We’re almost a month away to Round 6. That being said it’s nice to get a reminder of the lucky rabbits you should look to be chasing to earn your spot on the podium at the end of the year.
Also, the current 2026 86CUP Standings have been published on our website. You can find them via the “Event Results” tab under the “Driver Standings” submenu.
We hope you all are having a nice summer break, and can’t wait to see you all throwdown at Buttonwillow 1A CCW!
Round 6 of the 2026 SoCal 86Cup Presented by Maxxis Tires
Fresh off summer break, we are throwing all of you 86Cup hoodlums straight into the fire pit.
Round 6 will take place at Buttonwillow Raceway Park Classic track with Speed Ventures on SUNDAY, September 13th. Yes, a rare Sunday round after a mid-season schedule change.
That being said we are driving the Classic Buttonwillow track but in the 1A CCW configuration for this upcoming round.
Some of you may have driven the “Race #1” configuration of the track before but have you ever done the “A” portion of the track? And have you done it CCW?
Adding to the fray of chaos we’re having our frenemies to the north in 86Challenge joining us for our sole joint venture this season.
Who will come out on top? Only the timesheets will tell.
Registration is open NOW for this date on the Speed Ventures website: https://speedventures.com/Events/Detail.aspx?id=1033
We hope to see all of you, and our NorCal friends after our lengthy summer break!
***BREAKING***
Round 6 at Buttonwillow Raceway on the “Classic” track has been moved to September 13th, which is a SUNDAY!!
We were given the opportunity to do a relatively unused configuration so we are taking the chance to do it! We will be doing the 1A CCW configuration (yes the A is not a typo).
Plus side is that there should also be relatively less traffic to weave through on Sunday compared to the original Saturday date for this round.
Registration is now open for that weekend so if you still want to do 13CW on Sat, by all means get that extra secret seat time in to prepare for Sunday after our long summer break! It just won’t be an 86Cup round anymore and therefore count towards the schedule/points/championship/etc.
Our website has been updated to reflect everything and NorCal 86 Challenge will still be joining us so come out and throwdown!
https://speedventures.com/Events/Detail.aspx?id=1033
Round 4 of the 2026 86Cup presented by Maxxis Tires
After the last two “roadtrip” events, the 86Cup crew is heading back a little bit closer to home.
Round 4 sees us at Willow Springs International Raceway circuit aka “Big Willow” on Saturday, May 2nd.
Big Willow will be undergoing a “reimagining” relatively soon so this is your last chance to refresh some old PBs before we see some massive changes coming to the oldest permanent road course in America.
Track day registration for Round 4, as with all event rounds in 2026, will be with Speed Ventures. You can sign up here: https://speedventures.com/Events/Detail.aspx?id=1043
We are less than two weeks out as of writing this and we already have about 13 drivers signed up, so hope you can come on out!
The time is finally here! We apologize for the long wait but your 86CUP and Maxxis tire contingency and championship prize details for 2026 have been finalized!
Maxxis joins as the title sponsor for the North American 86CUP time attack series for 2026! Maxxis will provide Maxxis RC-1, VR-1 or VR2 tires as part of their 2026 86CUP Tire Contingency and the 2026 86CUP Championship Podium Prizes.
Maxxis Tires and the 86CUP will provide a discount code to registered 86CUP participants to purchase Maxxis RC-1, VR-1 or VR2 tire products ONLY.
ALL 86CUP competition classes are eligible for the Maxxis Championship Prizes and Maxxis 86CUP Tire Contingency.
For full details please head to over to the contingencies and sponsors tab under “Driver Resources” on our website at https://86cup.us/sponsors/ for full details.
We’re excited for you all to earn some Maxxis tires out there on track!
With this we are ready to truly get the season in full swing.
Round 1 came and went super quick and we’re already almost at March if you can believe it!
Round 2 of the 2026 86Cup presented by Maxxis Tires, sees us head east out into the center of the desert. Desert Center that is, and visit Chuckwalla Valley Raceway on Saturday, March 14th.
This 2.68 mile track may not seem like much on paper but when you’re out there, you’ll find that this track rewards those that are brave enough to really keep their average speed up and utilize the berms to their advantage.
However you don’t want to stay too glued to those berms for too long as the runoff at the edge of the track is usually a steep descent leading to bent wheels and busted subframes, if not worse.
As with all events in 2026, this round will be hosted with our good friends at Speed Ventures: https://speedventures.com/Events/Detail.aspx?id=1040
Registration appears to be waitlisted as of this announcement but if you want to join the waitlist, do so ASAP and be sure to put down “86Cup competitor”. Speed Ventures will do what they can to squeeze in as many competition folks as possible at the last second.
As of writing this announcement, there are 17 folks signed up for 86Cup which is awesome to see!
Cabins at Chuckwalla have been sold out for this weekend for months, so best to look elsewhere in the locale for your lodging needs. Otherwise camping is a great way to wake up close to the track! It might be kind of chilly however…
The 86Cup driver registration form link will be up on our home page here about a week before the event. So be sure to fill that out so your times can count and you can potentially get award(s) at the end of it all!
We hope to see you all at Round 2! But if not, hopefully you all can make it out to Sin City with us in April. See ya when we see ya!
The new season is finally upon us! We are less than one week for Round 1!!
Round 1 sees us kick the season off at the newly-refreshed Streets of Willow at the Willow Springs compound. Tire walls, tire stacks, guardrails, berms and extra runoff will pose a new challenge even to those that have several events here under their belt.
Event registration for this round is basically sold out. We’ll be with our friends at Speed Ventures for the entirety of the 2026 86Cup season, so that makes it easy for you to follow along!
If you’d like to join the waitlist, you can do so here: https://speedventures.com/Events/Detail.aspx?id=1029
The 86Cup Driver Registration Form is already out as we’re less than a week away, you can find it HERE or on the homepage of our 86Cup website, updated for 2026!
If you’re attending Round 1, be sure to stick around until the end of the event as we’ll be hosting awards same day for the first time in forever for 86Cup!
We hope to see you at Round 1, but if not, there are plenty of chances to catch us for the rest of the year.
New year, new look. We’re ready to bring back the party on track to the 86 and BRZ crowd on track in 2026!!
2026 86Cup will feature potentially ELEVEN rounds! At the moment, we have 9 rounds confirmed, 1 of which will feature our frenemies to the north in NorCal 86Challenge bringing the fight to hallowed grounds at Buttonwillow Classic 13CW in September.
The schedule also sees the 86Cup community make another trek out of state to Nevada at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Outside Road Course on Saturday, April 18th. We hope to see a bunch of our southwestern friends who usually don’t get to make it out to California events join us here. LVMS ORC is an extremely challenging track to nail down perfectly right, throwing even the most experienced 86Cup drivers in for a loop.
Registration for ALL events confirmed so far for 2026 on this schedule posted above will be with our good friends in Speed Ventures, who for some reason still put up with our shenanigans after all these years.
Registration for 2026 86Cup Round 1 on February 21st at Streets of Willow CW is now currently open to the public. There are several competitions occurring this day while also being a very beginner-friendly track so we recommend you sign up now before it’s too late!
You may do so here: https://speedventures.com/Events/Detail.aspx?id=1029
Also, we should note that cabins for the weekend of March 14th at Chuckwalla are currently sold out. We always try our best to release the schedule as soon as possible for this possibility but much like tracking your cars, there is ALWAYS someone faster. Chuckwalla cabins for the weekend of November 21st and 22nd for some of our final rounds are still wide open at the time of writing this post. We still recommend reserving a cabin as soon as possible if you’d like to stay at the track. They’re really nice and it’s super convenient to just wake up at the track day of! You may look into renting a cabin HERE.
That’s it for our announcements for 2026 at the moment! We should have some very exciting news coming up shortly in regards to sponsors and rules in the coming weeks! The 86Cup admins are also planning our 2025 Awards Celebration as well, so look forward to that as well.
We’ll see you soon! Happy New Year!!
Your 2025 Racetreads.com GT Radial 86Cup Champion Class Winners are as follows!
STOCK Class
1. Luke Daley
2. Scott Irwin
3. Sean Irwin
STREET Class
1. Ethan Lawrie
2. Bobby Tisher
3. Phuoc Hai Tran
MODIFIED Class
1. Garrett Wilson
2. Brian Kao
3. Miles Kodama
UNLIMITED Class
1. Jared Ramirez
2. Isamu Kakitani
3. Joseph Alfonso & Jonathan Geisinger
(yes you are reading that last part correctly)
Let’s give it up for all of the 2025 86Cup championship winners!! Congratulations!
As you all can assume, it’s about that time of year where the admins, and our (potential) drivers look towards the next season to build their 86 or BRZ into the best build for the upcoming season.
Will we be back in 2026?
-Hell yeah we will!
Will there be several rounds on the schedule in 2026?
-Definitely!
Will there be some friendly fightin…err…competition with 86Challenge in 2026?
-Possibly, most definitely. We may even throw in some random collaborations with folks as well in the greater community, you will just have to see.
That all being said, we want to give you all a heads up that there will be some pretty big changes coming in 2026 so we please ask that you hold off on your builds until the 2026 season is more clearer. Hopefully we can provide an annoucement as soon as after Round 10 has concluded next week but hope to do it before the Christmas break and definitely before the New Year has started.
You all can expect some rules changes (potentially). Stock class will probably remain the closest in form to its current iteration so if you’re aiming for that class, you should be good. The motive for that class has always been the “least amount of mods to (regularly) take your car to the track and have a fun time”.
We’re toying with the idea of a “warm up” round in late January/early February if we think folks would be interested in an exhibition, non-points paying round. It would not count for 86Cup points but it’s a good way for everyone involved to get into the swing of things.
Nonetheless, we ask that you all hold off on buying tires and other mods if you’re specifically aiming for a certain class to be in for 2026!
Please hold any and all questions until we’ve released 2026 information. All questions until then will be ignored until the announcement is made, thank you!
86Cup: 86/BRZ Time Attack Series 