Turbocharged cars and stars like six-time series champion Scott Dixon, Long Beach winners Alexander Rossi, Josef Newgarden and Colton Herta, Pato O’Ward and defending series champ Alex Palou charge through the city streets hitting 185 mph on Shoreline Drive!
Two classes of the most advanced, exotic sports cars on the planet- the hybrid-engine GTP prototypes and GT Daytona (GTD) sports cars - battle on Saturday afternoon in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race, a 100-minute shootout featuring suspenseful passes, driver changes and battles for position in almost every corner!
An annual fan favorite, the Super Drift Challenge features the finest drivers from the Formula Drift series. Drivers qualify and compete on Friday and Saturday nights!
Sanctioned by IMSA, Porsche Carrera Cup showcases identical road car-based Porsche 911 Cup race cars, which places the emphasis on driver and team talent to win. Porsche Carrera Cup North America is one of only four Porsche One-Make Series that will introduce the brand new 911 Cup, based on the newest 992.2 generation of the 911, in its first season in 2026. There are 12 Porsche Carrera Cup series on five continents, and it has become a career launching pad for drivers who have made it to the top ranks of international sports car competition such as Wolf Henzler, Patrick Long, Nick Tandy, Mathieu Jaminet, and Matt Campbell.
A full field of Porsches will race twice, on Saturday and Sunday of race weekend!
Experience the sights and sounds of the second generation of American muscle car power that defined Trans Am racing from the 1970s through 1991 when the vintage machines take to the iconic racetrack in the Historic Trans Am Challenge doubleheader! The twin 20-minute races will run Saturday and Sunday, with practice and qualifying on Friday, April 17.
Trans Am, short for the Trans-American Championship, is a racing series that started in 1966 and runs to this day at tracks across the U.S. The second generation of Trans-Am featured high-horsepower cars from marques like AMC, Audi, Chevrolet, Ford, Jaguar, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Porsche and more with a list of well-known drivers that included Tommy Kendall, Scott Pruett, Robby Gordon, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Greg Pickett, David Hobbs and Lyn St. James, along with many others.
Among the cars expected in the Historic Trans Am field are Hobbs’ Chevrolet Camaro, as well the Ford Mustang driven by St. James and Gordon and the Mercury Capri (pictured) driven by Dallenbach.
