The Cup Karts North America South Division closed out the 2026 season with the final two rounds contest at the Bushnell Motorsports Park. The Bushnell, Florida facility brought great weather and the largest fields of the season to wrap up the championship program. Saturday hosted Round Seven before Sunday action to complete Round Eight to decide the final race winners of the season.
Senior Light was a three driver battle throughout the weekend. Camryn Reed led the way in qualifying for Round Seven with a lap of 58.929 to edge out Adriano Yannuzzi for the RLV Fastest Qualifier award. In the heat races, Yannuzzi went wire-to-wire for the wins over Dylan Amundsen. Over the opening lap, Amundsen claimed the lead and was able to show the way for all 15 laps, earning a third straight victory. Yannuzzi was a close second, recording fast lap of the race, with Reed completing the podium. Yannuzzi continued leading the way into Sunday with fast time for the RLV Fastest Qualifier award. Reed was second in the session and beat out Yannuzzi on the final circuit for the heat race win. Yannuzzi was able to grab the lead at the start and led all 16 laps after battle with Reed throughout the distance. Contact on lap 12 between the two resulted in Reed losing ground, and officials gave a two position penalty to Yannuzzi. This promoted Reed to the top of the podium for her first win of the season. Leonardo Fernandez-Pallante was promoted to second with Yannuzzi placed third. Yannuzzi was the lone entry in Senior Medium on the weekend, credited with victory both days.
Ronnie Klys had a near sweep of the weekend to celebrate his first two wins of the season in Senior Heavy. Klys edged out James Hare for the RLV Fastest Qualifier award by only 23 thousandths, before leading all eight laps of the opening heat race. Klys retired after the opening circuit of Heat Two, allowing Hare to take the win. Klys bounced back in the Feature to lead all 14 laps, securing the victory ahead of Hare and two-time winner Jonathan Graves. Sunday was a complete sweep for Klys, earning RLV Fastest Qualifier award, winning the heat race and taking the checkered flag first for the victory in the Feature. Graves improved to second with Eric King joining them on the podium in third.
The Junior category welcomed two new winners on the season. Saturday racing was paced by two drivers. Ryder Thompson put in the fast lap for the RLV Fastest Qualifier award, edging out Riley Parks by only 57 thousandths. Parks turned that into a Heat One win with Max Hudmon up to second. Hudmon went on to win Heat Two over Winston Overfelt. The 14 lap Feature was paced all race long by Hudmon, who won by over a tenth to claim his first victory of the season. Thompson was second with Liam Bourghol in third. Charlie Marron found pace overnight to claim the RLV Fastest Qualifier award over Parks. Marron won the heat race but was penalized two spots for starting line infraction, moving Parks to the win. Parks led the first few laps of the 16-lap Feature before Hudmon reclaimed the top spot. Bourghol took over on lap 11 and was able to show the way to the checkered flag to claim the first win of the season. Parks was second with Marron in third provisionally before a tram line penalty dropped him to fifth, and promoted Hudmon to third.
James Inscoe was able to sweep the action in the 10-driver Masters field. Inscoe won the RLV Fastest Qualifier award with a lap of 1:00.469. Inscoe went wire-to-wire in both heat races and led all 14 laps of the Final for an eight-second margin of victory. Round Four winner Paul Naquin and Eric King joined him on the podium. Inscoe went wire-to-wire on Sunday as well, earning RLV Fastest Qualifier award, winning the heat race and the Final to close out his first two wins of the season. Round Three winner Andrew Root improved to second with Todd Baron placing third.
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The largest category of the weekend was the Legends class, bringing together 15 drivers for the series finale. Round Five winner James Inscoe was the RLV Fastest Qualifier award winner, clearing the field by over three tenths. Terry Downs came through for a last lap pass to win the opening heat while Inscoe held on through to the checkered flag in the second heat race. Inscoe and Downs paced the field early until Downs retired on lap seven. This allowed Inscoe to drive away for a 10-second advantage for his second victory of the season. Mark Abitabilo and Todd Baron joined him on the podium. The field was much closer in Sunday qualifying as Downs claimed the RLV Fastest Qualifier award, edging out Abitablio by 85 thousandths. Downs led all 10 laps of the heat race over Abitabilo with Inscoe third and Todd Baron fourth, posting fast lap of the race. Downs led the first two laps of the Feature until Baron took control. Baron led the rest of the 16-lap race, claiming his first victory of the season. Downs settled for second with Abitabilo on the podium in third.
Mikey Todd completed the season sweep in the Sportsman division. Todd was the RLV Fastest Qualifier award winner, heat winner and Feature victor in all eight rounds of the 2026 championship. Todd went unchallenged to win in both heat races on Saturday before securing the Feature victory by 15 seconds. Mason Poole and Jack Casey joined him on the podium. On Sunday, Todd swept the final round capping off the year with a near seven-second advantage in the Feature for the eighth victory on the season. Casey improved to second with Poole dropping to third.
Four-time race winner Maddox Nieves began the action in Cadet with the RLV Fastest Qualifier award for Round Seven. Nieves went on to lead all eight laps of the opening heat race until Luciano Ianozzi took over in the second heat race. The two battled over the 14 laps of the Feature until Ianozzi secured the position and his first victory of the season. Nieves settled for second with Cooper Depontes in third. Nieves doubled up in with the RLV Fastest Qualifier award on Sunday, clearing the field by nearly five tenths. After leading every lap of the heat race, Nieves went wire-to-wire for the victory in the Feature, claiming his fifth triumph of the season. Ianozzi made it close, coming up short by 69 thousandths at the line. Carter Morard completed the podium in third.
Aubrey Babcock was able to sweep the weekend in the Kid Kart division. Aubrey battled against Autumn Babcock over the two rounds of racing. Aubrey went unchallenged on Saturday after Autumn retired early. Sunday was another sweep, securing a third victory on the season with Autumn placing runner-up.
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