The sixth season for the Cup Karts North America South Division closes out this weekend with a visit to Bushnell Motorsports Park. The Bushnell, Florida facility is set to host the final two rounds of the CKNA championship program that features a best six of eight rounds format. CKNA South is coming off its largest event of the season at the Music City Kartplex in Tennessee and is ready to tackle the full counter-clockwise layout at Bushnell for Round Seven and Round Eight action. Entries are forecasted to elevate to the biggest CKNA South event of the 2026 season.

The weekend schedule for the CKNA South Division finale includes five rounds of practice on Friday followed by an end of season cookout. Round Seven includes warm-up, qualifying, two rounds of heat races (8 laps each), and Finals (14 laps). Sunday hosts Round Eight with warm-up, qualifying, one heat (10 laps) and Finals (16 laps).

Bushnell Motorsports Park

The weekend marks a return to Bushnell Motorsports Park for the first time since 2021 when the series visited twice that year. This weekend will be the deciding two rounds in the championship chases for the nine categories. The Senior Medium championship is nearly locked thanks to four wins over the first six rounds for Adriano Yannuzzi. He holds a 499 point advantage over Harley Andrews, who already has two drops by missing the opening two rounds in Mississippi. Five different drivers have won in Senior Light over the six rounds however, it is Camryn Reed with no wins leading the standings. Her five podium finishes hold a 55-point advantage over Yannuzzi – who has four podium results and zero wins in class. Jonathan Graves has a hold on the Senior Heavy championship lead, with four straight podium results over the last four rounds.

Only five points separate the top two in the Masters championship standings. Round Three winner Andrew Root holds the advantage over Round Four victor Paul Naquin. It is Naquin that has four total podiums while Root has only two. Jonathan Graves remains in the hunt heading into the final two rounds. Four wins by Paul Naquin has him leading the Legends title chase. He holds a 125-point advantage heading into the final, leading Round Six winner Anthony Harwin with Michael Chidester trailing in the points.

Ryder Thompson is at the top of the Junior championship standings, coming into the series finale with five straight podium results. He holds a 300-point lead in the chase over Logan Coyne. Silas Root and Lincoln Massey remain in the hunt for the championship podium. Six straight wins has Mikey Todd with the provisional Sportsman championship. The rest of the podium for the standings remains unsettled with Jack Casey, Hank Lai, Mason Poole and Hunter McBride in the hunt. The Cadet title is still up for grabs with six drivers still in the chase. Aaron Merkle holds the lead heading into the final two rounds, leading by 25 points over Carter Morard. Maddox Nieves has four wins coming into Bushnell, sitting third in the standings ahead of Ashton Pitre, Landon Pitre, and Cooper Depontes. Three drivers have won over the six rounds in Kid Kart. Four-time winner Maverick Reddick leads the standings by 110 points over Round Three winner Aubrey Babcock with Round Four victor Beckett Boudreaux sitting third.

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