TEMECULA, CA – The 2025 season concluded for the ProKart Challenge following the action on October 11-12 at the K1 Circuit. The Winchester, California, facility welcomed the Superkarts! USA regional program to close out its 21st season. A total of 161 entries battled around the 1.1-mile ‘Pro Track’ course for the sixth and final round of the 2025 championship.
The Formula Works KA100 Senior class featured a field of 41 drivers. Archer Eversman claimed his first top qualifier honor of the season, laying down a 1:03.510 lap. The session was so close that the top seven were within 72 thousandths, while the top 34 drivers were all within four tenths. Eversman led the first four laps of the Prefinal before Frankie Mossman took a turn – until Jake Drew advanced his way forward, taking the win. The 18-lap Final began with Drew leading the first lap before five-time race winner Keagan Kaminski worked his way up from qualifying outside the top 30 and into the lead by lap two. He led four laps before Drew returned back to the point. While Drew led, contact on lap 13 between Kaminski and Calvo took them out of the race, promoting Mossman and Shea Aldrich as the top challengers. Two laps later, Aldrich went from third to first. Leading the final two laps, Aldrich held on through the final corners to claim his first victory of the season. Jackson Menchu and Gavin McCune were able to slip by Mossman for second and third on the podium. Gerardo Peralta finished fifth for a best finish on the season.
A total of 26 drivers battled in the SuperSpeed Bearings KA100 Junior class. Alejandro Gonzalez came away with the fast time in qualifying, clearing the field by three tenths of a second with a 1:02.954. The top three qualifiers, including Daniel Ramirez and Round Two winner Sebastian Hauser, battled through the nine-lap Prefinal. Hauser came away with the win while Gonzalez was second, penalized for contact and then went across the scales underweight. That promoted Diesel Biezonsky to second and Ramirez to third. Hauser led the first seven laps of the Final before Biezonsky took a turn. Two laps later, Hauser returned to the lead and led to the white flag. On the final circuit, Bronson Koustas went from third to first, taking the checkered flag to claim his first win and podium of the season. Wes Witt was second, claiming his first podium of the year, while Hauser slipped to third. Biezonsky ended up fourth with two-time winner Matthew Cagle in fifth.
Hudson Hidalgo became the fourth different winner of the season with his victory in the HRT Driver Development Mini Swift category. Arran Speirs claimed top qualifier honors with a time of 1:07.866 to edge Cameron Johnson by only one thousandth of a second. The top six were within 90 thousandths. Nathan Ramirez was fifth in the session and was among the challengers for the win in the Prefinal with three-time winner Luis Martinez. Ramirez came out with the win, with Johnson moving to second. The 16-lap main event was led by Ramirez over the first 15 circuits. Hidalgo worked his way up to second early and trailed Ramirez until the final lap. Over the final lap, Hidalgo took the lead and crossed the line first to claim victory. Ramirez crossed in second but was disqualified following tech inspection. This promoted Martinez to second and Arthur Kelly onto the podium in third. Lucas Tarango and Chase Riddering – who posted the fast lap of the race – completed the top five.
The victory in the Sanner Racing Micro Swift class was decided after the checkered flag. Matthew Paciulli opened the event as the top qualifier for the fourth time of the season. Aidan Go was eighth in the timed session but worked his way to the front to claim the win in the Prefinal. At the start of the Final, Go slipped back to third with Lyon McPhail leading the opening laps. Go fought back to the point to lead through the halfway point before McPhail battled for the top spot once again. Go led at the white flag, only to see McPhail cross the line first for the provisional victory. A 10-second ‘unsafe re-entry’ penalty was handed to McPhail, dropping him down to third in the order and promoting Go to the top step of the podium. Michael Dean III joined them on the podium in second while Ayrton Hayes was fourth and Carson Bishop in fifth.
Jacob Gulick became the fourth different winner of the season in Precision Works Racing Engines Pro Shifter. Two-time winner Kyle Wick came away with the fast time in qualifying, posting a 57.071 lap. Gulick was second in the order and was able to pull off a last lap win in the Prefinal over Wick. At the start of the Final, Wick fell down to fifth when the lights went out, allowing Hunter Pickett the opportunity to lead the first four laps. Gulick took over the point on lap five, and from there led the rest of the 18 laps toward his first victory of the season. Keawn Tandon knifed his way through the field to end up second at the checkered flag ahead of Pickett. Wick was fourth in the order while Jesus Vasquez Jr. was fifth in his class debut.
Travis Irving went two-for-two on the season, winning the season opener and the season finale in Mega Power Engines Master Shifter. Myan Spaccarelli led the way in qualifying to open up his first start of the 2025 season, posting fast time in the Prefinal en route to the race win. Irving was second in the race and used the outside of the front row to grab the lead right away at the start of the Final. He led all 18 laps to secure the victory. Spaccarelli was second just ahead of two-time winner Slava Prikhodko. Kyle Gomez and Scott Chaffeur completed the top five.
Multiple drivers were in the battle for the top step of the podium in the Mike Manning Karting KA100 Master category. Round Four winner Matthew Meech secured the fast time in qualifying to edge out Shane Hawkins by 24 thousandths for the spot. The two drivers swapped the lead a few times in the Prefinal before Meech settled in as the leader and the race winner. Joshua Daley got the jump on both to begin the Final. Daley led the first 12 laps until getting shuffled back on lap 13, retiring one lap later. Hawkins took the lead on lap 13, and from there led the rest of the distance to claim his first victory in only his second start of 2025. Meech was a close second while Jeff Bays recorded the fast lap of the race in third ahead of Tim Meyer and Daniel Jones.
The P1 Engines Spec 125 class saw Dane Idelson win for a second time on the year. Justin Baskin secured his first top qualifier honor of the season with a 59.920 lap. Three-time race winner Truly Adams picked up the pace, driving up to the win in the Prefinal as Baskin slipped to fifth. Adams led the first half of the Final before Idelson took control on lap 10. From there, Idelson led the remainder of the race to claim victory by nearly three seconds. Adams crossed the line in second but was handed a three-position penalty for blocking. That promoted Baskin to second and Rylan Morrill on the podium in third. Adams was classified fourth ahead of Mason Mitchell. Javier Colombo was able to complete the sweep in the FZ Master division in his first start of the season. Colombo scored the victory ahead of Round Three winner Tony Rossetti and Alan Carvalho.
Erik Doan completed the sweep of the main events on the season in the Nash Motorsportz Junior Shifter division. Troy Ferguson began the event with fast time in qualifying, edging out Doan by 46 thousandths. Doan jumped out to the lead in the Prefinal but retired after the halfway point, allowing Xander Malatesta to score the win in his class debut. Diesel Biezonsky and Malatesta each led over the first 11 laps of the Final before Doan completed the drive from the back to the front. Taking over the lead on lap 12, Doan drove away to a three-second advantage for his sixth victory of 2025. Malatesta was second with Ferguson in third. Dante Rodrigues won for a second straight time in Precision Karting Mini Shifter, completing a sweep at K1. Rodrigues won by 10 seconds over Cole Harris and Leland Daignault.
