2011 Trans-Am Series

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.

2011 champion Tony Ave at Road Atlanta
2011 Trans-Am Series
Previous: 2010 Next: 2012

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.

Amy Ruman made history on September 30, 2011.

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
Rnd Date Circuit Distance TA1 Winning Car TA2 Winning Car GGT Winning Car
TA1 Winning Driver(s) TA2 Winning Driver(s) GGT Winning Driver(s)
1 March 18 Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida 103.5 mi (166.6 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
R. J. López Gregg Rodgers
2 May 1 Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah 100.584 mi (161.874 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Gregg Rodgers
3 May 15 Virginia International Raceway, Danville, Virginia 101.37 mi (163.14 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
4 May 22 Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario 100.819 mi (162.252 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
5 August 7 Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec 92.781 mi (149.317 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
6 August 20 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 101.2 mi (162.9 km) Ford Mustang Porsche 997
Cliff Ebben Scott Tucker
7 September 3 Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota 100 mi (160 km) Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
8 September 4 Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Ave Bob Stretch
9 September 30 Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Camaro Ferrari F430
Amy Ruman Mike Skeen Scott Tucker
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Driver standings

TA1
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
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
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References
  1. Erickson, Keith. "Janet Guthrie Career Highlights". Janet Guthrie – Auto Racing Legend. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  2. Erickson, Keith. "2016 Amy Ruman Highlights Tear Sheet". Ruman Racing. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  3. "Provisional Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 1" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  4. "Final Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 2" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  5. "Final Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 3" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
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