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ROK Cup USA and Superkarts! USA will open up the season with two back-to-back events at the Orlando Kart Center in January and February
ROK Cup USA and Superkarts! USA entered a working relationship at the beginning of the 2024 season. The two karting organizations scheduled and hosted back-to-back events in January and February in Homestead and followed up with back-to-back weekends in Orlando for March. The association will continue this synergy for the 2025 season with the first three months of the year featuring back-to-back events.
The first month of 2025 will features the openers of both the Superkarts! USA Winter Series and the ROK Cup USA Florida Winter Tour at the Orlando Kart Center in Orlando, Florida. Both programs return to the Orlando, Florida facility in February for their second stops.
“We are excited to continue this partnership with SKUSA heading into the 2025 season,” stated Michael Burrell of ROK Cup USA. “Our 2024 Florida Winter Tour welcomed an increase in entries over the three events from year’s past. The response from the competitors and teams was positive, receiving feedback from them saving over 30% in costs versus the previous year. We felt it was crucial to continue working together with SKUSA moving forward. It is a great example of what can happen when promoters work together for the common good of karting. Thank you to the staff at SKUSA for their continued cooperation.”
The 2025 relationship will expand outside the state of Florida. The series finale for the ROK Cup USA Florida Winter Tour will be held at Speedsportz Racing Park in New Caney, Texas in late March. The following weekend, Superkarts! USA will kick-off the 2025 edition of the SKUSA Pro Tour WinterNationals at the Speedsportz facility for the first time in series history.
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KA100 Senior championship podium (Photo: Sector 5 Media)
The 21st season of the ProKart Challenge concluded this past October, completing the five events with six rounds of competition for the Superkarts! USA regional program. Eleven different class champions were crowned following the action at the K1 Circuit finale event.
The 2025 ProKart Challenge was a best five of six championship format, visiting three facilities over five weekends. K1 Circuit hosted the opening two rounds in the first weekend of March before traveling to the new Spring Mountain Karting Complex in April for its debut on the PKC schedule. The series returned to K1 Circuit in June for Round Four before making a trip north to Sonoma Raceway in late August – for the first time in Superkarts! USA history since 2017. K1 Circuit hosted the series finale in October, helping to decide this year’s ProKart Challenge champions.
Keagan Kaminski was able to win for a second straight year in the Formula Works KA100 Senior championship. The 2024 title came without a victory, while Kaminski won five straight to clinch the 2025 crown prior to the series finale. The advantage was 187 points, with four-time podium finisher Jackson Menchu ending up second in the standings. Round Six winner Shea Aldrich completed the season third in the championship.
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Brazilian Matheus Morgatto ran away with the victory in Pro Shifter (Photo: EKN)
After getting the 2026 season of Superkarts! USA Pro Tour racing underway on Saturday, SKUSA capped this year’s WinterNationals on Sunday with another day of exciting competition at the Musselman Honda Circuit in Tucson, Arizona. Velocity Racing’s Matheus Morgatto (Sodikart) emerged as the dominant driver in the extended 25-lap Pro Shifter main event, driving away from the field early to leave them to fight amongst themselves for runner-up. In Pro X30, British-born drivers dominated the battle for the win, and it was MPG Motorsports’ Joe Turney (Alonso Kart) who took control late in the main to back up his Saturday triumph. The racing in all the categories was tight, which multiple drivers in the hunt for the wins.
Overall, the weather on Sunday was much better than what the drivers faced on Saturday. The high winds that affected the on-track action the day earlier had left the area, but this also delivered a return of the higher ambient temperatures that challenged the paddock on Thursday and Friday. The low-60s from Saturday morning was replaced by a quick rise into the high-60s and mid-70s, which changed the track significantly all day. The heat increased into the upper 80s before an overcast sky loamed around the facility with rain building south of the course following the Pro Shifter main event. Sprinkles of rain hit the paddock as everyone was packing for their trips home without significant precipitation recorded as the podiums were conducted to award the top three drivers in the eight categories on the day.
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Jay Urwin celebrated his Pro Shifter championship with victory in Round Four (Photo: EKN)
The 2026 Superkarts! USA Winter Series came to an end on Sunday at the Speedsportz Racing Park. The New Caney, Texas facility has been busy with activity over the last month, including two weekends and four rounds of racing for the SKUSA organization. Weather for the final day of action was comfortable, opening up with a drying track after the heavy storms rolled through the area Saturday evening. One area at the end of the front straight, going into turn one stayed wet through qualifying and dissipated by the time racing began. Sunday was the fourth and final round of the championship program to help kick start the new year, and eight drivers secured the first titles of the season. Among them was Kiwi Jay Urwin as the PSL Karting driver used a string of podium finishes, including two wins to become the new Pro Shifter champion.
The drying track and wet spot in qualifying for the PSL Karting Pro Shifter did not allow for a new track record. However, Factory Karts driver Billy Musgrave put down the only sub 50-second lap time to secure the pole position by over two tenths on Urwin (PSL / Birelart). It was a holeshot win for Musgrave in the Prefinal winning by just over two tenths to Urwin, who put in the fast lap of the race. The Final flipped around as Urwin got the jump at the wave of the green flag and never looked back. Urwin had the quicker pace once again and was the only driver into the sub 50-second lap times over the course of the 20-lap main event. The driver from New Zealand stretched away to a four-second advantage by the checkered flag to celebrate his first SKUSA Winer Series title. Musgrave rolled across in second with Saturday winner Matheus Morgatto (Velocity / Sodi Kart) recovering to third after getting shuffled back in the Prefinal ahead of Justin White (Maranello USA) in fourth. Round Two winner Gavin Bayliff (TKG Birelart USA) retired after working his way back up to fifth after a botched start, that was until his exhaust came loose and he was forced to retire. This promoted Ashton Henckel (PSL / Birelart) to fifth. Urwin took the championship by 86 points over Musgrave with Bayliff finishing third.
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Tom Kutscher, CEO of EVINCO (SuperkartsUSA), and Brittany Lobaugh, President of Texas Sprint Racing Series (TSRS), jointly declare a united effort to ensure a smooth transition to the SKH2 tire compound. With a shared commitment to fairness and excellence, both Tom and Brittany are dedicated to overseeing this changeover seamlessly.
Leveraging Thomas Kutscher's leadership at EVINCO and its legacy of innovation, alongside Brittany Lobaugh's expertise steering Texas Sprint Racing Series, the collaboration aims to facilitate the introduction of the SKH2 tire compound. The primary objective is to ensure equitable access to the new compound across all racing classes while maximizing the use of the existing tire supply.
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