2017 Trans-Am Series

The 2017 Trans-Am Series was the 49th running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series, and consisted of 13 races. The Detroit race was for TA and TA2 only, and the Circuit of the Americas race was a shared race.

2017 Trans-Am Series

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2016

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2018

The rules set from the end of the 2016 season featured four classes: TA, TA2, TA3, and TA4 was retained for 2017.

A separate "West Coast" championship with 3 races separate from the main championship and one round shared with the main championship, the race at Circuit of the Americas was contested for the first time ever.

Schedule changes

The New Jersey Motorsports Park and Watkins Glen races moved from the spring to the fall while Homestead-Miami Speedway moved from the fall to the Spring. NOLA Motorsports Park was dropped from the schedule, while the series ran at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the first time, sharing a weekend with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association.

Television

The following events were televised on CBS Sports Network on a tape-delay basis:

• Detroit
• Indianapolis
• Brainerd
• Mid Ohio
• Road America
• Circuit of the Americas

Calendar and results

Main Championship

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Round	Circuit	Date	TA Winning driver	TA Winning vehicle	TA2 Winning driver	TA2 Winning vehicle	TA3 Winning driver	TA3 Winning vehicle	TA4 Winning driver	TA4 Winning vehicle
1	Sebring International Raceway	March 5	Cliff Ebben	Ford Mustang	Dillon Machavern	Ford Mustang	Mark Boden	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Brian Kleeman	Ford Mustang
2	Homestead-Miami Speedway	April 9	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	Randy Kinsland	Chevrolet Corvette	Brian Kleeman	Ford Mustang
3	Road Atlanta	May 13	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Tony Buffomante	Ford Mustang	Randy Kinsland	Chevrolet Corvette	Brian Kleeman	Ford Mustang
4	Motor City 100	June 3	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Not held
		June 4	Not held		Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	Not held
5	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	June 18	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	Mark Boden	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Andrew Entwistle	Ford Mustang
6	Brainerd International Raceway	July 2	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Corvette	Tony Buffomante	Ford Mustang	Tim Kezman	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	JR Pesek	Ford Mustang
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 12	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Tony Buffomante	Ford Mustang	Mark Boden	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Brian Kleeman	Ford Mustang
8	Road America	August 26	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Sheldon Creed	Dodge Challenger	Jason Daskalos	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Brian Kleeman	Ford Mustang
9	Watkins Glen International	September 10	Andy Lally	Chevrolet Camaro	Tony Buffomante	Ford Mustang	Tim Kezman	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Brian Kleeman	Ford Mustang
10	Virginia International Raceway	September 24	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	Cindi Lux	Dodge Viper ACR–X	Steven Davison	Aston Martin Vantage GT4
11	New Jersey Motorsports Park	October 8	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	Neal Walker	Porsche 991.2	Brian Kleeman	Ford Mustang
12	Circuit of the Americas	November 4	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Shane Lewis	Chevrolet Camaro	Jason Daskalos	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Shane Lewis	Chevrolet Camaro
13	Daytona International Speedway	November 11	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	Tony Buffomante	Ford Mustang	Tim Kezman	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Todd Napieralski	Chevrolet Camaro

West Coast Championship

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Round	Circuit	Date	TA Winning driver	TA Winning vehicle	TA2 Winning driver	TA2 Winning vehicle	TA3 Winning driver	TA3 Winning vehicle	TA4 Winning driver	TA4 Winning vehicle
1	Willow Springs International Motorsports Park	March 26	Tomy Drissi	Chevrolet Corvette	Brad McAllister	Ford Mustang	Tyler McQuarrie	Lamborghini Gallardo	No entries
2	Auto Club Speedway	April 30	Tomy Drissi	Chevrolet Corvette	Justin Napoleon	Chevrolet Camaro	William Brinkop	Chevrolet Corvette	Guy Dreier	Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4
3	Portland International Raceway	July 30	Greg Pickett	Ford Mustang	Shane Lewis	Chevrolet Camaro	Steve Streimer	Dodge Viper ACR–X	Tim Brown	Ford Mustang GT4
4	Circuit of the Americas	November 4	Tomy Drissi	Chevrolet Corvette	Shane Lewis	Chevrolet Camaro	No entries		Guy Dreier	Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4

Driver standings (Main championship)

TA

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Ernie Francis Jr.	Ford Mustang	13	386
2	Vincent Allegretta	Chevrolet Corvette	13	288
3	Amy Ruman	Chevrolet Corvette	13	253
4	Simon Gregg	Chevrolet Corvette	13	253
5	Kerry Hitt	Cadillac CTS-V	13	216
6	Tomy Drissi	Chevrolet Corvette/Ford Mustang	9	169
7	Jeff Hinkle	Dodge Challenger	8	117
8	Cliff Ebben	Ford Mustang	5	110
9	David Pintaric	Cadillac CTS-V	6	105
10	Richard Grant	Chevrolet Corvette	7	104
11	John Baucom	Ford Mustang	5	95
12	Tim Rubright	Ford Mustang	5	84
13	Mary Wright	Chevrolet Corvette	5	78
14	Jim McAleese	Chevrolet Corvette/Chevrolet Camaro	4	75
15	Paul Fix	Chevrolet Corvette/Ford Mustang	3	73
16	R. J. López	Chevrolet Corvette	2	62
17	Lawrence Lepurage	Chevrolet Corvette	4	60
18	Henry Gilbert	Chevrolet Corvette	3	54
19	Daniel Urrutia Jr.	Chevrolet Corvette	3	51
20	Steve Burns	Ford Mustang	3	49
21	Claudio Burtin	Chevrolet Corvette	5	47
22	Martin Ragginger	Chevrolet Camaro	2	46
23	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Corvette	2	45
24	Justin Marks	Ford Mustang	2	38
25	Joseph Freda	Chevrolet Corvette	2	38
26	Stanton Barrett	Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Corvette	2	37
27	Blaise Csida	Chevrolet Corvette	2	37
28	Andy Lally	Chevrolet Camaro	1	34
29	Lawrence Loshak	Chevrolet Camaro	1	31
30	Steve Kent Jr.	Chevrolet Corvette	2	30
31	Shane Lewis	Chevrolet Corvette	1	26
32	Jed Copham	Chevrolet Corvette	1	23
33	Tony Ave	Chevrolet Corvette	1	18
34	Denny Lamers	Ford Mustang	1	17
35	David Ruehlow	Chevrolet Corvette	1	16
36	Chris Dyson	Cadillac CTS-V	1	14
37	Keith Grant	Chevrolet Corvette	1	6
38	AJ Henriksen	Chevrolet Corvette	1	0

TA2

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	13	341
2	Tony Buffomante	Ford Mustang	13	304
3	Shane Lewis	Chevrolet Camaro	13	299
4	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Camaro	11	210
5	Tom Sheehan	Chevrolet Camaro	13	193
6	Keith Prociuk	Chevrolet Camaro	13	190
7	Dillon Machavern	Ford Mustang	8	151
8	Lawrence Loshak	Chevrolet Camaro	8	146
9	Matt Parent	Ford Mustang	10	140
10	Elias Anderson	Ford Mustang	8	112
11	Ray Neveau	Chevrolet Camaro	11	111
12	Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Camaro	8	105
13	Raphael Matos	Chevrolet Camaro	5	95
14	Scott Lagasse Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro	6	92
15	Sheldon Creed	Dodge Challenger	4	92
16	Curt Vogt	Ford Mustang	6	88
17	Tim Gray	Ford Mustang	7	83
18	Louis-Phillippe Montour	Chevrolet Camaro	5	75
19	Adam Andretti	Chevrolet Camaro/Dodge Challenger	8	66
20	Jordan Bernloehr	Dodge Challenger	4	66
21	Phil Lasco	Chevrolet Camaro	5	62
22	Joe Atwell	Chevrolet Camaro	5	61
23	Carlo Falcone	Ford Mustang	4	55
24	Mitch Marvosh	Ford Mustang	7	55
25	Harry Steenbakkers	Chevrolet Camaro	3	52
26	Kyle Marcelli	Chevrolet Camaro	3	50
27	Roberto Sabato	Ford Mustang	4	50
28	Bob Lima	Chevrolet Camaro	3	45
29	Bruce Nesbitt	Ford Mustang	3	44
30	Peter Klutt	Dodge Challenger	3	41
31	Justin Haley	Ford Mustang	2	38
32	Phillip Di Pippo	Chevrolet Camaro	3	36
33	Moses Smith	Chevrolet Camaro	2	34
34	Jason Hart	Dodge Challenger	2	33
35	Maurice Hull	Ford Mustang	2	28
36	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet Camaro	1	37
37	Sam LeComte	Chevrolet Camaro	3	23
38	Joe Stevens	Dodge Challenger	1	21
39	Chris Pedersen	Chevrolet Camaro	3	21
40	Shannon Ivey	Dodge Challenger	1	18
41	Bobby Kennedy	Ford Mustang	1	18
42	Jaques Lazier	Chevrolet Camaro	2	18
42	Aaron Quine	Chevrolet Camaro	1	17
43	Ron Keith	Chevrolet Camaro	1	16
45	Steve Kent Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro	1	15
46	Kevin Poitras	Ford Mustang	1	11
47	Steve Burns	Chevrolet Camaro	1	9
48	Alex Mayer	Chevrolet Camaro	1	7
49	Carl Wingo	Ford Mustang	1	7
50	Tyler Thielmann	Ford Mustang	1	7
51	Tom West	Chevrolet Camaro	1	5
52	AJ Henriksen	Chevrolet Camaro	1	4
53	Andy Lee	Dodge Challenger	1	3
–	Steven Goldman	Ford Mustang	0	–
–	Tony Ave	Chevrolet Camaro	0	–
–	Matt Tifft	Chevrolet Camaro	0	–

TA3

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Mark Boden	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	11	283
2	Tim Kezman	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	11	273
3	Tom Herb	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	10	211
4	Conor Flynn	Porsche 997	7	163
5	Kyle Kinsland	Chevrolet Corvette	7	140
6	Cindi Lux	Dodge Viper	5	129
7	Dirk Leuenberger	Dodge Viper	5	106
8	Milton Grant	Porsche 997	5	101
9	Jason Daskalos	Dodge Viper	2	68
10	Lee Saunders	Dodge Viper	2	57
11	Craig Conway	Porsche 997	3	55
12	Jason Berkeley	Chevrolet Corvette	3	53
13	Ramin Abdolvahabi	Porsche 997	3	43
14	Don McMillon	Chevrolet Corvette	2	38
15	Dave Ricci	Chevrolet Camaro	2	36
16	Neal Walker	Porsche 991	1	32
17	Presten Calvert	Porsche 911 GT3/Chevrolet Corvette	2	31
18	Marko Radisic	Ferrari 458 Challenge	2	27
19	John Buttermore	Chevrolet Corvette	1	21
20	Larry Bailey	Chevrolet Corvette	1	20
21	Andrew Aquilante	Chevrolet Corvette	1	20
22	Steven Davison	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	1	18
23	Aaron Pierce	Chevrolet Corvette	2	17
24	Fernando Seferlis	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	1	13
25	Kurt Fazekas	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	1	12
–	Larry Funk	BMW M3	0	–

TA4

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Brian Kleeman	Ford Mustang	11	336
2	Todd Napieralski	Chevrolet Camaro	11	297
3	JR Pesek	Ford Mustang	8	190
4	Chris Outzen	Ford Mustang	8	184
5	Steven Davison	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	8	168
6	Andrew Entwistle	Ford Mustang	4	89
7	Mel Shaw	Chevrolet Camaro	4	69
8	James Pesek	Ford Mustang	3	59
9	Joe Bogetich	Chevrolet Camaro	3	53
10	Bill Baten	Chevrolet Camaro	2	40
11	Shane Lewis	Ford Mustang	1	35
12	Ramin Abdolvahabi	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	1	29
13	Mike Geldart	Ford Mustang	1	28
14	Guy Dreier	Maserati GranTurismo GT4	1	28
15	Fernando Seferlis	Chevrolet Camaro	1	20

Driver standings (West Coast championship)

TA

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Greg Pickett	Ford Mustang	4	119
2	Tomy Drissi	Chevrolet Corvette	3	103
3	Richard Wall	Chevrolet Corvette	2	52
4	Kyle Kelley	Chevrolet Corvette	2	48
5	Ken Davis	Chevrolet Corvette	3	33
6	Brian Richards	Chevrolet Corvette	1	29
7	Adam Carolla	Chevrolet Corvette	1	25

TA2

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Shane Lewis	Ford Mustang	4	130
2	Bob McAllister	Ford Mustang	4	108
3	Justin Napoleon	Chevrolet Camaro	4	95
4	Joe Napoleon	Chevrolet Camaro	4	78
5	Chris Cook	Chevrolet Camaro	3	71
6	David Smith	Chevrolet Camaro	2	40
7	Thomas Merrill	Ford Mustang	1	27
–	Lou Gigliotti	Chevrolet Camaro	0	–

TA3

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Oli Thordarson	Chevrolet Corvette	3	87
2	Tyler McQuarrie	Lamborghini Gallardo	1	35
2	Bill Brinkop	Chevrolet Corvette	1	35
2	Steve Streimer	Dodge Viper	1	35
5	Guy Dreier	Maserati GranTurismo GT4	1	14

TA4

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Guy Dreier	Maserati GranTurismo GT4	3	87
2	Tim Brown	Ford Mustang	1	3