ROK Cup Superfinal 2025: Thursday Report
Francisco, Bergman, Mederios and Miller lead North American squad in second day of racing in Italy
The ROK Cup Superfinal is the year-end event for drivers from around the world in the ROK category, meeting at the historic South Garda Karting facility in Lonato, Italy over October 14-18. More than 400 drivers from over 35 different countries are set to compete in the eight categories.
Drivers from the United States have gained success over the event that has been running since the mid-2000s. Drivers to win includes Derek Wang (Expert Plus – 2024), Ariel Castro (Expert Plus – 2023), Vivek Kanthan (Mini ROK – 2022), Renato Jader David (Expert – 2022/2020), Alex Powell (Mini ROK – 2019), and current NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch (Mini ROK – 2017).
The ROK Cup Superfinal 2025 begins on October 14 with four rounds of practice for all eight classes. Wednesday features one official practice, followed by qualifying and the opening round of heat races. Heat races continue Thursday and Friday before grids are set for the Prefinals Sunday morning. The main events will then be held on Sunday afternoon.
EKN will have recaps for each USA and Canada driver along with 2025 Florida Winter Tour champions each day to allow viewers to follow their progress at the ROK Cup Superfinal 2025. To read about Wednesday results, click HERE. Below is results from Thursday action.
Mini ROK U10:

Josh Bergman (Photo: Cody Schindel – CKN)
#32 – Josh Bergman (USA)
Qualifying (Overall): 3rd
Heat Race Group: C
Warm Up (Group 1): 4th – 56.332 +0.183
Heat 2 (BvsC): 2nd +3.274 – 56.924
#11 – Jayden Francisco (CAN) – FWT Champ (Mini)
Qualifying (Overall): 1st
Heat Race Group: A
Warm Up (Group 1): 1st – 56.149 +0.107
Heat 2 (AvsD): 1st +0.623 – 56.981
#54 – Zev Godschalk (USA)
Qualifying: 6th
Heat Race Group: B
Warm Up (Group 2): 16th – 56.854 +0.891
Heat 2 (BvsC): 23rd +11.864 (+8sec. contact penalty)
#19 – Alvaro Medeiros (BRA) – FWT Champ
Qualifying (Overall): 4th
Heat Race Group: D
Warm Up (Group 2): 15th – 56.763 +0.800
Heat 2 (AvsD): 2nd +0.623 – 57.052
#12 – Axel Tibbs (USA)
Qualifying (Overall): 46th
Heat Race Group: B
Warm Up (Group 2): 23rd – 57.652 +1.689
Heat 2 (BvsC): 12th +5.722 – 57.352
Mini ROK:
#118 – Sebastian de Moisaac (CAN)
Qualifying (Overall): 54th
Heat Race Group: B
Warm Up (Group 2): 24th – 56.940 +1.574
Heat 2 (BvsC): 17th +8.095 – 56.239
#102 – Asher Pavan (CAN)
Qualifying (Overall): 3rd
Heat Race Group: C
Warm Up (Group 1): 17th – 56.102 +0.839
Heat 2 (BvsC): 5th +1.907 – 55.761
Junior ROK:
#286 – Roman Doria (CAN)
Qualifying (Overall): 50th
Heat Race Group: B
Warm Up (Group 2): 11th – 50.572 +0.879
Heat 2 (BvsE): 10th +14.131 – 50.968
Heat 3 (BvsC): 18th +10.342 – 50.741
#219 – Bruno Fu (USA)
Qualifying (Overall): 40th
Heat Race Group: D
Warm Up (Group 3): 21st – 50.703 +1.421
Heat 2 (DvsF): 25th +19.194 (+5sec. PBB) – 50.220
Heat 3 (DvsE): 14th +10.686 – 51.729
#284 – Ryker Magro (CAN)
Qualifying (Overall): 72nd
Heat Race Group: F
Warm Up (Group 1): 24th – 52.530 +2.311
Heat 2 (DvsF): 18th +13.130 – 50.544
Heat 3 (AvsF): 9th +2.697 – 51.506
#211 – Cole Medeiros (CAN) – FWT Champ

Cole Medeiros (Photo: Cody Schindel – CKN)
Qualifying (Overall): 58th
Heat Race Group: D
Warm Up (Group 3): 7th – 49.921 +0.639
Heat 2 (DvsF): 19th +13.212 (+5sec. PBB) – 49.998
Heat 3 (DvsE): 8th +1.999 – 50.901
#214 – Leonardo Seravalle (CAN)
Qualifying (Overall): 10th
Heat Race Group: D
Warm Up (Group 3): 3rd – 49.844 +0.562
Heat 2 (DvsF): 14th +11.104 – 49.978
Heat 3 (DvsE): 4th +0.561 – 50.888
#260 – Enzo Stambaugh (USA)
Qualifying (Overall): 61st
Heat Race Group: A
Warm Up (Group 3): 5th – 49.865 +0.583
Heat 2 (AvsC): 10th +7.698 – 50.100
Heat 3 (AvsF): 6th +1.601 – 51.799
#205 – Ethan Tyres (CAN)
Qualifying (Overall): 49th
Heat Race Group: A
Warm Up (Group 3): 14th – 50.286 +1.004
Heat 2 (AvsC): 12th +8.130 – 50.066
Heat 3 (AvsF): 7th +1.755 – 51.795
#217 – Quinn Tyers (CAN)
Qualifying (Overall): 15th
Heat Race Group: C
Warm Up (Group 1): 4th – 50.393 +0.174
Heat 2 (AvsC): 25th +36.543 (+5sec. contact) – 50.466
Heat 3 (BvsC): 6th +1.369 – 50.787
Senior ROK:
#423 – Joseph Launi (CAN)
Qualifying (Overall): 32nd
Heat Race Group: B
Warm Up (Group 1): 17th – 49.924 +0.900
Heat 2 (AvsB): 16th +12.427 (+5sec. contact) – 48.559
#414 – Steven Miller (USA)
Qualifying (Overall): 9th
Heat Race Group: D
Warm Up (Group 2): 9th – 48.883 +0.433
Heat 2 (CvsD): 2nd +0.315 – 48.370
Heat 3 (DvsE): 2nd +1.054 – 48.147
Super ROK:
#638 – Blake Nash (USA) – FWT Champ (ROK GP)
Qualifying: 6th – 47.525 +0.333
Warm Up: 6th – 48.032 +0.420
Heat 2: 4th +2.995 – 47.914
Shifter ROK:
#803 – Tazio Ottis (USA)
Qualifying: 18th – 48.702 +2.054
Warm Up: 18th – 49.509 +2.649
Heat 2: 19th +25.784 – 48.731
Expert ROK:
#702 – Andre Valenzano (CAN)
Qualifying: 17th – 49.766 +1.034
Warm Up: 16th – 51.690 +0.769
Heat 2: 15th +9.447 – 49.631
Heat 3: 14th +9.839 – 49.856
Expert ROK Plus:
#752 – Mark Pavan (CAN) – FWT Champ
Qualifying: 10th – 49.887 +0.711
Warm Up: 11th – 54.661 +2.030
Heat 2: 8th +1:05.445 – 50.339
Heat 3: 11th +1 Lap – 50.429













