ROK Cup Superfinal 2026: Wednesday Report
Canadian Doria and USA driver Westbrook open event as top qualifiers in Italy
Dutch Westbrook accepts the Mini ROK U10 top qualifier award at ROK Cup Superfinal 2026 (Photo: Cody Schindel - CKN)
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 13-17. More than 400 drivers from over 35 different countries are set to compete in the 10 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). Canada has seen its share of success, including victories by Jayden Francisco (Mini ROK U10) last year and Jensen Burnett (Mini ROK – 2021).
The ROK Cup Superfinal 2026 begins on October 13 with four rounds of practice for all 10 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, who are part of the more than 60 drivers representing ROK Cup USA, each day to allow viewers to follow their progress at the ROK Cup Superfinal 2026. Below is results from Wednesday action.
Canadian Karting News – Wednesday Report
VLR ROK:
#960 – Roman Doria (CAN)
Practice: 6th – 51.688 +0.517
Qualifying: 1st – 51.443 +0.094
Heat 1: 4th +2.361 – 52.115
#957 – Joaquin Golero-Pizarro (ARG)
Practice: 10th – 52.130 +0.959
Qualifying: 17th – 52.343 +0.900
Heat 1: 10th +9.694 – 52.685
#958 – Dante Rodriguez (USA)
Practice: 17th – 52.506 +1.335
Qualifying: 18th – 52.403 +0.960
Heat 1: 12th +12.179 – 52.884
#951 – Enzo Vidmontiene (USA)
Practice: 8th – 51.959 +0.788
Qualifying: 9th – 51.953 +0.510
Heat 1: 8th +8.329 – 52.315
VLR Junior ROK:
#908 – Roy Chang (CAN)
Practice 1: 19th – 54.697 +2.262
Qualifying: 9th – 53.190 +0.462
Heat 1: 10th +6.274 – 53.594
#903 – Thomas Du (CAN)
Practice: 17th – 53.799 +1.364
Qualifying: 12th – 53.453 +0.725
Heat 1: 19th +3Laps – 54.430
#902 – Lawrence Peremen (USA)
Practice: 15th – 53.204 +0.769
Qualifying: 14th – 53.757 +1.029
Heat 1: 6th +4.625 – 53.435
#909 – Colton Schniegenberg (USA)
Practice: 5th – 52.781 +0.346
Qualifying: 6th – 53.116 +0.388
Heat 1: 3rd +0.282 – 53.256
Expert ROK:
#721 – Kevin Ye (CAN)
Practice: 16th – 50.213 +1.561
Qualifying: 12th – 49.488 +0.936
Heat 1: 14th +17.180 – 49.844
Mini ROK U10:
#38 – Brody Brown (USA)
Practice (Group 2): 14th – 56.440 +0.908
Qualifying (Group 2): 10th – 55.933 +0.490
Qualifying (Overall): 20th – Group D
Heat CvsD: 8th +7.240 – 56.762
#28 – Dan Duculescu (USA)
Practice (Group 2): 4th – 55.824 +0.292
Qualifying (Group 2): 7th – 55.849 +0.406
Qualifying (Overall): 14th – Group B
Heat AvsB: 12th +9.831 – 56.486
#51 – Jayden Francisco (CAN)
Practice (Group 2): 6th – 55.894 +0.362
Qualifying (Group 2): 1st – 55.443 +0.138
Qualifying (Overall): 2nd – Group B
Heat AvsB: 3rd +2.147 – 55.904 (penalty)
#48 – Zev Godschalk (USA)
Practice (Group 1): 4th – 56.010 +0.101
Qualifying (Group 1): 5th – 55.810 +0.367
Qualifying (Overall): 9th – Group A
Heat AvsB: 1st +1.926 – 55.768
#18 – Jack Kotowski (USA)
Practice (Group 1): 3rd – 55.953 +0.044
Qualifying (Group 1): 4th – 55.703 +0.260
Qualifying (Overall): 7th – Group C
Heat CvsD: 1st +0.892 – 56.006
#44 – Bret ‘Dutch’ Westbrook (USA)
Practice (Group 1): 2nd – 55.949 +0.040
Qualifying (Group 1): 1st – 55.443 +0.014
Qualifying (Overall): 1st – Group A
Heat AvsB: 8th +4.506 – 55.865
Mini ROK:
#138 – Luke Bulpitt (CAN)
Practice (Group 2): 19th – 55.789 +0.859
Qualifying (Group 2): 19th – 55.789 +0.761
Qualifying (Overall): 37th – Group A
#110 – Lucas Tarango (USA)
Practice (Group 2): 10th – 55.236 +0.306
Qualifying (Group 2): 7th – 55.156 +0.128
Qualifying (Overall): 13th – Group A
Junior ROK:
#250 – Cason Hodge (USA)
Practice (Group 1): 6th – 49.728 +0.324
Qualifying (Group 1): 11th – 49.616 +0.485
Qualifying (Overall): 21st – Group A
#209 – Nicholas Kotowski (USA)
Practice (Group 2): 16th – 49.763 +0.613
Qualifying (Group 2): 5th – 49.540 +0.257
Qualifying (Overall): 10th – Group E
Heat CvsE: 3rd +1.270 – 49.980
#233 – Robert Tronchi (CAN)
Practice (Group 1): 16th – 50.108 +0.704
Qualifying (Group 1): 8th – 49.563 +0.432
Qualifying (Overall): 15th – Group E
Heat CvsE: 9th +6.755 – 49.978
Super ROK:
#627 – Blake Nash (USA)
Practice: 4th – 47.657 +0.107
Qualifying: 8th – 47.448 +0.295
Heat 1: 6th +3.931 – 47.809
Senior ROK:
#404 – Stephen Eisert (USA)
Practice (Group 2): 13th – 48.214 +0.670
Qualifying (Group 2): 17th – 48.256 +0.737
Qualifying (Overall): 33rd – Group C
Heat CvsE: 7th +12.099 – 48.504
#462 – Alan Isambard (USA)
Practice (Group 2): 3rd – 47.748 +0.204
Qualifying (Group 2): 2nd – 47.662 +0.143
Qualifying (Overall): 3rd – Group C
Heat CvsE: 2nd +0.465 – 48.138
Shifter ROK:
#814 – Dominik Karai (USA)
Practice: 8th – 47.667 +0.878
Qualifying: 10th – 47.154 +0.864
Heat 1: 7th +7.874 – 47.414
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