DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Problem will broaden from six to 10 whole race weekends in 2026, overlaying each dash and endurance racing codecs.
The sequence will proceed to run two 45-minute races on dash weekends, whereas the 4 new weekends will embrace a two-hour endurance race element for Le Mans Prototype 3 automobiles.
The Le Mans Prototype 3 class – which is able to see the introduction of a brand new automotive specification in 2026 – will compete on 9 of the ten whole weekends for the VP Racing SportsCar Problem. These will probably be break up between 5 dash weekends and 4 two-hour endurance races sanctioned by IMSA that can happen on 4 United States Auto Membership occasion weekends.
Each dash and endurance race elements will rely in the direction of the general VP Racing SportsCar Problem Le Mans Prototype 3 championship, with the endurance occasions comprising an extra championship akin to the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup’s relationship to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Grand Touring Daytona X (GTDX) and Grand Sport X (GSX) lessons will compete solely on the six dash weekends, together with the primary GTDX/GSX mixture look at VIRginia Worldwide Raceway in August. These two class championships will probably be determined by the dash races.
The sequence’ three 2025 lessons – LMP3, GTDX and GSX – reprise most races and venues in 2026. The one change is a standalone dash race at VIR for GTDX and GSX, though VIR nonetheless elements within the LMP3 portion of the schedule.
The season kicks off for LMP3, GTDX and GSX on the Roar Earlier than the Rolex 24 take a look at weekend at Daytona Worldwide Speedway from January 16-19. This race posted a season-high automotive rely for the sequence in 2025 with eight LMP3, 9 GTDX and 16 GSX automobiles for a complete of 33 automobiles entered.
From there, the trio of lessons head to Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas as a part of the NASCAR Cup Collection weekend February 27-28 for the second dash spherical of the season.
This batch of entries resumes for his or her third weekend June 5-7 on the Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course as a part of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Problem series-headlining weekend.
A visit to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park follows on July 10-12, as a part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship-headlining weekend.
New for 2026 is a race that includes solely the GTDX and GSX lessons at VIR on August 21-23, as a part of the WeatherTech Championship weekend there.
The ultimate LMP3, GTDX and GSX race weekend of the 12 months happens as a part of Motul Petit Le Mans weekend at Michelin Raceway Highway Atlanta, October 1-3.
The LMP3 portion of the schedule provides the 4 endurance races at 4 traditional highway programs: Sebring Worldwide Raceway, Circuit of The Americas, VIRginia Worldwide Raceway and Highway America.
A visit to Sebring on March 6-8 contains the primary LMP3 two-hour endurance race. This weekend happens two weeks earlier than the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring weekend, which is able to function a number of IMSA-sanctioned championships.
The second endurance race comes with a visit to Circuit of The Americas on Could 7-9, adopted by subsequent rounds at Virginia Worldwide Raceway on June 19-21 and Highway America on August 14-16. The Highway America occasion is one weekend later than what was introduced beforehand.
2026 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Problem Schedule
January 16-19 Daytona Int’l Speedway Daytona Seashore, Fla.
February 27-28 Circuit of The Americas Austin, Texas
March 6-9 Sebring Int’l Raceway Sebring, Fla.
June 5-7 Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course Steam Corners, Ohio
June 19-21 Virginia Int’l Raceway Alton, Va.
July 10-21 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario
Aug. 14-16 Highway America Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Aug. 21-23 Virginia Int’l Raceway Alton, Va.
Oct. 1-3 Michelin Raceway Highway Atlanta Braselton, Ga.
