IMSA expands the US in a endurance for 2026

It is quite safe to say that the world of sportcar racing is one of its health of its ERAS, easily noted its growing crowds by every race weekend (most noticeable during pre-race grid walk), and the fact that the IMSA is able to announce its next season and each year before.

Thursday, Imsa Continuing to carry forward the development of the chain, with some adjustment to better adjust teams and tracks, announced its full 2026 season schedule during 12 hours of the sebring.

The big changes you will not see by seeing the calendar were done in the Road America Round in July. Beautiful, huge plains in Wisconsin have hosted the IMSA Sprint race weekend in the past, but for 2026, it turns into a 6-hour era, as it is also added to the Michelin Endurance Cup (five races that are the end of the shadow of the IMSA WeATHERTECAR Sportscar Championships. The endurance race also attains Motul as a title partner.

Changes in length comes at the cost of the September battle of Emasa Race of Bricks in Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which sees a decrease in the sprint race from its 6 -hour endurance race. But to better accommodate enthusiasts with the location of Road America (who love the camp), it really makes a fitting change that must benefit both the race and their respective tracks.

When Motorsport.com asked about these schedule adjustments and how they would benefit the series, especially in midwests, John Doonan said, “Grid walk to Grid Walk either pilot Challenge, Alan J120 tomorrow, or on Saturday, on 12 -hour grid walk, walking with his children, are starting to protect the eerfs.

“I think it is one of the things through the epidemic that really promoted us, convergence and all things, the idea that you can come into an IMSA race and can pull your family’s street car, your tourist, just above the fence and action in front of you is correct.

“The fan we have seen at these places, I think there is a big spark to bring out families.

“Road America, among so many other places, has put the infrastructure in place. I hope we burst the seams of the space there, as if they have taken a six hours in the last several years (a six hours). As a small boy, again, I am able to go on the road with my family. Races in the US for decades and decades.

2026 IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship

*Bold/stard is part of Michelin Endures Cup

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