2011 Trans-Am Series
# 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.

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.

Although she was not the first woman to compete in the Trans-Am Series (Janet Guthrie, 1978), 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.

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rnd | Date | Circuit | Distance | 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 | |
| 1 | March 18 | Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida | 103.5 mi (166.6 km) | R. J. López | Gregg Rodgers | |
| 2 | May 1 | Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah | 100.584 mi (161.874 km) | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet Camaro | |
| 2 | May 1 | Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah | 100.584 mi (161.874 km) | Tony Ave | Gregg Rodgers | |
| 3 | May 15 | Virginia International Raceway, Danville, Virginia | 101.37 mi (163.14 km) | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet Camaro | |
| 3 | May 15 | Virginia International Raceway, Danville, Virginia | 101.37 mi (163.14 km) | Tony Ave | Bob Stretch | |
| 4 | May 22 | Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario | 100.819 mi (162.252 km) | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet Camaro | |
| 4 | May 22 | Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario | 100.819 mi (162.252 km) | Tony Ave | Bob Stretch | |
| 5 | August 7 | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec | 92.781 mi (149.317 km) | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet Camaro | |
| 5 | August 7 | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec | 92.781 mi (149.317 km) | Tony Ave | Bob Stretch | |
| 6 | August 20 | Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | 101.2 mi (162.9 km) | Ford Mustang | Porsche 997 | |
| 6 | August 20 | Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | 101.2 mi (162.9 km) | Cliff Ebben | Scott Tucker | |
| 7 | September 3 | Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota | 100 mi (160 km) | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet Camaro | |
| 7 | September 3 | Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota | 100 mi (160 km) | Tony Ave | Bob Stretch | |
| 8 | September 4 | Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota | 100 mi (160 km) | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet Camaro | |
| 8 | September 4 | Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota | 100 mi (160 km) | Tony Ave | Bob Stretch | |
| 9 | September 30 | Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia | | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet Camaro | Ferrari F430 |
| 9 | September 30 | Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia | | Amy Ruman | Mike Skeen | Scott Tucker |

## 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 |
