2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship

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The 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) is a motor racing championship, which will be the 56th racing season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association and traces its lineage back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. It will also be the thirteenth season of the IMSA SportsCar Championship since the merger between the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014, and the eleventh under the sponsorship of WeatherTech.

Classes

Schedule

The provisional schedule was released on March 13, 2025, and features 11 rounds. [1] [2] The calendar remains the same as the previous season, but the Battle on the Bricks will revert to a 2 hour, 40 minute race as it was in 2023 while the IMSA Sportscar Weekend event at Road America will be the first in IMSA sports car racing history to run a 6 hour endurance race. [1]

   Race is part of the Michelin Endurance Cup
Rnd.RaceLengthClassesCircuitLocationDate
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hoursAll Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 24–25
2 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring 12 hoursAll Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 21
3 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 100 minutesGTP, GTD Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 18
4 Motul Course de Monterey 160 minutesGTP, GTD Pro, GTD WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 3
5 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic 100 minutesGTP, GTD Pro Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan May 30
6 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hoursAll Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 28
7 Chevrolet Grand Prix 160 minutesLMP2, GTD Pro, GTD Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 12
8 IMSA Sportscar Weekend 6 hoursAll Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2
9 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 160 minutesGTD Pro, GTD Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 23
10 Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks 160 minutesAll Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana September 20
11 Motul Petit Le Mans 10 hoursAll Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 3

Entries

Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)


TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds
Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport [3] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V86Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
7Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing [3] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 10Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
40Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Aston Martin THOR Team [3] Aston Martin Valkyrie Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 23Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT [4] [5] BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8 24Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
25Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Whelen [3] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 31Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian [6] Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 60Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
93Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg JDC–Miller MotorSports [3] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 85Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC

Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)


In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. [7]

TeamChassisNo.DriversRounds
Flag of Portugal (official).svg CrowdStrike Racing by APR [3] Oreca 07 04Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg United Autosports USA [8] Oreca 07 2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phil Fayer [8] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
22 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Goldburg [8] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tower Motorsports [9] Oreca 07 8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Farano [9] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg TDS Racing [3] Oreca 07 11Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Era Motorsport [10] Oreca 07 18Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing [11] Oreca 07 37 Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field [11] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition [3] Oreca 07 43 Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Clarke [12] TBC
Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann [12] TBC
Flag of the United States.svg Bijoy Garg [12] TBC
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen [13] [14] Oreca 07 52Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Estonia.svg Team Tonis [3] Oreca 07 61 Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Kasemets [3] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Pratt Miller Motorsports [15] Oreca 07 73Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg AO Racing [16] Oreca 07 99Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC

GT Daytona (GTD Pro / GTD)


TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds
GTD Pro
Flag of the United States.svg Triarsi Competizione [3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 033Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing [3] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 1Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports [3] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 3Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
4Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pfaff Motorsports [15] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 TBC
Lamborghini Temerario GT3 TBC		 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
Lamborghini L411 4.0 L V8 		9Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Vasser Sullivan Racing [3] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 14Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione [3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 2026 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 62Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ford Multimatic Motorsports [17] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 64Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
65Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 75 Express [3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 75 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenny Habul [3] TBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg AO Racing [16] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 77Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Germany.svg Manthey Racing [18] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 911Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
GTD
Flag of the United States.svg Triarsi Competizione [3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 023Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Vasser Sullivan Racing [3] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 12Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 13 Motorsports [19] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Orey Fidani [19] TBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Riley [20] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 16Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg van der Steur Racing [3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 19Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse [3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 21Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team [3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 27Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Conquest Racing [10] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 2026 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 34 Flag of the United States.svg Manny Franco [10] TBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg DXDT Racing [3] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 36Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Taylor Racing [3] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 45Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Winward Racing [3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 57Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Gradient Racing [3] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 66Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Inception Racing [10] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 70 Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Iribe [10] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ollie Millroy [10] TBC
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Schandorff [10] TBC
Flag of the United States.svg Lone Star Racing [3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 80Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg DragonSpeed [3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 81Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg RS1 [3] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 83Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport [15] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 96Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Wright Motorsports [3] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 120Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Germany.svg Manthey Racing [18] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 912Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBATBC

References

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