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EKN Trackside: 2026 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SummerNationals – Sunday Report
Monday, 27 July 2026 00:00

Matheus Morgatto won his third straight on the season, securing a second career Pro Shifter crown (Photo: EKN)

After five rounds of racing through events in Tucson in March, Cincinnati in May, and Saturday’s action at New Castle Motorsports Park, the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour crowned its 2026 champions on Sunday at the 17th SummerNationals. The weather in the morning was damp and misty, and a light sprinkle challenged the drivers midday, but the sun eventually peaked its way through. When the dust settled after all the main events, Velocity Racing’s Matheus Morgatto (Sodikart) had completed a dream season in Pro Shifter, winning all three main events to score his second SKUSA Pro Tour title. Likewise, MPG Motorsports’ Joe Turney (Kart Republic) recovered from a lackluster Round Five on Saturday to find the speed that eluded him on Saturday, finishing third in Pro X30 to win the title over fellow Englishman Gus Lawrence (RPG / Kosmic).

The Prefinal and Final action for Round Three in PSL Karting Pro Shifter were contested on Sunday. Morgatto and AJ Myers (Magik Kart USA) started from the front row, but through the opening two corners Kiwi Jay Urwin (PSL / Birelart) had worked around both for the lead early. It lasted only one lap before Myers took control, however, the driver on the charge was Kyle Wick (GFC Karting). The former Pro Tour champion came up from 12th on the grid to the lead by lap eight, driving away to the win over Urwin with Heat Two winner Daniel Formal (GFC Karting) up from ninth to third. Morgatto was fourth with Myers fifth. This kept Morgatto on the pole position alongside Urwin with Myers now going from P3 with Wick improving up to fourth. Formal and former SpringNationals winner Josh Conquer (Carblos / Maranello) were in row three.
Like the Prefinal, Urwin was able to get off the line while Morgatto bunched up the field missing a shifter through the opening corners. This allowed Urwin and Morgatto to get away as the rest of the pack battled for the third spot, held on by Myers. Urwin led the opening two circuits before Morgatto took control. From there, he pulled away with each corner, each lap to establish at one point a near three-second advantage. Myers eventually caught Urwin, taking over second as that began the fall for the early leader. Others began passing Urwin late in the race, as he eventually finished sixth. Out front, Morgatto enjoyed the clean air and big lead, going on to record a third straight finish to claim his second SKUSA Pro Tour championship. He became the second driver to sweep the main event wins, matching that of Jordon Lennox back in 2014. Myers matched lap times for Morgatto and was unable to cut into the early lead, placing runner-up for his first finish of the season. Formal drove to third while Gavin Bayliff (PSL / Birelart) nearly took away the podium spot coming up from 10th. An issue for Wick over the opening lap dropped him down to 13th as he stormed forward with fast laps of the race to claim fifth.

Morgatto took the title, becoming the fourth different multiple champion in the headline shifterkart category since 2010. The advantage in the final standings was 103 points over Formal, who finished his first full season since his title in 2016 while two-time title winner Marijn Kremers (Carblos / Maranello) completed the championship podium in third after placing sixth on the day.

Oliver Hodgson gave Factory Karts its first Pro X30 victory (Photo: EKN)

Velocity Racing’s Caden McQueen (Sodikart) stepped to the forefront in a damp qualifying session for Nash Motorsportz Pro X30, topping Jesus Vasquez Jr. (GFC Karting). Primary title contenders Joe Turney and Gus Lawrence came out of the grid late and sacrificed a fourth qualifying lap and as a result, their times were not competitive, leaving them 25th and 16th, respectively. Both drivers moved forward in the Prefinal, which was won 14-year-old Davin Roberts (RPM / Tony Kart), who drafted away with Paulie Massimino (BJR / LN Kart) and then dragged-raced him to the line to win by 0.018 seconds. Roberts fought hard but slipped back early in the 16-lap main event, as veterans Ruben Moya (FDM / Pantano), Diego Ramos (PSL / Birelart) and Oliver Hodgson (Factory Karts) took control. They were part of a five driver breakaway early that would later be joined by the charging drivers of Turney, Massimino who went off on the opening lap falling down to 15th, and Lawrence. In the final stages of the race, Hodgson and Ramos were able to get away from the group and raced to the checkered flag for the victory. Ramos tried to pull the draft pass down to the line on the final circuit, but it was Hodgson holding on by 64 thousandths to claim his first SKUSA Pro Tour victory and the first for Factory Karts. The triumph by Hodgson also marked a sweep of the main events by British-born drivers, including Turney’s three wins and Lawrence’s two. Behind them was the battle for third that ended in a three-wide finish as Turney grabbed the final spot on the podium ahead of Massimino with Moya in fifth while Lawrence finished right behind in sixth.

While there were different scenarios that could have changed the order, nothing changed in the title chase on the day as Turney was able to secure his second SKUSA Pro Tour championship, joining his 2023 title. He joins Ryan Norberg as the only other driver to win multiple championships in the category. Lawrence finished second, 81 points back with Massimino out of the top spot by 96 points to fill out the championship podium.

Austin Garrison came out of retirement for a ‘Last to First’ performance in KA100 Senior (Photo: EKN)

Last to first was the path Austin Garrison took to claim his first career victory in the Kart CRG USA KA100 Senior category. Garrison (SCR / Charles Leclerc) made a return from his retirement for a test weekend, finishing fourth provisionally on Saturday before a pushback bumper took him out of the top five. A plastic washer on a weight took his qualifying times away Sunday morning, putting him 29th on the grid for the Prefinal as Chase Hand (GFC Karting) secured the fast time in the session, edging out Collin Lloyd (HDD / Tony Kart), Edgar Rodriguez (BJR / LN Kart) and provisional champion Pauly Massimino (BJR / LN Kart) who claimed the title after Round Five action. Hand and Massimino were able to hook up in the eight-lap Prefinal, with Hand taking the win at the line only to suffer a pushback bumper penalty to give the pole position for the Final to Massimino. Garrison made up 19 spots to finish 10th, even after coming to a near stop at the start avoiding an incident between turns one and two. Massimino led the train as Caden McQueen (Velocity / Sodikart) and Ruben Moya (FDM / Pantano) both took the lead at times. Eventually, Garrison worked his way up toward the front by the halfway point and then into the lead with a charging Diego Ramos (PSL / Birelart) joining them. Ramos, the defending champion who sat out Saturday’s racing due to a penalty in warm-up, came from 19th on the grid to lead by lap 14. Over the final two laps, everyone was jockeying for position and it all came down to a three wide drag race at the checkered flag. Garrison was able to reach the line first for the victory as Saturday winner Donovan Bonilla (RPG / Kosmic) nearly pulled off the run from 21st on the grid to the top spot, missing by 46 thousandths. Massimino ended up third at the line while Senior rookie Matthew Cagle (FW / GFC) was fourth and Hand in fifth.

Massimino was unable to celebrate the championship with a win on Sunday, but ended up taking the title by 215 points ahead of Hand with McQueen finishing in third. For Massimino, he becomes the eighth different champion since the class became part of the SKUSA Pro Tour in 2019.

Nicolas Orbezo won his second on the season in KA100 Junior (Photo: EKN)

The TKG Birelart USA KA100 Junior class ended as it began back in Tucson with Nicolas Orbezo (IRM / Tony Kart) taking the victory. NCMP driver Christopher Youtsey (CS55) took advantage of the drafting games played in the short qualifying session to put in the fast time of 1:11.727 for the Prefinal pole position as Nathan Golseth (SCR / CS55) started on the outside of the front row. Orbezo was fifth in the session and after a race that included five lead changes over eight laps, Orbezo crossed the line as the winner ahead of Round Five victor Colton Schniegenberg. The two were able to lock together to get away from the field, however, they were joined late by a charging Ashton Woon (SCR / CS55). Woon started 12th after issues in the Prefinal and made a last lap run at the top two. He worked past Schniegenberg however came up short in the race to the line for the victory as Orbezo took the checkered flag first by 29 thousandths. Schniegenberg settled for third as Golseth won the battle for fourth over Pettit.

The championship ended up Schniegenberg’s to lose in the Final following his victory on Saturday as the Junior rookie secured the championship by 42 points over Pettit. Woon was able to claim third with the runner-up finish by one point ahead of Tristan Murphy (RPM / Tony Kart).

Ashton Woon claimed his third victory on the season in X30 Junior (Photo: EKN)

Action in Rolison Performance Group X30 Junior category was busy on and off the track, not only for the victory, but the championship. Marco Sammut (BJR / LN Kart) stole the 10 bonus points in qualifying with the fast time ahead of title contender Ashton Woon (SCR / CS55), clearing the field by over two tenths. Maxwell Macha (Parolin Motorsport USA) was third in the session and was able to lead the final two laps of the Prefinal for the win with Woon coming up to second ahead of Sammut. In fifth was Travis Pettit (BJR / LN Kart) who was fighting with Woon for the title as every position mattered going into the Final, including the fast lap bonus points. Woon jumped out to the lead, showing the way for the first 10 laps while Pettit bounced around inside the top five. For Pettit, he needed to finish third or better with fast lap of the race in order to claim the title if Woon took the victory. By lap 10, he laid down the fast lap of the race by a clear advantage so he held that through the final six laps of the race. Up front, Woon lost the lead for one lap to Saturday winner Tristan Murphy (RPM / Tony Kart) but reclaimed the position back with Murphy, Macha and Pettit all right there up through the final circuit. As they came to the line, Woon was able to hold off Macha by 37 thousandths of a second for the victory while Murphy edged out Pettit for the third spot.

Mario Barrios celebrated the KA100 Master title with a fourth win on the season (Photo: EKN)

This left Woon and Pettit tied in points for the title, with Woon holding the tie breaker of beating Pettit in four of the six main events on the season. After the checkered, a ‘No Call Protest’ was filed against Murphy for contact with Sammut. Officials ruled the contact to be ‘Incident Responsibility’ worthy, thus penalizing Murphy five seconds. This dropped him to 10th in the order, promoting Pettit to the third position and awarding him the championship by 10 points. Clayton Stiles (IRM / Tony Kart) was moved to fourth in the results and Nathan Golseth (SCR / CS55) into fifth.

The action in Mint Motorsports KA100 Master mirrored Saturday’s action with NCMP local Tyler Prestel (AFK / Exprit) facing off again three Rolison Performance Group drivers – newly-crowned class champion Mario Barrios, Mingnan Xu, and team owner Mike Rolison. Barrios was again the driver to beat, stretching away to sweep the weekend, while Prestel and Rolison swapped the second position late in the race. Prestel eventually nipped Rolison at the line by just 0.026 seconds, turning the fastest race lap for the second day in a row. Xu finished fourth while Jose Eduardo Delegarza Elizondo (BJR / LN Kart) topped Christian Smith (PSL / Birelart) after a race-long battle.

Dutch Westbrook locked up the Mini Swift title with victory on Sunday (Photo: EKN)

Mega Power Engines Mini Swift ended with a championship performance by Dutch Westbrook (Team Benik). The Saturday winner was third in the qualifying session behind Samuel Chaverri (Parolin Motorsport USA) and Hudson Howard (MPG / Alonso Kart) and just lost the Prefinal win to a charging Jake Manalio (RPM / Nitro Kart) by only 20 thousandths. Westbrook however made no doubt about the title chase or the victory, grabbing the top spot on lap four of the Final and leading the rest of the 14-lap race. Manalio made a last lap effort, coming up just 42 thousandths short at the line while stealing fast lap of the race. Aidan Go (Parolin Motorsport USA) won the battle for third over Brody Stoffle (RPM / Nitro Kart) and Marcelo Flores (Parolin Motorsport USA). The second straight victory for Westbrook locked up the championship by 104 points over Mason Brody (SCR / Nitro Kart) with SKUSA Winter Series champion Manalio finishing third.

Beau Wyatt was named winner in Micro Swift in a photo finish (Photo: EKN)

Multiple drivers were in the mix once again for the Grupo Santana Vega Micro Swift category. Championship contender Tre Sanders (RPM / Nitro Kart) grabbed the 10 bonus points with fast time in qualifying. He missed out on the win in the Prefinal as Cohen Scott (Kidix / Kart Republic) and Tristan Francisco (RPM / Nitro Kart) beat him out at the line. Sanders however was penalized 15 seconds for ‘Manipulating the Start’, thus dropping him to 19th in the order and taking him out of the championship contention. This gave the provisional title to Beau Wyatt (Team Benik) who was placed third in the Prefinal. Wyatt jumped out to the lead at the start of the Final, joined by Dusty Strayer (SCR / Nitro Kart) and Saturday winner Liam Compitiello (RPM / Nitro Kart). They pulled away from the field and decided the victory on the final lap. They went three wide at the line, with Compitiello scored as the winner by four thousandths of a second ahead of Wyatt. Video review however showed Wyatt crossed the line first, and was awarded the victory to put the exclamation point on his first career SKUSA Pro Tour championship. Strayer was third at the line, recording fast lap of the race with Sanders charging forward to fourth ahead of Wiley Lee (Team Benik). Sanders finished second in the standings with Francisco on the championship podium in third.

With their Pro Tour now completed and its results added to the history books, Superkarts! USA will now turn its focus on the 29th running of their SuperNationals, the largest two-cycle karting event in the country. The event will return to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway the week of November 11-15.