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] On October 29, it been announced that the new BMW M2 Challenge cars (BMC) will be added alongside the LMP3 class in the endurance rounds.[3]
Classes
Calendar
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
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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
|
Entry list
LMP3
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine.[1]
GTDX
GSX
| Team
|
Car
|
Engine
|
|
Drivers
|
Rounds
|
|
BMC
| Team
|
Car
|
Engine
|
|
Drivers
|
Rounds
|
|
Race results
Championship standings
References
- ^ a b "ACO announces next-gen LMP3 from 2025". 24 Hours of Le Mans. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. July 11, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
- ^ "IMSA Expands, Enhances Next Era of LMP3 Competition". imsa.com. International Motor Sports Association. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ^ "BMW M2 Challenge Class Added to VPRC Enduros". Sportscar365. John Days Media. October 29, 2025. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ^ "Expanded VP Racing Challenge 2026 Schedule Revealed". Sportscar365. John Days Media. September 16, 2025. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
- ^ a b Grace, Jonathan (October 8, 2025). "Blind Lining Up GT3 Effort After Single-Make Success". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (November 14, 2025). "Rebel Rock Steps Up to Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved November 14, 2025.