2011 Trans-Am season
The 2011 Trans-Am Series season 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. Amy Ruman won the final race of the season at Road Atlanta, becoming the first woman to win a Tran-Am race in the series' 45-year history.[1]
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 |
| [2][3][4] |
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 |
References
