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.
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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.
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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
Driver standings
TA1
Pos | Driver | Starts | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
9 | 1122 |
2 | ![]() |
9 | 893 |
3 | ![]() |
8 | 763 |
4 | ![]() |
9 | 738 |
5 | ![]() |
8 | 712 |
6 | ![]() |
7 | 671 |
7 | ![]() |
5 | 546 |
8 | ![]() |
6 | 470 |
9 | ![]() |
6 | 386 |
10 | ![]() |
4 | 302 |
11 | ![]() |
5 | 298 |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 295 |
13 | ![]() |
2 | 208 |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 180 |
15 | ![]() |
2 | 160 |
16 | ![]() |
2 | 160 |
TA2
Pos | Driver | Starts | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
7 | 893 |
2 | ![]() |
7 | 695 |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 642 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 465 |
5 | ![]() |
3 | 304 |
6 | ![]() |
2 | 184 |
7 | ![]() |
2 | 176 |
8 | ![]() |
1 | 137 |
9 | ![]() |
1 | 116 |
10 | ![]() |
1 | 110 |
References
- Erickson, Keith. "Janet Guthrie Career Highlights". Janet Guthrie – Auto Racing Legend. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- Erickson, Keith. "2016 Amy Ruman Highlights Tear Sheet". Ruman Racing. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- "Provisional Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 1" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- "Final Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 2" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- "Final Race Results SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Champshp Rnd 3" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. Retrieved 19 May 2011.