2018 Trans-Am Series
The 2018 Trans-Am Series season was the fiftieth running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. It began on March 2 at Sebring International Raceway and ran for twelve rounds.
Schedule
National Championship
Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Classes | |
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1 | Sebring 100 | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | 2–4 March | All | |
2 | Georgia Speedfest | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | 29–31 March | All | |
3 | South Florida SportsCar Challenge | Homestead-Miami Speedway road course | Homestead, Florida | 13–15 April | All | |
4 | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix | Belle Isle Park | Detroit, Michigan | 1–3 June | TA2 | |
5 | Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana | 15–17 June | All | |
6 | Keystone Speedfest | Pittsburgh International Race Complex | Wampum, Pennsylvania | 3–5 August | TA/TA3/TA4 | |
7 | First Energy Mid-Ohio 100 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | 9–11 August | TBA | |
8 | Ryan Companies Road America Classic | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | 23–25 August | TBA | |
9 | TBA | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | 7–9 September | TBA | |
10 | TBA | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | 21 September | TBA | |
11 | TBA | Circuit of the Americas | Elroy, Texas | 1–3 November | TBA | |
12 | TBA | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | 9–11 November | TBA | |
Sources:[1][2] |
Races are part of the Northern Cup
Races are part of the Southern Cup
West Coast Championship
Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Classes |
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1 | Auto Club Speedway sports car course | Fontana, California | April 27–29 | All | |
2 | Sonoma Raceway | Sonoma, California | June 1–3 | All | |
3 | Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana | June 15–17 | All |
4 | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | July 27–29 | All | |
5 | Circuit of the Americas | Elroy, Texas | November 1–3 | All |
Race is combined with Trans-Am National Series.
Changes
- Homestead and Atlanta have swapped places.
- The rounds at Brainerd International Raceway and New Jersey Motorsports Park have been dropped.
- Pittsburgh is new to the schedule.
Race results
National Championship
TA, TA3, TA4 competed together at all events except Pittsburgh, where TA ran a dedicated race and a separate race was held for TA3 and TA4, and at Daytona, where all classes competed together. TA2 competed in a dedicated race at all events except Daytona. Overall winners in bold.
Round | Circuit | TA Winning driver | TA2 Winning driver | TA3 Winning driver | TA4 Winning driver |
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1 | Sebring International Raceway | Ernie Francis Jr. | Marc Miller | Mark Boden | Andrew Aquilante |
2 | Road Atlanta | Chris Dyson | Rafa Matos | Randy Kinsland | None entered |
3 | Homestead-Miami Speedway road course | Ernie Francis Jr. | Rafa Matos | Shane Lewis | Steven Davison |
4 | Streets of Belle Isle | TA2 only | R1: Tony Buffomante R2: Rafa Matos | TA2 only | TA2 only |
5 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Ernie Francis Jr.[a] | Jordan Bupp[b] | Tim Kezman[c] | Warren Dexter[d] |
6 | Pittsburgh International Race Complex | Lawrence Loshak | Not on TA2 schedule | Cindi Lux[e] | Warren Dexter |
7 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Ernie Francis Jr. | Rafa Matos | Mark Boden | Warren Dexter |
8 | Road America | Boris Said | Ty Majeski | Jason Daskalos | Warren Dexter |
9 | Watkins Glen International | Tomy Drissi | Rafa Matos | Mark Boden | Warren Dexter |
10 | Virginia International Raceway | Lawrence Loshak | Scott Lagasse Jr. | Mark Boden | None entered |
11 | Circuit of the Americas | Ernie Francis Jr.[f] | Gar Robinson[g] | Ryan Dexter[h] | Warren Dexter[i] |
12 | Daytona International Speedway road course | David Pintaric | Tony Buffomante | Tim Kezman | Steven Davison |
Sources:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] |
West Coast Championship
All classes raced together on track, except in the meetings shared with the National Championship. Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | TA Winning driver | TA2 Winning driver | TA3 Winning driver | TA4 Winning driver |
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1 | Auto Club Speedway | Tim Adolphson | Thomas Merrill | Oli Thordarson | Dane Jorgenson-Smith |
2 | Sonoma Raceway | Greg Pickett | Thomas Merrill | Oli Thordarson | None entered |
3 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Tomy Drissi[j] | Thomas Merrill[k] | None entered | Dane Jorgenson-Smith[l] |
4 | Portland International Raceway | Greg Pickett | Thomas Merrill | Oli Thordarson | None started |
5 | Circuit of the Americas | None entered[m] | Brad McAllister[n] | None entered | None entered |
Sources:[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] |
Entries
TA
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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ACP Motorsports | Cadillac CTS-V | 19 | Kerry Hitt | 1 |
American V8 Road Racing | Dodge Challenger | 9 | Jeff Hinkle | 1 |
Baucom Motorsports | Ford Mustang | 86 | John Baucom | 1 |
BC Race Cars | Chevrolet Corvette | 15 | Blaise Csaida | 1 |
Breathless Racing | Ford Mustang | 98 | Ernie Francis, Jr. | 1 |
Bupp Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 81 | Kenny Bupp | 1 |
Footnotes
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Francis won overall.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Bupp finished 2nd in the TA2 race and 1st of the National TA2 entries.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Kezman finished 1st of the TA3 entries.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Dexter finished 1st of the TA4 entries.
- ^ TA3 and TA4 competed in a separate race to TA at Pittsburgh. Lux won overall.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Francis won overall.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Robinson won the TA2 race overall.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Ryan Dexter finished 1st of the TA3 entries.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Warren Dexter finished 1st of the TA4 entries.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Drissi finished 3rd of the TA entries and 1st of the West Coast TA entries.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Merrill won overall.
- ^ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Jorgenson-Smith finished 13th overall, 2nd of the TA4 entries and 1st of the West Coast TA4 entries.
- ^ Tomy Drissi finished 3rd overall, but it appears that he did not score points in the West Coast Championship for this event.
- ^ McAllister finished 8th overall and 1st of the West Coast TA2 entries.
References
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- ^ "(WC Sonoma) Provisional Race Results by Class June 3, 2018 6:00 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 3 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(WC TA Indy) Provisional West Coast TA, TA3, TA4 Race by Class Results June 17, 2018 5:10 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 17 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(WC TA2 Indy) Revised Provisional TA2 West Coast Race Results June 15, 2018 5:20 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 16 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Merrill and Bupp share Trans Am TA2 Honors at Indianapolis Motor Speedway". gotransam.com. 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(WC Portland) Official TA TA2 TA3 TA4 Race Results - July 29, 2018 12:45 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 29 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "2018 Trans Am West Coast Points Standings After COTA" (PDF). gotransam.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.