The 2026 Michelin Pilot Challenge was the twenty-seventh season of the IMSA SportsCar Challenge and the thirteenth season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The season began on January 21 at Daytona International Speedway and finished on October 2 at Road Atlanta.

Classes Grand Sport (GS) Touring Car (TCR)

Calendar The provisional 2026 calendar was released on March 13, 2025, featuring ten rounds. Round Race Circuit Location Date Duration 1 BMW M Endurance Challenge at Daytona Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 21–25 4 Hours 2 Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 18–21 2 Hours 3 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 1–3 2 Hours 4 O'Reilly Auto Parts 4 Hours of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio June 5–7 4 Hours 5 LP Building Solutions 120 At The Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 25–28 2 Hours 6 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 10–12 2 Hours 7 Road America 120 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 30–August 2 2 Hours 8 Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 20–23 2 Hours 9 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 120 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana September 18–20 2 Hours 10 Fox Factory 120 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia September 30–October 2 2 HoursSource:

Entry list

Grand Sport (GS) Team Car Engine Drivers Rounds Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 2 Morgan Burkhard All Gordon Scully 1–8 Zach Veach 9–10 Madeline Stewart 1, 4 3 2–3, 5 Jonathan Browne 2–3, 5–6 Zach Veach 6 Ismaeel Ellahi 8–10 Ayrton Houk Medusa Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 (S650) Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 4 Hunter Yeany 1–5, 7–10 Athan Sterling 1–5, 7, 9–10 Sam Corry 1 Jacob Loomis 4, 8 LAP Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 (S650) Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 6 Clayton Williams 7–10 Scott Thomson 30 Clayton Williams 1–6 Scott Thomson 1–3, 6 Casey Moyer 4 Sandy Satullo 5 VPX Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 7 Danny Dyszelski1–2 Matheus Leist 89x Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 8 Mike Fitzpatrick 1–2 Johan Schwartz van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 10 Ben Sloss 1, 3 Christine Sloss 66 Trenton Estep 2–4 Allen Patten RaceWife Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 10 Glenn McGee 9 Christine Sloss TGR RAFA Racing Team Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 12 Varun Choksey All Kiko Porto McCumbee McAleer Racing Ford Mustang GT4 (S650) Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 13 Robert Noaker All Nate Cicero 1–7 Finn Wiebelhaus 8–10 61 Jenson Altzman 10 Erik Evans Circle H Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 14 Thomas Merrill All David Hampton 1–9 Martin Sarukhanyan 1, 4, 10 Unitronic JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 17 Chris Miller All Mikey Taylor Nicholas Plocienik 1 Stephen Cameron Racing Ford Mustang GT4 (S650) Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 19 Greg Liefooghe All Sean Quinlan Shopify Racing powered by TWOth Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 22 Trevor Hill 1–2, 6 Megan Tomlinson 1–2 Ron Tomlinson 2 Travis Hill 6 TGR Koch Copeland Motorsports Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 23 Jaxon Bell All Ford Koch Jack Hawksworth 1 Jeremy Fletcher 4 P1 Motor Club x Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Turbo V8 24 Kenny Murillo All Aurora Straus Auto Technic Racing BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 25 Tiger Tari 1 Christopher Tasca 27 Austin Krainz All Stevan McAleer Roland Krainz 1 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 26 Hannah Grisham All Hannah Greenemeier Mike Ortmann 1 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 37 Cameron Shields All Steve Wetterau 39 Sean McAlister 1–7, 9–10 Jeff Westphal ST Racing by Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 38 Bill Auberlen All Samantha Tan Random Vandals Racing 92 Nicky Hays All Robert Megennis 1–9 Josh Green 10 Andretti Performance Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 43 Jarett Andretti 3, 9 Gabby Chaves Accelerating Performance McLaren Artura GT4 McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6 44 Michael Cooper All Moisey Uretsky Team TGM Ford Mustang GT4 (S650) Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 46 Paul Holton All Matt Plumb 64 Ted Giovanis All Hugh Plumb 1–8, 10 Kris Wilson 4, 9 Kingpin Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 53 Chad Carnevale 4 Rob Walker Murray Wunderly Tyler Hoffman 8, 10 Patrick Wilmot Panam Motorsport Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 54 Caio Chaves All Thiago Camilo 1–2, 4, 6, 10 Guilherme Salas 3, 5, 7–9 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Turbo V8 57 Bryce Ward All 1–4, 6–10 Philip Ellis 5 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 (S650) Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 59 Billy Johnson All Bob Michaelian 60 Evan Slater All Ray Mason 1–3 Mike Skeen 4–10 Thunder Bunny Racing Car Blanche Oore BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 66 Trenton Estep 1, 5–10 Allen Patten BSI Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 67 Harrison Goodman All Lucas Weisenberg Rebel Rock Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 71 Frank DePew 1–2 Robin Liddell Andrew Davis 1 BGB Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 83 Thomas Collingwood 1–2, 4 Spencer Pumpelly Jan Heylen 1, 4 Vintage Racing Company Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 91 Dan Ammann All Owen Trinkler Darren Law 1 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 95 Dillon Machavern All Luca Mars 96 Vin Barletta All Robby FoleySources:

Touring Car (TCR) Team Car Drivers Rounds KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 5 Tim Lewis Jr. All Rocco Pasquarella Rockwell Autosport Development Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 15 Daniel Hanley 1–4 Doug Oakley Maciej Tobola 4 Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 18 Lance Bergstein All Harry Gottsacker Jon Miller 1, 4 33 Mason Filippi All Bryson Morris Josh Buchan 1 76 Preston Brown All Denis Dupont 98 Maddie Aust All Mark Wilkins Andre Castro 1 Victor Gonzalez Racing Team Cupra León VZ TCR 21 Steven Clemons 1–4 William Tally 1–3, 5–10 Caleb Bacon 4–10 99 Tyler Gonzalez All Franco Girolami 1–4 Filippo Barberi 1 Steven Clemons 5–10 RVA Graphics by Speed Syndicate Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 31 Luke Rumburg 1–2, 4, 7–8 Jaden Conwright 1–2, 4 Mark Brummond 1 Eric Rockwell 4 Don Yount 7–8 Baker Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 52 Sam Baker All James Vance 56 Dean Baker All Bruno Junqueira 1–2, 5–6, 9–10 Kenny Riedmann 3–4, 7–8 Gou Racing Cupra León VZ TCR Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 55 Eddie Gou 1–7, 9–10 Eduardo Gou 1–6, 9–10 Jon Morley 1 Celso Neto 7 Stallion Motorsports Cupra León VZ TCR 77 Celso Neto 1–6, 8–10 Raphael Reis 1–6 Eddie Gou 8 Jenson Brickley 9–10 Pegram Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 72 Riley Pegram All Mario Farnbacher 1, 4 Larry Pegram 2–10 HART Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 89 Tyler Chambers 1–5, 7, 10 Chad Gilsinger Cameron Lawrence 1, 4 Montreal Motorsport Group Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 93 Louis-Philippe Montour All Karl Wittmer Daijiro Yoshihara 1, 4Sources:

Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit GS Winning Team TCR Winning Team GS Winning Drivers TCR Winning Drivers 1 Daytona #71 Rebel Rock Racing #76 Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen Andrew Davis Frank DePew Robin Liddell Preston Brown Denis Dupont 2 Sebring #44 Accelerating Performance #99 Victor Gonzalez Racing Team Michael Cooper Moisey Uretsky Franco Girolami Tyler Gonzalez 3 Laguna Seca #95 Turner Motorsport #33 Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen Dillon Machavern Luca Mars Mason Filippi Bryson Morris 4 Mid-Ohio #44 Accelerating Performance #93 Montreal Motorsport Group Michael Cooper Moisey Uretsky Louis-Philippe Montour Karl Wittmer Daijiro Yoshihara 5 Watkins Glen #57 Winward Racing #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering Philip Ellis Bryce Ward Tim Lewis Jr. Rocco Pasquarella 6 Mosport #12 TGR RAFA Racing Team #33 Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen Varun Choksey Kiko Porto Mason Filippi Bryson Morris 7 Road America #66 Car Blanche #76 Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen Trenton Estep Allen Patten Preston Brown Denis Dupont 8 Virginia #19 Stephen Cameron Racing #99 Victor Gonzalez Racing Team Greg Liefooghe Sean Quinlan Steven Clemons Tyler Gonzalez 9 Indianapolis #44 Accelerating Performance #99 Victor Gonzalez Racing Team Michael Cooper Moisey Uretsky Steven Clemons Tyler Gonzalez 10 Road Atlanta #14 Circle H Racing #33 Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen Thomas Merrill Martin Sarukhanyan Mason Filippi Bryson Morris

Championship standings Points system Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below. Position123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930+Race350320300280260250240230220210200190180170160150140130120110100908070605040302010

Drivers' Championships

Standings: Grand Sport (GS)