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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.

Schedule

National Championship

Round Event Circuit Location Date Classes
1 Sebring 100 United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida 2–4 March All
2 Georgia Speedfest United States Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 29–31 March All
3 South Florida SportsCar Challenge United States Homestead-Miami Speedway road course Homestead, Florida 13–15 April All
4 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix United States Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan 1–3 June TA2
5 Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana 15–17 June All
6 Keystone Speedfest United States Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania 3–5 August TA/TA3/TA4
7 First Energy Mid-Ohio 100 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 9–11 August TBA
8 Ryan Companies Road America Classic United States Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 23–25 August TBA
9 TBA United States Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York 7–9 September TBA
10 TBA United States Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia 21 September TBA
11 TBA United States Circuit of the Americas Elroy, Texas 1–3 November TBA
12 TBA United States Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida 9–11 November TBA
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  Races are part of the Northern Cup   Races are part of the Southern Cup

West Coast Championship

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

Changes

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.

Round Circuit TA Winning driver TA2 Winning driver TA3 Winning driver TA4 Winning driver
1 Sebring International Raceway United States Ernie Francis Jr. United States Marc Miller United States Mark Boden United States Andrew Aquilante
2 Road Atlanta United States Chris Dyson Brazil Rafa Matos United States Randy Kinsland None entered
3 Homestead-Miami Speedway road course United States Ernie Francis Jr. Brazil Rafa Matos United States Shane Lewis United States Steven Davison
4 Streets of Belle Isle TA2 only R1: United States Tony Buffomante
R2: Brazil Rafa Matos 		TA2 only TA2 only
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course United States Ernie Francis Jr. United States Jordan Bupp United States Tim Kezman United States Warren Dexter
6 Pittsburgh International Race Complex United States Lawrence Loshak Not on TA2 schedule United States Cindi Lux United States Warren Dexter
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United States Ernie Francis Jr. Brazil Rafa Matos United States Mark Boden United States Warren Dexter
8 Road America United States Boris Said United States Ty Majeski United States Jason Daskalos United States Warren Dexter
9 Watkins Glen International United States Tomy Drissi Brazil Rafa Matos United States Mark Boden United States Warren Dexter
10 Virginia International Raceway United States Lawrence Loshak United States Scott Lagasse Jr. United States Mark Boden None entered
11 Circuit of the Americas United States Ernie Francis Jr. United States Gar Robinson United States Ryan Dexter United States Warren Dexter
12 Daytona International Speedway road course United States David Pintaric United States Tony Buffomante United States Tim Kezman United States Steven Davison
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West Coast Championship

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 TA3 Winning driver TA4 Winning driver
1 Auto Club Speedway United States Tim Adolphson United States Thomas Merrill United States Oli Thordarson United States Dane Jorgenson-Smith
2 Sonoma Raceway United States Greg Pickett United States Thomas Merrill United States Oli Thordarson None entered
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course United States Tomy Drissi United States Thomas Merrill None entered United States Dane Jorgenson-Smith
4 Portland International Raceway United States Greg Pickett United States Thomas Merrill United States Oli Thordarson None started
5 Circuit of the Americas None entered United States Brad McAllister None entered None entered
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Entries

TA

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
United States ACP Motorsports Cadillac CTS-V 19 United States Kerry Hitt 1
United States American V8 Road Racing Dodge Challenger 9 United States Jeff Hinkle 1
United States Baucom Motorsports Ford Mustang 86 United States John Baucom 1
Canada BC Race Cars Chevrolet Corvette 15 Canada Blaise Csaida 1
United States Breathless Racing Ford Mustang 98 United States Ernie Francis, Jr. 1
United States Bupp Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro 81 United States Kenny Bupp 1

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.

References

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