Austin Speedtour

The COTA SpeedTour Experience Motorsports (known as the Trans-Am at COTA or Austin Speedtour or COTA Trans Am 100 or Heacock Classic from Trans-Am or The Heacock Classic or Mission Foods Austin Speedtour) called for sponsorship reasons, is a Trans-Am Race that was held for the first time in the 2015 Trans-Am Series at Circuit of the Americas and was added as an expansion to the schedule.^[1] The race is usually held on October or November in the Trans-Am Series schedule. The race is scheduled with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association for the weekend. The West Coast Championship race has been added along the National Championship race since 2017 making Circuit of the Americas one of the tracks to host both events on the same weekend.^[2] Circuit of the Americas provided the closest finish in Trans-Am history, it was in the 2018 TA2 race when Gar Robinson passed Misha Goikhberg at the COTA Muscle Car Challenge by .064 seconds.^[3] There was another record made when 52 cars field the 2021 COTA TA2 race.^[4] The track has been part of two championships clinching races in the TA2 class (2019 & 2021). COTA has hosted once the season finale and that was in 2021. The race is held under The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli name, it is sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing owned by Parella Motorsports Holdings (PMH)

Austin Speedtour

Trans-Am Series
Venue	Circuit of the Americas
First race	2015
Most wins (rider)	Ernie Francis, Jr. (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (16)

Official names and sponsors

• 2015–2016: Trans-Am at COTA
• 2017: The Trans American Muscle Car Challenge from COTA
• 2018: COTA Muscle Car Challenge at Circuit of The Americas
• 2019-2020: U.S. Vintage National Championship
• 2021–2022: Heacock Classic from Trans-Am (with Austin Speedtour)
• 2022-2024: Austin Speedtour presented by Mission Foods
• 2025–present: COTA SpeedTour Experience Motorsports

Winners of the Austin Speedtour

National Championship

Year	Circuit	Date	TA Winning driver	TA Winning vehicle	TA2 Winning driver	TA2 Winning vehicle	TA3-I Winning driver	TA3-I Winning vehicle	TA3-A Winning driver	TA3-A Winning vehicle
2015	Circuit of the Americas	November 8	Amy Ruman	Chevrolet Corvette	Adam Andretti	Chevrolet Camaro	Fernando Seferlis	Aston Martin GT4	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
Year	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
2016	Circuit of the Americas	November 5	Paul Fix	Chevrolet Corvette	Dillon Machavern	Ford Mustang	Tim Kezman	Porsche 997	Todd Napieralski	Ford Mustang
2017	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
2018	Circuit of the Americas	November 1–3	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Ford Mustang	Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	Ryan Dexter	Ginetta G55	Warren Dexter	Ginetta G55
Year	Circuit	Date	TA Winning driver	TA2 Winning driver	XGT Winning driver	SGT Winning driver	GT Winning driver
2019	Circuit of the Americas†	October 4–6	Adam Andretti	Marc Miller	no entries	Ken Thwaits	Joe Bogetich*
2020	Circuit of the Americas†	November 6–8	Boris Said	Rafa Matos	Jason Daskalos	Lou Gigliotti	Billy Griffin
2021	Circuit of the Americas	November 5–7	Matthew Brabham	Rafa Matos	Erich Joiner	Natalie Decker	Sean Young
Year	Circuit	Date	TA Winning driver	TA2 Winning driver	XGT Winning driver	SGT Winning driver	GT Winning driver	TAH Winning driver
2022	Circuit of the Americas	November 4–6	Chris Dyson	Thomas Merrill	Marc Austin	Dirk Leuenberger	Chris Coffey	Adam Andretti
2023	Circuit of the Americas	November 2–5	Gar Robinson	Thomas Annunziata	Xuanqian Wang	Michael LaPaglia	Chris Coffey
2024	Circuit of the Americas	November 1–3	Chris Dyson	Brett Crews	Will Rodgers	Joshua Carlson	Chris Coffey

  Race is combined with Trans-Am West Coast Series

  Races are part of the Southern Cup

† Race is held in combination with the Trans Am West Coast Championship

* Unofficial Winner

West Coast Championship

Year	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
2017	Circuit of the Americas	November 4	Tomy Drissi	Chevrolet Corvette	Shane Lewis	Chevrolet Camaro	No entries		Guy Dreier	Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4
2018	Circuit of the Americas	November 1–3	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Ford Mustang	Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	Ryan Dexter	Ginetta G55	Warren Dexter	Ginetta G55
Year	Circuit	Date	TA Winning driver	TA2 Winning driver	XGT Winning driver	SGT Winning driver	GT Winning driver
2019	Circuit of the Americas	October 4–6	Adam Andretti	Brad McAllister	no entries	Ken Thwaits	Joe Bogetich*
2020	Circuit of the Americas	November 6–8	Greg Pickett	Jim Gallaugher	None entered	Natalie Decker	Sean Young
2021	Circuit of the Americas	November 6–7	None entered	Ken Sutherland	Erich Joiner	Cindi Lux	None entered
Year	Circuit	Date	TA2 Winning driver	SGT Winning driver	GT Winning driver	XGT Winning driver	TA Winning driver
2022	Circuit of the Americas	November 4–6	Cody Powell	Michael LaPaglia	Xuangian Wang	Matt Crandall
2023	Circuit of the Americas	November 2–5	Thomas Annunziata	Michael LaPaglia	Chris Coffey	Xuanqian Wang	Gar Robinson
2024	Circuit of the Americas	November 1–3	Brett Crews	Joshua Carlson	Chris Coffey	Will Rodgers	Chris Dyson

  Race is combined with Trans-Am National Series

  COTA West Winner, Michele Abbate crossed the finish line first, but was later penalized for passing under a double yellow flag.

* Unofficial Winner