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 at the track 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 the United States.svg Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian [3] Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 60Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of None.svg TBA
93Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of None.svg TBA [4] BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8 TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of None.svg TBA
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of None.svg TBA

Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)


In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. [5]

TeamChassisNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United States.svg HMD Intersport Racing [6] Oreca 07 37 Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field [6] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports [7] [8] Oreca 07 52Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of None.svg TBA

GT Daytona (GTD Pro / GTD)


TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds
GTD Pro
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ford Multimatic Motorsports [9] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 64Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of None.svg TBA
65Flag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of None.svg TBA
GTD

References

  1. 1 2 "IMSA Announces 2026 Calendar". www.dailysportscar.com. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ "IMSA Reveals 2026 WeatherTech Championship, Michelin Pilot Challenge Schedules". imsa.com. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  3. ↑ Dagys, John (September 12, 2025). "Acura Meyer Shank to Continue With Two-Car GTP Effort in 2026". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ Euwema, Davey (September 5, 2025). "BMW to Continue With Full Season GTP Program in 2026". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ "New Year, New Regulations for LMP2". europeanlemansseries.com. European Le Mans Series. January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Euwema, Davey (September 9, 2025). "Intersport to Make IMSA Return in Partnership with HMD". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  7. ↑ Dagys, John (August 28, 2025). "BHA Announces Full Season LMP2 Entry for 2026". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  8. ↑ O'Connell, RJ (September 4, 2025). "BHA partners with PR1/Mathiasen for IMSA LMP2 program". RACER . Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  9. ↑ Staff, Sportscar365 (September 17, 2025). "Ford Multimatic to Continue in GTD Pro With Two-Car Entry". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved September 17, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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