Kartódromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero

The seventh edition of the Tillotson T4 Nations Cup is set to take place on September 30-October 4 at the Kartódromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero in Valencia, Spain. The 2026 edition is a record-setting event with 295 drivers from 35 different nations set to battle for the T4 Nations Cup titles. Among those set to battle in the five Tillotson categories will be 25 drivers from the United States of America.

The roster combines a former T4 Nations Cup champion, a returning T4 Nations Cup runner-up, national champions, current regional championship leaders and talented newcomers preparing to make their international debuts. Team USA enters the 2026 event after finishing third in the 2025 Nations Cup team standings behind the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Proven International Contenders Lead T4 Senior

Noah Rosser won the Tillotson T4 Nations Cup Senior main event in Spain in 2023 (Photo: Stu Stretton Media)

The T4 Senior lineup is headlined by Noah Rosser, the T4 Nations Cup 2023 Senior champion. Rosser demonstrated his international pace again in 2025, qualifying first overall and winning his opening two heat races in Valencia. He will be joined by Derek Wargo, who finished a close runner-up at T4 Nations Cup 2025 Junior Final. Wargo has since moved into Senior, winning the 2026 T4 Eastern Cup championship and represented the United States in the FIA Karting Academy Trophy Senior program.

Steven Miller returns after finishing sixth in the T4 Nations Cup 2025 Senior Final. Miller’s resume also includes SKUSA SuperNationals, Pro Tour and Winter Series victories and championships, and he currently leads the 2026 Florida Karting Championship T4 Senior standings. The Senior roster also includes returning T4 Nations Cup competitor and Ignite Dash at Daytona winner Tyler Kolshorn, 2026 T4 Eastern Cup third place finisher Kaden Harter, internationally experienced racer Griffin Mecklenburg, and Precision Driving Concepts lead instructor and Racing Prodigy participant Alexandro Vielma.

Championship Talent in Mini and Junior

Brody Stoffle is making his T4 Nations Cup debut in 2026 (Photo: EKN)

The T4 Mini roster for Team USA includes several of the most accomplished young drivers in the American contingent. Reuben Greer arrives as the 2026 T4 Eastern Cup Mini champion. The Alabama driver is also a multi-time karting champion and races in support of Racing For Children. Cohen Shoecraft won the 2025 Florida Cup Mini championship and currently leads the 2026 Florida Karting Championship T4 Mini standings Shoecraft is the only member of the Mini contingent that competed at the T4 Nations Cup last year. Texas racer Brody Stoffle brings significant national-level experience. Stoffle won the 2025 Texas Sprint Racing Series Micro Swift championship and recorded his first SKUSA Pro Tour Mini Swift victory in 2026. Ohio’s Aiden Harbaugh completes the four-driver Mini lineup with experience in multiple karting championships in the USA.

The nine-driver T4 Junior roster is led by Tyler “Pickle” Padgett, winner of the 2026 T4 Eastern Cup Junior championship and current leader of the Florida Karting Championship T4 Junior standings. Ohio’s Anna McCrone was the highest-placed female driver in the 2026 T4 Eastern Cup Junior standings and has also earned race-winning results in Black River Kart Club competition. They are joined by Florida racers Nick Farley, Steffany Miller and Roman Pullen, along with California representatives Jason Gill, Mason Gill and Jet Hengstler with Ishaan Jeevadeepan from New Jersey. Hengstler is the only driver of the Junior roster to have competed at the T4 Nations Cup last year.

Herrera Leads Senior168 Challenge

Herrera is deeply experienced in the T4 program, representing both Columbia and the USA at the Nations Cup in the past
(Photo: T4 Series USA)

Jeyson Herrera will be one of the drivers to watch in T4 Senior168. The Colombian-born, Florida-based driver enters Valencia after winning both the inaugural 2026 T4 Americas Cup Master championship and the 2026 T4 Eastern Cup Master title. A Pan-American champion and T4 Series Sports Ambassador, Herrera will make his third T4 Nations Cup appearance after competing in 2023 and 2025.

Herrera is joined by Daniel Canales, the current Florida Karting Championship T4 Master leader, and fellow Floridian Nelio Bernes, who swept qualifying, the Prefinal and the Final during a 2026 T4 KartPlex Cup event in 2026.

America’s Youngest Representatives

The T4 Bambino lineup features Knox Shelton and Ilan Gomez. Shelton currently leads the Florida Karting Championship T4 Bambino standings and enters the Nations Cup with a strong record of Florida victories and podium finishes. Six-year-old Gomez, from Cape Coral, began karting in October 2025, contested his first race in February 2026 and recorded his first victory in April. The Nations Cup will be his first competition outside Florida and his international racing debut.

Bambino

#17 – Ilan Gomez
#26 – Knox Shelton

Mini

#125 – Reuben Greer
#126 – Aiden Harbaugh
#135 – Cohen Shoecraft
#138 – Brody Stoffle

Junior

#234 – Nick Farley
#236 – Jason Gill
#237 – Mason Gill
#241 – Jet Hengstler
#245 – Ishaan Jeevadeepan
#250 – Anna McCrone
#254 – Steffany Miller
#260 – Tyler Padgett
#264 – Roman Pullen

Senior

#306 – Steven Miller
#350 – Kaden Harter
#361 – Tyler Kolshorn
#372 – Griffin Mecklenburg
#392 – Noah Rosser
#405 – Alexandro Vielma
#409 – Derek Wargo

Senior168

#516 – Nelio Bernes
#522 – Daniel Canales
#541 – Jeyson Herrera

The T4 Nations Cup brings together leading four-stroke racers from around the world for practice, qualifying, heat races, super heats and finals. Drivers will compete for individual class victories while also contributing points toward the Nations Cup team classification.

Follow Team USA’s journey from Valencia through T4 Series USA (Facebook and Instagram) and the official Tillotson T4 Nations Cup website. EKN will have daily recap of each driver’s results from Valencia with the official schedule not yet released.

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