{"id":102813,"date":"2026-01-06T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/street-car-takeover-announces-2026-schedule\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:44:04","slug":"street-car-takeover-announces-2026-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/street-car-takeover-announces-2026-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Car Takeover Announces 2026 Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Street Car Takeover recently unveiled their 2026 schedule, kicking off its 13th season January 9-10 at Firebird Motorsports Park in Phoenix, Arizona. SCT will also return to Phoenix to finish the 18-race schedule November 13-14.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In between, the series will travel from coast to coast \u2013 from Bakersfield, California to Gainesville, Florida \u2013 and everywhere in between. Other notable stops on the tour include the Texas Motorplex, Beech Bend Raceway Park, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway, and Nashville Superspeedway, among many others.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

For over a decade, SCT has been one of the leading grassroots motorsports series, giving fans and racers a place to see relatable cars that can be driven around town during the week, while blasting down the drag strip on the weekend. From roll racing to no prep, muscle cars to imports, car shows to burnout competitions, the series has something for anyone and everyone who\u2019s a fan of car culture. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Coming off one of their most successful seasons in history, SCT promoter and co-founder Chase Lautenbach believes this year can be even bigger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very excited about the 2026 season,\u201d said Lautenbach. \u201cStreet Car Takeover is coming out bigger and badder than ever. We\u2019ve been working really hard this offseason and have a bunch of new partnerships we\u2019re excited about. We are adding new tracks, new classes, and new rules that are more open to make it accessible for even more racers. We\u2019re excited to get after it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The season officially kicks off on January 8, with the SCT Night Meet and Dyno Night at Cordes Performance in Tempe, Arizona, with prizes being awarded to the top horsepower numbers on the dyno.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that Phoenix has some hitters out there,\u201d Lautenbach said. \u201cI\u2019d like to see them up on that dyno and see who\u2019s the baddest in town. So bring out your cars and see who can put up the biggest number.\u201d<\/p>\n

The following night, SCT\u2019s racing season will begin with an all-backside no prep event, featuring Small Tire and Daily Driver classes. On Saturday, the main event will include the following classes: Small Tire Shootout, Street Racer, Heavyweight, Unlimited Stick Shift, Extreme Street, Women and Wheels, Daily Driver, Daily Driver Mild, FWD Heads-Up, DCT, and Bikes, as well as Roll Racing classes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another new addition for 2026 is the hugely popular Lil\u2019 Gangstas class. Started by Michael Poland and Tom Gunner \u2013 better known as Jimmy Dale \u2013 in 2023, Lil\u2019 Gangstas is a heads-up class running on a 5.30- index, with 28\u00d710.5 slicks or 275 radials, no wheelie bars, no throttle stops or delay boxes, with no times shown.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our most notable new partnerships is that we joined forces with the Lil\u2019 Gangsta guys,\u201d said Lautenbach. \u201cWe will be bringing their class into our series at every SCT race in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a dozen years, Street Car Takeover has grown from a grassroots idea into a must-attend experience, bringing together car enthusiasts of all backgrounds and skill levels. With an ever-growing fanbase and racer participation, the sky is the ceiling for Lautenbach and company moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had one of the greatest years yet at Street Car Takeover in 2025, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s only gonna be better in \u201926. I think it\u2019s gonna be a big year for us \u2013 2026 should be the best SCT season yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published on January 6, 2026. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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Street Car Takeover recently unveiled their 2026 schedule, kicking off its 13th season January 9-10 at Firebird Motorsports Park in Phoenix, Arizona. SCT will also return to Phoenix to finish the 18-race schedule November 13-14.\u00a0 In between, the series will travel from coast to coast \u2013 from Bakersfield, California to Gainesville, Florida \u2013 and everywhere […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}