The 2025 Texas Sprint Racing Series hosted its second event of the season with the Spring Round-Up taking place at the Amarillo Kart Complex over the May 29-May 31 dates. The Panhandle, Texas facility welcomed just over 180 entries across the 10 divisions for the Superkarts! USA and International Kart Federation regional program. The Thursday through Saturday event featured night racing, as qualifying and the opening heat race were held Friday afternoon while the final two heats and main events on Saturday. Thankfully, the weather cooperated with no wet sessions over the weekend.
The KA100 Senior presented by CRG class was once again the largest division of the weekend, featuring 38 drivers competing. Landon Skinner led the way in qualifying, posting a 1:06.725 lap to edge out former series champion Peyton Phillips by 46 thousandths. The two drivers held the top two spots through the opening heat race with Skinner taking the win in Heat #2 over Round One winner Jose Carlos Hernandez. The third heat saw Hernandez advance up to the top spot while Aden Rudolph moved to second to close out the heat battles. Skinner finished third, yet through the heat race points earned the pole position for the Final with Hernandez on the outside. They were joined at the front early by John Burke in the 16-lap race. By lap seven, Skinner was shuffled down the order and eventually retired. Hernandez claimed the lead and showed the way for eight laps before Burke took over the position with two laps remaining, bringing defending champion Jesus Vasquez Jr. with him. On the final lap, Vasquez and Hernandez tangled, allowing Burke to cross the line as the provisional winner.
During the race, multiple penalties were called in by on-track officials and reviewed, along with multiple protests filed post-race. Official results saw penalties to Burke for scrubbing tires, along with runner-up finisher Phillips. This promoted Rudolph to victory, placing Burke second and Phillips third. Santiago Duran was classified fourth with Adrian Cruz completing the top five. Unfortunately, TSRS announced the incorrect results at the podium ceremony.
The following is a statement from Texas Sprint Racing Series regarding the situation; “It has come to our attention that an inaccurate official main event results in the KA100 Senior group was published and used for our podium ceremony. The results failed to include a successful protest/penalty overturn of “Blocking” by competitor 979 (Rudolph). Regrettably, this action directly reflects the final official results of the main event and the final podium results. We apologize for the confusion.”
Another strong field for Briggs 206 Senior presented by Slipstream Racing took to Amarillo, featuring 30 drivers fighting in Round Two. Gunner Ray edged out the field in qualifying for fast time with a 1:15.918 as the top five drivers were all within 85 thousandths of a second. Among them were the three different heat race winners. Round One winner Ragan Saville came away with the Heat #1 win over Kelvin Xing. It was Xing in the top spot for the middle heat, holding off defending champion Bryce Frank. Camryn Reed put herself at the top of the order in the final heat, winning ahead of Jenson Harrell. Xing and Harrell made up the front row with Reed and Frank in row two for the Final. Xing led the first eight laps as Reed and Frank fought for the second spot. Reed took control of the top spot on lap nine before Xing returned to the point prior to the white flag. Xing held on through the final lap, beating Frank to the checkered flag for the victory by 87 thousandths. Reed was a close third with Samuel Jung up to fourth with Saville in fifth, recording the fast lap of the race.
Tyrone Kemper Jr. kept a perfect season intact with a victory in the KA100 Junior presented by P1 Engines class. A lap of 1:07.626 put him at the top of the order in qualifying ahead of the 16-driver field. The opening heat was a win by Kemper over David Ybarra, with Ybarra earning the win in Heat #2. Kemper came back to win the battle in Heat #3, earning the pole position alongside Ybarra. Kemper led the opening 11 laps of the Final before Ybarra took over the top spot. Leading the final five laps, Ybarra crossed the line as the provisional winner, however, he would be removed from all results on the day for disqualification in tech due to his exhaust manifold. This promoted Kemper to victory and the sweep of Round Two. Nathan Golseth was promoted to second, winning the battle for that position ahead of Jackson Baldus with Mason Barry and Matthew Dukette rounding out the top five.
The Hi5 Performance KA100 Master division welcomed a sweep on the weekend, led by multi-time series champion Miguel Mier. His 1:08.455 lap in qualifying cleared the 15-driver field by over seven tenths around the 1-mile circuit. The strong pace continued over the three heat races with wins by five seconds, five seconds and eight seconds heading into the Final. Mier led all 16 laps, securing his first victory of the season. Defending champion Pierce Baldus ran second with David Pergande landing on the podium in third. John Mossey was fourth with Shane Burkett classified as fifth.
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It was a near sweep in the Briggs 206 Junior presented by TB Kart USA class. Dean Gerrior led the way in qualifying with a 1:17.156 lap, however, it would be Rodrigo Polaya that took control the rest of the weekend. Qualifying second, Polaya jumped up to win in the opening heat race taking the race wins in the final two heats. Polaya went wire-to-wire in the 14-lap Final, posting fast laps of the race to drive away to over a four-second advantage at the checkered flag. Round One victor Sawyer Chambers was second with Mia Johnson joining them on the podium. Brandon Greene and Francisco Reyes completing the top five as Gerrior ended up sixth.
Multiple drivers were in contention throughout the weekend in the Briggs 206 Cadet presented by Speed Concepts Racing. Round One winner Aston Wyatt led the 19-driver field in qualifying with a 1:16.290 lap-time. Three different drivers won heat races with Brody Stoffle taking the opening moto before Drew Blehm took the top spot in the second heat. The last heat saw Wyatt return back to the top of the order. Blehm and Stoffle earned the front row starting spots ahead of Clayton Stiles and Wyatt in row two. Blehm led the opening three laps before Wyatt took control. It was coming to the white flag that the battle heated up with Stiles moving into the lead. Through the final lap, Stiles was able to maintain the lead, going on to earn the victory in his class debut. Blehm settled for second with Wyatt on the podium in third. Stoffle crossed the line in fourth but was removed from the results for a spark plug issue in tech. That promoted Cruz Rodriguez to fourth with Hayden Sampson in fifth.
The Mini Swift presented by Alan Rudolph Racing Academy class welcomed its second different winner on the season in Colton Schniegenberg. He qualified third as Round One winner Tanner Barsch led the way in qualifying with a 1:11.545 to edge out Aston Wyatt by 34 thousandths. Barsch held the top spot through the opening heat race ahead of Liam Nachawati. It was Nachawati that scored the win in Heat #2 over Schniegenberg while Barsch returned to the point in Heat #3 ahead of Wyatt. Nachawati and Barsch earned the front row starting spots for the Final while Wyatt and Kade Kaspar filled out row two. Four different drivers led over the first four laps of the main event before Schniegenberg, who started fifth, worked his way to the lead by lap five. From there, he led the remainder of the race until the final lap. He and Nachawati battled for the top spot on the final circuit. In the final section of the circuit, Nachawati spun around, and Schniegenberg went on to earn his first victory of the season. Simon Kline advanced to the runner-up position with Tyler Morawiec up into third. Wyatt and Clayton Stiles completed the top five.
It was a two driver fight all weekend in the Micro Swift presented by Gallery Furniture class. Brody Stoffle was able to clear the 14-driver field in qualifying with a 1:12.801 lap. Stoffle won the opening two heat races before Round One winner Tyler Blackwood came away with the win in Heat #3. Stoffle and Blackwood ran 1-2 for the entire 14-lap Final with Brody taking the victory by just over one second. Shepp Sullivan joined them on the podium in third with Hayden Sampson fourth and Wyatt White placing fifth.
Five-time SKUSA SuperNationals winner Billy Musgrave was able to sweep the Shifter division presented by Arcane Motorsports. Musgrave set fast time in qualifying with a 59.298 lap before going on to win all three heat races. In the 17-lap Final, Musgrave led green-to-checkered for the victory in his 2025 series debut. Round One winner Aden Rudolph drove to second with John Melchiorri won the battle for the third step on the podium ahead of Derek Proctor and Nick Boulle.
Maverick Reddick came away with his first TSRS victory in the Briggs 206 Kid Karts presented by GR2 Motorsports category. It was Vettel Baker that was the driver to beat early, setting fast time and winning the opening heat race. Reddick drove the win in Heat #2 before Baker retook the top spot in Heat #3. The two battled for the lead during the first half of the race until Baker retired on lap eight while leading. This handed the top spot over to Reddick, who held the spot for the remainder of the race for his career first victory. Liam Lofton was a close second with Round One winner Wylen Galeano joining them on the podium in third. JJ DeShong and Booker Anderson completed the top five.
The third event for the 2025 Texas Sprint Racing Series is the ‘Summer Shootout’ weekend, scheduled for July 18-20 at the KartMoto facility in Cresson, Texas.
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