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
Rule changes The Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro will receive updated bodywork for TA2 class entries in 2016TRANS AM AND FIVE STAR UNVEIL NEW MUSTANG AND CAMARO BODYWORK FOR TA2, Trans Am Series, December 10, 2015, Retrieved 2016-04-30
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.TRANS AM SERIES ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCTION RACING CLASSES FOR 2016, Trans Am Series, January 19, 2016, Retrieved 2016-04-30
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 was invitational due to space constraintsTRANS AM SERIES RETURNS TO CHEVROLET DETROIT BELLE ISLE GRAND PRIX, Trans Am Series, March 21, 2016, Retrieved 2016-04-30 and will not count for championship points.
Calendar and results
Results, Trans Am Series, Retrieved 2016-04-30 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 vehicle1Sebring International RacewayMarch 5 Kenny BuppChevrolet Camaro Gar RobinsonChevrolet Camaro Lee SaundersDodge Viper Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang Mark BodenPorsche 9972Road AtlantaApril 10 Amy RumanChevrolet Corvette Tony BuffomanteFord Mustang Randy MuellerBMW M3 Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang Conor FlynnPorsche 9973Watkins Glen InternationalMay 15 Amy RumanChevrolet Corvette Dillon MachavernChevrolet Camaro Mark BodenBMW M3 Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang Tim KezmanPorsche 997NCMotor City 100June 4 R. J. LópezChevrolet Corvette Kyle MarcelliChevrolet Camaro not held Dean MartinFord Mustang not heldJune 5 John BaucomFord Mustang Adam AndrettiDodge Challenger Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang4New Jersey Motorsports ParkJune 12 Paul FixChevrolet Corvette Tony BuffomanteFord Mustang Andrew AquilanteChevrolet Corvette Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang Tim KezmanPorsche 9975Brainerd International RacewayJuly 3 Paul FixChevrolet Corvette Gar RobinsonChevrolet Camaro Steve StreimerDodge Viper Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang no entries6Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseAugust 13 Simon GreggChevrolet Corvette Lawrence LoshakChevrolet Camaro Randy MuellerBMW M3 Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang7Road AmericaAugust 27 Cliff EbbenFord Mustang Tony BuffomanteFord Mustang Mark BodenPorsche 997 Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang8Virginia International RacewaySeptember 24 Paul FixChevrolet Corvette Tony BuffomanteFord Mustang Randy MuellerBMW M3 Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang9Homestead-Miami SpeedwayOctober 9 Cliff EbbenFord Mustang Shane LewisChevrolet Camaro Michael CamusBMW M3 Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang10NOLA Motorsports ParkOctober 15 Paul FixChevrolet Corvette Tony BuffomanteFord Mustang Steve StreimerDodge Viper Dave RicciChevrolet Camaro11Circuit of the AmericasNovember 5 Paul FixChevrolet Corvette Dillon MachavernFord Mustang Tim KezmanPorsche 997 Todd NapieralskiFord Mustang12Daytona International SpeedwayNovember 12 Amy RumanChevrolet Corvette Shane LewisChevrolet Camaro Lee SaundersDodge Viper Cameron MaugeriFord Mustang
Driver standings TA PosDriverCarStartsPoints1 Amy RumanChevrolet Corvette122992 Paul FixChevrolet Corvette122903 Simon GreggChevrolet Corvette122484 David PintaricChevrolet Corvette/Cadillac CTS-V122465 Cliff EbbenFord Mustang112456 Kerry HittCadillac CTS-V122237 Jim McAleeseChevrolet Corvette102098 Claudio BurtinChevrolet Corvette101879 Vincent AllegrettaChevrolet Corvette1017910 John BaucomFord Mustang815511 Mickey WrightChevrolet Corvette1013112 Tim RubrightChevrolet Corvette/Ford Mustang812413 Joseph FredaChevrolet Corvette711814 Richard GrantChevrolet Corvette69515 R. J. LópezChevrolet Corvette58516 Charles WichtChevrolet Corvette58017 A. J. HenriksenChevrolet Corvette36218 Henry GilbertChevrolet Corvette45619 Jon LeavyChevrolet Camaro35120 Allan LewisChevrolet Corvette34721 Kenny BuppChevrolet Camaro24522 Denny LamersFord Mustang24223 Daniel UrrutiaChevrolet Corvette24024 Steve BurnsFord Mustang23825 David FershtandChevrolet Corvette23726 Greg PickettJaguar XKR12527 Jed CophamChevrolet Corvette11528 Michael LewisJaguar XKR11329 Todd PetersonFord Mustang11330 Thomas EllisFord Mustang113 - Oscar TeránJaguar XKR00
TA2 PosDriverCarStartsPoints1 Tony BuffomanteFord Mustang123032 Shane LewisChevrolet Camaro122733 Gar RobinsonChevrolet Camaro122614 Dillon MachavernFord Mustang122495 Lawrence LoshakChevrolet Camaro122496 Justin HaleyChevrolet Camaro/Ford Mustang122487 Jordan BernloehrChevrolet Camaro/Dodge Challenger122088 Tom SheehanChevrolet Camaro121709 Louis-Phillippe MontourChevrolet Camaro916710 Keith ProciukChevrolet Camaro1113611 Adam AndrettiChevrolet Camaro/Ford Mustang711112 Tommy ArcherChevrolet Camaro610913 John AtwellChevrolet Camaro910914 Tony AveChevrolet Camaro78915 Harry SteenbakkersChevrolet Camaro67816 Steven LustigFord Mustang67617 Brian KubinskiChevrolet Camaro56018 Tim GrayFord Mustang55819 Curt VogtChevrolet Camaro55720 Michael McGahernChevrolet Camaro65621 Peter KluttDodge Challenger45422 Hal MuslerChevrolet Camaro54523 Tõnis KasemetsFord Mustang24424 Kevin PoitrasFord Mustang54125 Jordan BuppFord Mustang34126 Jason KennedyDodge Challenger33927 Tom WestChevrolet Camaro53928 Elias AndersonFord Mustang33829 Justin NapoleonChevrolet Camaro33830 Steve Kent Jr.Chevrolet Camaro23731 Kyle MarcelliChevrolet Camaro23332 Ron KeithFord Mustang33333 Ray NevauChevrolet Camaro33334 Robert MesmerChevrolet Camaro42835 Tony CookChevrolet Camaro42636 Joe NapoleonChevrolet Camaro22437 Chris PedersonChevrolet Camaro22238 Aaron QuineFord Mustang12039 Scott Lagasse Jr.Chevrolet Camaro11840 Ben HocevarChevrolet Camaro11741 Cole CarlsonDodge Challenger11742 Tyler ThielmenFord Mustang11643 Allen MilarcikChevrolet Camaro11244 Bruce NesbittFord Mustang11145 Wally Dallenbach Jr.Chevrolet Camaro1946 Carlo FalconeFord Mustang2747 Joseph StaurovskyChevrolet Camaro3648 Sam LeComteChevrolet Camaro2549 Martin BarkleyFord Mustang1450 Leo VoyazidesFord Mustang1451 Carl WingoFord Mustang1352 Cameron LawrenceChevrolet Camaro1253 Bobby KennedyFord Mustang1154 George LutichFord Mustang1155 Roberto SabatoFord Mustang11
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.
PosDriverCarStartsPoints1 Randy MuellerBMW M3122832 Connor FlynnPorsche 99791973 Kyle KinslandChevrolet Corvette81854 Michael CamusBMW M371665 Tim KezmanPorsche 99771626 Mark BodenPorsche 997/BMW M361577 Milton GrantPorsche 99781488 Steve StreimerDodge Viper51449 Mel ShawChevrolet Corvette914410 Cindi LuxDodge Viper513211 Lee SaundersDodge Viper411612 Larry FunkBMW M3610613 Fernando SeferlisAston Martin GT469814 Jason BerkeleyChevrolet Corvette48515 Russ SnowChevrolet Corvette35616 Ernie Francis Jr.Chevrolet Corvette25417 Hugh BoocherChevrolet Corvette35218 Andrew AquilanteChevrolet Corvette13519 Keith AndersonDodge Viper13120 Preston CalvertChevrolet Corvette12321 Aristotle BaloghBMW M3118 Ron LandisChevrolet Corvette00
TA4 PosDriverCarStartsPoints1 Ernie Francis Jr.Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Camaro103382 Todd NapieralskiChevrolet Camaro81913 Brian KleemanFord Mustang61404 Dave RicciChevrolet Camaro51305 Rich JonesFord Mustang51066 Chris OutzenFord Mustang5957 Tristan HerbertChevrolet Camaro4898 Mike GeldartFord Mustang3809 Spencer CaudleDodge Challenger24110 Cameron MaugeriFord Mustang13411 Dean MartinFord Mustang12912 Thomas EllisFord Mustang12913 Rob BodleFord Mustang22614 Bill BatenChevrolet Camaro12515 Brian LickliderFord Mustang12316 Robert KorzenFord Mustang12317 Nate StacyFord Mustang12318 Chris DeSalvoFord Mustang12019 Trevor JankeChevrolet Camaro11620 Ted Hight IIIFord Mustang11521 Steve Kent Jr.Ford Mustang13 Mark LunaFord Mustang00
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