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Thursday, 24 July 2025 07:31 |
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Jay Urwin holds the Pro Shifter championship standings lead going into the SummerNationals (Photo: EKN)
The 2025 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour is set to conclude this weekend at the New Castle Motorsports Park. For an 11th straight year, the New Castle, Indiana facility will be the site of the SKUSA Pro Tour SummerNationals. A record-setting 300 entries are registered over the eight categories on the July 25-27 weekend, set to conclude the 16th championship season of the SKUSA Pro Tour.
Event schedule begins with unofficial practice on Wednesday and Thursday. Official sessions begin on Friday with four, seven-minute sessions with a fifth and final 12-minute run for all eight categories to close out the day. Seven of the divisions will follow the two round format on the weekend, including Pro X30 moving away from the Pro Show format. Warm-up, qualifying, Prefinal (8 laps) and Final (16 laps) make up Saturday with the same lineup for Sunday to complete Round Three and Round Four of the SKUSA Pro Tour. 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 12-lap Prefinal and the 20-lap Final to decide the SKUSA SummerNationals winner. Read full story on eKartingNews.com |
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Monday, 14 July 2025 10:07 |
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Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 28 is set for November 12-16 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and registrations opens on July 31 (Photo: On Track Promotions – otp.ca)
Superkarts! USA has confirmed the opening day for registration for SKUSA SuperNationals 28. The November 12-16 event is set for a return to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway following the success of the last two editions that welcomed over 550 entries from all over the world each year. The pathway to the international karting spectacular starts with the registration process that opens on July 31.
The Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 28 returns to the same area of parking lots as in 2021 and 2024 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 2025 event will be similar to last year with the same nine categories to be offered in addition to a comparable event format and schedule. Pro Shifter and Pro X30 remain as the headline divisions. KA100 is offered for Senior, Junior and Master level drivers. X30 Junior and Master Shifter along with Mini Swift and Micro Swift round out the class roster for SKUSA SuperNationals 28.
“The first 27 editions of the SuperNationals have been historic and we aim to bring another memorable week in Las Vegas this November,” stated Tom Kutscher of Superkarts! USA. “Our planning for SuperNats 28 began last year as we wrapped up the 2024 edition and has continued every week. We are now in the area to begin refining our plans, including opening the registration process, setting up the host hotel, and planning out the facility, including the track layout. The last three editions were among the biggest in the history of the event, and our goal is to continue that momentum for 2025.”
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Friday, 27 June 2025 13:15 |
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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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Wednesday, 11 June 2025 12:13 |
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The ProKart Challenge is set to return to the K1 Circuit for R4 of the 2025 championship program over the June 21-22 weekend
The 2025 ProKart Challenge is set to begin the second half of the schedule, hosting Round Four of the championship program at the K1 Circuit on June 21-22. The new facility in Winchester, California will be site of the two-day event to continue the run toward the 2025 championships.
Two events served host to the opening three rounds of the 2025 ProKart Challenge, with a double-round weekend at K1 Circuit during the first weekend of March before traveling to the new Spring Mountain Karting facility in Nevada in April for Round Three.
The Round Four action at K1 Circuit will be on a different layout, featuring a revised ‘Pro Track’ that utilizes the D2 chicane and cut-through at turn eight. Official practice for the event begins on Saturday, June 21 with four rounds prior to qualifying to close out the day. Sunday, June 22 welcomes warm-up, Prefinal and Final to conclude the action for Round Four.
Keagan Kaminski has a three-race win streak heading into K1 Circuit in the Formula Works KA100 Senior class. He leads the championship by 133 points over Shea Aldrich with two-time podium finisher Johnie Stamps in third. Two wins have Matthew Cagle at the top of the SuperSpeed Bearings KA100 Junior championship chase. Sebastian Hauser is in second, trailing by 79 points heading into the second half of the season, with Canadian Nathan Dupuis sitting third in the standings. Two drivers have won over the three rounds in Mike Manning Karting KA100 Master. Tim Meyer leads the championship with his two wins over Round One winner Logan Manus, while Damon Duckworth holds the third position.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2025 01:47 |
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Josh Conquer became the first Canadian to win the Pro Shifter division (Photo: EKN)
The 2025 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SpringNationals ended on Sunday at the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati. It was another dry day of racing at the Batavia, Ohio facility, with sunny skies turning into overcast conditions and cooler temperatures all weekend compared to the 2024 version of the event. The MCC crew went all out, bringing in a fly over and live national anthem to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend prior to the eight main events on the day. USA drivers claimed five of the eight wins on the day with Canadian Josh Conquer (Maranello USA) becoming the first from north of the border to claim victory in the Pro Shifter category.
The PSL Karting Pro Shifter held its Prefinal and Final on the day, led by AJ Myers (Magik Kart USA) and Corentin Rousseau (Catalyst / Italkart) to begin the 14-lap Prefinal. Myers led the opening few laps before Rousseau took control, earning the win and the pole position for the Final. Jay Urwin (PSL / Birelart) and Josh Conquer (Maranello USA) fought for third, and earned the row two starting spots as Billy Musgrave (Factory Karts) and Michael Avansino (RWR / CRG) made up row three after finishing fifth and sixth. Rousseau grabbed the holeshot to begin the 25-lap main event as Myers and Conquer fought for the second spot. By lap seven, Conquer had earned the spot and Myers unfortunately began to trickle down the order, missing the setup on the day. Rousseau had a roughly two-second gap by the halfway point, however, Conquer continued chipping at it. By lap 21, he was close enough to get the draft and look for ways by. It was on lap 22 that Conquer made the bold pass attempt into the downhill section, getting the apex first, and powering away with the position. Rousseau had to check up, lost ground and went on the defensive with Urwin right there. The move for Conquer gave him enough real estate to cruise to victory, claiming his first career SKUSA Pro Tour triumph. Rousseau held on for second at the line, however, did not pass tech inspection with the engine. That promoted Urwin to runner-up and Kyle Wick (GFC Karting) – who started seventh – onto the podium in third. Frenchman Adrien Renaudin (Velocity / Sodi Kart) won the battle for what was not fourth over defending champion Matheus Morgatto (PSL / Birelart), Myers, Jacob Gulick (GFC Karting) and Musgrave all within one second at the line.
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