SWS ENDURANCE 4H · RACE Race

Twenty-one teams took the start of the endurance race held on 6 September 2026 at the Slovak Karting Center in Orechová Potôň, on the 1,172-metre V1 layout. At the flag, the top five were separated by fewer than 55 seconds after a long battle across 191 maximum laps.

SKC-EB Racing (kart #9) claimed victory with 191 laps completed, finishing ahead of Young&Wild (#18) by 10.190 seconds and DFS Racing Team (#13) by 32.545 seconds. DDA Racing (#1) completed the leading quartet just 49.3 seconds off the win, while Got2GoFast (#2) rounded out the top five at 54.885 seconds, also on 191 laps. All five podium contenders made 7 pit stops each.

From a pure pace standpoint, the picture is more nuanced. SKC-EB Racing posted the best lap of the entire race — a 1:09.847 — but their median race pace ranked only second among all classified teams (1:10.850). It was their combination of speed and consistency (standard deviation of 0.68 s) across eight stints that secured the win. DFS Racing Team showed the third-best median pace (1:10.859) with excellent consistency in their longer stints, while Young&Wild, ranked fourth in pure pace (1:10.971), demonstrated outstanding regularity, with several stints recorded at a standard deviation below 0.25 s.

DDA Racing (6th in pure pace, median 1:11.206) and Got2GoFast (5th, median 1:11.138) both punched above their pace ranking to finish 4th and 5th respectively, testament to clean pit-stop execution across their 7 stops each.

In the battle for 6th through 9th — all covered by 190 laps — Rapid Wheels Team (#14) led the group by 26.788 seconds over F1 Team (#11), despite F1 Team holding the 8th-best median pace (1:11.385 vs Rapid Wheels Team's 9th-best 1:11.410). TRI-V Motorsport (#16, 7th in pure pace) and TRI-V International (#8, 10th) completed the group separated by under 10 seconds. Notably, TRI-V International was the most consistent team of the race, recording the lowest standard deviation at just 0.45 s — a figure that speaks for itself across 190 laps.

Further down, TRI-V Junior (#12) was the only team in the top 12 to make 8 pit stops, finishing 11th on 189 laps. Radu Racing Team (#21) closed out the 189-lap group in 12th. The mid-pack battle for 13th through 18th was decided within 44 seconds across four teams on 187 laps, with Goluch Kart Team (#4) heading that group — a notable result given they ranked only 18th in pure pace, making them the standout strategic performers of the race. The bottom three — Kartiflouze, Academy Max60, and Glory Racers — each completed 186 laps.

Key takeaways for competing teams: at Slovak Karting Center V1, this race confirmed that pure pace alone does not determine the final order. SKC-EB Racing won by combining the outright fastest lap (1:09.847) with a top-two median pace and disciplined execution over 7 stops. The gap between 2nd and 5th was under 45 seconds after 191 laps, meaning that each pit stop window and each stint length matters greatly. TRI-V International's consistency (σ = 0.45 s) across 190 laps underlines that tyre and kart management is a genuine differentiator, while Goluch Kart Team's ability to convert an 18th-best pace into 13th place illustrates the strategic upside of well-timed stops.