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A second straight year for Senna Van Waltsijn setting fast time in Pro Shifter qualifying (Photo: On Track Promotions - otp.ca)
The grids are set for the three rounds of heat races at Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 28 following Thursday’s action of two rounds of practice and qualifying sessions for the nine categories outside the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. A perfect clear, sunny day in Las Vegas saw the 570 entries complete the preparation toward the racing action that begins on Friday. Each class has its heat race grids set with the top qualifiers decided in the timed session for the morning group and afternoon group of categories. 2025 FIA Karting KZ World Champion highlighted the day with his second straight honor at the SuperNationals. Read full story on eKartingNews.com |
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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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Recently we’ve heard several allegations of non-compliant IAME engines or parts being used in IAME competition racing. SKUSA is aware of these allegations and takes any and all claims of ‘cheating’ seriously and are working closely with the IAME factory in Italy as well as both IAME USA Importers to identify any non-compliant parts and fix these issues immediately. |
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The 2026 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour is set to begin in one month, traveling to the Musselman Honda Circuit over the weekend of March 27-29 for the 2026 SKUSA WinterNationals. It will be the third trip to the Tucson, Arizona facility, marking the first time returning since it hosted the 2013 SKUSA SpringNationals. Registration opened on February 23 with over 100 pre-registered entries within the first 24 hours. As the organization prepares for the 17th season of the SKUSA Pro Tour, changes in regulations have been updated for the 2026 program.
Highlighting the changes for the 2026 SKUSA Pro Tour will be the removal of the pushback bumper system in Pro X30, X30 Junior and KA100 Master divisions. These categories have been selected by Superkarts! USA officials to not utilize the front nose cone mounting system that was implemented in SKUSA competition for all IAME categories in 2018. This will make five total categories competing without the pushback bumper, including Pro and Master Shifter.
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Keagan Kaminski secured a fourth straight victory in the KA100 Senior division (Photo: Sector 5 Media)
The Superkarts! USA ProKart Challenge series hosted the fourth round of the 2025 season, returning to the K1 Circuit. Also the site of the opening two rounds of the championship chase back at the beginning of March, the Winchester, California facility welcomed over 150 entries on June 21-22 for an action-packed weekend of racing. The second visit of 2025 to the K1 Circuit featured a revised ‘Pro Track’ configuration that utilized the D2 chicane and cut-through at turn eight.
The Formula Works KA100 Senior class saw Keagan Kaminski gain a fourth straight victory on the season. The weekend began with Lanie Benjamin becoming the third different top qualifier on the year, posting a 51.583 lap time to top the 43-driver field. Kaminski was back in the eighth spot after the timed session. The championship leader drove up to the top spot in the 10-lap Prefinal, taking the race win over Gavin McCune and Jackson Menchu. It was Kaminski and Menchu exchanging the lead multiple times over the first half of the 20-lap Final. Kaminski secured the lead on lap 11, driving away to a one-second advantage victory. McCune was able to win the battle for second over Menchu to complete the podium. Izaac Gutierrez was right there in fourth, recording the fast lap of the race with Shea Aldrich in fifth.
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