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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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Thursday, 02 April 2026 13:14 |
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Brazilian Matheus Morgatto ran away with the victory in Pro Shifter (Photo: EKN)
After getting the 2026 season of Superkarts! USA Pro Tour racing underway on Saturday, SKUSA capped this year’s WinterNationals on Sunday with another day of exciting competition at the Musselman Honda Circuit in Tucson, Arizona. Velocity Racing’s Matheus Morgatto (Sodikart) emerged as the dominant driver in the extended 25-lap Pro Shifter main event, driving away from the field early to leave them to fight amongst themselves for runner-up. In Pro X30, British-born drivers dominated the battle for the win, and it was MPG Motorsports’ Joe Turney (Alonso Kart) who took control late in the main to back up his Saturday triumph. The racing in all the categories was tight, which multiple drivers in the hunt for the wins.
Overall, the weather on Sunday was much better than what the drivers faced on Saturday. The high winds that affected the on-track action the day earlier had left the area, but this also delivered a return of the higher ambient temperatures that challenged the paddock on Thursday and Friday. The low-60s from Saturday morning was replaced by a quick rise into the high-60s and mid-70s, which changed the track significantly all day. The heat increased into the upper 80s before an overcast sky loamed around the facility with rain building south of the course following the Pro Shifter main event. Sprinkles of rain hit the paddock as everyone was packing for their trips home without significant precipitation recorded as the podiums were conducted to award the top three drivers in the eight categories on the day.
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Thursday, 02 April 2026 13:10 |
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Joe Turney grabbed his first SKUSA Pro Tour victory since 2023 in Pro X30 (Photo: EKN)
The 17th season of the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour kicked into high gear on Saturday at the Musselman Honda Circuit in Tucson, AZ, and the action was just as exciting as anyone would have expected to start the new season. MPG Motorsports’ Joe Turney (Alonso Kart) made his return to SKUSA’s national series after two seasons away and the 2023 Pro X30 champion didn’t skip a beat as he came out on top of a quality battle with Brandon Jarsocrak Racing’s Pauly Massimino (LN Kart) to win the open round of the year. Massimino had already tasted victory on the day, emerging from the mid-race chaos in KA100 Senior to score a dominant win at the end of the 22-lap final. Maranello USA’s Marijn Kremers scored two runner-up results in the heat races to lock down the pole position for Sunday’s Prefinal in Pro Shifter.
Turney started off the event with fast time in qualifying for the Nash Motorsportz Pro X30 category with a lap of 49.692 to clear the 42 driver field by just over a tenth. Qualifying fifth, Pauly Massimino had the quickest pace of the 10-lap Prefinal, working his way into the lead and taking the win by over three tenths ahead of Turney. Three British drivers Oliver Hodgson (Factory Karts), Gus Lawrence (RPG / Kosmic) and Sean Butcher (RPG / Kosmic) made up the top five. The 22-lap Final began with Lawrence getting pushed wide in turn one, and falling all the way back to 23rd after completing the opening lap. The opening couple of laps saw lots of contact that shuffled up the order. Keagan Kaminski (FW / GFC) sent it into turn 11 and as a result took out both Butcher and SummerNationals winner Diego Ramos (PSL / Birelart). A few laps later more contact in the top 10 as Jake Drew (GFC Karting) and Ayden Ingratta (REM / Kosmic) locked up together in turn four. All this allowed Massimino to pull away early until eventually Turney got into second and ran down the SKUSA Winter Series winner. Turney went to the lead right away after catching Massimino and the two were able to maintain a solid lead. Massimino made his move for the lead on lap 15 and worked to keep Turney back. It wasn’t until two laps remaining that Turney went back to the lead. On the final lap, Massimino appeared to set up a move for turn five but a yellow flag was out, and he pulled back. Turney went defensive down the backstraight and Massimino nearly pulled the over under as the two made contact in the final corner. They both got through and Turney reached the line first for his first SKUSA Pro Tour victory since 2023 SummerNationals. Massimino settled for second with Hodgson coming across the line in third. He however had lost all the water in the radiator after damage from early contact and came in just under the minimum weight. Lawrence had the quickest pace all race and with all the action taking place in front of him after getting shuffled back at the start, clawed his way up to the fourth spot at the line and was promoted to third after the DQ for Hodgson. Macy Williams (SCR / CS55) was in the fifth spot behind Lawrence until contact between she and Nico Sarphati (GFC Karting). This allowed Davin Roberts (RPM / Tony Kart) to take the position and promoted to fourth with Jesus Vasquez Jr. (GFC Karting) up from 21st to crossing the line behind Roberts. He however was penalized multiple times for contact, promoting Senior rookie Alexander Vanchev (RPG / Kosmic) to fifth.
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