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Wednesday, 14 January 2026 13:47 |
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Pauly Massimino drove his way to a career first SKUSA Winter Series victory in Pro X30 (Photo: EKN)
The final day of action for the opening weekend to the 2026 Superkarts! USA Winter Series program was contested on Sunday at the Speedsportz Racing Park with the over 230 entries taking part in Round Two action. The New Caney, Texas facility saw colder weather to begin the day, but the skies were clear with sunshine, bringing up the temperature as the day went on for a picture perfect backdrop to the qualifying, Prefinal and Final action for the second day of racing. Nearly every category had a battle to the very end, including the Pro X30 main event where Pauly Massimino was able to put his Brandon Jarsocrak Racing LN Kart to the checkered flag first while TKG Birelart USA driver Gavin Bayliff won for a second time in three Pro Shifter main events here at Speedsportz.
The day in Kart CRG USA Pro X30 began with Senior rookie Alexander Vanchev (RPG / Kosmic) carrying over the speed from Saturday to set fast time in qualifying with a 52.525, edging out teammate and SuperNationals 28 winner Gus Lawrence (RPG / Kosmic) by one thousandths of a second. Saturday top qualifier Blake Nash (Nash / EOS) was third with Pauly Massimino (BJR / LN Kart) within a tenth as well. The 10-lap Prefinal was a solid battle with the top six swapping positions every lap. Lawrence was able to come away with the win over Massimino with Saturday winner Oliver Hodgson (Factory Karts) moving up to third over Vanchev. The top four of Lawrence, Massimino, Hodgson and Ayden Ingratta (REM / Kosmic) broke away from the field early on in the 20-lap Final. Their constant battle for the top spot allowed the second group to come in late, including a charging Nash who started back in 15th after contact in the Prefinal bent the front end of his machine. With Massimino leading, Nash took over the point on lap 17, only to have Massimino retake the position the following lap. Coming to the white flag, Nash took a run at Massimino on the inside of turn one. Massimino barely gave him room to hold the outside, and set up for the inside of turn two. It prevailed and the attempt for Nash, who kept it off Massimino to avoid contact, slipped backwards. This started the battle for second and allowed Massimino to inch away, taking the checkered flag for his first career SKUSA Winter Series victory. Hodgson came away with the second spot over Lawrence with Ingratta fourth and Vanchev fifth. Nash fell back from second to sixth on the final lap.
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Wednesday, 14 January 2026 13:42 |
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Oliver Hodgson scored the Pro X30 victory in his Factory Karts debut (Photo: EKN)
The first round of the 2026 Superkarts! USA Winter Series was completed on Saturday at the Speedsportz Racing Park. The New Caney, Texas facility saw colder weather on the day after a warm, humid and wet day on Friday for practice. The sun was shining on and off throughout the qualifying, Prefinal and Final action for the eight categories and the over 230 entries. Eight drivers celebrated opening up the 2026 season with victories, including Oliver Hodgson in Pro X30 in his debut with Factory Karts while Kiwi Jay Urwin won in his first SKUSA main event in Pro Shifter.
The Kart CRG USA Pro X30 category began with Blake Nash (Nash / EOS) edging out the 30 driver field in qualifying with a 52.897 lap time. The Californian beat out the British contingent of Gus Lawrence (RPG / Kosmic) and Oliver Hodgson, making his debut with Factory Karts. Lawrence jumped out to the lead in the 10-lap Prefinal with Nash back to third early. Hodgson and Nash both worked past Lawrence after the halfway point and with two laps to go, Nash reclaimed the top spot, going on to take the win. Nash maintained the lead at the start of the 20-lap Final before Hodgson claimed the position on lap four. The two were able to breakaway from the field as Lawrence was eventually joined by another group and battled throughout the race for the third position. Nash made a late charge at Hodgson, however, the now USA resident was able to hold on, giving Factory Karts its first victory in the single-speed category in SKUSA competition. Nash ended up second with Davin Roberts (RPM / Tony Kart) emerging from the battle to cross the line in third. Tech inspection, however removed both from the results, reeds for Nash and cylinder for Roberts. This promoted Canadian Ayden Ingratta to runner-up in his debut with Racing Edge Motorsports / Kosmic while Senior rookie Alexander Vanchev (RPG / Kosmic) ended up on the podium in third. His race began caught up in incident at the start, falling to 23rd after starting inside the top eight. Fast laps of the race put him on the podium ahead of Lawrence with Diego Ramos (PSL / Birelart) classified fifth. *Nash was reinstated to second place on Sunday.
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Saturday, 10 January 2026 09:50 |
SUPERKARTS! USA™ (SKUSA) is pleased to officially confirm that the 2026 Winter Nationals will take place at the Musselman Honda Circuit in Tucson, Arizona March 27-29, 2026. This announcement concludes an extended site selection process that saw several potential venues unable to finalize appropriately scaled logistics capable of supporting the size, and operational needs of the SKUSA ProTour.
“We delayed this announcement because we were committed to securing a facility that meets the high standards our competitors expect,” said SKUSA CEO Tom Kutscher. “Several tracks expressed interest but ultimately could not deliver. Musselman Honda has stepped up with an outstanding venue that rivals any national-level karting facility in the country.”
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Wednesday, 10 December 2025 09:39 |
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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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Monday, 17 November 2025 00:00 |
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Senna Van Walstijn celebrates his Pro Shifter victory inside the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Photo: Cody Schindel - CKN)
It was a historic SuperSunday to close out Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 28. For the first time in event history, postponed heat races and Last Chance Qualifiers were moved onto the final day of action due to the rain that continued to fall at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday evening. A revised schedule for SuperSunday added in the final Pro class heat races, the opening ceremonies, and three LCQ races before the paddock rolled into the nine main events for the day. The weather was sunny, but it was certainly the coldest of the week and the added events pushed the action went to almost 7:00 pm local time, making for a fast-paced 12-hour day for officials and competitors. – Complete Coverage at the EKN Event Page.
The final races of the day took place under the lights around the temporary circuit outside Las Vegas Motor Speedway and featured 42 drivers taking the green flag. On the front row was former FIA Karting World Champion Viktor Gustafsson (Kart CRG USA) and Markus Kajak (Goodwood / Formula K), who saw his race end last year with contact in turn one while leading. At the drop of the green, Kajak grabbed the holeshot while Gustafsson struggled going into turn one, pushing wide while trying to make the turn. This collected Ricardo Longhi (PSL / Birelart) as the rest of the field powered around on the inside. Two drivers in contention were pushed wide in turn four as they tried to go three wide. Velocity Racing / Sodi Kart teammates Matheus Morgatto and Matteo Spirgel – starting fifth and seventh – saw their SuperSunday end after just four corners.
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