Proposed 2026 Southern 100 Road Races schedule unveiled

Extra qualifying session among possible alterations for this year

Organisers of the Southern 100 Road Races have unveiled the proposed schedule for this year's event.

The meeting from Monday, 6 July to Thursday, 9 July will run in a similar format to recent years but with plans for a few alterations.

Among the changes, there are ambitions to hold an extra qualifying session on Wednesday, 8 July.

Meanwhile, the two championships races on the final day (9 July) are to be switched with each other in the running order.

The opening day on Monday, 6 July will follow on from the same format of previous years with evening qualifying for all solo and sidecar classes with roads around the Billown Course to close at 6pm and reopen no later than 9.40pm.

The following evening on Tuesday, 7 July will feature another qualifying sessions for each class as well as first two races of the meeting - the seven-lap Peel Holdings Senior Race and six-lap Mike Kerruish Plumbing & Heating Lightweight Race.

Roads around the course are due again to shut at 6pm and reopen no later than 9.40pm on day two.

Meanwhile, officials are hoping to make an addition to the agenda on Wednesday, 8 July with proposals to run a morning qualifying session as well as the regular evening racing schedule.

If approved, the morning session would see roads around the course shut between 9.45am and 11.50am to allow further qualifying for Superbike; Supersport; Lightweight/Sportsbike and Sidecar machinery.

Roads would then reopen before shutting again at 6pm for four more races and open again for the final time that day no later than 9.40pm.

The meeting is then due to conclude with a double-header of racing in the morning and afternoon on Thursday, 9 July.

Four races would be held during the morning road closures between 9.30am and 12.45pm, roads would then reopen briefly before shutting again between 1.30pm and 4.45pm for the remaining four races.

During that afternoon session, there are plans to swap the order of the final two events, resulting in the eight-lap Daryl Blake Construction Sidecar Championship Race act as the penultimate showdown before the nine-lap Ellan Vannin Fuels Solo Championship acts as the finale to the meeting.

The proposed schedule remains subject to road closure approval and may be subject to change depending on prevailing conditions and circumstances.

You can view the full proposed 2026 Southern 100 Road Races schedule below:

2026 Southern 100 Road Races proposed schedule

Monday, 6 July (Evening Qualifying)

6pm - Roads Close
6.18pm to 6.25pm - Newcomers Familiarisation Laps
6.26pm to 6.40pm - Superbike Qualifying
6.47pm to 7.01pm - Lightweight/Sportsbike Qualifying
7.29pm to 7.43pm - Supersport B Qualifying
7.50pm to 8.04pm - Supersport A Qualifying
8.11pm to 8.25pm - Lightweight Qualifying
8.32pm to 8.46pm - Superbike Qualifying
8.53pm to 9.05pm - Sidecars Qualifying
9.40pm - Roads reopen (at the latest)

Tuesday, 7 July (Evening Qualifying & Racing)

6pm - Roads Close
6.18pm to 6.28pm - Superbike Qualifying
6.35pm to 6.45pm - Lightweight/Sportsbike Qualifying
7.07pm to 7.21pm - Supersport B Qualifying
7.28pm to 7.42pm - Supersport A Qualifying
7.49pm to 8.03pm - Sidecars Qualifying
Race 1 - Peel Holdings Senior Race (7 Laps)
Race 2 - Mike Kerruish Plumbing & Heating Lightweight Race (6 Laps)
9.40pm - Roads reopen (at the latest)
 

Wednesday, 8 July (Morning Qualifying)

9.45am - Roads Close
10.18am to 10.28am - Superbike Qualifying
10.35am to 10.46am - Supersport B Qualifying
10.53am to 11.04am - Supersport A Qualifying
11.11am to 11.21am - Lightweight/Sportsbike Qualifying
11.28am to 11.40am - Sidecars Qualifying
11.50am - Roads reopen (at the latest)

Wednesday, 8 July (Evening Racing)

6pm - Roads Close
Race 3 - Ellan Vannin Fuels Senior Race (7 Laps)
Race 4B - JCK Limited 600cc B Race (7 Laps)
Race 4A - H&H Motorcycles 600cc A Race (7 Laps)
Race 5 - Ace Hire Sidecar Race (6 Laps)
9.40pm - Roads reopen (at the latest)

Thursday, 9 July (Morning Racing)

9.30am - Roads Close
Race 6B - JCK Limited 600cc B Race (7 Laps)
Race 6A - S&S Motors 600cc Race (7 Laps)
Race 8 - Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Senior Race (7 Laps)
Race A - Station Garage Lightweight Consolation Race (6 Laps)
12.45pm - Roads reopen (at the latest)

Thursday, 6 July (Afternoon Racing)

1.30pm - Roads Close
Race 9 - Bettridges 600cc Challenge Race (7 Laps)
Race 10 - Bushy's Brewery Lightweight Race (6 Laps)
Race 11 - Daryl Blake Construction Sidecar Championship Race (8 Laps)
Race 12 - Ellan Vannin Fuels Solo Championship Race (9 Laps)
4.45pm - Roads reopen (at the latest)