1988 Trans-Am Series

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The championship winning Audi Quattro driven by Haywood Audi 200 Trans Am, Techno-Classica 2018, Essen (IMG 9712).jpg
The championship winning Audi Quattro driven by Haywood

The 1988 SCCA Escort Trans-Am Championship [1] was the 23rd running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. 1988 would mark the end of the "GT era", in which the series had been the support series, and often the lesser classes, of the more popular IMSA GT Championship, which had overtaken Trans Am as the most popular road racing series in the United States beginning in 1973 after the decline of muscle cars and the 1973 Oil Crisis. This led to an increase in competitiveness from foreign manufacturers.

The Audi 200 quattro won the manufacturer's championship [2] and Hurley Haywood won the driver's championship. [3]

Results

[4]

RoundDateCircuitWinning driverWinning vehicle
116 April Long Beach Flag of the United States.svg Paul Gentilozzi Oldsmobile Cutlass
21 May Dallas Flag of the United States.svg Hurley Haywood Audi 200
329 May Sears Point Flag of the United States.svg Willy T. Ribbs Chevrolet Camaro
418 June Detroit Flag of the United States.svg Hurley HaywoodAudi 200
526 June Niagara Falls Flag of Germany.svg Walter Röhrl Audi 200
62 July Cleveland Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck Audi 200
717 July Brainerd Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim StuckAudi 200
823 July Meadowlands Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim StuckAudi 200
96 August Lime Rock Park Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Merkur XR4Ti
103 September Mid-Ohio Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim StuckAudi 200
1110 September Road America Flag of the United States.svg Scott PruettMerkur XR4Ti
1225 September Mosport Flag of the United States.svg Darin Brassfield Chevrolet Corvette
1323 October St. Petersburg Flag of Germany.svg Walter RöhrlAudi 200

Championship standings (Top 20)

[4]

PosDriver
LBH

DAL

SPT

DET

NGF

CLE

BIR

MEA

LRP

MOH

ROA

MSP

SPG
Pts
1 Flag of the United States.svg Hurley Haywood 21*61134224342218151.5
2 Flag of the United States.svg Irv Hoerr 52218325*7382854141
3 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett 7*273223431*161*117
4 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Derhaag 6574231038814969104
5 Flag of the United States.svg Darin Brassfield 213**938432251226271*2*101
6 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck 29351*11*1*228100
7 Flag of the United States.svg Lyn St. James 31111977711111088898
8 Flag of the United States.svg Les Lindley 419412532110643011795
9 Flag of Germany.svg Walter Röhrl 1351*54180
9 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Gentilozzi 1238317544323236132680
11 Flag of the United States.svg Willy T. Ribbs 4*1*112453378.5
12 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Nesbitt 1567924271410718141052
13 Flag of the United States.svg Deborah Gregg 122013511929289261420648
14 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Ciasulli 2714366182769369617DNS46
15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron Fellows 53536
16 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Sobey 9103032198913221433
17 Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Clinton 1817163010121820142911101128
18 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Baldwin 2725
19 Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Brassfield 3**102920
19 Flag of the United States.svg R.K. Smith 292028DNQ3726245DNS72120
PosDriver
LBH

DAL

SPT

DET

NGF

CLE

BIR

MEA

LRP

MOH

ROA

MSP

SPG
Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankNot competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
*Led most race laps
**Darin Brassfield started in the #88 car at DAL,
falling out (30th/DNF) before the green flag,
switching to the #87 and finishing 3rd.
Both Darin and Jerry Brassfield were credited with the finish.

References

  1. "Trans-Am (page 3) - Championships - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. Achorn, George (Fall 2013). "2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed". Quattro Quarterly. XXIII (4): 31.
  3. "Trans Am history enshrined in Sebring Hall of Fame as Peter Gregg and Bob Tullius inducted". gotransam.com. Trans Am Racing. March 18, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "1988 Trans-Am Box Scores" (PDF). cms.scca.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2022.