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.
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 TBASources:
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
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. RoundCircuitTA Winning driverTA2 Winning driverTA3 Winning driverTA4 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 BuffomanteR2: Rafa Matos TA2 only TA2 only 5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Ernie Francis Jr. Jordan Bupp Tim Kezman Warren Dexter 6 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Lawrence Loshak Not on TA2 schedule Cindi Lux 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. Gar Robinson Ryan Dexter Warren Dexter 12 Daytona International Speedway road course David Pintaric Tony Buffomante Tim Kezman Steven DavisonSources:
West Coast Championship All classes raced together on track, except in the meetings shared with the National Championship. Bold indicates overall winner. RoundCircuitTA Winning driverTA2 Winning driverTA3 Winning driverTA4 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 Thomas Merrill None entered Dane Jorgenson-Smith 4 Portland International Raceway Greg Pickett Thomas Merrill Oli Thordarson None started 5 Circuit of the Americas None entered Brad McAllister None entered None enteredSources:
Entries TA Team Car 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
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