down many of the biggest names in the game. Joe’s package was on point and after 45 minutes, crossed the line comfortably in 1st with a 12-second cushion to 2nd place finisher, Elliot Boots. For someone who doesn’t run Truggy much, Boots showed everyone why he’s one of the world’s best as he edged out Ty Tessmann for 2nd. Ty put in an amazing recovery drive after a bad start to work his way back to 3rd and was close to chasing down and passing Boots for 2nd.

From 3rd on the starting grid to 1st in the Pro E-Buggy A-Main, Team Associated driver Spencer Rivkin was impressive to watch during the 10-minutes A-final. With a mistake early in the race, Spencer remarkably clawed his way back and was able to slowly march his way to the front and soon built a 5-second gap to 2nd place finisher, SWorks’ Elliot Boots. TLR’s Dakotah Phend had tremendous speed all weekend moved up from 11th to finish 3rd was only a small glimpse.

Claiming another 40+ win, Xray’s Paul Ciccarello takes home yet another 40+ victory to add to his sizable collection. Paul was on fire the moment he set his E-Buggy on the track as he was able to claim TQs in all 3 rounds of qualifying and took a commanding win in the 10-minute final. Mike Battaile ran well and moved up 5 positions to finish 2nd with Miguel Perez also making a charge from the back of the pack to finish 3rd overall.

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Round 2 of this year’s Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the RC Silla track last weekend. Kyosho/Bullitt’s Bryan Baldo took the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind HB Racing/XTR’s Ignacio Candel in 2nd and Mugen/Ultimate’s Ricardo Monteiro in 3rd. Oscar Navarro (Mugen/Ultimate) and Daniel Bernabe (Agama/Bullitt) would round out the top 5 results.

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The opening round of the West German 1/8th Off-road regionals, qualifying races for the Nationals, was held at the Stoppelhopser Oberhausen track over the weekend. Mugen’s Carsten Keller would sweep the Nitro Buggy class by taking the win with a 1-lap margin after the 30-minute A-main encounter. Kyosho’s Philipp Lütgert came in 2nd, a lap down as Mugen driver Jan Sievert ended the race on the 3 spot, some three seconds down on Jan. Maik Wiesweg in 4th and Kim Einert in 5th rounded out the top 5.

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