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

Rule changes

The Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro will receive updated bodywork for TA-2 class entries in 2016^[1]

TA-1 and TA-2 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.

Schedule

The initial schedule was announced November 2, 2015, with an addition 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
12	Daytona International Speedway	November 12

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