2018 Trans-Am Series

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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.

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Schedule

National Championship

RoundEventCircuitLocationDateClasses
1Sebring 100 Flag of the United States.svg Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida 2–4 MarchAll
2Georgia Speedfest Flag of the United States.svg Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 29–31 MarchAll
3South Florida SportsCar Challenge Flag of the United States.svg Homestead-Miami Speedway road course Homestead, Florida 13–15 AprilAll
4Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Flag of the United States.svg Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan 1–3 JuneTA2
5 Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana 15–17 JuneAll
6Keystone Speedfest Flag of the United States.svg Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania 3–5 AugustTA/TA3/TA4
7First Energy Mid-Ohio 100 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 9–11 AugustTBA
8Ryan Companies Road America Classic Flag of the United States.svg Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 23–25 AugustTBA
9TBA Flag of the United States.svg Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York 7–9 SeptemberTBA
10TBA Flag of the United States.svg Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia 21 SeptemberTBA
11TBA Flag of the United States.svg Circuit of the Americas Elroy, Texas 1–3 NovemberTBA
12TBA Flag of the United States.svg Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida 9–11 NovemberTBA
Sources: [1] [2]
  Races are part of the Northern Cup
  Races are part of the Southern Cup

West Coast Championship

RoundEventCircuitLocationDateClasses
1 Flag of the United States.svg Auto Club Speedway sports car course Fontana, California April 27–29All
2 Flag of the United States.svg Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 1–3All
3 Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana June 15–17All
4 Flag of the United States.svg Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon July 27–29All
5 Flag of the United States.svg Circuit of the Americas Elroy, Texas November 1–3All
  Race is combined with Trans-Am National Series.

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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.

RoundCircuitTA Winning driverTA2 Winning driverTA3 Winning driverTA4 Winning driver
1 Sebring International Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis Jr. Flag of the United States.svg Marc Miller Flag of the United States.svg Mark Boden Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Aquilante
2 Road Atlanta Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos Flag of the United States.svg Randy KinslandNone entered
3 Homestead-Miami Speedway road course Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis Jr. Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos Flag of the United States.svg Shane Lewis Flag of the United States.svg Steven Davison
4 Streets of Belle Isle TA2 onlyR1: Flag of the United States.svg Tony Buffomante
R2: Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos 		TA2 onlyTA2 only
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis Jr. [lower-alpha 1] Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Bupp [lower-alpha 2] Flag of the United States.svg Tim Kezman [lower-alpha 3] Flag of the United States.svg Warren Dexter [lower-alpha 4]
6 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Flag of the United States.svg Lawrence LoshakNot on TA2 schedule Flag of the United States.svg Cindi Lux [lower-alpha 5] Flag of the United States.svg Warren Dexter
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis Jr. Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos Flag of the United States.svg Mark Boden Flag of the United States.svg Warren Dexter
8 Road America Flag of the United States.svg Boris Said Flag of the United States.svg Ty Majeski Flag of the United States.svg Jason Daskalos Flag of the United States.svg Warren Dexter
9 Watkins Glen International Flag of the United States.svg Tomy Drissi Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos Flag of the United States.svg Mark Boden Flag of the United States.svg Warren Dexter
10 Virginia International Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Lawrence Loshak Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lagasse Jr. Flag of the United States.svg Mark BodenNone entered
11 Circuit of the Americas Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis Jr. [lower-alpha 6] Flag of the United States.svg Gar Robinson [lower-alpha 7] Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Dexter [lower-alpha 8] Flag of the United States.svg Warren Dexter [lower-alpha 9]
12 Daytona International Speedway road course Flag of the United States.svg David Pintaric Flag of the United States.svg Tony Buffomante Flag of the United States.svg Tim Kezman Flag of the United States.svg 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.

RoundCircuitTA Winning driverTA2 Winning driverTA3 Winning driverTA4 Winning driver
1 Auto Club Speedway Flag of the United States.svg Tim Adolphson Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Merrill Flag of the United States.svg Oli Thordarson Flag of the United States.svg Dane Jorgenson-Smith
2 Sonoma Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Greg Pickett Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Merrill Flag of the United States.svg Oli ThordarsonNone entered
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Flag of the United States.svg Tomy Drissi [lower-alpha 10] Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Merrill [lower-alpha 11] None entered Flag of the United States.svg Dane Jorgenson-Smith [lower-alpha 12]
4 Portland International Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Greg Pickett Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Merrill Flag of the United States.svg Oli ThordarsonNone started
5 Circuit of the Americas None entered [lower-alpha 13] Flag of the United States.svg Brad McAllister [lower-alpha 14] None enteredNone entered
Sources: [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

Entries

TA

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United States.svg ACP Motorsports Cadillac CTS-V 19 Flag of the United States.svg Kerry Hitt1
Flag of the United States.svg American V8 Road Racing Dodge Challenger 9 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Hinkle1
Flag of the United States.svg Baucom Motorsports Ford Mustang 86 Flag of the United States.svg John Baucom1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg BC Race Cars Chevrolet Corvette 15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Blaise Csaida1
Flag of the United States.svg Breathless RacingFord Mustang98 Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis, Jr. 1
Flag of the United States.svg Bupp MotorsportsChevrolet Camaro81 Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Bupp1

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Francis won overall.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Kezman finished 1st of the TA3 entries.
  4. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Dexter finished 1st of the TA4 entries.
  5. ↑ TA3 and TA4 competed in a separate race to TA at Pittsburgh. Lux won overall.
  6. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Francis won overall.
  7. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Robinson won the TA2 race overall.
  8. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Ryan Dexter finished 1st of the TA3 entries.
  9. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Warren Dexter finished 1st of the TA4 entries.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Merrill won overall.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Tomy Drissi finished 3rd overall, but it appears that he did not score points in the West Coast Championship for this event.
  14. ↑ McAllister finished 8th overall and 1st of the West Coast TA2 entries.

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