2026 Season Registration Guide

Reminder: Registration is always open for New Members & Teams (Organizations) - during a VSCA season and also during the offseason!

Introduction

In 2026 the VSCA SportsCar Championship enters its fifth season and feature a total of 12 races, starting with the non-points qualifying event The Roar Before The 24 on January 3, 2026, followed by 11 championship rounds, including the fifth annual Maconi Setup Shop 24 Hours of Daytona on January 10-11, 2026 and the season finale Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on September 26, 2026.

Registration for New Entries opens on November 15, 2025 at 16:00 GMT. Some Teams who competed in the series last season have Entries eligible for Early Registration that opens on November 8, 2025 16:00 GMT (Returning Entries) and November 12, 2025 16:00 GMT (Changing Entries) respectively.

Stay Up-To-Date via VSCA Discord

VSCA has published the 2026 SportsCar Championship Regulations & updated VSCA Sporting Code on October 26, 2025. You can find them via the menu item "Regulations" or via the announcement on the VSCA Discord Server here.

If you haven't done already, please make sure you join the VSCA Discord Server and follow the #announcements channel, for all important announcements as they published by the Organizers.

The Series Grid can be monitored in the VSCA Paddock, which is the members area website that is accessible to all approved VSCA members.

If you are completely new to VSCA and you don't yet have a VSCA membership, the steps below outline what you need to do, to get yourself - and your Team, if you are a Team Manager (TM) or Assistant Manager (AM) - ready today, for when registration opens for the 2026 season.

Step 1: Become an official Member of VSCA

Before you can compete in or register for the VSCA SportsCar Championship, you must become an officially approved member of VSCA. You can register to apply for a VSCA membership here.

In order to become an official member of VSCA, you must meet the following requirements.

You must have an active iRacing subscription with a valid iRacing ID
You must have & maintain an active membership on the VSCA Discord Server using your full real name
You must at least be 16 years old (previously the minimum age was 18 years)
Drivers only: Your iRacing Sports Sports Car iRating must be between 1500 and 4250
Drivers only: You must have a minimum of 20 starts on iRacing in the Sports Car category
You must have proficient English language skills, verbally and in writing
You must read, accept & confirm the VSCA Sporting Code

Step 2: Join a Team or Register your Team

After you have completed your VSCA membership registration, you can immediately login into the VSCA Paddock with your new account.

Once your VSCA membership application has been reviewed by the Organizers (usually within 1-3 days), your membership status in the VSCA Paddock will change from "Pending Approval" to "Free Agent". At that point, you can join a Team or in if you are Owner/TM/AM of your Team, you can register your Team inside the VSCA Paddock.

Being part of a Team one way or another is required in order to be licensed for the SportsCar Championship. A Team is also required to be registered, before the TM or AM can register an Entry for the 2026 season (see step 3). The sooner the TM registers the Team with VSCA, the better. At minimum, please give VSCA 48 hours to process the Team registration.

Important: Inside VSCA the word "Team" means the organization you're part of. This is different from "Team" as iRacing defines it. What iRacing calls "Teams" in the iRacing UI, VSCA calls "Entries". Each VSCA SportsCar Championship Entry must have its unique iRacing Team ID which must stay the same throughout the entire season.

If you want to register your own team as TM/AM, you must meet the following additional requirements listed below.

Requirements for TM/AM

You must be at least 21 years old
You must be owner the Team or you must be authorized to represent the Team you are about to register
You must actively manage the Team inside VSCA and serve as point of contact between VSCA and your Team
You must register your Team with VSCA, via the option "Register Team" in the VSCA Paddock
You must ensure that all your Drivers, Crew Chiefs & Spotters register for a VSCA membership
After they registered and were approved by VSCA, you must add all your Drivers, Crew Chiefs & Spotters to your Team in the VSCA Paddock
After you added all your Drivers, Crew Chiefs & Spotters to your Team in the VSCA Paddock, you must ensure they all complete the 2026 SportsCar Championship Licensing Process (see step 4).

Step 3: Register your Entry/Entries for the 2026 Season (TM/AM only)

Registering an Entry for a Team is done by the TM or AM after Entry registration opens for the 2026 season.

The detailed process is as folllows:

TM/AM registers an Entry via the VSCA Paddock, the Entry will set to status "Pending Approval"
Organizers will review the Entry and
- approve the Entry, upgrade the Entry to status "Design Required" & place the Entry to the Unconfirmed List or
- reject the Entry, set the Entry to status "Rejected". The TM/AM will be granted to send one (1) email to inquire on the reasons for the rejection
TM/AM upload a Car Design & Spec Map for the Entry via the VSCA Paddock
Organizers will review the Car Design & Spec Map and
- approve the Car Design & Spec Map, and
  - promote the Entry to the Series Grid & upgrade the Entry to status "Payment Required" or
  - promote the Entry to the Reserve List & upgrade the Entry to status "On Reserve List"
Once the Entry is on the Series Grid and on status "Payment Required", the TM/AM will be required to pay the Entry Fee within 48 hours to secure the grid spot or the Entry will be demoted to the Reserve List
The TM/AM will NOT have to pay the Entry Fee for an Entry until the Entry is promoted to the Series Grid and to status "Payment Required". At that point the TM/AM will have 48 hours to pay the Entry Fee
Organizers will send a Payment Confirmation email to the TM/AM upon receiving the Entry Fee. This email will include:
- Confirmation of Entry Fee payment receipt
- Confirmation that Entry has been processed to new Entry Status (“Confirmed for Grid”)
- Reminder of Entry Fee refund regulations
- PayPal Transaction ID
- Date and Time of Payment
- Reminder of the Entry Declaration System, that requires TM/AM to declare the Entry's participation & drivers lineup for each race, between one (1) month before the race and the Entry Deadline of the race

Each class has its own Reserve List. Entries will be sorted on the Reserve List by the "Reserve List Date". This date is determined either by when the Car Design & Spec Map were approved, or when the Entry was demoted from the Series Grid to the Reserve List

One (1) grid spot per car category (GTP class, LMP2 class and combined GT3 category, consisting of GT PRO + GT AM class) is reserved for each car model/car.

Entry Registration for the 2026 season will open at three separate dates depending on specific criteria.

Returning Entries, Early Registration will open on November 8, 2025 at 1600 GMT. An Entry must meet the following requirements to be eligible for early registration:

Must have competed in a minimum of 6 races during the 2025 season or
Must have competed in each remaining race in 2025 from the moment of Registration.
Must compete in the same class as 2025 and use the same car number (unless the entry used a manufacturer-specific car number such as 911, 963, etc. and is changing car model). The Entry may change iRacing Team ID and car manufacturer/model.

Changing Entries, Early Registration will open on November 12, 2025 at 1600 GMT. An Entry must meet the following requirements to be eligible for early registration:

Must have competed in a minimum of 6 races during the 2025 season or
Must have competed in each remaining race in 2025 from the moment of Registration.
Is not competing in the same class as 2025 and/or changing car number. Similar to Same Class Early Registration, these Entries may change iRacing Team ID and car manufacturer/model.

New Entries, Public Registration is for any Team and/or Entry that does not meet either of the above requirements and will open on November 15, 2025 at 1600 GMT.

Step 4: Get your 2026 SportsCar Championship License

You and all your Drivers, Crew Chiefs & Spotters will be required to complete the steps below via the VSCA Paddock (menu "SportsCar Championship" => "Get/Check License"), in order to obtain a license for the 2026 SportsCar Championship.

Read, Accept & Confirm the latest version of the VSCA Sporting Code
Read, Accept & Confirm the 2026 Series Regulations
Must join & stay member of the iRacing League of the 2026 VSCA SportsCar Championship (League ID 13339) using your iRacing ID
Must be member of a Team in VSCA Paddock
Must join & stay member of the VSCA Discord Server with full real name (upon joining, follow the steps in #rules)
Must not currently be serving a VSCA suspension (LPP, License Penalty Points)

Step 5: Set your Entry Drivers Lineup

NEW!! For the 2026 VSCA SportsCar Championship the TM/AM will be required to declare the drivers for each of their Entry, for each race, via the VSCA Paddock. The declaration window will open one (1) month ahead of the race and the deadline to declare the drivers of an Entry for a specific race is the Entry Deadline of the race. Failure to declare drivers for an Entry prior to the Entry Deadline will be subject to penalty, up to including Disqualification of the Entry from the event.

Contact to the Organizers

In case of any additional questions please contact [email protected]