2026 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge

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.

Schedule

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
Source:^[2]

Entries

Team	No.	Driver(s)	Class	Rounds
Wheelhouse Motorsports	7	Sandy Satullo	DH	1
	8	Tom Tait	DHL	1
	17	Jim Farley	DH	1
	34	Will Lucas	DH	1
	63	Joseph Dederichs	DHL	1
	77	Michael Tosi	DH	1
Paley Motorsport with AAG Racing	9	Chris Clarke	DHL	1
Paley Motorsport with AAG Racing	29	Ryan Persing	DH	1
TechSport Racing	21	Colin Harrison	DH	1
TechSport Racing	22	Devin Anderson	DH	1
Flying Lion Motorsports	25	Bruce Griffin	DHL	1
G2 Motorsports	28	Louis Gigliotti	DH	1
Spark Performance	33	Alex Bachoura	DHL	1
Round 3 Racing	42	Cole Loftsgard	DH	1
Nick Smither Racing	58	Nicholas Smither	DHL	1
Nick Smither Racing	88	Walter Bobko	DHL	1
Torre Racing	84	Paolo Salvatore	DHL	1
Peterson Racing	87	Doug Peterson	DHL	1
Automatic Racing	98	Tate Pritt	DH	1
Source:^[3]

Icon	Class
DH	Dark Horse
DHL	Dark Horse Legends

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
	R1		Cole Loftsgard	Cole Loftsgard	Cole Loftsgard	Alex Bachoura
	R2		#77 Wheelhouse Motorsports	#77 Wheelhouse Motorsports	#42 Round 3 Racing	#33 Spark Performance
	R2		Michael Tosi	Michael Tosi	Cole Loftsgard	Alex Bachoura
2	R1	Laguna Seca
	R1
	R2
	R2
3	R1	Mid-Ohio
	R1
	R2
	R2
4	R1	Watkins Glen
	R1
	R2
	R2
5	R1	VIR
	R1
	R2
	R2
6	R1	COTA
	R1
	R2
	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+
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

Drivers' Championship

References

^ Kilbey, Stephen (August 1, 2025). "Mustang Challenge North America sets 2026 schedule". RACER. Archived from the original on August 1, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
^ "Mustang Challenge 2026". www.fordracing.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
^ "Sebring International Raceway Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. March 11, 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 19, 2026. Retrieved March 18, 2026.

External links

Official website

[1] Kilbey, Stephen (August 1, 2025). "Mustang Challenge North America sets 2026 schedule". RACER. Archived from the original on August 1, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2026.

[2] "Mustang Challenge 2026". www.fordracing.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.

[3] "Sebring International Raceway Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. March 11, 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 19, 2026. Retrieved March 18, 2026.

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