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April 16, 2026

Thurston opens BRCA title defence with Halifax win

While unpredictable weather greeted racers for the opening round of the BRCA British National 1:8 Onroad Championship at Halifax, it was business as usual for the Mugen Seiki of reigning Champion Alex Thurston who took the win. Qualifying for the opening race of the 8 round championship would see Thurston secure the TQ by some margin ahead of Michael Lee and Richard Boult as 2025 season opening race winner Tim Wood found himself down in P18. With a damp track for the start of the half final, it would dry out allowing Thurston to take a convincing win over the Shepherd pairing of 5th place qualifier David Spashett and Andrew Hastings. Next up in the championship is the Brooklands track which hosts a double header on May 3-4.

Image: Alex Thurston [Facebook]

March 18, 2026

Mugen Seiki MBX8R +4mm Chassis

Mugen Seiki Racing, the US distributor for the Japanese manufacturer, has announced the release of a new +4mm chassis for the MBX8R 1:8 Nitro Buggy. The hard coated aluminium chassis makes for a longer wheelbase for added stability. In addition to the longer chassis option, they have also added a 119mm Rear Center Drive Shaft which is necessary to make the conversion. Sold as a set, it is also possible to by the chassis and shaft individually.

Source: Mugen Seiki Racing [mugenracing.com]

March 1, 2026

Volker adds third MIBO International win

Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker has won a third MIBO International, the Touring Car Champion successfully defending his title with another dominant performance in the Czech Republic. Securing the overall TQ after 3 rounds of qualifying, the German kicked of finals day with a 5th TQ run before going on to win all 3 A-Mains on this year’s new Racestars designed & built track. While the former World Champion had the edge of the rest of the field, the big battle of the weekend would be really for the other two podium places with Xray’s Adam Izsay the only one to mix it against Mugen team in Hrotovice. While 2025 TITC Open Brushless Champion Sören Sparbier managed to get by Izsay for second in the opening encounter, Iszay, helped by a mistake from Sparbier, held position in A2 and again in A3 to finish overall runner-up. Making his MIBO debut Sparbier complete the podium denying team-mate Patrick Gollner a repeat of his 2025 result. While Volker notched up his third Modified title this year ahead of Iszay, the Hungarian who really impressive in the opening two Modified qualifiers, would achieve the same in Stock. Winning A1 & 2 to defend his title, Iszay was joined on the podium by A3 winner Jaroslav Kriz with Tobias Sutrich claiming the 3rd step. In FWD, Phil Langer was another to defend his 2025 win leading home Loris Buchhalt and previous FWD winner Stefan Schulz.

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February 28, 2026

Volker tops seeding at MIBO International

Defending MIBO International Champion Ronald Volker has topped Touring Car seeding in the Czech Republic this morning, the Mugen Seiki driver fastest ahead of Xray’s Adam Izsay who had set the pace in yesterday’s five rounds of free practice. Making his MIBO debut, it was Volker’s young team-mate Sören Sparbier who completed the Top 3. In the first of the two seeding runs on the new for 2026 Racestar’s built track, it was a very Mugen affair at the top of the timing sheets with Volker fastest from Sparbier and last year podium finisher Patrick Gollner with Izsay only managing P4. With the track’s new carpet continuing to grip up, Volker would knock another 2/10ths off his time in SP2 with an improved Izsay the only on to manage to join him on 29-seconds for his 3-consecutive fastest laps. Gollner will carry the No.4 for seeding ahead inaugural 2023 MIBO podium finisher Oliver Havranek with the Yokomo of Christopher Krapp, who stripped a spur gear in SP2, completing the Top 6. In 17.5 Stock, Izsay continued to set the pace in Hrotovice, topping seeding from the Mugen Seiki of German Phil Langer and Austrian Tobias Sutrich.

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February 16, 2026

Mugen Seiki MSB1 Optional Shock Towers | Inverted Rear Shock Mount Set

Mugen Seiki has released some suspension optionals for its MSB1 1:10 2WD Electric Buggy in the form of +2 Front and Rear carbon shock towers and an Inverted Rear Shock Mount Set. To enhance adjustability on their -4mm chassis, additional outer mounting holes have been incorporated alongside the conventional positions, enabling a wider range of suspension settings both front and rear. Furthermore with the rear tower, while the baseline wing position is retained at the conventional upper hole, the addition of two higher mounting positions and one extra hole significantly improves overall stability. On low-grip surfaces, positioning the wing at the highest setting provides enhanced traction. These features allow the vehicle to adapt to a wide variety of track conditions and deliver handling characteristics that respond precisely to driver inputs. The Inverted Rear Shock Mount Set helps lower the centre of gravity significantly enhancing cornering performance on high-grip surfaces and enabling sharper, more stable transitions. In addition, this setup improves chassis attitude control during jumps on carpet tracks, resulting in more precise and responsive handling.

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February 6, 2026

Mugen Seiki confirms Volker & Sparbier for MIBO International title defence

Defending MIBO International Champions Mugen Seiki have confirmed their return to the unique indoor race for a fourth consecutive year with Modified Champion Ronald Volker being joined by Soren Sparbier who makes his debut at the Czech race. Volker was the winner of the inaugural MIBO International in 2023 but losing that title to Michal Orlowski in 2024 he took it back again when he beat the Schumacher star to the win last year. The 2025 TITC Open Brushless Champion, 19-year-old Sparbier will join Volker on February 27-March 1st in competing for Modified honours with their LRP powered MTC-3s. Hosted by Mibosport, which is owned by former top international Czech touring car racer Michal Bok, MIBO International is a unique event in that two side by side tracks bring together both onroad and offroad racing.

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February 1, 2026

Volker wins ETS Daun

Ronald Volker has ended a four year victory drought in the ETS, the Mugen Seiki driver securing both the TQ and win in Daun, Germany, over the weekend. With his last ETS victory achieved back in 20222, Volker made the weekend his own starting out by topping seeding for the indoor race before going onto to secure the TQ honours ahead of Awesomatix’s Marc Rheinard and the Schumacher of defending ETS Champion Michal Orlwski. Volker was fastest in the opening and closing qualifiers with Rheinard taking the second of the four rounds while Orlowski set the pace in Q3. Behind them Serpent’s Dominic Greiner completed the Top 4 for the grid. While pushed hard in the finals by Rheinard, Volker would seal the deal in A2 with back to back wins ahead of his compatriot. With Rheinard winning A3 from Orlowski, this would be how they would complete the podium with Greiner, who had a coming together with Orlowski in A2, finishing fourth. Alexander Hagberg would be the top Xray contender finishing 5th with Sören Sparbier competing the Top 6 for Mugen Seiki. In Pro Stock it would also be a win for the Top Qualifier, the Awesomatix of Louis Kretschmer claiming the top step on the podium but only after recovering from a bad A1 in which he finished P7. The winner of A1, Xray’s Adam Iszay would finish second overall with the Awesomatix of Olivier Bultynck, the Belgian the top seed after practice, completing the Top 3. Fresh from signing for Schumacher, Denmark’s Jesper Rasmussen was fourth ahead of Sparbier and Xray’s Jan Ratheisky.

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January 28, 2026

Morganti joins Mugen Seiki Racing

Mugen Seiki Racing, the US distributor for the World Champion Japanese manufacturer, has announced the signing of top American nitro onroad racer Diego Morganti. Son of veteran 1:8 Onroad racer Paolo, the 21-year-old was the winner of 2025 KO Propo Grand Prix driving a Capricorn but goes into the 2026 season with a completely new program. Announced as joining Ielasi Tuned engines at the end of 2025, on campaigning Mugen Seiki’s newly released World Championship winning MRX7, Morganti said, ‘I’m very excited to announce my new collaboration with Mugen Seiki Racing! I can’t wait to get to the track and start testing the new MRX7. Thank you so much to Brian Thomas and to the entire Mugen Seiki team.’

Source: Mugen Seiki Racing [Facebook]