2003 Trans-Am Series

The 2003 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup was the 38th season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. This year saw the series visit Puerto Rico for the first time; the first race since 1991 not in Canada or the United States. The Rookie of the Year was won by Jorge Diaz, Jr., the Owners Championship was won by the #7 Rocketsports Racing entry and the Manufacturers' Championship was won by Jaguar.

Schedule

The 2003 schedule was released in February 2003 with 11 rounds, featuring the new for 2003 Puerto Rico Grand Prix, and an unconfirmed 12th round to be announced at a later date.[1] In March, the 2003 National Grand Prix of Washington D.C, scheduled for June 28–29, was cancelled due to local environmental and noise concerns.[2] In August, it was announced that the series would be added to the Grand Prix Americas CART weekend.[3]

Rd. Date Race name Track
1 February 23 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg United States Streets of St. Petersburg
2 April 13 Grand Prix of Long Beach United States Streets of Long Beach
3 May 18 The Victoria Day Trans-Am Weekend Canada Mosport Park
4 May 26 Lime Rock Grand Prix United States Lime Rock Park
5 June 22 Trans Am 100 United States Infineon Raceway
6 July 4 Cleveland Grand Prix United States Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport
7 August 2 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières Canada Circuit Trois-Rivières
8 August 24 The Trans-Am 100 United States Road America
9 August 31 MotoRock Mile High 100 United States Streets of Denver
10 September 28 MotoRock Miami 100 United States Miami Bayfront Park Street Circuit
11 October 24 Puerto Rico Grand Prix Puerto Rico Isla Grande Airport Circuit

Results

Rd. Race Pole position Winning Driver Winning Car
1 United States St. Petersburg United States Scott Pruett United States Scott Pruett Jaguar XKR
2 United States Long Beach United States Scott Pruett United States Boris Said Ford Mustang
3 Canada Mosport United States Scott Pruett United States Scott Pruett Jaguar XKR
4 United States Lime Rock United States Johnny Miller United States Johnny Miller Jaguar XKR
5 United States Infineon United States Scott Pruett United States Scott Pruett Jaguar XKR
6 United States Cleveland United States Scott Pruett United States Scott Pruett Jaguar XKR
7 Canada Trois-Rivières United States Scott Pruett United States Scott Pruett Jaguar XKR
8 United States Road America United States Johnny Miller United States Scott Pruett Jaguar XKR
9 United States Denver United States Scott Pruett United States Scott Pruett Jaguar XKR
10 United States Miami United States Scott Pruett United States Scott Pruett Jaguar XKR
11 Puerto Rico San Juan United States Scott Pruett Puerto Rico Wally Castro Jaguar XKR

Final points standings

Place Driver Points
1 United States Scott Pruett 340
2 United States Johnny Miller 264
3 United States Michael Lewis 228
4 Puerto Rico Jorge Diaz, Jr. 219
5 United States Bobby Sak 209
6 United States Randy Ruhlman 186
7 United States Stu Hayner 178
8 United States John Baucom 173
9 United States Tomy Drissi 148
10 United States Simon Gregg 122
11 United States Boris Said 119
12 Australia Joey Scarallo 108
13 United States Paul Gentilozzi 85
14 United States Max Lagod 78
15 United States Bob Ruman 69
16 United States Greg Pickett 61
results incomplete

References

  1. ^ "2003 schedule announced". Motorsport.com. February 6, 2003. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  2. ^ "Washington DC event canceled". Motorsport.com. March 9, 2003. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  3. ^ "Title sponsor announced, Miami added to 2003 schedule". Motorsport.com. August 30, 2003. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

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