iRacing Week 13: Suzuka 1000, NASCAR Gateway, Grand Prix Tour at Aragón

iRacing's 2026 Season 3, Week 13 (September 8–14) features a full calendar of racing across multiple disciplines, highlighted by the return of the iRacing Suzuka 1000 endurance event and continued competition in the platform's flagship series.

The iRacing Suzuka 1000 takes centre stage as a special event this week, recreating the legendary Japanese endurance race held annually at Suzuka Circuit since 1966. The event returned to the iRacing calendar in September 2025 as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.

In the weekly racing series, the NASCAR iRacing Series reaches Week 28 of 36 at World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway), with fixed-setup races on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, and open-setup events spread across Thursday through Sunday. The iRacing Grand Prix Tour continues at MotorLand Aragón (Week 16 of 24), featuring the Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 E Performance across both fixed and open setups with multiple daily sessions. The newly launched iRacing DTM Series holds Week 7 of 8 at the Sachsenring, with races scheduled at 8:00 PM local time on Thursdays across global regions. The CREVENTIC Endurance Series (Season 6, Week 4) races at the Nürburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke with two sessions on Saturday.

Several regular series are off this week, including the Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour, Dirt Super Late Model Tour, NASCAR Modified Tour, Super Late Model Tour, Vintage Grand Prix Tour, and the Nürburgring Endurance Championship, with these resuming in iRacing Season 4. Week 13 also features curated daily racing series and special formats including iTested (GTP, LMP2, GT3), Left Turn It Up (Gen 4 Grand National), Super Slide (Sprint Car), and Prototype Challenge Fixed.