2018 Trans-Am Series

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.

2018 Trans-Am Series

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Schedule

National Championship

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

  Races are part of the Northern Cup

  Races are part of the Southern Cup

West Coast Championship

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

  Race is combined with Trans-Am National Series.

Changes

• Homestead and Atlanta have swapped places.
• The rounds at Brainerd International Raceway and New Jersey Motorsports Park have been dropped.
• Pittsburgh is new to the schedule.

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

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	Tim Adolphson	Thomas Merrill	Oli Thordarson	Dane Jorgenson-Smith
2	Sonoma Raceway	Greg Pickett	Thomas Merrill	Oli Thordarson	None entered
3	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Tomy Drissi[j]	Thomas Merrill[k]	None entered	Dane Jorgenson-Smith[l]
4	Portland International Raceway	Greg Pickett	Thomas Merrill	Oli Thordarson	None started
5	Circuit of the Americas	None entered[m]	Brad McAllister[n]	None entered	None entered
Sources:[27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

Entries

TA

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