The 2019 Trans-Am Series season was the 51st running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans Am Series. It began on March 1 and ran for twelve rounds. [1]
Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Classes | Co headlining or supporting |
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1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Willows, California | April 12–14 | All | NASA | |
2 | Auto Club Speedway sports car course | Fontana, California | April 26–28 | All | SVRA | |
3 | Trans-Am Speed Fest | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | May 3–5 | All | SVRA |
4 | Sonoma Raceway | Sonoma, California | June 14–16 | All | NASA | |
5 | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | July 26–28 | All | SVRA | |
6 | U.S. Vintage National Championship | Circuit of the Americas | Elroy, Texas | October 4–6 | All | SVRA |
Source: [2] |
TA, SGT, GT competed together at all events. TA2 competed in a dedicated race at all events. Overall winners in bold.
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 | SGT Winning driver | GT Winning driver | |
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1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Greg Pickett | Brad McAllister | None entered | Roger Eagleton | |
2 | Auto Club Speedway sports car course | Simon Gregg | Nick Rosseno | None entered | None entered | |
3 | Laguna Seca | Simon Gregg [g] | Brad McAllister [h] | None entered | Mitch Marvosh [i] | |
4 | Sonoma Raceway | Simon Gregg | Derek Kraus | Carl Rydquist | Clark Nunes | |
5 | Portland International Raceway | Greg Pickett | Brad McAllister | None entered | Beau Borders | |
6 | Circuit of the Americas | Michelle Nagai [j] | Brad McAllister [k] | Carl Rydquist [l] | Joe Bogetich [m] | |
Sources: [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] |
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