1988 Trans-Am Series

The 1988 SCCA Escort Trans-Am Championship[1] was the 23rd running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. 1988 would mark the end of the "GT era", in which the series had been the support series, and often the lesser classes, of the more popular IMSA GT Championship, which had overtaken Trans Am as the most popular road racing series in the United States beginning in 1973 after the decline of muscle cars and the 1973 Oil Crisis. This led to an increase in competitiveness from foreign manufacturers.

1988 Trans-Am Series
Previous: 1987 Next: 1989
The championship winning Audi Quattro driven by Haywood

The Audi 200 quattro won the manufacturer's championship[2] and Hurley Haywood won the driver's championship.[3]

Results

[4]

Round Date Circuit Winning driver Winning vehicle
1 16 April Long Beach Paul Gentilozzi Oldsmobile Cutlass
2 1 May Dallas Hurley Haywood Audi 200
3 29 May Sears Point Willy T. Ribbs Chevrolet Camaro
4 18 June Detroit Hurley Haywood Audi 200
5 26 June Niagara Falls Walter Röhrl Audi 200
6 2 July Cleveland Hans-Joachim Stuck Audi 200
7 17 July Brainerd Hans-Joachim Stuck Audi 200
8 23 July Meadowlands Hans-Joachim Stuck Audi 200
9 6 August Lime Rock Park Scott Pruett Merkur XR4Ti
10 3 September Mid-Ohio Hans-Joachim Stuck Audi 200
11 10 September Road America Scott Pruett Merkur XR4Ti
12 25 September Mosport Darin Brassfield Chevrolet Corvette
13 23 October St. Petersburg Walter Röhrl Audi 200

Championship standings (Top 20)

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Pos Driver
LBH
DAL
SPT
DET
NGF
CLE
BIR
MEA
LRP
MDO
ROA
MSP
SPG		 Pts
1 Hurley Haywood 2 1* 6 1 13 4 2 2 4 3 4 22 18 151.5
2 Irv Hoerr 5 2 2 18 3 2 5* 7 3 8 28 5 4 141
3 Scott Pruett 7* 27 3 2 2 34 3 1* 16 1* 117
4 Jim Derhaag 6 5 7 4 23 10 3 8 8 14 9 6 9 104
5 Darin Brassfield 21 3** 9 38 4 32 25 12 2 6 27 1* 2* 101
6 Hans-Joachim Stuck 29 35 1* 1 1* 1* 2 28 100
7 Lyn St. James 3 11 11 9 7 7 7 11 11 10 8 8 8 98
8 Les Lindley 4 19 4 12 5 3 21 10 6 4 30 11 7 95
9 Walter Röhrl 13 5 1* 5 4 1 80
9 Paul Gentilozzi 1 23 8 3 17 5 4 4 32 32 36 13 26 80
11 Willy T. Ribbs 4* 1* 11 24 5 3 3 78.5
12 Bruce Nesbitt 15 6 7 9 24 27 14 10 7 18 14 10 52
13 Deborah Gregg 12 20 13 5 11 9 29 28 9 26 14 20 6 48
14 Mike Ciasulli 27 14 36 6 18 27 6 9 36 9 6 17 DNS 46
15 Ron Fellows 5 3 5 36
16 Bob Sobey 9 10 30 32 19 8 9 13 22 14 33
17 Jerry Clinton 18 17 16 30 10 12 18 20 14 29 11 10 11 28
18 Jack Baldwin 2 7 25
19 Jerry Brassfield 3** 10 29 20
19 R.K. Smith 29 20 28 DNQ 37 26 24 5 DNS 7 21 20
Pos Driver
LBH
DAL
SPT
DET
NGF
CLE
BIR
MEA
LRP
MDO
ROA
MSP
SPG		 Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
* Led most race laps
** Darin Brassfield started in the #88 car at DAL,
falling out (30th/DNF) before the green flag,
switching to the #87 and finishing 3rd.
Both Darin and Jerry Brassfield were credited with the finish.

References
  1. http://www.racingsportscars.com/championship/Trans-Am.html?page=3
  2. Achorn, George (Fall 2013). "2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed". quattro quarterly. XXIII (4): 31.
  3. "Trans Am history enshrined in Sebring Hall of Fame as Peter Gregg and Bob Tullius inducted". gotransam.com. Trans Am Racing. March 18, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
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