Kyosho’s Matsukura Takes JMRCA Nitro Buggy Championship

Known more for his electric skills, Kyosho’s Naoto Matsukura switched disciplines and took on a new challenge by entering, TQ’ing and winning the recent 2016 Japanese 1/8 Off-Road Nationals with his Kyosho MP9 TK14. Held at the Futaba Buggy Track in the Japanese Chiba prefecture, Matsukura who recently took the 1/12-scale IFMAR World Championship in China, showed that his skills aren’t limited to electric power and sent a strong statement to other racers world wide with the one-hour final win.

Naoto Matsukura led the Kyosho podium sweep. It was Matsukura’s first Japanese Nitro National.