2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship
Motor racing championship
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The 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) is a motor racing championship, which will be the 56th racing season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association and traces its lineage back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. It will also be the thirteenth season of the IMSA SportsCar Championship since the merger between the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014, and the eleventh under the sponsorship of WeatherTech.
Classes
- Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) (LMDh and LMH)
- Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)
- GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro)
- GT Daytona (GTD)
Schedule
The provisional schedule was released on March 13, 2025, and features 11 rounds.[1][2] The calendar remains the same as the previous season, but the Battle on the Bricks will revert to a 2-hour, 40-minute race as it was in 2023 while the Motul SportsCar Grand Prix[3] event at Road America will be the first in IMSA sports car racing history to run a 6-hour endurance race at that venue.[1]
Entries
Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)
- Bryce Aron was provisionally listed at JDC–Miller MotorSports for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, but was later replaced by Kaylen Frederick.[19]
Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.[20]
- James Roe was provisionally listed at Era Motorsport for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, but later moved to Lone Star Racing's GTD entry.[19][33] He was replaced by Jacob Abel.[32]
GT Daytona (GTD Pro / GTD)
Race results
Bold indicates overall and GTD winners.
Championship standings
Points systems
Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in qualifying and the race as shown in the chart below.
| 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Race | 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 |
- Drivers points
Points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event.
- Team points
Team points are calculated in exactly the same way as driver points, using the point distribution chart. Each car entered is considered its own "team" regardless if it is a single entry or part of a two-car team.
- Manufacturer points
There are also a number of manufacturer championships which utilize the same season-long point distribution chart. The manufacturer championships recognized by IMSA are as follows:
- Grand Touring Prototype (GTP): Engine & bodywork manufacturer
- GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro): Car manufacturer
- GT Daytona (GTD): Car manufacturer
Each manufacturer receives finishing points for its highest finishing car in each class. The positions of subsequent finishing cars from the same manufacturer are not taken into consideration, and all other manufacturers move up in the order.
- Example: Manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd at an event, and Manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A receives 350 points for first place while Manufacturer B would earn 320 points for second place.
- Michelin Endurance Cup
The points system for the Michelin Endurance Cup is different from the normal points system. Points are awarded on a 5–4–3–2 basis for drivers, teams and manufacturers. The first finishing position at each interval earns five points, four points for second position, three points for third, with two points awarded for fourth and each subsequent finishing position.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | Other Classified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
At the Rolex 24 at Daytona, points are awarded at 6 hours, 12 hours, 18 hours and at the finish. At the Sebring 12 hours, points are awarded at 4 hours, 8 hours and at the finish. At the Watkins Glen 6 hours and Road America 6 hours, points are awarded at 3 hours and at the finish. At the Petit Le Mans (10 hours), points are awarded at 4 hours, 8 hours and at the finish.
Like the season-long team championship, Michelin Endurance Cup team points are awarded for each car and drivers get points in any car that they drive, in which they are entered for points. The manufacturer points go to the highest placed car from that manufacturer (the others from that manufacturer not being counted), just like the season-long manufacturer championship.
For example: in any particular segment manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd and manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A only receives first-place points for that segment. Manufacturer B receives the second-place points.
Drivers' Championships
Standings: Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)
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Bold - Pole position |
Standings: Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)
Standings: GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro)
Standings: GT Daytona (GTD)
| Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1280 | 18 | |||||||
| 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1140 | 18 | |||||||
| 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1103 | 14 | |||||||
| 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1080 | 18 | |||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1040 | 18 | ||||||||
| 6 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 983 | 17 | |||||||
| 7 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 973 | 14 | |||||||
| 8 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 936 | 17 | |||||||
| 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 913 | 14 | |||||||
| 10 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 853 | 15 | |||||||
| 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 816 | 14 | ||||||||
| 12 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 804 | 16 | ||||||||
| 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 804 | 18 | |||||||
| 14 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 786 | 14 | |||||||
| 15 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 781 | 14 | |||||||
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 783 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 769 | 18 | ||||||||
| 18 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 712 | 14 | ||||||||
| 19 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 694 | 17 | ||||||||
| 20 | 3 | 2 | 690 | 18 | |||||||||
| 21 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 678 | 14 | ||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 1 | 661 | 25 | |||||||||
| 23 | 6 | 4 | 581 | 14 | |||||||||
| 24 | 4 | 6 | 559 | 16 | |||||||||
| 25 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 556 | 8 | ||||||||
| 26 | 1 | 18 | 544 | 18 | |||||||||
| 27 | 10 | 5 | 530 | 18 | |||||||||
| 28 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 480 | 18 | ||||||||
| 29 | 20 | 3 | 455 | 17 | |||||||||
| 30 | 7 | 14 | 452 | 14 | |||||||||
| 31 | 11 | 13 | 429 | 14 | |||||||||
| 32 | 8 | 16 | 419 | 14 | |||||||||
| 33 | 17 | 9 | 409 | 17 | |||||||||
| 34 | 1 | 382 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 35 | 18 | 8 | 374 | 14 | |||||||||
| 36 | 13 | 17 | 361 | 17 | |||||||||
| 37 | 16 | 15 | 347 | 14 | |||||||||
| 38 | 19 | 11 | 346 | 15 | |||||||||
| 39 | 21 | 10 | 339 | 14 | |||||||||
| 40 | 12 | 19 | 338 | 15 | |||||||||
| 41 | 2 | 336 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 42 | 3 | 335 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 43 | 4 | 295 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 44 | 6 | 285 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 45 | 5 | 285 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 46 | 6 | 273 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 47 | 5 | 260 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 48 | 7 | 260 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 49 | 8 | 249 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 50 | 10 | 240 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 51 | 9 | 237 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 52 | 11 | 226 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 53 | 12 | 203 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 54 | 13 | 202 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 55 | 13 | 202 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 56 | 14 | 193 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 57 | 14 | 188 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 58 | 16 | 174 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 59 | 15 | 172 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 60 | 17 | 168 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 61 | 20 | 131 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 62 | 19 | 130 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 63 | 21 | 111 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
Teams' Championships
Standings: Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)
| Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #31 Cadillac Whelen | Cadillac V-Series.R | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1375 | 20 | |||||
| 2 | #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1323 | 35 | |||||
| 3 | #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1250 | 23 | |||||
| 4 | #93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Acura ARX-06 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1242 | 16 | |||||
| 5 | #5 JDC–Miller MotorSports | Porsche 963 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1159 | 14 | |||||
| 6 | #24 BMW M Team WRT | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1139 | 16 | |||||
| 7 | #60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Acura ARX-06 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1126 | 14 | |||||
| 8 | #40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing | Cadillac V-Series.R | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1053 | 14 | |||||
| 9 | #25 BMW M Team WRT | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1035 | 15 | |||||
| 10 | #23 Aston Martin THOR Team | Aston Martin Valkyrie | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 971 | 14 | |||||
| 11 | #10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing | Cadillac V-Series.R | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 911 | 15 | |||||
| Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
Standings: Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)
| Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #22 United Autosports USA | Oreca 07 | 4 | 2 | 662 | 20 | |||||
| 2 | #04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR | Oreca 07 | 1 | 5 | 659 | 21 | |||||
| 3 | #2 United Autosports USA | Oreca 07 | 10 | 1 | 604 | 17 | |||||
| 4 | #43 Inter Europol Competition | Oreca 07 | 2 | 11 | 585 | 19 | |||||
| 5 | #8 Tower Motorsports | Oreca 07 | 8 | 3 | 572 | 21 | |||||
| 6 | #99 AO Racing | Oreca 07 | 5 | 6 | 570 | 25 | |||||
| 7 | #18 Era Motorsport | Oreca 07 | 9 | 4 | 545 | 14 | |||||
| 8 | #52 Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen | Oreca 07 | 6 | 8 | 543 | 14 | |||||
| 9 | #37 Intersport Racing | Oreca 07 | 7 | 10 | 488 | 14 | |||||
| 10 | #11 TDS Racing | Oreca 07 | 12 | 7 | 480 | 14 | |||||
| 11 | #73 Pratt Miller Motorsports | Oreca 07 | 11 | 9 | 467 | 14 | |||||
| 12 | #343 Inter Europol Competition | Oreca 07 | 3 | 325 | 11 | ||||||
| 13 | #83 AF Corse USA | Oreca 07 | 13 | 199 | 8 | ||||||
| 14 | #79 JDC-Miller MotorSports | Oreca 07 | DNS | 19 | 4 | ||||||
| Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
Standings: GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro)
Standings: GT Daytona (GTD)
Manufacturers' Championships
Standings: Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)
Standings: GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro)
| Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1027 | 24 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1011 | 23 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 966 | 28 | ||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 960 | 16 | ||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 833 | 14 | ||||||||
| 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 794 | 14 | ||||||||
| 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 774 | 14 | ||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 12 | 570 | 18 | |||||||||
| 9 | 8 | 7 | 553 | 17 | |||||||||
| Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
Standings: GT Daytona (GTD)
| Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1343 | 29 | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1340 | 21 | |||||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1250 | 18 | |||||||
| 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1180 | 15 | |||||||
| 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1170 | 19 | |||||||
| 6 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1161 | 14 | |||||||
| 7 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1136 | 19 | |||||||
| 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1136 | 18 | |||||||
| 9 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1037 | 15 | |||||||
| Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | Points | MEC |