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, GTDX, 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

All cars in theLMP3 class use theToyotaV35A 3.5 Ltwin-turboV6 engine.^[1]

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds Ruckus Racing[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PorscheM97/80 4.2 LFlat-6 45 Scott Blind[5] TBC Rebel Rock Racing[6] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston MartinAMR16A 4.0 L TurboV8 72 Frank DePew[6] TBC

• IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
• 2026 in American motorsport
• 2026 in motorsport
• Scheduled motorsport seasons

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