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

All teams use the Ford Mustang Dark Horse R.

Team	No.	Driver(s)	Class	Rounds
Spark Performance	3	Nolan Allaer	DH	2–3
Spark Performance	33	Alex Bachoura	DHL	1
Wheelhouse Motorsports	7	Sandy Satullo	DH	1–4
	8	Tom Tait	DHL	1–4
	17	Jim Farley	DH	1–3
	34	Will Lucas	DH	1–4
	63	Joseph Dederichs	DHL	1–4
	77	Michael Tosi	DH	1–2
Paley Motorsport with AAG Racing	9	Chris Clarke	DHL	1–2, 4
Paley Motorsport with AAG Racing	29	Ryan Persing	DH	1–2, 4
NV Autosport	10	Stephen Vajda	DHL	4
TechSport Racing	21	Colin Harrison	DH	1, 3–4
TechSport Racing	22	Devin Anderson	DH	1–4
Flying Lion Motorsports	25	Bruce Griffin	DHL	1
Flying Lion Motorsports	25	Ethan Low	DH	3–4
G2 Motorsports	28	Louis Gigliotti	DH	1, 3
Birdhouse Racing	37	Dave Luaces	DHL	3
Round 3 Racing	42	Cole Loftsgard	DH	1–4
	70	Joe Koenig	DHL	2–3
	70	Oleg Gorshkov	DHL	4
Nick Smither Racing	58	Nicholas Smither	DHL	1–2, 4
Nick Smither Racing	88	Walter Bobko	DHL	1–2, 4
Torre Racing	79	Drew Neubauer	DHL	4
Torre Racing	84	Paolo Salvatore	DHL	1–4
Peterson Racing	87	Doug Peterson	DHL	1
Peterson Racing	87	Doug Peterson	DH	3–4
Automatic Racing	98	Tate Pritt	DH	1–4
Source:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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	Devin Anderson	Devin Anderson	#42 Round 3 Racing	#58 Nick Smither Racing
	R1		#22 TechSport Racing	#22 TechSport Racing	Cole Loftsgard	Nicholas Smither
	R2		Devin Anderson	Devin Anderson	Devin Anderson	#8 Wheelhouse Motorsports
	R2		#22 TechSport Racing	#22 TechSport Racing	#22 TechSport Racing	Tom Tait
3	R1	Mid-Ohio	#42 Round 3 Racing	#42 Round 3 Racing	#42 Round 3 Racing	#84 Torre Racing
	R1		Cole Loftsgard	Cole Loftsgard	Cole Loftsgard	Paolo Salvatore
	R2		#42 Round 3 Racing	#7 Wheelhouse Motorsports	#22 TechSport Racing	#8 Wheelhouse Motorsports
	R2		Cole Loftsgard	Sandy Satullo	Devin Anderson	Tom Tait
4	R1	Watkins Glen	#42 Round 3 Racing	#22 TechSport Racing	#42 Round 3 Racing	#70 Round 3 Racing
	R1		Cole Loftsgard	Devin Anderson	Cole Loftsgard	Oleg Gorshkov
	R2		#22 TechSport Racing	#22 TechSport Racing	#42 Round 3 Racing	#70 Round 3 Racing
	R2		Devin Anderson	Devin Anderson	Cole Loftsgard	Oleg Gorshkov
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

Standings: DH Drivers

Pos.	Driver	SEB		LGA		MOH		WGI		VIR		COT		Bonus	Total Points
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Bonus	Total Points
1	Cole Loftsgard	1	1	1	4	1	2	1	1					50	2750
2	Devin Anderson	4	3	2	1	2	1	2	2					70	2630
3	Sandy Satullo	5	4	3	2	3	5	3	9					0	2250
4	Will Lucas	3	5	4	3	4	3	9	7					0	2180
5	Tate Pritt	7	7	5	7	7	7	5	4					0	2000
6	Doug Peterson	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8					0	1830
7	Ryan Persing	8	6	6	5			7	5					0	1490
8	Colin Harrison	6	8			9	9	6	6					0	1420
8	Ethan Low					6	4	4	3					0	1110
8	Nolan Allaer			9	6	7	6							0	980
9	Michael Tosi	2	2	8	DNS									20	890
10	Louis Gigliotti	10	10											0	420
Drivers Ineligible to Score Points
—	Jim Farley	10	10	6	7	10	9							0	0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Standings: DHL Drivers

Pos.	Driver	SEB		LGA		MOH		WGI		VIR		COT		Bonus	Total Points
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Bonus	Total Points
1	Tom Tait	2	3	3	1	4	1	3	2					30	2550
2	Chris Clarke	3	2	2	2	5	6	2	3					30	2420
3	Paolo Salvatore	4	4	4	6	1	2	5	9					0	2240
4	Joseph Dederichs	7	7	6	3	2	3	4	6					10	2190
5	Nicholas Smither	5	5	1	4			7	4					0	1670
6	Walter Bobko	6	6	5	5			9	8					0	1470
7	Joe Koenig			7	DNS	3	4							0	820
8	Alex Bachoura	1	1											40	740
9	Oleg Gorshkov							1	1					30	730
10	Dave Luaces					6	5							10	520
11	Stephen Vajda							6	5					0	510
12	Drew Neubauer							8	7					0	470
13	Lou Gigliotti					DNS	DNS							0	0
14	Bruce Griffin	DNS	DNS											0	0

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.
↑ "WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. April 22, 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 24, 2026. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
↑ "Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. May 27, 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2026. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
↑ "Watkins Glen International Official Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. June 24, 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2026. Retrieved June 27, 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.

[4] "WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. April 22, 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 24, 2026. Retrieved April 23, 2026.

[5] "Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. May 27, 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2026. Retrieved June 24, 2026.

[6] "Watkins Glen International Official Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. June 24, 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2026. Retrieved June 27, 2026.

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