The 2011 Trans-Am Series was 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 consisted of races on 8 road courses and one temporary street circuit. It was the first season that utilized the new multi-class format. The TA1 class is for the previous spec of Trans-Am cars. The TA2 class was added for cars that meet SCCA GT2-class specifications. These cars were 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 consisted of smaller and lower-powered sports cars than TA1. However, there were 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.
Although she was not the first woman to compete in the Trans-Am Series (Janet Guthrie, 1978[1]), Amy Ruman became the first one in the series' 45-year history to win a race, accomplishing the feat in the season finale at Road Atlanta.[2]
The event at Miller is thus far the only post-hiatus Trans Am event in the Western United States.
Schedule edit
Driver standings edit
TA1 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ Erickson, Keith. "Janet Guthrie Career Highlights". Janet Guthrie – Auto Racing Legend. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ Erickson, Keith. "2016 Amy Ruman Highlights Tear Sheet". Ruman Racing. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Provisional Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 1" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Final Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 2" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Final Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 3" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.