2011 Trans-Am season

2011 Trans-Am season
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The 2011 Trans-Am Series season is the 43rd season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series, a class of racing that straddles the line between sports car and stock car auto racing. The 2011 schedule consists of races on 8 road courses and one temporary street circuit. It is the first season that will utilize the new multi-class format. The TA1 class is for the previous spec of Trans-Am cars. The TA2 class has been added for cars that meet SCCA GT2-class specifications. These cars are primarily stock cars, some of which have been rebodied with pony car bodywork. A third class, TA3, for cars meeting SCCA GT3-class specifications was announced, which mainly consists of smaller and lower-powered sports cars than TA1. However, there have been no TA3 entries in 2011. For the final race of the season, a new class, Global GT (GGT) was introduced for production-based sports cars.

2010 champ Tony Ave won 6 of the 9 races to repeat as champion. Bob Stretch won the TA2 class in 5 of the 7 races he contested to win the inaugural TA2 championship. Amy Ruman won the final race of the season at Road Atlanta, becoming the first woman to win a Tran-Am race in the series' 45 year history.[1]

Contents

Schedule

Rnd Date Circuit Distance TA1 Winning Car TA2 Winning Car GGT Winning Car
TA1 Winning Driver(s) TA2 Winning Driver(s) GGT Winning Driver(s)
1 March 18 Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida 103.5 mi (166.6 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
R. J. López Gregg Rodgers
2 May 1 Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah 100.584 mi (161.874 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Gregg Rodgers
3 May 15 Virginia International Raceway, Danville, Virginia 101.37 mi (163.14 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
4 May 22 Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario 100.819 mi (162.252 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
5 August 7 Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec 92.781 mi (149.317 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
6 August 20 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 101.2 mi (162.9 km) Ford Mustang Porsche 997
Cliff Ebben Scott Tucker
7 September 3 Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota 100 mi (160 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
8 September 4 Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
9 September 30 Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro Ferrari F430
Amy Ruman Mike Skeen Scott Tucker
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Driver standings

TA1

Pos Driver Starts Points
1 Tony Ave 9 1122
2 Simon Gregg 9 893
3 Amy Ruman 8 763
4 David Jans 9 738
5 Doug Harrington 8 712
6 Daniel Ramoutarsingh 7 671
7 Cliff Ebben 5 546
8 John Baucom 6 470
9 Carlos de Quesada 6 386
10 Denny Lamers 4 302
11 Doug Peterson 5 298
12 R. J. Lopez 3 295
13 Blaise Csida 2 208
14 Glen Jung 3 180
15 Kenny Bupp 2 160
16 Bob Monette 2 160

TA2

Pos Driver Starts Points
1 Bob Stretch 7 893
2 Bill Prietzel 7 695
3 Ricky Sanders 6 642
4 Greg Rodgers 4 465
5 Tom Sheehan 3 304
6 J. Thomas Graham 2 184
7 Mel Shaw 2 176
8 Mike Skeen 1 137
9 J. Kurt Roehrig 1 116
10 Tony Amico 1 110

References

  1. ^ Tokic, Amy. Amy Ruman Becomes First Woman to Win a Trans-Am Race, AutoGuide, October 1, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-04
  2. ^ "Provisional Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 1". Sports Car Club of America. http://www.trans-amracing.com/files/results/PRV-Race-Results-1-_125.PDF. Retrieved 19 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "Final Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 2". Sports Car Club of America. http://www.trans-amracing.com/files/results/FIN-Race-Results-1-_138.PDF. Retrieved 19 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "Final Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 3". Sports Car Club of America. http://www.trans-amracing.com/files/results/FIN-Race-Results-1-_139.PDF. Retrieved 19 May 2011.