Full 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar revealed
Next year’s schedule features 11 rounds

The full calendar for the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship was revealed on Thursday on the eve of the Sebri👍ng 1🐈2 Hours.
Whil🌃e all 11 circuits have been retained for next year, the mid-summer Road America event on 2 August has now been turned into a six-hour endurance race.
The Wisconsin venue effectively takes the place of In🍷dianapolis Motor Speedway, which will now revert to a standard two-hour-40-minute fixture in September🎀.
No other major change🐈 has been m✃ade to next year’s schedule.
As such, the season will get underway with the traditional Daytona 24 Hours on 21-25 January, a week after the Roar Before The 24 tes♊t at the same venue on 16-18 January.
Sebring will host the se💖cond round of the season, as well as the Michelin Endurance Cup, with Long Beach staging the first short-distance race in Aꦗpril.
This will be followed by visits to Laguna Seca an🐈d Detroit, before Watkins Glen hosts the third major enduro of🎃 the year on 25-28 June.
IMSA will then head across the border for🌃 the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park race on 12 July, before returning to the US for the aforementioned Road America event in early August.
Virginia will host a GT-only race on 23 August, while the revamped Indianapolis event on 20 September will mark the penultimate roun♔d.
The season will conclude with the famous Petit Le ꦅMans at R✃oad Atlanta on 3 October.
2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar
No | Date | Race / venue |
- | 16-18 January | Roar Before The 24 (Daytona) |
1 | 21-25 January | Daytona 24 Hours |
2 | 18-21 March | Sebring 12 Hours |
3 | 17-18 April | Long Beach |
4 | 1-3 May | Laguna Seca |
5 | 29-30 May | Detroit |
6 | 25-28 June | Watkins Glen |
7 | 10-12 July | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park |
8 | 30 July-2 August | Road America |
9 | 21-23 August | Virginia |
10 | 18-20 September | Indianapolis |
11 | 30 September - 3 October | Petit Le Mans (Road Atlanta) |