2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series
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Season
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| Races | 13 |
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| Start date | May 19, 2026 |
| End date | October 13, 2026 |
| ← 2025 |
| 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Qualifying Series ↓ |
The 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series is the 17th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. The season started at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 19 and concludes at Homestead Miami Speedway on October 13. Drivers are competing for a prize package of $511,000 (USD), with $100,000 going to the series champion.
52 drivers entered the 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series Free Agency pool, which took place from May 11th, 2026, to May 13th, 2026. 30 drivers from the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Qualifying Series joined the top-20 drivers from the 2025 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Driver’s Standings and the top-two drivers from the 2024-25 eNASCAR College iRacing Series. 40 drivers were selected in Free Agency by the official teams to compete in the 13-race Championship Series season. The top regular-season point scorer and race winners who are in the Top 20 in the regular season are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs, with any remaining spots on the playoff grid being filled by the top regular-season point scorers who did not win a race.
Teams and Drivers
During the offseason, the series kept 18 teams from the 2025 season and added two new ones in TC Racing and Rick Ware Racing. For the most part, most of the field that returned stayed in the same place they were last year. Seven teams — BS+COMPETITION, fgrACCEL eRacing, Hyak Motorsports, ERA eSports Team, Jim Beaver eSports, Spire Motorsports, and Williams F1 Team Gaming — are all returning with the same crew from 2025. Apex Racing Team, Channel 199 Sim Racing Team, Kanaan eSports, Kansas City Pioneers, LETARTE eSports, Team Dillon Esports, Vegas Inferno, and William Byron eSports all have just one seat the same. The other teams are either new or have new drivers this year. The five remaining teams have two new drivers in their lineup this season. One of the big changes came with JR Motorsports signing two veterans with Zack Novak and Malik Ray, Novak moving over from Channel 199 while Ray moves from the Inferno. Filling in Novak’s spot at Channel 199 is a returning Blake Reynolds. A rookie in Tommy Gossett fills the seat left open by Ray. Christopher M. Hill joins William Byron from Apex Racing Team, and the displaced Daniel Faulkingham, who was with Six Karma last year, finds a new home at Rick Ware Racing. Ryan Doucette will take over the second seat at Apex this season, while Faulkingham will have Garrett Manes as his teammate with the new team. Speaking of new teams, the other new organization, TC Racing, will have Matthew L Morton and Jake Nichols along for the ride this year.
R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series
B – Backup driver that did not compete full time
Schedule
The 2026 schedule was released on December 17, 2025. The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series expanded to a 24-race schedule in 2026, with the first 11 races being part of the newly reconfigured eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Qualifying Series from February to April. The remaining 13 races make up the main eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series schedule, the shortest in Championship Series history. The regular season is broken up into 3 distinct segments, with the highest point scorer from each segment receiving an additional 5 playoff bonus points and a $3,000 prize bonus. Charlotte Motor Speedway would host its first-ever season opener, with the traditional season opener track Daytona International Speedway moving to later in the season. Fixed setup races, heat races, and sprint races all remain in the schedule rotation. EchoPark Speedway returned to the series after being a late scratch from last year's calendar. The all-new Coronado Street Course was released on iRacing on June 9, and would be added to the calendar for the following week as the 3rd race of the season. Iowa Speedway, which was originally scheduled as Round 3, would move to the Round 5 date, replacing Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, which was set to make its series debut. The removal of Mexico City made this the first year without an international race since 2022.
| Round | Track | Length | Date |
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| Regular Season - Segment 1 | |||
| 1 |  Charlotte Motor Speedway
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160 Laps | May 19, 2026 |
| 2 | EchoPark Speedway
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100 Laps | June 2, 2026 |
| 3 | Coronado Street Course
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TBD | June 16, 2026 |
| Regular Season - Segment 2 | |||
| 4 | Dover Motor Speedway
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120 Laps | June 23, 2026 |
| 5 | Iowa Speedway F H
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30/30/90 Laps | July 7, 2026 |
| 6 | Indianpolis Motor Speedway
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60 Laps | July 14, 2026 |
| Regular Season - Segment 3 | |||
| 7 | Nashville Superspeedway
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100 Laps | July 28, 2026 |
| 8 | Richmind Raceway H
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25/25/70 Laps | August 4, 2026 |
| 9 | Daytona International Speedway F
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80 Laps | August 18, 2026 |
| Playoffs - Round of 10 | |||
| 10 | Michigan International Speedway
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70 Laps | September 1, 2026 |
| 11 | Texas Motor Speedway
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100 Laps | September 15, 2026 |
| 12 | Kansas Speedway
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100 Laps | September 22, 2026 |
| Playoffs - Championship 4 | |||
| 13 | Homestead Miami Speedway
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100 Laps | October 13, 2026 |
F – Fixed setup race
H – Heat races
S – Sprint race
Prize Package
The total prize package of $511,000 (USD) is comprised of $311,000 in driver winnings ($301,000 in season winnings and $9,000 in season segment winnings), $200,000 in team incentive contributions ($10,000 per team), $40,000 in team winnings, and a $9,000 bonus in season segment winnings ($3,000 to the winner of each segment). A $500 bonus will also be awarded to the Rookie of the Year at the end of the season.
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Results and Standings
Race Results
| Round | Track | Pole position | Most laps led | Race Winner | Broadcast | |
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| 1 | Charlotte Motor Speedway
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Bobby Zalenski
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Bobby Zalenski
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Bobby Zalenski
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ERA eSports Team | 
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| 2 | EchoPark Speedway
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Vicente Salas
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Garrett Manes
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Steven Wilson
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Spire Motorsports |
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| 3 | Coronado Street Course
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| 4 | Dover Motor Speedway
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| 5 | Iowa Speedway F H
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| 6 | Indianpolis Motor Speedway
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| 7 | Nashville Superspeedway
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| 8 | Richmind Raceway H
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| 9 | Daytona International Speedway F
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| 10 | Michigan International Speedway
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| 11 | Texas Motor Speedway
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| 12 | Kansas Speedway
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| 13 | Homestead Miami Speedway
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F – Fixed setup race
H – Heat races
S – Sprint race
R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series
Scoring System
Feature Race
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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| Points | 40 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
| Position | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | 40th |
| Points | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sprint Race Qualifying
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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| Points | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Heat Race
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| Points | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Broadcasting
The iRacing eSports Network is the exclusive broadcast home of the series, and all races are being broadcast across the iRacing and NASCAR channels on YouTube and Twitch. The Countdown to Green pre-race show starts at 7:30 pm ET with race coverage beginning at 8:00 pm ET.
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| Pre-Race Hosts | Booth Announcers | ||
See Also
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Drivers Champions
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Teams Champions
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Race Winners
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Championship 4 Appearances
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Playoff Appearances