2014 Trans-Am Series

2014 Trans-Am Series
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Lead cars from round 6 at Road America

The 2014 Trans-Am Series was the 46th running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. It began March 2, 2014. The series featured TA, TA2, and TA3 groups, with TA3 split into two sub-groups. TA3-International was for select cars meeting SCCA GT-2 class rules, while TA3-American Muscle was for current-generation "pony cars" meeting NASA's American Iron class specifications.

In the main TA class, the top four championship positions as well as all race victories were taken by drivers competing in Chevrolet Corvettes. It was won by defending champion Doug Peterson, who won five races over the course of the season. Peterson won the championship by 33 points ahead of 2012 champion Simon Gregg, who finished every race with a top-five finish without winning a race. A point further behind in third place was Amy Ruman, who won races at New Jersey Motorsports Park and Daytona International Speedway; Ruman's latter victory ensured she became the first woman to claim a solo overall victory in a professional automobile race at Daytona.^[1] Other victories were taken by drivers who did not contest the whole season; Paul Fix won successive races at Lime Rock and Virginia International Raceway, while R. J. Lopez and Ron Fellows won on one-off appearances at Homestead and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park respectively.

Cameron Lawrence won a second successive TA2 title, winning seven races at the wheel of a Chevrolet Camaro, and latterly in the season, a Dodge Challenger. Cameron Lawrence finished 21 points clear of Adam Andretti, who was a three-time race winner at the wheel of a Camaro. Third place went to the only other winner in the class, Ron Keith, who won at Brainerd. TA3-International class honors went to Jason Berkeley, a three-time race winner during the season. He won the class by six points ahead of Norman Betts, who won at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. A further eight points behind in third place was Russ Snow, who won races at Road Atlanta and Daytona. Other drivers to win races were Lee Saunders, who won at Sebring and Mid-Ohio, while single race wins were taken by Jerry Greene (Brainerd), Clint Sawinski (Road America) and Michael Camus (Homestead).

Six wins in the final seven races was enough to give Ernie Francis, Jr. the class title in TA3-International. Francis finished 50 points clear of his nearest rival in class, Chuck Cassaro. Todd Napieralski finished a further four points behind in third place, having won at Road Atlanta and Brainerd. The only other winners in class were Dean Martin, who won the opening two Floridian races at Sebring and Homestead, and Joe Chan, who won at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. In the Manufacturers' Championships, Chevrolet won all four titles on offer.

Schedule

The 2014 schedule was announced January 1, 2014.^[2][3]

Calendar and results

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Round	Circuit	Date	TA Winning driver	TA Winning vehicle	TA2 Winning driver	TA2 Winning vehicle	TA3-I Winning driver	TA3-I Winning vehicle	TA3-A Winning driver	TA3-A Winning vehicle
1	Sebring International Raceway	March 2	Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Corvette	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Camaro	Lee Saunders	Dodge Viper	Dean Martin	Ford Mustang
2	Homestead-Miami Speedway	March 9	R. J. Lopez	Chevrolet Corvette	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Camaro	Michael Camus	BMW M3	Dean Martin	Ford Mustang
3	Road Atlanta	May 10	Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Corvette	Adam Andretti	Chevrolet Camaro	Russ Snow	Chevrolet Corvette	Todd Napieralski	Chevrolet Camaro
4	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	May 18	Ron Fellows	Chevrolet Corvette	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Camaro	Norman Betts	Chevrolet Corvette	Joe Chan	Chevrolet Camaro
5	New Jersey Motorsports Park	June 1	Amy Ruman	Chevrolet Corvette	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Camaro	Jason Berkeley	Chevrolet Corvette	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
6	Road America	June 21	Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Corvette	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Camaro	Clint Sawinski	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 16	Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Corvette	Adam Andretti	Chevrolet Camaro	Lee Saunders	Dodge Viper	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
8	Brainerd International Raceway	August 31	Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Corvette	Ron Keith	Ford Mustang	Jerry Greene	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Todd Napieralski	Chevrolet Camaro
9	Lime Rock Park	September 20	Paul Fix	Chevrolet Corvette	Cameron Lawrence	Dodge Challenger	Jason Berkeley	Chevrolet Corvette	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
10	Virginia International Raceway	September 28	Paul Fix	Chevrolet Corvette	Adam Andretti	Chevrolet Camaro	Jason Berkeley	Chevrolet Corvette	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
11	Daytona International Speedway	November 15	Amy Ruman	Chevrolet Corvette	Cameron Lawrence	Dodge Challenger	Russ Snow	Chevrolet Corvette	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro

Series development

It was announced on January 10, 2014, that Hoosier would become the control tire supplier for Trans-Am.^[5]

Driver standings

TA

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Corvette	11	302
2	Simon Gregg	Chevrolet Corvette	11	269
3	Amy Ruman	Chevrolet Corvette	11	268
4	Kerry Hitt	Chevrolet Corvette	11	202
5	Cliff Ebben	Ford Mustang	8	196
6	John Baucom	Ford Mustang	8	171
7	Jim McAleese	Chevrolet Corvette	9	168
8	Mary Wright	Chevrolet Corvette	10	156
9	David Pintaric	Chevrolet Corvette	9	122
10	Paul Fix	Chevrolet Corvette	3	87
11	Kurt Roehrig	Chevrolet Corvette	6	82
12	Kenny Bupp	Chevrolet Corvette	5	81
13	Tom Ellis	Ford Mustang	6	75
14	Allan Lewis	Chevrolet Corvette	4	73
15	Tim Rubright	Ford Mustang	4	61
16	Richard Grant	Chevrolet Corvette	4	56
17	Denny Lamers	Ford Mustang	3	51
18	Jon Leavy	Chevrolet Camaro	3	46
19	Charles Wicht	Chevrolet Corvette	3	41
20	R. J. Lopez	Chevrolet Corvette	1	35
20	Ron Fellows	Chevrolet Corvette	1	35
22	Henry Gilbert	Chevrolet Corvette	3	34
23	Andrew Romocki	Chevrolet Corvette	2	27
24	Tony Ave	Chevrolet Corvette	1	25
24	A. J. Henriksen	Chevrolet Corvette	1	25
26	Claudio Burtin	Chevrolet Corvette	1	23
27	Tomy Drissi	Chevrolet Corvette	1	22
28	Tom Smith	Chevrolet Camaro	1	21
29	Jake Parrott	Chevrolet Camaro	1	20
30	David Fershtand	Chevrolet Corvette	1	19
31	Jay Shuler	Ford Mustang	1	18
31	Vincent Allegretta	Chevrolet Camaro	1	18
33	Dane Smith	Chevrolet Camaro	1	17
34	Ted Sullivan	Chevrolet Camaro	1	14
35	Bryan Long	Chevrolet Corvette	1	10

TA2

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Cameron Lawrence	Chevrolet Camaro/Dodge Challenger	11	310
2	Adam Andretti	Chevrolet Camaro	11	289
3	Ron Keith	Ford Mustang	10	228
4	Kevin Poitras	Chevrolet Camaro	11	228
5	Bob Stretch	Chevrolet Camaro	10	184
6	Tom West	Chevrolet Camaro	9	176
7	Mel Shaw	Chevrolet Camaro	11	168
8	Tom Sheehan	Chevrolet Camaro	10	158
9	Frank Lussier	Chevrolet Camaro	8	130
10	Joe Ebben	Ford Mustang	5	95
11	Nathan Stokey	Chevrolet Camaro	5	95
12	A. J. Henriksen	Chevrolet Camaro	5	84
13	Brian LaCroix	Chevrolet Camaro	5	74
14	Gar Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	3	69
15	Tommy Kendall	Dodge Challenger	4	60
16	John Atwell	Chevrolet Camaro	4	57
17	David Mazyck	Chevrolet Camaro	5	55
18	Tim Gray	Chevrolet Camaro	4	47
19	Aaron Quine	Ford Mustang	3	46
20	Allen Milarcik	Chevrolet Camaro	4	46
21	Geoff Fane	Chevrolet Camaro	2	39
22	Tommy Archer	Dodge Challenger	2	37
23	Mike McGahern	Chevrolet Camaro	3	37
24	Britt Casey	Chevrolet Camaro	2	32
25	Steve Kent Jr.	Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Camaro	2	30
26	Harry Steenbakkers	Chevrolet Camaro	2	29
27	Bobby Kennedy	Ford Mustang	1	27
28	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet Camaro	2	27
29	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro	1	25
30	Michael Defontes	Ford Mustang	2	24
31	Brad Roudebush	Chevrolet Camaro	2	23
32	Greg Socha	Chevrolet Camaro	2	23
33	Joe Fitos	Chevrolet Camaro	2	22
34	Gregg Rodgers	Chevrolet Camaro	1	20
35	Tony Buffomante	Chevrolet Camaro	1	20
36	Justin Napoleon	Chevrolet Camaro	2	20
37	Kenneth Quartuccio	Chevrolet Camaro	1	19
37	Keith Prociuk	Chevrolet Camaro	1	19
39	Joe Napoleon	Chevrolet Camaro	1	19
40	Bruse Nesbitt	Ford Mustang	1	16
41	Jed Copham	Chevrolet Camaro	1	15
42	Joe Stevens	Chevrolet Camaro	1	12
43	Carlo Falcone	Chevrolet Camaro	1	9
44	Lawrence Loshak	Ford Mustang	1	8
45	Scott Ferguson	Chevrolet Camaro	1	1

TA3

International

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Jason Berkeley	Chevrolet Corvette	8	201
2	Norman Betts	Chevrolet Corvette	7	195
3	Russ Snow	Chevrolet Corvette	7	187
4	Lee Saunders	Dodge Viper	3	97
5	Tim Gray	Porsche 911 GT3	3	75
6	Jerry Greene	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	3	70
7	Clint Sawinski	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	2	62
8	Mark Klenin	Aston Martin GT4	2	52
9	Milton Grant	Porsche 997	2	35
10	Michael Camus	BMW M3	1	33
11	Joe Aquillante	Chevrolet Corvette	1	29
12	David Tuaty	BMW M3	1	28
13	David Mazyck	Dodge Viper	1	27
14	Mickey Mills	BMW M3	2	23
15	Hugh Boocher	Chevrolet Corvette	1	20
16	Preston Calvert	Chevrolet Corvette	1	13

American Muscle

Pos	Driver	Car	Starts	Points
1	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro	10	316
2	Chuck Cassaro	Ford Mustang	11	266
3	Todd Napieralski	Chevrolet Camaro	10	262
4	Dean Martin	Ford Mustang	3	102
5	Chris DeSalvo	Ford Mustang	4	97
6	Thomas Ellis	Ford Mustang	5	79
7	Joseph Rosenheck	Ford Mustang	3	64
8	Mike Geldart	Ford Mustang	2	47
9	Joe Chan	Chevrolet Camaro	1	32

References

1. Willis, Ken (November 15, 2014). "Ruman's win at Daytona International Speedway has historical significance". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Halifax Media Group. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
2. Events, Trans Am, Retrieved May 7, 2014
3. "Trans-Am Series unveils 11-event 2014 schedule". Autoweek. Crain Communications. January 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
5. "Hoosier Racing Tire named Official Tire of the Trans Am Series" (PDF). Hoosier Racing Tire. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. January 10, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

External links

• Official website