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Saturday, 07 November 2026 11:24 |
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Rotax competition is nothing new for the SKUSA SuperNationals. The first addition of Rotax came in 2001 at the old Las Vegas Karting Center when Andrew Alfonso won the inaugural main event for class. The runner-up that year featured Chris Carmody – on a PTK chassis – coming back to win in 2002 at the first event at the Rio. Rotax was absent from the SuperNationals until it returned with Senior and Masters divisions. Senior was won by Canadian Pier-Luc Ouellette on an Arrow chassis. The last time Rotax was part of the SuperNationals was in 2013 with DD2, DD2 Masters and Rotax Junior.
SuperNationals 29 marks the fourth time that the Rotax Senior division will be offered. While other Rotaxians from around globe will be competing in Portugal at the RMC Grand Finals on the same weekend, there will be 41 drivers vying to be part of the history books at the SuperNationals. The big positive of hosting the new category is the 21 drivers who will be making their first ever SuperNationals start, thanks to the Rotax Senior category. Read full story on eKartingNews.com. |
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Saturday, 07 November 2026 11:22 |
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The 2026 edition of the SKUSA SuperNationals marks the eighth year that the KA100 Senior category is being offered in the Las Vegas spectacular. The first seven races have featured seven different winners, dating back to Steven Barros making history as the inaugural winner in 2018 at the Rio. Defending race winner Diego Ramos will forgo the opportunity to become the first two-time winner in the category, electing to race the Rotax Senior category as his second class of the event.
A total of 38 other drivers of the sold-out 88-driver field will be racing both KA100 Senior and X30 Senior. Two of them are former KA100 Senior winners and are seeking a second victory. 2024 winner Joe Turney (MPG / Kart Republic) was just inches away from going back-to-back last year, finishing second to Ramos. Turney – the 2024 Pro X30 winner – is the only driver to win both Senior categories in the same event. Pauly Massimino (BJR / LN Kart) is the other former KA100 Senior winner in the field. The 2019 winner was third last year and in 2023, and is coming off the SKUSA Pro Tour championship which was highlighted by two wins and three other podium results. Read full story on eKartingNews.com. |
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Saturday, 07 November 2026 11:21 |
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It’s been an amazing run for the SKUSA SuperNationals, reaching 29 editions, and the X30 Junior division will be offered for the 18th time. And, for the 18th time, a new name will join the list of winners in the category. Dutch driver Dean Hoogendoorn came to the USA for the first time last year and added his name above the likes of Sebastian Garzon, Turner Brown and others with a victory on SuperSunday. Hoogendoorn – not returning for 2026 – was the first driver from the Netherlands to win in the category that has eight different nations represented on the win list. It was also the first win for Kart Republic in the class.
A total of 49 drivers are set to battle all week in Las Vegas for a chance to join this prestigious victory list, with all but one having never won at the SKUSA SuperNationals. The only driver on the entry list to have win at the SuperNats is two-time winner Maxwell Macha (Parolin Motorsport USA). The defending Mini Swift winner was a Micro Swift victor back in 2023 and he will be making his SuperNats debut in the Junior ranks for both categories. The Floridian was fourth this year in the SKUSA Pro Tour standings. Read full story on eKartingNews.com. |
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Saturday, 07 November 2026 11:19 |
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The KA100 Junior category was introduced at the SuperNationals back in 2018, and that debut race was won by Australian James Wharton, who will race in Formula 2 next year. Since then, six different drivers have stood at the top of the podium on SuperSunday, leading to 2025 FIA Karting OK Junior World Champion Noah Baglin celebrating victory in his first SuperNationals start last year. Baglin has graduated to the Senior ranks, leading to an eighth different name to be etched into the KA100 Junior record books after this year’s Final.
Many of those from last year’s field have moved up the ranks with only 18 drivers from 2025 returning in the category. The top finisher from SuperNationals 28 is Travis Pettit (BJR / LN Kart), who was fourth. Pettit comes in among the top Junior drivers in the country, and he is set to make his final karting start in Vegas before moving to car racing in 2027. The New Jersey driver was second in the SKUSA Pro Tour standings behind Colton Schniegenberg, who is not on the list for SuperNationals, as he will be racing at WSK Final Cup program the week after. Ashton Woon (SCR / CS55) was third in the standings, Tristan Murphy (RPM / Tony Kart) was fourth and SKUSA Winter Series champion Nathan Golseth (SCR / CS55) was fifth. Those four drivers are all returning from 2025. Read full story on eKartingNews.com. |
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Thursday, 05 November 2026 16:17 |
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In the five years now that the KA100 Master category has been offered at the SuperNationals, this is by far the deepest pool of talent to make up the grid. A total of 48 drivers will be racing to be at the top of the podium on SuperSunday, including all three former class winners.
Two-time defending winner Ben Cooper (RPG / Kosmic) is on the drive-for-five, having a win in Pro X30 and another in DD2 back in 2013 – the last time Rotax was part of the SuperNationals. 2023 winner Matthew Waters (RPG / Kosmic) is back after missing last year. The Aussie beat out Cooper in his SuperNationals debut and finished runner-up to him in 2024. Inaugural winner Martin Stone (RPG / Kosmic) is back for a fifth straight year. Since winning he finished in the top 10 before a 30th place result last year. Read full story on eKartingNews.com |
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