CHARLOTTE — The Trans Am Sequence offered by Pirelli will add a TA Cup Nationwide Championship title for Trans Am’s Sixtieth-anniversary season.
The 2026 TA Cup Nationwide Championship schedule includes a five-track, six-race lineup that can showcase the category at a few of North America’s most iconic highway programs. The schedule builds on the momentum of a profitable inaugural season within the Western Championship, which concluded with Ken Sutherland incomes the title.
Launched to offer a aggressive and cost-conscious platform inside the Trans Am paddock, the TA Cup class makes use of spec autos operating beneath tightly-controlled laws. The automobiles are all produced by Chris Evans Inc. (CEI), owned by two-time Western Championship title winner Chris Evans. The class emphasizes driver talent, consistency and race craft, whereas delivering shut competitors and accessible entry factors for groups and rivals throughout the nation.
The TA Cup class makes use of high-performance spec tube-frame autos with silhouette our bodies. The 2900-pound automobiles run on 18” Pirelli P ZERO slicks and make the most of the earlier era of NASCAR engines. This season, the TA Cup automobiles will run unrestricted at a barely decrease weight than in 2025.
The 2026 TA Cup Nationwide Championship schedule will open at Sebring Worldwide Raceway (February 26-March 1), adopted by a cease at Highway Atlanta (March 12-15), earlier than heading west for a doubleheader weekend at Sonoma Raceway (April 23-26). The championship battle will then wrap up with back-to-back weekends at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (June 18-21) and Highway America (June 25-28).
The TA Cup class may also proceed to run within the Western Championship alongside the CUBE 3 Structure TA2 Sequence and TA/GT courses, with 5 races at three venues. The Western Championship season will kick off on the Sonoma Raceway doubleheader (April 23-26) earlier than returning to motion with a doubleheader at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (October 2-4). The season will conclude with the Nationwide Championship at COTA (October 29-November 1).
“Our TA Cup class has been rising, and it was time to supply them an expanded schedule for them to go to a few of our greatest tracks,” stated Trans Am President Andy Lally. “I believe the occasions we’ve got them scheduled for in 2026 will make for some nice races and be a robust addition to the Trans Am Sequence.”
2026 Nationwide Championship TA Cup Schedule
Feb. 26-Mar.1 – Sebring Worldwide Raceway (Sebring, Fla.)
March 12-15 – Highway Atlanta (Braselton, Ga.)
April 23-26 – Sonoma Raceway (Sonoma, Calif.)*
June 18-21 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.)
June 25-28 – Highway America (Plymouth, Wis.)
2026 Western Championship Schedule
April 23-26 – Sonoma Raceway (Sonoma, Calif.)*
October 2-4 – WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (Salinas, Calif.)*
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 – Circuit of The Americas (Austin, Texas)
