# 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.

## 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 |
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### 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.
| 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. | 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 Davison |
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### 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 | 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 entered |
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## 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

* ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Francis won overall.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Kezman finished 1st of the TA3 entries.
* ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Dexter finished 1st of the TA4 entries.
* ↑ TA3 and TA4 competed in a separate race to TA at Pittsburgh. Lux won overall.
* ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Francis won overall.
* ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Robinson won the TA2 race overall.
* ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Ryan Dexter finished 1st of the TA3 entries.
* ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at COTA but scored points separately. Warren Dexter finished 1st of the TA4 entries.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ The National and West Coast series raced together at Indianapolis but scored points separately. Merrill won overall.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Tomy Drissi finished 3rd overall, but it appears that he did not score points in the West Coast Championship for this event.
* ↑ McAllister finished 8th overall and 1st of the West Coast TA2 entries.