Las Vegas’ newest RC facility hosted the first Kyosho Masters on US soil with the likes of Elliott Boots, Jerome Aigoin, Yuichi Kanai & Wataru Takashiro making the trip to join the US team drivers Jared Tebo & Cody King. Jared Tebo would go onto win the nitro buggy class whilst Elliott Boots staked his claim as Kyosho’s #1 driver in Europe by winning the EL buggy class.

However, racing aside, the team stayed on an extra day on Monday, testing with designer Kanai who was famously quoted in an interview disregarding much of team drivers’ feedback: “I typically try to make the decisions on my own instead of listening to the team drivers.”

That said, Jared Tebo posted the above teaser photo, very rarely seen to utilise the ‘towel technique’ in the pits, according to sources Jared used the test day to try out the engines he is widely expected to be running in 2015; Maxima branded OS, new to most offroad circles and an extension of his sponsor relationship with fuel sponsor Maxima. Expect a formal announcement at the start of next year as to his plans.

Update: We were tipped off about a new photo from Facebook taken during the team’s test day which conclusively shows a light blue headed engine in what looks to be Tebo’s MP9 TKI3 (presuming it’s his car on his car stand) which is consistent with the Onroad colouration of the Maxima branded OS engines.