The 2010 Trans-Am Series was the 42nd season of the SCCA's Trans-Am Series. It began on May 8 and ran for ten rounds. [1] Chevrolet nearly swept the season, with Jaguar winning the opening round at New Jersey. 2010 was also the first Trans Am season since 2002 in which an American manufacturer won the championship.
Round | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning vehicle |
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1 | New Jersey Motorsports Park | Tomy Drissi | Jaguar XKR |
2 | Mosport | Kenny Wilden | Chevrolet Corvette |
3 | Miller Motorsports Park | Tony Ave | Chevrolet Corvette |
4 | Road America | Tony Ave | Chevrolet Corvette |
5 | Lime Rock Park | Tony Ave | Chevrolet Corvette |
6 | Toronto | R. J. López | Chevrolet Corvette |
7 | Autobahn Country Club | Tony Ave | Chevrolet Corvette |
8 | Brainerd International Raceway | Tony Ave | Chevrolet Corvette |
9 | Virginia International Raceway | R. J. López | Chevrolet Corvette |
10 | Road Atlanta | Tony Ave | Chevrolet Corvette |
Place | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Tony Ave | 1280 |
2 | R. J. López | 1079 |
3 | Tomy Drissi | 984 |
4 | Simon Gregg | 938 |
5 | Amy Ruman | 583 |
6 | Glen Jung | 447 |
7 | Daniel Ramoutarsingh | 351 |
8 | Mike Skeen | 282 |
9 | Bobby Sak | 272 |
10 | Doug Harrington | 260 |
11 | Buddy Cisar | 220 |
12 | Blaise Csida | 183 |
13 | Rick Dittman | 176 |
14 | Denny Lamers | 176 |
15 | Elmer Shannon | 168 |
16 | John Baucom | 156 |
17 | Kenny Wilden | 139 |
18 | Cliff Ebben | 118 |
19 | Jim Derhaag | 93 |
20 | John Schaller | 92 |
21 | Kyle Kelley | 84 |
22 | Harold Musler | 84 |
23 | Joey Scarallo | 80 |
24 | George Smith | 80 |
25 | J. R. Smith | 76 |
26 | Bob Monette | 76 |
27 | Jim Bradley | 72 |
28 | Michael Lewis | 72 |
29 | Kevin Rich | 68 |
30 | Paige Monette | 68 |
31 | Daniel Parr | 64 |
32 | Zach Monette | 60 |
33 | Terry Giles | 53 |
34 | David Fershtand | 47 |
– | Greg Clifton | 0 |
Greg Pickett | 0 |
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