November 7, 2026

EKN Exclusive: Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 29 – Preview Series – Rotax Senior

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November 7, 2026

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Fourth time ever for category to compete on SuperSunday

November 07, 2026 by David Cole


eKartingNews.com is proud to present our Preview Series for the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 29. Leading up to the on-track action of the 2026 edition of the marquee SKUSA event, EKN will preview each of the 11 categories that will compete on the temporary circuit located outside the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas from November 11-15.


Trackside coverage is set to begin on Tuesday, November 10 as the EKN crew sets up our SuperNationals 29 home, roaming the LVMS grounds with Paddock Insider and social media content. Coverage continues into Wednesday as karts hit the track for the first time. EKN Live begins on Thursday, November 12 as qualifying is conducted for both the morning classes and the afternoon divisions. Listen LIVE to the heat races throughout Friday, November 13 and into Situation Saturday, November 14, including the four Last Chance Qualifiers held on the day. That sets everything up for SuperSunday, with the main events for SuperNationals 29 audio streamed live on eKartingNews.com/live and eKartingNews.com/radio.


Complete coverage of the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 29 can be found at the EKN EVENT PAGE.


ROTAX SENIOR


2013 Rotax Grand Finals winner Oliver Hodgson is among the Rotax Senior field at SuperNationals 29 (Photo: Studio52.us)


Rotax competition is nothing new for the SKUSA SuperNationals. The first addition of Rotax came in 2001 at the old Las Vegas Karting Center when Andrew Alfonso won the inaugural main event for class. The runner-up that year featured Chris Carmody – on a PTK chassis – coming back to win in 2002 at the first event at the Rio. Rotax was absent from the SuperNationals until it returned with Senior and Masters divisions. Senior was won by Canadian Pier-Luc Ouellette on an Arrow chassis. The last time Rotax was part of the SuperNationals was in 2013 with DD2, DD2 Masters and Rotax Junior.


SuperNationals 29 marks the fourth time that the Rotax Senior division will be offered. While other Rotaxians from around globe will be competing in Portugal at the RMC Grand Finals on the same weekend, there will be 41 drivers vying to be part of the history books at the SuperNationals. The big positive of hosting the new category is the 21 drivers who will be making their first ever SuperNationals start, thanks to the Rotax Senior category.


There are only two former SuperNationals winners in the field. The newest was Diego Ramos (PSL / Birelart), who came away with the KA100 Senior victory in 2025. The Brazilian is forfeiting his defense of that win in favor of competing in Rotax Senior and he is among the 14 in this class also racing Pro X30. The other former SuperNats winner is Michael McGaughy (RPM / Kart Republic). The driver from Utah won the Mini Swift category in 2022, and is coming off a fifth-place finish in X30 Junior last year. This will be his Senior debut at the SuperNationals, as McGaughy is also competing in Pro X30 after racing much of 2026 in Europe.


Diego Ramos is one of two former SuperNationals winners in the Rotax Senior field (Photo: EKN)


The podium finishers at the RMC Trophy Final held in August at New Castle Motorsports Park were awarded tickets to compete at the SKUSA SuperNationals. Race winner Isaac Malcuit took the RMC Grand Finals ticket to compete in Portugal, while the other two will be racing in Vegas. 2013 RMC Grand Finals champion Oliver Hodgson (Factory Karts) was runner-up while Canadian Antoine Lemieux (Tony Kart) finished third. Hodgson has a love/hate relationship with SuperNationals, finishing fifth in KA100 Senior back in 2022 in his event debut, however, has not been able to find that success again. Lemieux’s only SuperNationals start was in 2023, placing 22nd in X30 Junior. He is among the nine Canadian drivers in the field.


Drivers to watch include RMC Trophy Final fourth-place finisher Ryan Raffa (SCR / CS55), former RMC Grand Finals starter Theo Kekati (Factory Karts), ‘Fast’ Frankie Mossman (SCR / CS55), Jonathan Portz (NRC / Gillard) and Camryn Reed (Kart CRG USA), who is set to make her first SuperNationals start. Joshua Smith (KX / Tony Kart) is the only British driver is in the field and he arrives with strong 2026 resume back in the UK. Another international name to watch is Stefan Jesper Sjoberg (PSL / Birelart), who competed in Pro Shifter at the SuperNationals the last two years.


SuperNats Stats


2 – Former winners in the field


3 – Drivers making first Senior start after racing Junior last year


8 – Different countries represented in the field


16 – Drivers from outside the USA


14 – Drivers racing both Rotax Senior and Pro X30


21 – Drivers making first ever SuperNationals start



Rotax Senior Provisional Entry List

41 drivers
Rotax Senior provisional entry list, SKUSA SuperNationals 29
No. Driver Team Chassis Hometown Nation
688 Remi Andreatos Trinity Karting Group BirelART Demarest, NJ US
687 Richard Bodrug Praga Calgary, AB CA
691 Tristan Deshaies Racing Edge Motorsports Kosmic Boucherville, QC CA
685 Erik Doan PSL Karting BirelART Elk Grove, CA US
679 Ryker Ekholm McAleer Racing Kosmic Pound Ridge, NY US
666 Joshua Finer Racelab TB Kart Okanagan Falls, BC CA
693 Joey Friend MSL Racing CRG Burleson, TX US
674 Devon Gellings Neliton Race Concepts Gillard Yellowhead County, AB CA
650 Alexis Genolet McCrone Motorsports Formula K CH
684 Dillon George McAleer Racing Gillard US
657 Kristopher Goulet Racing Edge Motorsports Kosmic CA
659 Oliver Hodgson Factory Karts Factory Kart Phoenix, AZ US
671 Katelyn Hottenstein Pro Kart Concepts Redspeed Pittsburgh, PA US
686 Walter Kalstrup Franklin Motorsports Merlin US
680 Luke Kanjanapitak CS55 Miramar, FL US
651 Theo Kekati Factory Karts Factory Kart US
682 Max Kline Trinity Karting Group BirelART US
677 Mason Kuhn Trinity Karting Group BirelART Saint Louis, MO US
655 Antoine Lemieux Tony Kart CA
672 Michael Maker Trinity Karting Group BirelART Louisville, KY US
673 Nicolas Marin PSL Karting BirelART PA
661 Michael McGaughy Ryan Perry Motorsport Kart Republic Park City, UT US
694 Declan Mixon KartNick EOS US
692 Zach Monaghan Neliton Race Concepts Gillard Portland, OR US
690 Frankie Mossman Speed Concepts Racing CS55 Tucson, AZ US
663 Ahmed Mostafa Racing Edge Motorsports Kosmic Cobourg, ON CA
660 Simon Ohlin PSL Karting BirelART SE
654 Jonathan Portz Neliton Race Concepts Gillard Corvallis, OR US
698 Luke Purser GFC Karting GFC Aveley, WA AU
653 Ryan Raffa Speed Concepts Racing CS55 Washington Crossing, PA US
669 Eduardo Ramírez Rolison Performance Group Kosmic Coyoacán, CDMX MX
670 Diego Ramos PSL Karting BirelART Kissimmee, FL US
699 Camryn Reed Kart CRG USA CRG Youngsville, LA US
683 Anthony Rivera Brandon Jarsocrak Racing Gillard Columbia, MD US
678 Max Saga Speed Concepts Racing Tony Kart Newport Beach, CA US
681 Alexander Savage Trinity Karting Group BirelART Hernando, FL US
668 Theo Silveira Tony Kart Waterloo, ON CA
652 Stefan Jesper Sjoberg PSL Karting BirelART SE
695 Joshua Smith KX Tony Kart GB
697 Matthew Taskinen CA
696 Maggie Webster McAleer Racing Kosmic Brooklyn, NY US

Provisional entry list. Subject to change.

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Go-kart racers lined up at Las Vegas Super Nationals 29 with colorful helmets and karts
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