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Monday, 15 June 2026 00:00 |
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Matheus Morgatto navigated the drying track to claim a second straight victory in Pro Shifter (Photo: EKN)
The final day of action for the 2026 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SpringNationals brought on a challenging day for drivers, teams and staff at the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati. Rain finally hit the Batavia, Ohio facility – a brief shower prior to the Pro Shifter main event during lunch and the other at the end of Mini Swift just before Pro X30 hit the track for their feature race. This Sunday ended similar to that of the WinterNationals with Velocity Racing’s Matheus Morgatto (Sodikart) coming through the wet to dry conditions to claim a second straight Pro Shifter victory while MPG Motorsports driver Joe Turney (Kart Republic) powered through the raining conditions at the end of the day to add a third Pro X30 victory in four rounds.
The Pro Shifter presented by PSL Karting featured their 14-lap Prefinal and main event on the day. WinterNationals winner Morgatto started on the pole position but was pushed back to fourth through the opening laps with top qualifier and Heat Two winner Kyle Wick (GFC Karting) taking control with Daniel Formal (GFC Karting) and Heat One winner Marijn Kremers (Carblos / Maranello) into the top four. Wick led to lap six when Kremers slipped by and the train began pushing past, including Morgatto. As they exited turn 13 and quickly went to turn 14, Morgatto and Wick made contact. Wick suffered the worst of it and spun off the track, falling down the order. Kremers drove away to the victory with Formal into second and Morgatto third. Morgatto was penalized five seconds for the contact with Wick, placing him to seventh. The points from the Prefinal put Formal on the pole position with Kremers starting on the outside for the front row. Defending champion Billy Musgrave (Factory Karts) and Morgatto went from row two with Jacob Gulick (GFC Karting) and defending race winner Josh Conquer (Carblos / Maranello) in row three.
The holeshot went to Kremers for the now 20-minute plus one lap final with the track damp and most of the drivers on rain tires. Those who did not have rain tires one were black flagged off prior to getting lapped by lap six. Kremers had established a solid lead as the track was wet with Formal fighting with Morgatto for the second spot. By lap 11, Morgatto secured the position and the dry lines began forming. Morgatto’s pace on wet tires and a drying track was unmatched, nearly three to four tenths quicker than Kremers. Just prior to the 20-minute mark, Morgatto caught and passed Kremers quickly. Over the last lap, Morgatto pulled away to a 1.9-second advantage over Kremers for a second straight victory. Formal drove to third on the podium with young Kiwi driver Lachlan Tombleson (Velocity / Sodikart) coming up from ninth to fourth. Conquer was fifth at the line however was removed for a track width DQ in tech. This would have promoted Musgrave to fifth, however, he was removed from the results for ignoring the meatball flag with his rear bumper lodge into the tire. This put Vincenzo Sarracino (PSL / Birelart) into fifth, up from 12th.
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Sunday, 14 June 2026 00:00 |
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Gus Lawrence returned to the top of the podium in Pro X30 (Photo: EKN)
The opening day of wheel-to-wheel action at 2026 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SpringNationals was characterized by close, frenetic racing. The Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati presents a supreme challenge across all the categories and the main events were extremely entertaining with veteran drivers coming out on top in the Senior categories. Rolison Performance Group’s Gus Lawrence (Kosmic) emerged from a massive lead group to score a crucial Pro X30 win, while PSL Karting’s Diego Ramos (Birelart) topped the KA100 Senior final. In Pro Shifter, Velocity Racing’s Matheus Morgatto (Sodikart) posted a pair of runner-up finishes in the two heat races to lock down the pole for Sunday’s Prefinal, setting up an epic battle as Carblos Racing’s Marijn Kremers (Maranello) and GFC Karting’s Kyle Wick (GFC) scored the race wins.
It was a near sweep for a defending SpringNationals Pro X30 presented by Nash Motorsportz winner Gus Lawrence, coming up just 46 thousandths short in qualifying to end up third in the order behind Pauly Massimino (BJR / LN Kart) and double WinterNationals winner Joe Turney (MPG / Kart Republic) – who both posted a 55.476 lap time. Lawrence quickly went to the lead as he was able to hold off Turney for the win with Massimino in the third spot. The start to the 20-lap Final was chaotic with both Finnegan Bayliff (TKG / Birelart) and Oliver Hodgson (Factory Karts) getting spun sideway in front of the field, sending drivers scattering for a path around. The lead group was five drivers early but shuffling took place lap after lap, including Lawrence, Jesus Vasquez Jr. (GFC Karting) and Turney taking the lead. Massimino took the top spot on lap eight but was relieved of his position on lap 10 by Lawrence in the downhill turn 11. Massimino was under attack over the next two laps, dropping down to fourth with Vasquez and Keagan Kaminski (FW / GFC) working past. This allowed Lawrence to establish a lead over the group with Massimino eventually working back up into second with three laps to go. By then, Lawrence was able to cruise to victory, his second triumph at MCC winning by over two seconds. Massimino was second with Vasquez third on the podium, holding off a charging Diego Ramos (PSL / Birelart) who started back in 25th after losing a chain guard in the Prefinal. Ruben Moya (FDM / Pantano) was able to come up from 17th on the grid to finish fifth.
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Thursday, 11 June 2026 00:00 |
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The 2026 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour is at its halfway point heading to the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati this weekend. The Batavia, Ohio circuit will host the 17th edition of the SKUSA SpringNationals over the June 12-14 weekend, marking the third straight year that the event is being held at the facility located just outside Cincinnati. Over 200 entries are set to battle over the eight categories that will continue their championship chases that began in Tucson back in March at the WinterNationals.
The Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati opened in 2007 primarily as a member-only facility until the ownership was transferred to the Bayliff family and their partners. Competitive racing began hitting the track at that time and more programs have now visited after the facility was expanded to 16 turns, along with being repaved. This year marks the third straight time that MCC is hosting the SpringNationals, the event that began it all as the inaugural SKUSA Pro Tour event in April 2010.
The weekend event schedule begins with unofficial practice on Thursday. Official sessions start on Friday with three seven-minute sessions with round four being extended to 12 minutes. The fifth and final round will be a seven-minute ‘Final Practice’ to line up the grid order in qualifying for the weekend. Seven of the divisions will follow the two-round format on the weekend, including Pro X30. Warm-up, Qualifying, Prefinal and Final make up Saturday’s line-up with the same for Sunday. The SKUSA Pro Show features only the Pro Shifter division. Qualifying, Super Pole, Heat 1 and Heat 2 on Saturday set the stage for the 14-lap Prefinal and the 25-lap Final to decide the SKUSA SpringNationals winner. Read full story on eKartingNews.com |
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Friday, 29 May 2026 13:38 |
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A second win on the season for Jake Drew in KA100 Senior (Photo: Sector 5 Media)
The third round of the Superkarts! USA ProKart Challenge was held at the Sonoma Raceway over the May 23-24 weekend. Over 150 entries celebrated the Memorial Day weekend at the Sonoma, California facility, reaching the halfway point of the SKUSA regional championship program. Beautiful weather greeted the drivers over the two days of racing in the 11 categories.
KA100 Senior presented by Hayner Racing Team reached 40 drivers on the weekend, led early by Stephen Eisert. A 48.504 lap edged out Chase Hand and Round One winner Jake Drew with only 97 thousandths separating their lap times. Drew took the lead early in the Prefinal before Eisert reclaimed the spot on lap four. He led the rest of the distance to take the win over Drew, with Round Two winner Matthew Cagle up to third. The three were among the contenders at the start of the Final, along with Hand, who climbed to the lead by lap three. Cagle was part of the fight until getting shuffled down the order after the halfway point of the 22-lap event. Hand continued leading until the final lap when Drew was able to go from third to first, winning the drag race to the checkered flag by 15 thousandths. Hand settled for second with Eisert a close third. Jackson Gibson and Archer Eversman completed the top five.
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Friday, 15 May 2026 13:34 |
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ProKart Challenge returns to the Sonoma Raceway circuit for the first of two events in 2026 (Photo: Sector 5 Media)
The ProKart Challenge is returning to action to continue its 2026 campaign with a trip to Sonoma Raceway. The May 23-24 weekend will host Round Three of this year’s Superkarts! USA regional championship program, coming off a two-round event at K1 Circuit in April. This event will mark the second time racing in Sonoma, California since 2017, with last year’s trip being the return of SKUSA competition to the ‘NorCal’ facility. This year’s schedule has the program visiting Sonoma twice, with the second event coming in August for Round Four.
Those two days of racing in April at K1 Circuit helped to shape the early title chases in the 11 categories competing in the 2026 ProKart Challenge. Six-time SKUSA SuperNationals winner Billy Musgrave bested the 21-driver field in both rounds of Pro Shifter presented by Axis Kartsport. Four-time winner in Las Vegas Danny Formal stood on the podium twice on the weekend to sit currently in second for the championship standings – while Jacob Gulick had two top-five runs at K1 Circuit to be third in points. Four drivers are separated by 40 points after two rounds of racing in KA100 Senior presented by Hayner Racing Team. Jake Drew secured the Round One victory and leads the standings by 22 points over Stephen Eisert, who recorded two top five results at K1. Gavin McCune drove to a podium finish in Round Two and is third in the early title chase, just ahead of Round Two winner Matthew Cagle.
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