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Keagan Kaminski began his KA100 Senior title defense with two wins at K1 Circuit (Photo: Sector 5 Media)
The first event of the 2025 ProKart Challenge program was held on the February 28-March 2 weekend at the new K1 Circuit. The Winchester, California facility welcomed the Superkarts! USA regional program for a third time since opening its doors in August 2024. Rounds One and Two of the 2025 championship program kicked off with perfect racing weather to begin the 21st season for the series.
The sold out Formula Works KA100 Senior class welcomed 52 drivers around the 1-mile circuit. They were led by veterans Jake Drew and Oliver Calvo in the opening qualifying session on Saturday, with the two separated by only 30 thousandths. It was Drew’s 1:02.994 lap that was best in the session. Drew and Calvo were shuffled back at the start of the Prefinal, allowing Jackson Menchu to show the way. He would get overtaken by former SuperNationals winner Zachary Claman Demelo and Shea Aldrich to finish 1-2 at the end of the Prefinal and lead the field to the green flag for the Final. The two exchanged the top spot several times over the first half of the race until 2024 series champion Keagan Kaminski worked his way up into the battle. He grabbed the lead on lap 10. Kaminski continued leading over Claman Demelo and Calvo until the two challengers were involved in an incident. Claman Demelo retired while Calvo fell outside the top 10. Senior rookie Johnie Stamps became the new challenger for Kaminski as they fought to the checkered flag. At the line, it was Kaminski taking the victory ahead of Stamps and Menchu. Josh Campbell was fourth with Theo Kekati in fifth.
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Speedsportz Racing Park in New Caney, Texas
The 2025 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour WinterNationals kicks off the 16th season for the championship, visiting the Speedsportz Racing Park for the first time ever. The New Caney, Texas facility is welcoming the largest event in SKUSA Pro Tour history, with 306 pre-entries for the March 28-30 event.
Momentum is on the side of Superkarts! USA, welcoming record turnouts of at the SKUSA Winter Series in Orlando with totals of 316 and 288 – the two largest events ever outside the SKUSA SuperNationals. The total of 306 heading into the WinterNationals surpasses the previous SKUSA Pro Tour series record of 261 from the SKUSA SummerNationals in 2017 from New Castle.
The SKUSA Pro Tour WinterNationals is making its first visit to the Speedsportz. The facility is the creation of karting Hall of Famer Alan Rudolph, with the main karting circuit at 8/10-mile long with 15 turns in the clockwise direction. He and his wife Jessica have built a premier motorsports facility featuring a performance kart track and rental track, while being the official home of the Alan Rudolph Racing Academy. Construction began in 2015 and wrapped up in 2016, hosting several regional and national events since. Read full story on eKartingNews.com |
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Shifterkart racing has always been the foundation of Superkarts! USA and the Master Shifter class has been part of the SuperNationals dating back to the year 2000. The engine type has changed over the course of the 24 years of Master Shifter racing in SKUSA, with today’s focus centered on the KZ platform. Entry numbers have grown since the transition to match the international gearbox formula and now the category is welcoming the largest field at the SuperNationals since 2015.
Fifty drivers will battle at SuperNationals 27, including defending champion Davide Fore (Italkart Factory Racing Team). The four-time world karting champion and two-time shifterkart world title winner returns to attempt at becoming the fourth driver to claim back-to-back victories at the SuperNationals in Master Shifter competition – joining Darren Elliott, Jeff Littrell, and Bonnier Moulton. Read full story on eKartingNews.com |
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The recently announced SKUSA Mexico series has been met with tremendous enthusiasm and excitement across North America. Racers from Mexico and the United States are both eager to see the SKUSA racing programs and format flourish in new territories and locations. Last week in Florida at the SKUSA Winter Series, SKUSA Mexico brought their key personnel to train on site in all major departments.
In an effort to launch the series with the best chances for success, SKUSA is being very proactive with respects to COVID-19 mitigation. In an effort to be fully compliant with Mexico’s “code red” status. Effective January 10th 2021, Mexico City will begin a mandatory lockdown for all non-essential activity. Cases are spiking in the in the nation’s capital city and decreasing bandwidth in hospitals. Both KBR’s Luis Jauregui and SKUSA’s Tom Kutscher both jointly agreed it was in the best interests of everyone to move the scheduled January event to March 05-07, 2021.
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Matheus Morgatto claimed his first victory in Pro Shifter (Photo: EKN)
Perfect weather greeted the drivers of the Superkarts! USA Winter Series on Saturday at the AMR Homestead-Miami Motorplex Presented by MG Tires as blue skies and temperatures approaching the high-70s made it an ideal day. It was definitely ideal for the winning drivers in the Pro categories. PSL Karting’s Matheus Morgatto (Birel ART) turned in a masterful performance in Pro Shifter, sweeping all three sessions to win over Rolison Performance Group’s Danny Formal (Kosmic). In Pro X30, RPG’s Donovan Bonilla (Kosmic) got away from the pack early and stretched away for yet another top-level national win, despite being chased down aggressively in the late going by Sodi Racing USA’s Harley Keeble. The Englishman’s impressive pace has set the stage for what could be a big fight for the title on Sunday.
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