The 2012 Trans-Am Series was the 44th season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans American Road Racing Championship.
New management From 2012 onward, Trans-Am Race Company, LLC, has managed the series. They will manage the series until at least 2016. They are looking to "bring the series back to its glory years". Their plan is to get away from the new, three-class format and return to the pony cars that made the series famous.
The series also established a media partner, GoRacingTV. Select markets would also be able to view Trans Am races on MAVTV. GoRacingTV was a website providing highlights of various racing events.
News
It was announced on November 17, 2011, that a new Ford Mustang was in the works for entry into the series during the 2012 season. The car will use the 302 cubic inch (5 liter) engine from the production model.
Highlights
Though he won only one race, Chuck Cassaro would go on to overcome Tim Gray's four victories and win the GGT Championship by a comfortable 36 points, giving (American manufacturer) Panoz its first ever Trans Am title. With a GGT win at Mid Ohio, courtesy of Belgian driver Jan Heylen, Dodge garnered its first Trans Am victory since 2001.
Schedule Round Date Circuit TA Winning driver TA Winning vehicle TA2 Winning driver TA2 Winning vehicle GGT Winning driver GGT Winning vehicle1MosportMay 20 Doug PetersonChevrolet Corvette Pete HalsmerChevrolet Camarono entries2Lime RockMay 26 Simon GreggChevrolet Corvette Bob StretchChevrolet Camaro3Mid-OhioJune 10 Simon GreggChevrolet Corvette Bob StretchChevrolet Camaro Jan HeylenDodge Challenger4New JerseyJuly 1 Amy RumanChevrolet Corvette Pete HalsmerChevrolet Camarono entries5Watkins GlenJuly 8 Jorge Diaz, Jr.Jaguar XKR Pete HalsmerChevrolet Camaro C. David SeussPorsche 911 GT36Road AmericaAugust 19 Tony AveChevrolet Corvette Bob StretchChevrolet Camaro Chuck CassaroPanoz Esperante GTS7–8BrainerdSeptember 2 Tony AveChevrolet Corvette Pete HalsmerChevrolet Camaro Tim GrayPorsche 911 GT3September 3 Amy RumanChevrolet Corvette Bob StretchChevrolet Camaro Tim GrayPorsche 911 GT39–10Road AtlantaNovember 3 Tony AveChevrolet Corvette Kurt RoehrigChevrolet Camaro Tim GrayPorsche 911 GT3November 4 Doug PetersonChevrolet Corvette Cameron LawrenceChevrolet Camaro Tim GrayPorsche 911 GT3 Source:
Driver standings TA PosDriverCarStartsPoints1 Simon GreggChevrolet Corvette102632 Amy RumanChevrolet Corvette102523 Tony AveChevrolet Corvette102494 Doug PetersonChevrolet Corvette92245 Ian PattersonChevrolet Corvette51056 Andrew RomockiFord Mustang4827 Blaise CsidaChevrolet Corvette5788 Allan LewisChevrolet Corvette4769 Denny LamersFord Mustang36610 David JansFord Mustang36411 John BaucomFord Mustang35812 Jonathan BrettChevrolet Corvette242 Matt CrandallFord Mustang24214 Rick DittmanChevrolet Corvette236 Bob MonettJaguar XKR23616 Jorge Diaz, Jr.Jaguar XKR13217 Cliff EbbenFord Mustang12718 R. J. LópezChevrolet Corvette116
TA2
PosDriverCarStartsPoints1 Bob StretchChevrolet Camaro102742 Pete HalsmerChevrolet Camaro102513 Kurt RoehrigChevrolet Camaro102174 Michael WilsonChevrolet Monte Carlo102135 Tom SheehanChevrolet Camaro102086 Cameron LawrenceChevrolet Impala/Camaro71707 Mel ShawChevrolet Camaro101618 Chris LiesfeldChevrolet Camaro71399 Geoff FaneChevrolet Monte Carlo511910 Mike MillerChevrolet Camaro37111 Joe SturmChevrolet Monte Carlo35712 Britt CaseyChevrolet Camaro35513 Roger ReuseChevrolet Camaro24114 Bill PrietzelChevrolet Monte Carlo23915 Bobby ReuseChevrolet Camaro23816 Shane DolesChevrolet Monte Carlo23417 Ricky SandersChevrolet Monte Carlo23318 Gregg RodgersChevrolet Camaro12519 John AtwellChevrolet Camaro12320 John CottrellChevrolet Monte Carlo11621 A. J. HenriksenChevrolet Camaro11422 Mary WrightChevrolet Camaro112
GGT PosDriverCarStartsPoints1 Chuck CassaroPanoz Esperante GTS51672 Tim GrayPorsche 911 GT341313 C. David SeussPorsche 911 GT32594 Jan HeylenDodge Challenger1335 Mickey MillsBMW M3128
References
External links Trans Am rulebook for 2012