Stability Highlights 10-Race ’26 Pilot Challenge Calendar
The 2026 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge schedule has been revealed. (Brandon Badraoui/LAT for IMSA photo)
SEBRING, Fla. – In addition to its premier WeatherTech Championship, the International Motor Sports Ass’n also revealed the 2026 schedule for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Thursday during the kickoff to the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
The IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge will again feature a 10-race lineup, continuing next year with the same venues from this year.
IMSA is the first major motorsports sanctioning body to reveal its 2026 calendar.
“The collaboration between IMSA and our event and promoter partners has allowed us to reveal our 2026 calendar at such an early date for a second consecutive season,” said IMSA President John Doonan. “This collective spirit will help our paddock and fans in preparation for next season, even as we have the majority of the 2025 season still to run.”
Consistency and date equity carry through to the 10-race 2026 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge calendar for Grand Sport (GS) and Touring Car (TCR) class competitors.
The 2026 Michelin Pilot Challenge runs alongside the WeatherTech Championship at every round aside from street course races in Long Beach, Calif., and Detroit, Mich.
The series also steps into the headliner spotlight at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, with a four-hour endurance race featured June 5-7. That four-hour race joins the Daytona (Fla.) Int’l Speedway four-hour season opener, with the remaining eight rounds continuing at two hours.
The schedule flows from Daytona to Sebring (Fla.) Int’l Raceway, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to Mid-Ohio, then alongside WeatherTech Championship rounds at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int’l, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Road America, Virginia Int’l Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
2026 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
Jan. 21-25 – Daytona Int’l Speedway – Daytona Beach, Fla. **
March 18-21 – Sebring Int’l Raceway – Sebring, Fla.
May 1-3 – WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca – Monterey, Calif.
June 5-7 – Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Lexington, Ohio **
June 25-28 – Watkins Glen International – Watkins Glen, N.Y.
July 10-12 – Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – Bowmanville, Ontario
July 30-Aug. 2 – Road America – Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Aug. 21-23 – Virginia Int’l Raceway – Alton, Va.
Sept. 18-20 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Ind.
Sept. 30-Oct. 3 – Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta – Braselton, Ga.
** - four-hour extended distance
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