2026 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge
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The 2026 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge is the third season of the IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge. It began on March 18 at Sebring International Raceway and will finish on October 6 at Circuit of the Americas.
The schedule was announced August 1, 2025, featuring 12 races over six double header events.[1]
| Round | Circuit | Location | Dates | Supporting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebring International Raceway |  Sebring, Florida |
March 18–20 | IMSA SportsCar Championship |
| 2 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca |  Monterey, California |
May 1–3 | |
| 3 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course |  Lexington, Ohio |
June 5–7 | |
| 4 | Watkins Glen International |  Watkins Glen, New York |
June 25–27 | |
| 5 | Virginia International Raceway |  Alton, Virginia |
August 21–23 | |
| 6 | Circuit of the Americas |  Austin, Texas |
September 4–6 | FIA World Endurance Championship |
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Entries
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Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Legends Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Sebring |  #42 Round 3 Racing |
#42 Round 3 Racing |
#42 Round 3 Racing |
#33 Spark Performance |
| Cole Loftsgard |
Cole Loftsgard |
Cole Loftsgard |
Alex Bachoura | |||
| R2 | #77 Wheelhouse Motorsports |
#77 Wheelhouse Motorsports |
#42 Round 3 Racing |
#33 Spark Performance | ||
| Michael Tosi |
Michael Tosi |
Cole Loftsgard |
Alex Bachoura | |||
| 2 | R1 | Laguna Seca | ||||
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| 3 | R1 | Mid-Ohio | ||||
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| 4 | R1 | Watkins Glen | ||||
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| 5 | R1 | VIR | ||||
| R2 | ||||||
| 6 | R1 | COTA | ||||
| R2 | ||||||
Championship standings
Points system
Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below. Ten bonus points each are awarded for the driver who earns the pole position and runs the fastest lap in each race event.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30+ | Pole |
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| Points | 350 | 320 | 300 | 280 | 260 | 250 | 240 | 230 | 220 | 210 | 200 | 190 | 180 | 170 | 160 | 150 | 140 | 130 | 120 | 110 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 20 |
Drivers' Championship
Standings: DH Drivers
| Pos. | Driver | SEB | LGA | MOH | WGI | VIR | COT | Bonus | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Loftsgard |
1 | 1 | 20 | 720 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Michael Tosi |
2 | 2 | 20 | 660 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Devin Anderson |
4 | 3 | 0 | 580 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Will Lucas |
3 | 5 | 0 | 560 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Sandy Satullo |
5 | 4 | 0 | 540 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Colin Harrison |
6 | 8 | 0 | 480 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Ryan Persing |
8 | 6 | 0 | 480 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Tate Pritt |
7 | 7 | 0 | 480 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Doug Peterson |
9 | 9 | 0 | 440 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Louis Gigliotti |
11 | 11 | 0 | 420 | ||||||||||
| Drivers Ineligible to Score Points | |||||||||||||||
| Doug Peterson |
10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Standings: DH Drivers
| Pos. | Driver | SEB | LGA | MOH | WGI | VIR | COT | Bonus | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Loftsgard |
1 | 1 | 40 | 720 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Michael Tosi |
2 | 3 | 0 | 620 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Devin Anderson |
3 | 2 | 0 | 620 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Will Lucas |
4 | 4 | 0 | 560 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Sandy Satullo |
5 | 5 | 0 | 520 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Colin Harrison |
6 | 7 | 0 | 500 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Tate Pritt |
7 | 7 | 0 | 480 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Doug Peterson |
DNS | DNS | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||