2026 Atlantic Championship

Drivers compete in three classes: the 016 Class is only open to Swift 016a cars, while the USF Juniors Class is open to Tatuus PM-18 cars and the Open Class serves all other eligible entries. All teams and drivers are American-registered.

The race schedule was announced on September 30, 2024.^[1] Pittsburgh International Race Complex dropped off the schedule after the track was closed down, and New Jersey Motorsports Park was also not featured, with the series instead debuting at the Carolina Motorsports Park and returning to Barber Motorsports Park for the first time since 2022.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	H1	Road Atlanta, Braselton	March 14	SVRA Sprint Series Trans-Am Series Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA	Road Atlanta Mid-Ohio Road America Watkins Glen Summit Point Carolina Barber
	H2		March 15
	FR
2	H1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	April 25	FRP race weekend Formula Ford Challenge Series Formula Vee Challenge Cup Series Vintage Sports 2000 North America
	H2		April 26
	FR
3	H1	Road America, Elkhart Lake	June 25–28	Trans-Am Series Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA
	H2
	FR
4	H1	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen	July 16–19	Trans-Am Series Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA
	H2
	FR
5	H1	Summit Point Motorsports Park, Summit Point	August 7–9	FRP race weekend
	H2
	FR
6	H1	Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw	August 28–30	FRP race weekend
	H2
	FR
7	H1	Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham	October 16–18	SVRA Sprint Series Formula Regional Americas Championship
	H2
	FR

The opening round of the 2026 Atlantic Championship was held at Road Atlanta. K-Hill Motorsports driver Harbir Dass claimed pole position in the 016 Class, but mechanical issues meant he was unable to finish the first heat race, with MotoNomaddicts driver John McAleer, the only other entrant in class, taking the win. Dass bounced back in heat race two, before then also winning the feature race to close up in the standings. The Open Class saw James French sweep the weekend in his Forty 48 Competition entry. He took pole position in qualifying before beating Arrive Drive Motorsports’ Ayrton Houk and K-Hill Motorsports’ Bruce Hamilton to victory in heat race one. He doubled up in race two, with Hamilton second this time, before going three for three in the feature race to end the weekend with a 23-point advantage over Hamilton, who came second once again.^[4]

The weekend format and with it the points system were overhauled for the 2026 season. Each weekend now comprises three races, the first two of which are designated as Heat Races and award points per class according to the following scale.

The third race of the weekend, called the Feature Race, awards more points:

Three points are awarded for pole position in each class, as well as two more points for the fastest lap per race per class. Each driver's three worst results will be dropped.