2018 Trans-Am Series
Appearance
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
[edit]National Championship
[edit] Races are part of the Northern Cup
Races are part of the Southern Cup
West Coast Championship
[edit]Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Classes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]National Championship
[edit]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.
West Coast Championship
[edit]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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]TA
[edit]Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "Trans Am - America's Road Racing Series". gotransam.com.
- ^ "Trans Am Series Announces 2018 Championship Schedule". gotransam.com. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "(Sebring TA) Official TA, TA3, TA4 Race Results March 4, 2018 2:10 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 4 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Sebring TA2) Official TA2 Race Results - March 4, 2018 6:30 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 2 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Road Atlanta TA) Official TA, TA3, TA4 Race Results by Class - March 31, 2018 6:30 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 31 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Road Atlanta TA2) Official TA2 Race Results - March 31, 2018 5:25 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 31 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Homestead TA) Revised Official TA, TA3, TA4 Race Results April 15, 2018 9:00 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 15 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Homestead TA2) Revised Official TA2 Race Results April 16, 2018 5:45 AM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 16 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Detroit TA2 R1) Provisional TA2 Race 1 Results June 2, 2018 9:55 AM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 2 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Detroit TA2 R2) Official TA2 Race 2 Results - June 3, 2018 2:45 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 3 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Indy TA) Provisional TA, TA3, TA4 Race Results June 17, 2018 6:00 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 17 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Indy TA2) Official TA2 Race Results June 17, 2018 12:45 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 17 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Pittsburgh TA) Provisional TA Race Results August 5, 2018 3:30 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 5 August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Pittsburgh TA3 TA4) Official TA3 TA4 Race Results August 5, 2018 4:00 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 5 August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Mid-Ohio TA) Official TA TA3 TA4 Race Results August 13, 2018 11:00 AM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 13 August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Mid-Ohio TA2) Official TA2 Race Results August 11, 2018 4:00 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 11 August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Road America TA) Official TA TA3 TA4 Race Results August 25, 2018 12:30 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 25 August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Road America TA2) Official TA2 Race Results August 25, 2018 12:30 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 25 August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Watkins Glen TA) Provisional TA TA3 TA4 Race Results September 8, 2018 12:45 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 8 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Watkins Glen TA2) Official TA2 Race Results September 15, 2018 12:00 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 15 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Watkins Glen TA) Official TA TA3 TA4 Race Results September 23, 2018 3:00 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 23 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(Watkins Glen TA2) Official TA2 Race Results September 22, 2018 2:45 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 22 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(COTA TA) Official TA TA3 TA4 Race Results November 4, 2018 2:45 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 4 November 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(COTA TA2) Official TA2 Race Results November 3, 2018 3:15 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 3 November 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(All Daytona) Provisional TA TA2 TA3 TA4 Race Results November 10, 2018 12:00 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 10 November 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "2018 Trans Am Points Standings After Daytona" (PDF). gotransam.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(WC Auto Club) Official Race Results April 29, 2018 2:40 PM" (PDF). gotransam.com. 29 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "(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.