AASA State calendars confirmed

Written By Joel Spencer

Two Australian Auto-Sport Alliance sanctioned state-level circuit racing championships have locked in their 2026 calendars.

Both the Victorian Motor Racing Championship (VMRC) and Queensland Racing Drivers Championship (QRDC) have confirmed their 2026 dates.

In 2026 the VMRC will again visit three circuits across two states, Victoria and South Australia.

Four of the six rounds will be held at the historic Winton Motor Raceway in country Victoria including the season opener from March 21-22 and the series finale from November 21-22.

Round 2 will take place at Calder Park Raceway situated just outside of the Melbourne CBD from April 18-19.

The third round will run at the state-of-the-art Shell V-Power Motorsport Park in South Australia from June 6-7. It is the second year that the series has visited the Riverland location after a very successful debut there in 2025.

Winton Motor Raceway will host the final three rounds in August, October and November.

The full calendar can be found at the bottom of this story.

Nine categories have already committed to contesting at least one round of VMRC. These include a mixture of both national and state level series.

The national categories are the big rig Australian Super Trucks, thunderous Stock Cars Australia National Series and the open-wheel Australian Drivers' Championship.

State based series are as follows Sports Compact by 2LSS, Victorian Super TT Championship, BMW E30 Racing, Formula Vee Victoria, Hyundai Excel Racing Association of Victoria (HERA) and Vic V8s.

As always, the QRDC calendar is held solely at Queensland Raceway just outside of Brisbane and consists of five events.

The season opener takes place from May 16-17 and concludes on the weekend of October 17-18.

Categories include Australian TransAm, Queensland Production Cars, Utes & Hot Hatch Cup, Replica Tourers and Track Attack Excels.

The full calendar is below.

VMRC Calendar

  • Round 1 - Winton Motor Raceway - March 21-22

  • Round 2 - Calder Park Raceway - April 18-19

  • Round 3 - Shell V-Power Motorsport Park - June 6-7

  • Round 4 - Winton Motor Raceway - August 29-30

  • Round 5 - Winton Motor Raceway - October 3-4

  • Round 6 - Winton Motor Raceway - November 21-22

QRDC Calendar

  • Round 1 - May 16-17

  • Round 2 - June 7

  • Round 3 - July 18-19

  • Round 4 - September 26-27

  • Round 5 - October 17-18

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