2019 Trans-Am Series

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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]

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Schedule

National Championship

RoundEventCircuitLocationDateClassesCo headlining or supporting
1Sebring Vintage Classic Flag of the United States.svg Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 1–3All SVRA
2Road Atlanta Grand Prix Flag of the United States.svg Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia March 29–31All SVRA
3Trans-Am Speed Fest Flag of the United States.svg WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 3–5All Intercontinental GT Challenge
4Memorial Day Motorsports Festival Flag of the United States.svg Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut May 24–27All SVRA
5Detroit Grand Prix Flag of the United States.svg Streets of Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan May 31–June 2TA2 IndyCar
6 Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana August 1–4All SVRA
7Mid-Ohio 100 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 8–10All NASCAR Xfinity Series
8Road America Classic Flag of the United States.svg Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 22–24All NASCAR Xfinity Series
9U.S. Vintage Grand Prix Flag of the United States.svg Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York September 5–7All SVRA
10Heacock Classic Gold Cup Flag of the United States.svg Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia September 20–22All SVRA
11U.S. Vintage National Championship Flag of the United States.svg Circuit of the Americas Elroy, Texas October 4–6All SVRA
12Classic 24 Hours of Daytona Flag of the United States.svg Daytona International Speedway road course Daytona Beach, Florida November 14–16All Historic Sportscar Racing
Source: [2]
  Races are part of the Northern Cup
  Races are part of the Southern Cup
  Race is part of both the Northern Cup and the Southern Cup

West Coast Championship

RoundEventCircuitLocationDateClassesCo headlining or supporting
1 Flag of the United States.svg Thunderhill Raceway Park Willows, California April 12–14All NASA
2 Flag of the United States.svg Auto Club Speedway sports car course Fontana, California April 26–28All SVRA
3Trans-Am Speed Fest Flag of the United States.svg WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 3–5All SVRA
4 Flag of the United States.svg Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 14–16All NASA
5 Flag of the United States.svg Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon July 26–28All SVRA
6U.S. Vintage National Championship Flag of the United States.svg Circuit of the Americas Elroy, Texas October 4–6All SVRA
Source: [2]
  Race is combined with Trans-Am National Series.

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Race results

National Championship

TA, SGT, GT competed together at all events. TA2 competed in a dedicated race at all events. Overall winners in bold.

RoundCircuitTA Winning driverTA2 Winning driverSGT Winning driverGT Winning driver
1 Sebring International Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Lawrence Loshak Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos Flag of the United States.svg Lee Saunders Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Courtney
2 Road Atlanta Flag of the United States.svg Lawrence Loshak Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos Flag of the United States.svg Brian KleemanNone entered
3 Laguna Seca Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis Jr. [lower-alpha 1] Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Merrill [lower-alpha 2] Flag of the United States.svg Dirk Leuenberger [lower-alpha 3] None entered
4 Lime Rock Park Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Merrill Flag of the United States.svg Mark Boden Flag of the United States.svg Steven Davison
5 Streets of Belle Isle TA2 onlyR1: Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Misha Goikhberg
R2: Flag of the United States.svg Tony Ave 		TA2 onlyTA2 only
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson Flag of the United States.svg Marc Miller Flag of the United States.svg Tim Kezman Flag of the United States.svg Steven Davison
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 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 Larry Funk
8 Road America Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis Jr. Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos Flag of the United States.svg Tim Kezman Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Courtney
9 Watkins Glen International Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Francis Jr. Flag of Brazil.svg Rafa Matos Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Pierce Flag of the United States.svg Steven Davison
10 Virginia International Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Boris Said Flag of the United States.svg Marc Miller Flag of the United States.svg Tim Kezman Flag of the United States.svg Steven Davison
11 Circuit of the Americas Flag of the United States.svg Adam Andretti [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the United States.svg Marc Miller [lower-alpha 5] Flag of the United States.svg Ken Thwaits [lower-alpha 6] None entered
12 Daytona International Speedway road course Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Merrill Flag of the United States.svg Lee Saunders 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] [27]

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 driverSGT Winning driverGT Winning driver
1 Thunderhill Raceway Park Flag of the United States.svg Greg Pickett Flag of the United States.svg Brad McAllisterNone entered Flag of the United States.svg Roger Eagleton
2 Auto Club Speedway sports car course Flag of the United States.svg Simon Gregg Flag of the United States.svg Nick RossenoNone enteredNone entered
3 Laguna Seca Flag of the United States.svg Simon Gregg [lower-alpha 7] Flag of the United States.svg Brad McAllister [lower-alpha 8] None entered Flag of the United States.svg Mitch Marvosh [lower-alpha 9]
4 Sonoma Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Simon Gregg Flag of the United States.svg Derek Kraus Flag of Sweden.svg Carl Rydquist Flag of the United States.svg Clark Nunes
5 Portland International Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Greg Pickett Flag of the United States.svg Brad McAllisterNone entered Flag of the United States.svg Beau Borders
6 Circuit of the Americas Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Nagai [lower-alpha 10] Flag of the United States.svg Brad McAllister [lower-alpha 11] Flag of Sweden.svg Carl Rydquist [lower-alpha 12] Flag of the United States.svg Joe Bogetich [lower-alpha 13]
Sources: [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Laguna Seca but scored points separately. Francis won overall.
  2. ↑ The TA2 National and West Coast series raced together at Laguna Seca but scored points separately. Merrill won overall.
  3. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Laguna Seca but scored points separately. Leuenberger was 1st of the SGT entrants.
  4. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Andretti won overall.
  5. ↑ The TA2 National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Miller won overall.
  6. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Laguna Seca but scored points separately. Thwaits finished 1st of the SGT entrants.
  7. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Gregg finished 4th overall, 4th of the TA entries and 1st of the West Coast TA entries.
  8. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. McAllister's overall finishing position is unknown, but he was 1st of the West Coast TA2 entries.
  9. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Marvosh's overall finishing position is unknown, but he was 1st of the West Coast GT entries.
  10. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Nagai finished 6th overall, 6th in TA and 1st of the West Coast TA entrants.
  11. ↑ The TA2 National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. McAllister finished 8th overall and 1st of the West Coast entrants.
  12. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Rydquist finished 11th overall, 4th of the SGT entries and was the only SGT West Coast entrant.
  13. ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Bogetich finished 14th overall, 1st in GT and 1st of the GT West Coast entrants.

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