Hyundai Motor Wraps Up 2026 'Hyundai N Festival' Season... More Than 70,000 Spectators Attend

Six rounds of competition in Yongin, Yeongam, and Inje
Night race and three-hour endurance race debut

Hyundai Motor Company has concluded this year's schedule for the Hyundai N Festival, a domestic one-make racing series.

Hyundai Motor Vice President Lee Youngho, Global Business Management Division Head; Managing Director Park Junwoo, Head of the N Management Office; and CEO José Muñoz listen to an official's explanation in the pit of a team competing in the Hyundai N Festival. Hyundai Motor

Hyundai Motor Company announced on November 2 that it had wrapped up the 2026 season of the Hyundai N Festival after the sixth and final round, held the previous day at Everland Speedway in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.

The Hyundai N Festival is a one-make racing series that succeeded the Click Speed Festival, held from 2003 to 2010, and the Korea Speed Festival, held from 2011 to 2018. In a one-make race, drivers compete on a track in identical models of cars, with the outcome determined solely by their driving skills.

This year's competition began with Round 1 at Everland Speedway in Yongin on May 8-10, followed by Round 2 at Korea International Circuit in Yeongam on June 19-21, Round 3 at Inje Speedium on July 10-12, Round 4 at Inje Speedium on October 2-4, and Rounds 5 and 6 at Everland Speedway in Yongin on October 30-November 1.

The competition featured four classes: the top-tier Gran Turismo eN1 Class, in which competitors drove IONIQ 5 N eN1 Cup Cars to test high-performance electric vehicle (EV) technology; the Kumho N1 Class, featuring Avante N1 Cup Cars; the Nexen N2 Class, featuring Avante N2 Cup Cars; and the newly established Nexen N3 Class, where novice racers could safely take part in racing with Avante N2 Cup Cars.

With many of the country's top drivers competing this season, the champions in each category were Kim Youngchan of the Gran Turismo eN1 Class, DCT Racing in the team category of the same class, and tire manufacturer Kumho Tire; Kwon Hyeokjin of the Kumho N1 Class and DCT Racing in the team category; and Lee Solgi of the Nexen N2 Class.

At the final round, Hyundai Motor Company CEO José Muñoz and Lee Young-ho, Executive Vice President and head of Global Business Management, attended in person and took part in the awards ceremony for the Kumho N1 Class race.

“For more than 20 years, the Hyundai N Festival has been a signature motorsports event shaped together by participating drivers and fans, as well as an important platform where customers can experience high-performance technology and the excitement of motorsports firsthand,” said Hyundai Motor Company CEO José Muñoz. “We will continue to actively apply the technology and experience gained through motorsports to vehicle development, while expanding opportunities for customers to experience motorsports and connect with Hyundai Motor Company.”

More than 70,000 spectators visited the venue over the course of the season. At the third round, the competition introduced a “night race,” in which drivers raced on a dark track, and an “endurance race” for the first time. In the endurance race, teams of two or three drivers took turns driving for three hours to test their endurance and strategy, offering spectators new attractions.

Hyundai Motor Company also organized programs to help spectators enjoy motorsports culture, including “Grid Walk,” where they could meet the competing cars and drivers on the track; “N Mini Car,” a toy car race for young spectators; and “N Taxi,” which let them experience the track as passengers in cars driven by professional drivers.

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