2026 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

The 2026 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season is the fourth season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge after being established in 2023 as a replacement for the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The season will begin on January 16 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 3 at Road Atlanta. This season will mark the debut of the new, third-generation LMP3 cars in this series.^[1][2]

• Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3)
• GT Daytona X (GTDX)
• Grand Sport X (GSX)

The provisional schedule was released on September 16, 2025, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring sixteen rounds split across ten race weekends, which will be made up of 6 Sprint and 4 Endurance rounds. All ten events had confirmed dates.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Length	Classes	Date
1	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	2 x 45 minutes	All	January 16–19
2	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	2 x 45 minutes	All	February 27–28
3	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida	2 hours	LMP3	March 6–8
4	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	2 hours	LMP3	May 7–9
5	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio	2 x 45 minutes	All	June 5–7
6	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	2 hours	LMP3	June 19–21
7	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario	2 x 45 minutes	All	July 10–12
8	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	2 hours	LMP3	August 14–16
9	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	2 x 45 minutes	GTDX, GSX	August 21–23
10	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia	2 x 45 minutes	All	October 1–3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine.^[1]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds