Champions of the Future America held its third round at K1 Circuit in Winchester, California on March 21-22, racing on a reverse layout of the Pro Track with D's and Tic-Tac-Toe sections — a first in the track's history. Despite temperatures reaching 100 degrees during Friday practice, participation remained high with nearly triple-digit attendance.
In Mini U10, championship leader Carson Bishop was taken out by contact mid-race, opening the door for Sebastian Matyjaszczyk to claim his first COTF America win. Dan Duculescu finished second, with Lucas Freitas Melo inheriting third after a penalty dropped Lyon McPhail to fourth. Bishop retains the championship lead with 271 points.
The Mini final delivered a late-race thriller, as Axel Tibbs — substituting for championship leader Forrest Blair — swept past Asher Biezonsky with one lap remaining to claim his maiden win. Maddox Carlucci finished second and Biezonsky third, his first podium of the season. Carlucci now leads the Mini championship.
Local Winchester racer Sebastian Hauser finally broke through for his first KA100 Junior win after back-to-back third-place finishes, holding a clean lead to win by 1.6 seconds over Troy Ferguson and Tyren Scott. Championship leader Braydon Wagner recovered from a difficult weekend to finish fifth. Hauser now leads the standings.
Keagan Kaminski dominated KA100 Senior on his class debut, winning from pole unchallenged. Teammate Matthew Cagle finished second in a near Formula Works sweep, with Stephen Eisert claiming third. Championship leader Johnie Stamps had a difficult race and finished eighth.
In KA100 Heritage, newcomer Blake Lawrence lost the lead at Turn 1 on the opening lap, allowing Tony Gomez to control the race and take his first win. Diego Pelosi finished second and Craig Vasquez third.
With championship leader Jake Drew absent, Erik Doan swept every session in X30 Pro and won the final by nearly four seconds over Sergei Karamseili, taking over the championship lead.
