2026 NASCAR Brasil Series

Technical changes:

The 2026 season will debut an new car for the series, named "RISE 26" (Racecraft”, “Innovation”, “Safety” and “Experience”),^[1][5] it consists in several upgrades and modifications from the previous generation, including the replacement of the butterfly doors for an hatch to driver's entry as well an relocation of drivers position from the middle of the car to the left due facilitate rescue teams operation. As well the car received an new electronic and suspension package, update in chassis for safety reasons, especially in the front and rear bumpers, increase on power-to-weight ratio and fuel tank capacity (fueled by ethanol), car body changing from fiberglass to carbon fiber and an unique Pirelli tire developed specially for the series.^[2]

Technical information:

• Architecture: 3-piece modular chassis (front/rear clips + central cell)
• Cell: Polished 304 stainless steel
• Body: Carbon fiber; Hexagon dimensional control
• Engine: NB-26 V6, 360 hp
• Fuel: 100% Ethanol
• Transmission: 6-speed, power shift and paddle shifters
• Torque (max.): 55 kgf•m
• Weight: 960 kg
• Power-to-weight ratio: 2.66 kg/hp
• Suspension: Double wishbone
• Wheels: RAW
• Tires: Pirelli TH4, size 265/645R18 PZERO (special NASCAR Brazil compound)
• Steering wheel: TMC, carbon fiber, multifunction
• Fuel tank: Kevlar, 90 L

Playoff format:

The 2026 season will see a change in the championship structure with the addition of "Playoffs" inspired by the Cup Series. On March 20th Nascar Brasil CEO Thiago Marques announced its rules.^[6][7] The "Playoffs" will replace the old "Special Edition" rounds and will encompass the last two rounds of the championship, with this, the old titles of "Brazil Champion" and "Special Edition Champion" will cease to exist, with only the overall championship remaining, the Playoffs will functioning as follows:

• Regular season:

The regular season will take place during the first 7 rounds of the championship, with two races in each round, totaling 14 races. During these rounds, qualifying will consist in drivers setting times following a sprint race between the top 5 fastest drivers, awarding 10 points to the winner and 2 points to the 5th place finisher. After the 20 races and 7 qualifying sprints, the 12 highest-placed drivers will receive 20 extra points in their score for the next phase of the playoffs.

• Playoffs:

The playoff races will have a different scoring system than the rest of the championship and will consist of three races in each round, additionally, sprint races during qualifying will no longer take place. After the Chapecó round, the six best-placed drivers will receive 10 extra points in their championship standings totaling a combination of 30 bonus points for the top 6 and 20 bonus points for the top 12 before the final round in Autódromo de Brasília. The champion will be decided by the driver who scores the most points throughout the entire championship.^[6][7]

Race length:

For 2025 season, both races during the regular season were 25m+1lap, from 2026 season the first race of the weekend will have a length of 23m+1lap while the second race will have its duration increased to 30m+1lap.

Following 2025 season, when for the first time the cars were run by private teams, the 2026 season will include two new teams on the grid making a total of 5, after R.Mattheis Motorsport left the series being replaced by Pole Motorsport.^[8]

NASCAR Brasil 2026 teams and drivers

Body Style	Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet Camaro	Team RC	0	Cacá Bueno[9]	1
		11	Witold Ramazauskas[10]	1
		57	Felipe Tozzo[11]	1
		85	Gustavo bandeira[12]	1
		87	Jorge Martelli[13]	1
	Cavaleiro Sports	5	Denis Navarro[14]	1
		9	Arthur Gama[15]	1
		10	Ricardo Zonta	1
		99	Galid Osman	1
	Pole Motorsport	34	Dudes Castroneves[16]	1
	Cavaleiro Sports by Pole Motorsport	90	Ricardo Maurício[17]	1
			Alex Seid[17]	1
	AMattheis Vogel	69	Nicolas Costa[18]	1
		83	Gabriel Casagrande[19]	1
Ford Mustang	Full Time Sports	8	Alfredinho Ibiapina[20]	1
		15	Tito Giaffone[21]	1
		21	Thiago Camilo	1
		22	Victor Andrade	1
		46	Vitor Genz[22]	1
		55	Murilo Rocha[23]	1
	SG28 Racing by Pole Motorsport	26	Bruna Tomaselli[24]	1
		97	Tatiana Calderón[25]	1
	AMattheis Vogel	18	Allam Khodair[26]	1
		28	Gui Backes[27]	1

Note:

Team changes

Cavaleiro Sports announced their move to Nascar Brasil in December 2025, the team was invited to join the grid for the 2025 season, but the management decided to wait for the series new car to be the right moment to join, they will field three cars in the grid. ^[28]

Pole Motorsport will replace R.Mattheis Motorsport after announcing the entry in Nascar Brasil in January, being the fifth private team in the grid.^[29]

Initially was expected to both Cavaleiro Sports and Pole motorsports operations to run separated, but in some point before the first round in Santa Cruz to Sul, both teams announced a technical partnership creating the "Cavaleiro Sports by Pole Motorsports".^[30]

SG28 Racing was expected to run with Bruna Tomaselli and Tatiana Calderón in the Stock Car Pro Series season, but after financial and logistical problems the team decided to move to Nascar Brasil in a team partnership with Pole Motorsport.^[24][25]

In 2025 A.Mattheis Motorsport had a partnership with Vogel Motorsport creating the MX Vogel team, but in 2026 they took control of the whole operation becoming A.Mattheis Vogel.^[18]

Team RC and Full Time Sports will keep with six cars on the grid, while AMattheis Vogel will operate four cars.

Driver changes:

Vitor Genz was announced in Full Time Sports after his previous team left the series while Murilo Rocha will debut with the team after being runner-up in 2025 F4 Brazilian Championship.^[22][23]

Denis Navarro will debut this season with Cavaleiro Sports while Arthur Gama will return to the series with the team after leaving beyond 2023 season.^[14][15]

Dudes Castroneves moved to Pole Motorsport after RMattheis Motorsport left the series.^[16]

Ricardo Zonta and Galid Osman both moved to Cavaleiro Sports and run under Shell brand.

Gustavo Bandeira, Denis Navarro, Ricardo Maurício, Bruna Tomaselli, Tatiana Calderón, Murilo Rocha, Allam Khodair and Nicolas Costa will debut in the series this season.

The pre-calendar of the 2026 season of Nascar Brasil series was released on November 17 including 21 races on 9 rounds across Brazil and was set to start on March 15 in a yet to be determined track, with the season closure scheduled to Autódromo Internacional de Brasília in November 29.^[3]

On January 24, the calendar received its first update with the addition of a pre-season race to serve as first contact for teams and drivers with the new car.^[31] As well, the yet to be determined first round was scheduled to Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul in April 12, and the round in Autódromo Internacional de Chapecó had its dates switched with Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel on May 3 due to track building works delay.^[32][31]

For the first time, the calendar will not have more than one round per track, as well ten dates for the first time. The calendar will have a mix of six road courses, two oval tracks and two external layouts.^[33]

Curvelo

Cascavel

São Paulo

Goiânia

Cuiabá

Mogi Guaçu

Chapecó

Brasília

Elias Fausto

Santa Cruz do Sul

Location of circuits scheduled to host a NASCAR Brasil Series round in 2026

Round	Track	Event name	Date
NC	Autódromo Panamericano São Paulo, Elias Fausto	"O Duelo"	21–22 March
1	Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul		11–12 April
2	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel Paraná, Cascavel		2–3 May
3	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, São Paulo		30–31 May
4	Autódromo Velo Città São Paulo, Mogi Guaçu		27–28 June
5	Autódromo Internacional de Mato Grosso Cuiabá, Mato Grosso		1–2 August
6	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna Goiânia, Goiás		22–23 August
7	Circuito dos Cristais Minas Gerais, Curvelo		19–20 September
8	Autódromo Internacional de Chapecó Chapecó, Santa Catarina		30–31 October
9	Autódromo Internacional de Brasília Brasília, Distrito Federal		28–29 November

Bold indicates overall winner.

Notes:

Circuit	Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	NASCAR Brasil Winners	Challenge Winners
Autódromo Panamericano	NC	0	–	–	Vitor Genz	–
Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul	1	1	Cacá Bueno	Vitor Genz	Thiago Camilo	Alfredinho Ibiapina
		2	Vitor Genz	Cacá Bueno	Vitor Genz	Dudes Castroneves
Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel	2	3
		4
Autódromo José Carlos Pace	3	5
		6
Autódromo Velo Città	4	7
		8
Autódromo Internacional de Mato Grosso	5	9
		10
Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	6	11
		12
Circuito dos Cristais	7	13
		14
Autódromo Internacional de Chapecó	8	15
		16
		17
Autódromo Internacional de Brasília	9	18
		19
		20

Notes:

Regular season points:

Playoffs points:

Notes- Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time. †– Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 75% of the race distance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  - Superpole position.

Standings:

Pos	Driver	SCZ		CAS		INT		VEL		MAT		GOI		CUR			CHA			BRA			Points	Playoffs Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
		NASCAR Brasil Championship
1	Vitor Genz	2	11																				55
2	Thiago Camilo	1	33																				47
3	Cacá Bueno	3	56																				29
4	Arthur Gama	12	42																				23
5	Nicolas Costa	17	2																				20
6	Galid Osman	6	8																				16
7	Allam Khodair	4	Ret																				14
8	Ricardo Zonta	5	Ret																				12
9	Dudes Castroneves	19	6																				10
10	Alex Seid Ricardo Maurício	7	Ret																				8
11	Witold Ramasauskas	13	7																				8
12	Gabriel Casagrande	9	DSQ4																				8
13	Alfredinho Ibiapina	8	13																				6
14	Tito Giaffone	10	Ret5																				5
15	Murillo Rocha	18	9																				4
16	Felipe Tozzo	15	10																				3
17	Jorge Martelli	11	Ret																				2
18	Tatiana Calderón	20	11																				2
19	Gustavo Bandeira	16	12																				1
20	Victor Andrade	14	Ret																				0
21	Bruna Tomaselli	21	14																				0
22	Denis Navarro	Ret	DNS																				0
23	Gui Backes	Ret	15																				0
Challenge Championship
1	Witold Ramasauskas	3	2																				36
2	Alfredinho Ibiapina	1	7																				33
3	Dudes Castroneves	7	1																				33
4	Felipe Tozzo	4	4																				28
5	Murilo Rocha	6	3																				26
6	Gustavo Bandeira	5	6																				22
7	Tito Giaffone	2	Ret																				20
8	Tatiana Calderón	8	5																				18
9	Bruna Tomaselli	9	8																				10
10	Gui Backes	Ret	9																				4