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California ProKart Challenge to close out the 2024 championship chase with a second
straight visit to the K1 Circuit (Photo: Spencer Russell – photosbysmr1)
The California ProKart Challenge is carrying the momentum of the season’s fourth event in August into the 2024 series finale, scheduled for September 28-29 at the new K1 Circuit. The Winchester, California facility welcomed 171 entries for the double-round weekend, with another big turnout expected for the two-day, one round series finale of the Superkarts! USA regional program.
This event will be the second ever regional competition at K1 Circuit. The new 13-turn, 1-mile course featuring 33 feet of elevation, with its longest straightaway at 750 feet was well received by those in attendance at the August event. Superkarts! USA has confirmed from local officials that the event will be held without any restrictions. Friday, September 27 is move-in day, along with unofficial practice hosted by K1 Circuit. Four rounds of practice begin the official event on Saturday, with Qualifying to conclude the day. Warm-up, Prefinal and Final sessions make up the schedule for Sunday, with podiums at the end of the day.
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Matheus Morgatt led through only the final corners to secure his first SKUSA Pro Tour Pro Shifter victory (Photo: EKN)
What began as a wet and cloudy day at the Orlando Kart Center for the final day of action at the 2024 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour WinterNationals, the Sunday activities were greeted with warm weather and sunshine once qualifying began for the in the morning hours. The Orlando, Florida facility was wet for the opening warm-up sessions with the track drying just as the time sessions began. Those and the Prefinal runs were contested along with the Round Two main events for the Semi-Pro divisions while the Pro Show categories settled their WinterNationals with 25-lap main events at the end of the day.
The last main event of the day was the PSL Karting Pro Shifter Final, featuring 26 pilots from all over the world seeking to become the first Pro Show winner in SKUSA Pro Tour history. Prefinal winner Danny Formal (RPG / Kosmic) launched from the with Marijn Kremers (RPG / Kosmic) slotting in behind. Top contender Kyle Wick (GFC Karting) was third until he dropped to third behind a charging Matheus Morgatto (PSL / Birel ART) on lap four. Wick retired just after, suffering a mechanical issue. Morgatto – who finished the Prefinal in fourth but a penalty for contact dropped him down the order of the grid – quickly worked past Kremers for second. A few laps later, Kremers was under attack from Jacob Gulick (GFC Karting) and Kiwi Jay Urwin (PSL / Birel ART). They exited turn five with Kremers trying to hold the outside on Gulick when the two made contact, sending Kremers into the wall and out of the race with a broken front end. Urwin slipped past both to hold the third position. The action up front remained unchanged until the closing laps when Morgatto was able to close in late. On the final circuit, Formal went defensive into the turn 10 hairpin at the end of the straightaway. A slight bobble out of the corner brought on slight bumper to bumper contact, and when Formal’s power reignited it darted him to the left of the track and nearly off course. This allowed Morgatto to power away, but not before Formal dove in deep in turn 13, making hard contact with the rear bumper of Morgatto. The contact nearly sent Formal upside down, as Morgatto powered away to reach the checkered flag first for his first SKUSA Pro Tour victory in shifterkart competition. Formal continued on to second with Urwin bagging his first major podium in SKUSA competition. Gulick held onto fourth with Giorgrio Carrara (Inter MS / Kart Republic) making it five different countries represented in the top-five (Brazil – Costa Rica – New Zealand – USA – Italy).
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As part of an ongoing campaign to improve and enhance SKUSA kart racing, the nation’s premier organization is pleased to announce they will begin using Elf Racing oils for all sanctioned events, beginning with the SKUSA Winter Series in Florida.
Effective immediately, SKUSA will mandate Elf HTX909 SAE 50, which is widely considered to be the very best karting oil on the planet. Furthermore, SKUSA will revert the spec fuel back to the VP MS98 in an effort to promote engine longevity and cost efficiencies for racers.
“This has been a long time coming,” remarked SKUSA’s Tom Kutscher. “It’s no secret that we have been eager to find an oil that not only met, but exceeded the quality we’ve been using. All signs pointed to Elf, which many refer to as the absolute best in the game.”
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The Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 28 is set to be a record-breaking event on November 12-16 outside the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For a third straight year, karters from around the world will converge on the Las Vegas, Nevada facility to compete for a space in the SKUSA record books. Part of the battle to etch their name in history on SuperSunday will be to take home a piece of the prize package, valued at roughly $45,000.
Superkarts! USA will continue with a cash purse for five of the nine categories competing at SKUSA SuperNationals 28. The headline division of Pro Shifter features a $15,000 cash purse, including a $10,000 check to the race winner. The Pro X30 division has a cash purse of $7,000 for the top five finishers with this year’s winner receiving $3,000. KA100 Senior, KA100 Junior and Mini Swift are part of the cash purse categories, each awarded $5,250 with the winner from each class presented with a $2,500 check.
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We will be debuting the new MG SW2 rain tire this weekend. The new tire has more grip and is a considerable amount faster on a full wet track. We will be allowing ONE SET of the new tires to be purchased for each driver/race entry for the weekend. Should we run into conditions on Saturday where we have excessive wear, we will have available and may allow a second set of the new SW2 tires to be utilized for the remainder of the weekend.
The prior model rain tire, the MG SW, will still be allowed for competition this weekend.
Tire sales for the new rain tires will begin at 9am Friday morning at the Vantage/KartSport trailer and will continue until 6pm. These tires will be purchased at retail pricing by the individual driver/entrant and there will be no tire sales to the teams. We will be tracking the one set allowance as they are purchased. You MUST have your “hand print” designed wristband that was included in your SKUSA entry packet to pick up your tires.
You can use the new SW2 set at your discretion, but this will be the only set allowed unless that we declare that everyone can use a second set.
We urge you not to wait until Saturday or Sunday at the last minute as you could risk not getting your tires in time. SO PICK UP YOUR TIRES ON FRIDAY FROM 9AM - 6PM. |
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