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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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Friday, 01 May 2026 10:26 |
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Billy Musgrave added to his long list of victories at the 'PKC', earning two victories for the 2026 opener (Photo: Sector 5 Media)
The opening two rounds of the 2026 Superkarts! USA ProKart Challenge were held over the April 24-26 weekend at K1 Circuit. The Winchester, California facility welcomed the SKUSA regional program for rounds one and two of action to begin the six-round championship schedule. A total of 11 categories began the title chase for the 2026 season with five drivers able to leave the opening weekend with two wins toward their point total.
A total of 21 drivers battled in the very competitive Pro Shifter class presented by Axis Kartsport that featured multiple drivers at the front throughout the weekend. Jesus Vasquez Jr. was able to secure the opening round fast time in qualifying in only his second class start of his career. A 56.569 set the pace, edging out Jacob Gulick by 59 thousandths. Vasquez fell to third over the opening lap of the Prefinal, allowing Gulick to lead all nine laps. In the opening laps of the 18-lap Final, Gulick fell out of the top five and allowed four-time SKUSA SuperNationals winner Danny Formal to lead the way. Former series winner Keawn Tandon took over the point on lap nine and showed the way until a charging 2025 SKUSA Pro Tour champion Billy Musgrave put himself into the lead at lap 13. From there, Musgrave held off Tandon and Formal to record the victory. Gulick recovered to fourth with Hunter Pickett completing the top five.
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