2016 Trans-Am Series

The 2016 Trans-Am Series was the 48th running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. It is the 50th anniversary of the series' first season

2016 Trans-Am Series
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Rule changes

The Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro will receive updated bodywork for TA2 class entries in 2016[1]

TA and TA2 continue essentially unchanged. TA3-I has been renamed TA3 for 2016. TA3-A has been renamed TA4. The new TA5 class has been created for Porsche Carrera Cup cars. Due to increased size of its field, TA2 will have separate race and qualifying sessions than the rest of the series at 11 of the 12 rounds of the championship.[2]

After Round 4 the TA5 class was discontinued and the Porsche Cup cars were rolled back into TA3.

Amy Ruman made history for the third time by becoming the first woman ever to win two consecutive Trans Am Series Championships, in addition to her unprecedented first Trans Am Series win in 2011.

Schedule

The initial schedule was announced November 2, 2015, with an additional event in Detroit announced on March 21, 2016. The Detroit round will be invitational due to space constraints[3] and will not count for championship points.

Calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date TA Winning driver TA Winning vehicle TA2 Winning driver TA2 Winning vehicle TA3 Winning driver TA3 Winning vehicle TA4 Winning driver TA4 Winning vehicle TA5 Winning driver TA5 Winning vehicle
1 Sebring International Raceway March 5 Kenny Bupp Chevrolet Camaro Gar Robinson Chevrolet Camaro Lee Saunders Dodge Viper Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang Mark Boden Porsche 997
2 Road Atlanta April 10 Amy Ruman Chevrolet Corvette Tony Buffomante Ford Mustang Randy Mueller BMW M3 Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang Conor Flynn Porsche 997
3 Watkins Glen International May 15 Amy Ruman Chevrolet Corvette Dillon Machavern Chevrolet Camaro Mark Boden BMW M3 Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang Tim Kezman Porsche 997
NC Motor City 100 June 4 RJ Lopez Chevrolet Corvette Kyle Marcelli Chevrolet Camaro not held Dean Martin Ford Mustang not held
June 5 John Baucom Ford Mustang Adam Andretti Dodge Challenger Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang
4 New Jersey Motorsports Park June 12 Paul Fix Chevrolet Corvette Tony Buffomante Ford Mustang Andrew Aquilante Chevrolet Corvette Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang Tim Kezman Porsche 997
5 Brainerd International Raceway July 3 Paul Fix Chevrolet Corvette Gar Robinson Chevrolet Camaro Steve Streimer Dodge Viper Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang no entries
6 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 13 Simon Gregg Chevrolet Corvette Lawrence Loshak Chevrolet Camaro Randy Mueller BMW M3 Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang
7 Road America August 27 Cliff Ebben Ford Mustang Tony Buffomante Ford Mustang Mark Boden Porsche 997 Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang
8 Virginia International Raceway September 24 Paul Fix Chevrolet Corvette Tony Buffomante Ford Mustang Randy Mueller BMW M3 Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang
9 Homestead-Miami Speedway October 9 Cliff Ebben Ford Mustang Shane Lewis Chevrolet Camaro Michael Camus BMW M3 Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang
10 NOLA Motorsports Park October 15 Paul Fix Chevrolet Corvette Tony Buffomante Ford Mustang Steve Streimer Dodge Viper Dave Ricci Chevrolet Camaro
11 Circuit of the Americas November 5 Paul Fix Chevrolet Corvette Dillon Machavern Ford Mustang Tim Kezman Porsche 997 Todd Napieralski Ford Mustang
12 Daytona International Speedway November 12 Amy Ruman Chevrolet Corvette Shane Lewis Chevrolet Camaro Lee Saunders Dodge Viper Cameron Maugeri Ford Mustang

Driver standings

TA
Pos Driver Car Starts Points
1 Amy Ruman Chevrolet Corvette 12 299
2 Paul Fix Chevrolet Corvette 12 290
3 Simon Gregg Chevrolet Corvette 12 248
4 David Pintaric Chevrolet Corvette/Cadillac CTS-V 12 246
5 Cliff Ebben Ford Mustang 11 245
6 Kerry Hitt Cadillac CTS-V 12 223
7 Jim McAleese Chevrolet Corvette 10 209
8 Claudio Burtin Chevrolet Corvette 10 187
9 Vincent Allegretta Chevrolet Corvette 10 179
10 John Baucom Ford Mustang 8 155
11 Mickey Wright Chevrolet Corvette 10 131
12 Tim Rubright Chevrolet Corvette/Ford Mustang 8 124
13 Joseph Freda Chevrolet Corvette 7 118
14 Richard Grant Chevrolet Corvette 6 95
15 R. J. Lopez Chevrolet Corvette 5 85
16 Charles Wicht Chevrolet Corvette 5 80
17 A. J. Henriksen Chevrolet Corvette 3 62
18 Henry Gilbert Chevrolet Corvette 4 56
19 Jon Leavy Chevrolet Camaro 3 51
20 Allan Lewis Chevrolet Corvette 3 47
21 Kenny Bupp Chevrolet Camaro 2 45
22 Denny Lamers Ford Mustang 2 42
23 Daniel Urrutia Chevrolet Corvette 2 40
24 Steve Burns Ford Mustang 2 38
25 David Fershtand Chevrolet Corvette 2 37
26 Greg Pickett Jaguar XKR 1 25
27 Jed Copham Chevrolet Corvette 1 15
28 Michael Lewis Jaguar XKR 1 13
29 Todd Peterson Ford Mustang 1 13
30 Thomas Ellis Ford Mustang 1 13
- Oscar Terán Jaguar XKR 0 0

TA2
Pos Driver Car Starts Points
1 Tony Buffomante Ford Mustang 12 303
2 Shane Lewis Chevrolet Camaro 12 273
3 Gar Robinson Chevrolet Camaro 12 261
4 Dillon Machavern Ford Mustang 12 249
5 Lawrence Loshak Chevrolet Camaro 12 249
6 Justin Haley Chevrolet Camaro/Ford Mustang 12 248
7 Jordan Bernloehr Chevrolet Camaro/Dodge Challenger 12 208
8 Tom Sheehan Chevrolet Camaro 12 170
9 Louis-Phillippe Montour Chevrolet Camaro 9 167
10 Keith Prociuk Chevrolet Camaro 11 136
11 Adam Andretti Chevrolet Camaro/Ford Mustang 7 111
12 Tommy Archer Chevrolet Camaro 6 109
13 John Atwell Chevrolet Camaro 9 109
14 Tony Ave Chevrolet Camaro 7 89
15 Harry Steenbakkers Chevrolet Camaro 6 78
16 Steven Lustig Ford Mustang 6 76
17 Brian Kubinski Chevrolet Camaro 5 60
18 Tim Gray Ford Mustang 5 58
19 Curt Vogt Chevrolet Camaro 5 57
20 Michael McGahern Chevrolet Camaro 6 56
21 Peter Klutt Dodge Challenger 4 54
22 Hal Musler Chevrolet Camaro 5 45
23 Tõnis Kasemets Ford Mustang 2 44
24 Kevin Poitras Ford Mustang 5 41
25 Jordan Bupp Ford Mustang 3 41
26 Jason Kennedy Dodge Challenger 3 39
27 Tom West Chevrolet Camaro 5 39
28 Elias Anderson Ford Mustang 3 38
29 Justin Napoleon Chevrolet Camaro 3 38
30 Steve Kent, Jr. Chevrolet Camaro 2 37
31 Kyle Marcelli Chevrolet Camaro 2 33
32 Ron Keith Ford Mustang 3 33
33 Ray Nevau Chevrolet Camaro 3 33
34 Robert Mesmer Chevrolet Camaro 4 28
35 Tony Cook Chevrolet Camaro 4 26
36 Joe Napoleon Chevrolet Camaro 2 24
37 Chris Pederson Chevrolet Camaro 2 22
38 Aaron Quine Ford Mustang 1 20
39 Scott Lagasse, Jr. Chevrolet Camaro 1 18
40 Ben Hocevar Chevrolet Camaro 1 17
41 Cole Carlson Dodge Challenger 1 17
42 Tyler Thielmen Ford Mustang 1 16
43 Allen Milarcik Chevrolet Camaro 1 12
44 Bruce Nesbitt Ford Mustang 1 11
45 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Chevrolet Camaro 1 9
46 Carlo Falcone Ford Mustang 2 7
47 Joseph Staurovsky Chevrolet Camaro 3 6
48 Sam LeComte Chevrolet Camaro 2 5
49 Martin Barkley Ford Mustang 1 4
50 Leo Voyazides Ford Mustang 1 4
51 Carl Wingo Ford Mustang 1 3
52 Cameron Lawrence Chevrolet Camaro 1 2
53 Bobby Kennedy Ford Mustang 1 1
54 George Lutich Ford Mustang 1 1
55 Roberto Sabato Ford Mustang 1 1

TA3

TA5 class was discontinued and re-combined with TA3 class after five races. The league published a combined standings table tabulated for the first five races as if TA5 and TA3 were contested as a single class and those standings are reflected here. The league also published separate standings tables for the five races where TA3 and TA5 compete separately as well as only for the seven races where they competed as a combined class. Those standings are available here.

Pos Driver Car Starts Points
1 Randy Mueller BMW M3 12 283
2 Connor Flynn Porsche 997 9 197
3 Kyle Kinsland Chevrolet Corvette 8 185
4 Michael Camus BMW M3 7 166
5 Tim Kezman Porsche 997 7 162
6 Mark Boden Porsche 997/BMW M3 6 157
7 Milton Grant Porsche 997 8 148
8 Steve Streimer Dodge Viper 5 144
9 Mel Shaw Chevrolet Corvette 9 144
10 Cindi Lux Dodge Viper 5 132
11 Lee Saunders Dodge Viper 4 116
12 Larry Funk BMW M3 6 106
13 Fernando Seferlis Aston Martin GT4 6 98
14 Jason Berkeley Chevrolet Corvette 4 85
15 Russ Snow Chevrolet Corvette 3 56
16 Ernie Francis, Jr. Chevrolet Corvette 2 54
17 Hugh Boocher Chevrolet Corvette 3 52
18 Andrew Aquilante Chevrolet Corvette 1 35
19 Keith Anderson Dodge Viper 1 31
20 Preston Calvert Chevrolet Corvette 1 23
21 Aristotle Balogh BMW M3 1 18
Ron Landis Chevrolet Corvette 0 0

TA4
Pos Driver Car Starts Points
1 Ernie Francis, Jr. Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Camaro 10 338
2 Todd Napieralski Chevrolet Camaro 8 191
3 Brian Kleeman Ford Mustang 6 140
4 Dave Ricci Chevrolet Camaro 5 130
5 Rich Jones Ford Mustang 5 106
6 Chris Outzen Ford Mustang 5 95
7 Tristan Herbert Chevrolet Camaro 4 89
8 Mike Geldart Ford Mustang 3 80
9 Spencer Caudle Dodge Challenger 2 41
10 Cameron Maugeri Ford Mustang 1 34
11 Dean Martin Ford Mustang 1 29
12 Thomas Ellis Ford Mustang 1 29
13 Rob Bodle Ford Mustang 2 26
14 Bill Baten Chevrolet Camaro 1 25
15 Brian Licklider Ford Mustang 1 23
16 Robert Korzen Ford Mustang 1 23
17 Nate Stacy Ford Mustang 1 23
18 Chris DeSalvo Ford Mustang 1 20
19 Trevor Janke Chevrolet Camaro 1 16
20 Ted Hight III Ford Mustang 1 15
21 Steve Kent, Jr. Ford Mustang 1 3
Mark Luna Ford Mustang 0 0

References
  1. TRANS AM AND FIVE STAR UNVEIL NEW MUSTANG AND CAMARO BODYWORK FOR TA2, Trans Am Series, December 10, 2015, Retrieved 2016-04-30
  2. TRANS AM SERIES ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCTION RACING CLASSES FOR 2016, Trans Am Series, January 19, 2016, Retrieved 2016-04-30
  3. TRANS AM SERIES RETURNS TO CHEVROLET DETROIT BELLE ISLE GRAND PRIX, Trans Am Series, March 21, 2016, Retrieved 2016-04-30
  4. Results, Trans Am Series, Retrieved 2016-04-30
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