iRacing week 3: NASCAR, dirt racing, and new track day series

iRacing's weekly racing calendar for 2026 Season 4, Week 3 (September 29–October 5) spans multiple disciplines, from oval stock cars to dirt racing and road-course competition. The platform's special events and touring series offer members racing across numerous license levels and vehicle types.

The NASCAR iRacing Series reaches week 31 of its 36-week season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, mirroring the real-world NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Both fixed and open setups are available, with races scheduled across multiple time slots: fixed setup races on Wednesday at 21:00 GMT, Friday at 01:00 GMT, Saturday at 10:00 and 16:00 GMT, and Monday at 01:00 GMT; open setup races run Thursday at 01:00 and 18:00 GMT, Saturday at 01:00 GMT, and Sunday at 14:00 GMT. Competitors drive the NASCAR Next Gen stock cars from Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota.

Dirt racing continues with the Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour at Williams Grove Speedway (week 32 of 37) and the Dirt Super Late Model Tour at Lincoln Speedway (week 34 of 39). The Super Late Model Tour visits Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park – Oval for week 22 of its 27-week championship. The Super Late Model Tour visits Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park – Oval for week 22 of its 27-week championship.

Road-course racing includes the FIA F4 Regional Tours, with four regional editions starting every 15 minutes: the Challenge Series at Algarve International Circuit, Americas at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Asia-Pacific at Fuji International Speedway, and Europe at Thruxton Circuit. GT3 Regional Tours, now presented by SENSITHaptics, run hourly on the :45 mark across three regions: Americas at Mid-Ohio, Asia-Pacific at Okayama International Circuit, and Europe at Circuito de Jerez.

Special daily series include the Ring Meister at Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten, featuring the SCCA Spec Racer Ford this week, and the Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC at Talladega Superspeedway with the legacy NASCAR Cup Chevrolet Impala COT (2009). The Rain Master Challenge by PODIUM1 offers wet-weather GT3 racing at Circuit Zolder, with 15-minute events featuring light rain forecasts.

New for 2026 is the FIA Cross Car Championship at the Rookie License level, introducing mixed-surface rallycross racing at Phoenix Raceway (2008 layout). A new Track Day series debuts at Oulton Park Circuit – International, featuring multiclass racing with open qualifiers every 30 minutes. Available vehicles include the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992.1), Mazda MX-5 variants, Caterham 420R, Renault Clio, Toyota GR86, Radical SR8, and various TCR models.

Series not racing this week include the iRacing DTM Series, Nürburgring Endurance Championship, Grand Prix Tour, NASCAR Modified Tour, and Vintage Grand Prix Tour, which resume in week 4.