Mugen Seiki has announced the upcoming release of a steel chassis for its MTC3 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Compared to the original A2437 1.5mm Aluminium chassis, the weight is approximately 68 grams heavier giving the car a low centre of gravity. The chassis tension is set harder than the original and combined with the low CG, it improves stability in high-speed, high-grip tracks. it is scheduled for shipment on November 9th.
The 10th edition of the Reds Grand Prix was staged over the weekend where Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic took the win, the results based on qualifying after Sunday’s schedule was unable to run due to bad weather. Organised by Italian engine brand Reds Racing at the OSPY Team track in Gussao, Italy, it was factory Kyosho driver Marco Baruffolo who topped seeding from Kilic. In qualifying it was defending Champion Kilic who secured the TQ, the Turkish driver topping two of the three rounds. Fastest in the opening qualifier, factory Kyosho driver Marco Baruffolo qualified second ahead of Sworkz Elliott Boots, WIRC team driver Andrea Trevisan and the Sworkz of Mattia Pollito. With Sunday rained out, the qualifying order would be declared the result. Also taking the TQ in eBuggy and Nitro Truggy it would be a triple victory weekend for Kilic, able to run Saturday night’s Truggy Main he won the half hour race from Daniel Gronlund.
Image: Burak Kilic [Facebook]
Having entered the 1:10 competition buggy market at the 2023 IFMAR World Championships in Arizona with the 2WD MSB1, Mugen Seiki has just released details of its long awaited 4WD kit, the MSX1. Seen in prototype form at the 2025 World Championships in Australia, the Japanese manufacturer say they MSX1 ‘combines an efficient drivetrain layout with a durable design and extensive setup options, giving racers the ability to fine-tune the buggy to suit a wide range of track conditions and driving styles.’ The MSX1 utilises a lightweight and durable 2.5mm A7075 T6 aluminium chassis featuring an 8-degree kick-up. The chassis design provides a strong foundation for the buggy while helping deliver predictable handling and stability. Key features of the new buggy include height-adjustable front and rear gearboxes, allowing the differential position to be adjusted to three different heights. This provides racers with additional tuning options to alter the buggy’s handling characteristics and optimise performance for different track conditions. A slipper clutch provides an additional tuning option for managing power delivery, while the adjustable front one-way allows racers to fine-tune the drivetrain characteristics to match their preferred driving style and track conditions. Durable 7-degree aluminium caster blocks provide precise front-end geometry and contribute to the MSX1’s responsive and consistent handling. The MSX1 comes complete with a lightweight, stylish kit lexan body designed to complement the buggy’s modern appearance while helping reduce unnecessary weight.
Mugen Seiki’s Simon Kurzbuch is the new 2026 Euro Nitro Series Champion, the Swiss racer taking the 1:8 title with victiry at the season finale at the MyCandy track in Lentiai, Italy. In qualifying for Round 4 of the championship it was Infinity’s Dario Balestri who secured the TQ honours ahead of an impressive run from ARC’s Silvio Hachler topped the opening qualifier, Balestri taking the other three. Italian Infinity driver Jonathan Gandin secured 3rd on the grid ahead of Kurzbuch. In the final there would be a great battle for the lead between Balestri and Hachler who were clear of the field. With 3-minutes to go however Balestri ran out of fuel and it looked like Hachler had the win but cruelly with just 20-seconds to go in the 45-minute final the Swiss driver suffered a glow plug failure. Kurzbuch would take the win just 3/10ths of a second ahead of Gandin with a refuelled Balestri completing the podium ahead of Hachler who was classified 4th. In 1:10 Nitro Touring, the title already secured by Jilles Groskamp at Round 3 in Austria, it was the Capricorn of World Championship finalist Jakub Rozycki who took the TQ ahead of team-mate Toni Gruber and Groskamp’s Infinity. As the out going 1:8 ENS Champion, in the final it was Gruber who took the win from Rozycki with Groskamp finishing 3rd ahead of the Capricorn of Christoph Rohrmoser.
Image: Simon Kurzbuch [Facebook]
Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic shot to the top of the times for the sixth & final round of free practice at the IFMAR 1:8 Nitro Buggy World Championship in Texas, the Turkish driver closing out Monday’s action with a 3-consecutive lap time of 1:51.195 around the Thornhill Racing Circuit. The round would see big changes at the top with Sworkz’ Juan Carlos Canas, Top Qualifier in 2024, setting the second fastest time ahead of American Xray pairing Dakotah Phend and Chase Lemieux, the former struggling with his bad at the end of the day and retiring early to his bed to rest it. Tekno’s Daniel Pariente posted his first Top 5 run just ahead of Mason Fuller, the Sworkz driver having posted the second fastest time in the previous round. While his FP5 time of 1:51.133 still stands as the fastest run of free practice, defending World Champion Davide Ongaro would use the final practice to test if he had been going the right direction with his set-up after his FP5 run and taking the set-up in the opposite direction the 7th fastest time verified he had been on the right route with set-up. The round would also see David Ronnefalk drop outside the Top 3 for the first time, sticking with the same harder compound tyre he ran in the fifth round, with temperatures dropping for FP6 it was too hard and the lacking pace resulted in the 10th fastest time for the Swede.
Mugen Seiki driver David Todd has won the latest round of the AECAR Spanish 1:8 eBuggy National Championships. Racing at Valladolid, host of the 2025 European eBuggy Championship, and the penultimate round of the 4 round National Championship attracted 40 drivers, and it was Todd who would secure the overall TQ. The 2024 Euro B Champion was fastest in 4 of the 5 rounds of which 3 counted. Fastest in Q4, Adrian Pariente put his Sparko second on the grid ahead of his brother Daniel’s Tekno. In the triple finals while Todd took the opener, it was Adrian Pariente who took A2 ahead of Todd pushing the decider to A3 which Todd duly won by over 5-seconds. After a DNF in A1, a pair of third places saw Daniel Pariente complete the podium. Todd would also take the win in eTruggy.
Image: David Todd [Facebook]
Mugen Seiki’s reigning 1:8 Onroad World Champion Shoki Takahata has been confirmed for October’s Singapore International Nitro Grand Prix. The Japanese driver joined a very exclusive club in Chile last December when he won the IFMAR World title for a second time having previously won in 2019 in the United States. Takahata joins Infinity’s defending Singapore International Nitro GP Champion Dario Balestri, the duo having held the World No.1 status between them for the last 9-years, for what will be an extra special edition of the race as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Taking place on October 10-11, the same weekend as the Singapore F1 Grand Prix, over the last two decades the Radio Control Modellers’ Club’s annual international race has welcomed numerous World Champions. 2026 looks like attracting its most World Champion stack field yet.
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A week after his brother Burak won a round of the Belgian eBuggy Nationals, Mugen Seiki’s Berkan Kilic has won the DMC German National title in the category. Racing at the predominantly astro surface Offroad Heiligenstadt track, the title race attracted 75 entries with Kilic taking his LRP powered MBX8R to the fastest time in all five qualifying rounds. Behind it was the Xray of Aaron Waltz who qualified second with Aaron Schwarz completing the Top 3. Winning his Semi Final, Waltz winning the other, Kilic would start the triple finals on pole. Winning the first of the 10-minute encounters by 8-seconds, a repeat win in A2 gave Kilic the title. With Walt winning A3, he would finish Runner-up with the Team Associated of 2024 National Nitro Champion Aaron Rönick completing the podium ahead of the Infinity of Thomas Tekaat.
Image: Berkan Kilic [Facebook]
