The2026 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season is the fourth season of theIMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge after being established in 2023 as a replacement for theIMSA Prototype Challenge. The season will begin on January 16 atDaytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 3 atRoad Atlanta. This season will mark the debut of the new, third-generationLMP3 cars in this series.^[1][2] On October 29, it been announced that the newBMW M2 Challenge cars (BMC) will be added alongside the LMP3 class in the endurance rounds.^[3]

• Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3)
• GT Daytona X (GTDX)
• Grand Sport X (GSX)
• BMW M2 Challenge (BMC)

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.^[4]

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

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds LMP3 Gen 3 Shopify Racing powered by TWOth[5][6] Ligier JS P325 Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L TurboV6 2 Travis Hill[7] 1 Toney Driver Development[8] Ligier JS P325 Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L TurboV6 30 Brady Golan[7] 1 95 Lincoln Day[8] 1 LMP3 Gen 2 Gebhardt Motorsport[9] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 LV8 1 Óscar Tunjo[9] 1 11 Danny Soufi[9] 1 31 Jérémy Siffert[9] 1 Mishumotors Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 LV8 70 Mirco Schultis 1 Forte Racing[8] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 LV8 77 Brian Thienes[8] 1 86 Jon Hirshberg[8] 1 FastMD with Remstar[8] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 LV8 87 Farhan Siddiqi[8] 1

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds Ruckus Racing[10] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PorscheM97/80 4.2 LFlat-6 45 Scott Blind[10] TBC Rebel Rock Racing[11] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston MartinAMR16A 4.0 L TurboV8 72 Frank DePew[11] TBC

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds Di Benedetto Racing[12] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 LFlat-6 4 Justin Di Benedetto[12] 1 RAFA Racing Team[13] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 LTwin Turbo I6 8 Westin Workman[13] 1 68 Rafael Martinez[8] 1 Stephen Cameron Racing[14] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford Coyote 5.0 LV8 19 Sean Quinlan 1 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[15] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 25 Ismaeel Ellahi[15] 1 Auto Technic Racing[8] BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 LTwin Turbo I6 26 Tiger Tari[8] 1 CarBahn Motorsports 35 Courtney Crone[16] 1 Kingpin Racing[17] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 LTwin Turbo I6 81 Jon Brel[17] 1 89x Motorsports[8] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 LTurbo V8 89 Mike Fitzpatrick[8] 1 Vintage Racing Company[8] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 91 Dan Ammann[8] 1 Panam Motorsport[8] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 LTwin-Turbo I6 98 Cecilia Rabelo[8] 1 Goldcrest Motorsports[8] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 808 Jim Jonsin[8] 1

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	P3 Winner	GTDX Winner	GSX Winner	BMC Winner
1	R1	Daytona	#1Gebhardt Motorsport	no entries	#8 RAFA Racing	did not participate
			Óscar Tunjo		Westin Workman
	R2		#1Gebhardt Motorsport		#8 RAFA Racing
			Óscar Tunjo		Westin Workman
2	R1	COTA				did not participate
	R2
3		Sebring		did not participate	did not participate
4		COTA		did not participate	did not participate
5	R1	Mid-Ohio				did not participate
	R2
6		Virginia		did not participate	did not participate
7	R1	Mosport				did not participate
	R2
8		Road America		did not participate	did not participate
9	R1	VIR	did not participate			did not participate
	R2
10	R1	Road Atlanta				did not participate
	R2

Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below.^[18]

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS1 SEB AUS2 MOH VIR MOS ELK ATL Points 1 Óscar Tunjo 1 1 700 2 Brian Thienes 5 2 580 3 Lincoln Day 4 3 580 4 Brady Golan 2 10 530 5 Danny Soufi 3 8 530 6 Mirco Schultis 9 4 500 7 Travis Hill 8 5 490 8 Jérémy Siffert 7 7 480 9 Jon Hirshberg 6 9 470 10 Farhan Siddiqi 10 6 460

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS1 MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Óscar Tunjo 1 1 700 2 Brian Thienes 5 2 580 3 Lincoln Day 4 3 580 4 Brady Golan 2 10 530 5 Danny Soufi 3 8 530 6 Mirco Schultis 9 4 500 7 Travis Hill 8 5 490 8 Jérémy Siffert 7 7 480 9 Jon Hirshberg 6 9 470 10 Farhan Siddiqi 10 6 460

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS1 SEB AUS2 MOH VIR MOS ELK ATL Points 1 Brian Thienes 1 1 700 2 Mirco Schultis 4 2 600 3 Travis Hill 3 3 600 4 Jon Hirshberg 2 5 580 5 Farhan Siddiqi 5 4 540

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Westin Workman 1 1 700 2 Justin Di Benedetto 3 2 620 3 Sean Quinlan 4 3 580 4 Ismaeel Ellahi 2 10 530 5 Courtney Crone 7 4 520 6 Dan Ammann 5 5 520 7 Rafael Martinez 6 7 490 8 Cecilia Rabelo 9 6 470 9 Jon Brel 8 9 450 10 Jim Jonsin 12 8 420 11 Mike Fitzpatrick 10 12 400 12 Tiger Tari 11 11 400

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Sean Quinlan 1 1 700 2 Dan Ammann 2 2 640 3 Rafael Martinez 3 3 600 4 Jon Brel 4 5 540 5 Jim Jonsin 7 4 520 6 Mike Fitzpatrick 5 7 500 7 Tiger Tari 6 6 500

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS1 SEB AUS2 MOH VIR MOS ELK ATL Points 1 #1Gebhardt Motorsport 1 1 700 2 #77Forte Racing 5 2 580 3 #95 Toney Driver Development 4 3 580 4 #30 Toney Driver Development 2 10 530 5 #11Gebhardt Motorsport 3 8 530 6 #70 Mishumotors 9 4 500 7 #2 Shopify Racing powered by TWOth 8 5 490 8 #31Gebhardt Motorsport 7 7 480 9 #86Forte Racing 6 9 470 10 #87 FastMD with Remstar 10 6 460

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 #1Gebhardt Motorsport 1 1 700 2 #77Forte Racing 5 2 580 3 #95 Toney Driver Development 4 3 580 4 #30 Toney Driver Development 2 10 530 5 #11Gebhardt Motorsport 3 8 530 6 #70 Mishumotors 9 4 500 7 #2 Shopify Racing powered by TWOth 8 5 490 8 #31Gebhardt Motorsport 7 7 480 9 #86Forte Racing 6 9 470 10 #87 FastMD with Remstar 10 6 460

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 #8 RAFA Racing Team 1 1 700 2 #4 Di Benedetto Racing 3 2 620 3 #19 Stephen Cameron Racing 4 3 580 4 #25 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport 2 10 530 5 #35 CarBahn Motorsports 7 4 520 6 #91 Vintage Racing Company 5 5 520 7 #68 RAFA Racing Team 6 7 490 8 #98 Panam Motorsport 9 6 470 9 #81 Kingpin Racing 8 9 450 10 #808 Goldcrest Motorsports 12 8 420 11 #89 89x Motorsports 10 12 400 12 #26 Auto Technic Racing 11 11 400

Pos. Drivers DAY AUS MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Toyota 1 1 700 2 Porsche 2 2 640 3 Ford 4 3 600 4 BMW 4 7 560 5 Aston Martin 10 12 520

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