MOTORSPORTS RACING NEWS
SCCA TRANS-AM SERIES - 2010 SEASON
NEWS FROM THE SCCA TRANS-AM SERIES
SCCA TRANS-AM SERIES NEWS
The Trans-Am Series is back for 2010 after being resurected by the SCCA last year. The technical regulations will be based on current SCCA GT-1 rules from the Club Racing General Competition Rules (GCR) with additional potential safety requirements.
The Trans-Am cars roared on our race tracks from 1966 to 2006 and gained a great following. Mosport International Raceway hosted more Trans-Am races than any other track. In 2010 the Trans-Am Series will again make a stop at the historic Mosport International Raceway. We will be glad to have them back on the Victoria Day weekend May 21 to 23, 2010.
As well the Trans-Am series will join the Indy Racing League at the Honda Indy Toronto July 18 to 20, 2010.
THE 2010 SCCA PRO RACING TRANS-AM SERIES
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
DATE TRACK IN SUPPORT OF May 8- 9 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, N.J. Headliner May 21- 23 Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, ON. Co-Headliner June 5- 6 Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah Headliner June 18- 20 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis. NASCAR Nationwide July 2- 3 Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn. NASCAR C W Series July 18- 20 Honda Indy Toronto, Toronto, ON. Indy Racing League July 28- Aug 1 Harrah's Autobahn Grand Prix, Joliet, Ill SCCA World Challenge Sept 4- 5 Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minn. Headliner Sept 11- 12 VIRginia International Raceway, Alton, Va. Co-Headliner Oct 1 13th Annual Petit Le Mans - Road Atlanta ALMS |
THE 2010 SCCA PRO RACING TRANS-AM SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS
TORONTO - JULY 18, 2010
POS NO NAME CAR POINTS
1 4 Tony Ave Chevrolet Corvette 752
2 6 RJ Lopez Chevrolet Corvette 677
3 5 Tomy Drissi Jaguar XKR 636
4 59 Simon Gregg Chevrolet Corvette 554
5 8 Daniel Ramoutarsingh Jaguar XKR 351
6 23 Amy Ruman Chevrolet Corvette 302
7 77 Glen Jung Mazda RX 7 189
8 07 Blaise Csida Chevrolet Corvette 183
9 27 Elmer Shannon Chevrolet Corvette 168
10 81 Michael Skeen Chevrolet Corvette 158
11 99 Kenny Wilden Chevrolet Corvette 139
12 24 Rick Dittman Chevrolet Corvette 96
13 08 John Schaller Chevrolet Camaro 92
14 3 Kyle Kelley Chevrolet Camaro 84
15 07 Harold Musler Chevrolet Corvette 84
16 66 Denny Lamers Ford Mustang 84
17 06 Joey Scarallo Chevrolet Corvette 80
18 73 George Smith Chevrolet Camaro 80
19 240 JR Smith Chevrolet Corvette 76
20 01 Jim Bradley Chevrolet Corvette 72
21 95 Rich Kevin Ford Mustang 68
22 96 Daniel Parr Chevrolet Corvette 64
23 75 Buddy Cisar Chevrolet Camaro 60
24 00 Doug Harrington Chevrolet Corvette 56
25 85 Terry Giles Chevrolet Corvette 53
26 05 David Fersthand Oldsmobile Cutlass 47
27 36 Cliff Ebben Ford Mustang 45
28 56 Greg Clifton Chevrolet Camaro 0
29 04 Greg Pickett Jaguar XKR 0
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BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
BRAINERD, MINN, SEPTEMBER 4 - 5, 2010
AUTOBAHN COUNTRY CLUB
JOLIET, ILL, JULY 28 - AUGUST 1, 2010
JOLIET, ILL. (August 1, 2010) - "It was a little harder than I was hoping," Ave said. "RJ and I just had a really good race. It was a bigger gap than you would think for such a tough race. We were both running as hard as we could. I lost my brakes at the end for some weird reason, so he about got me, but I hung on. I've got to really thank Denny Lamers, Bob Monette and Mark Smith. Those are the guys that are helping me do this. Without them, we wouldn't be here."
"I want to win races and I need the prize money. We use that to race on. I sell cars, and winning sells cars, but you're thinking about (the championship), too. Like when you see him coming, if he was a lot faster, you're not going to let him spin you out, you've got to just let him go. But it worked out good."
AUTOBAHN COUNTRY CLUB RESULTS - AUGUST 1, 2010
POS NO DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS 1 4 Tony Ave Maiden, NC Chevrolet Corvette 26 2 6 RJ Lopez Santa Domingo, DR Chevrolet Corvette 26 3 23 Amy Ruman Kent, OH Chevrolet Corvette 26 4 59 Simon Gregg Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Chevrolet Corvette 26 5 66 Denny Lamers Appleton, WI Ford Mustang 24 6 77 Glen Jung Osteen, FL Mazda RX-7 23 7 5 Tomy Drissi Hollywood, CA Jaguar XKR 22 8 24 Rick Dittman Lincolnshire, Chervolet Corvette 11 9 75 Buddy Cisar Bellevue, NE Chevrolet Camaro 7 10 36 Cliff Ebben Appleton, WI Ford Mustang 2 |
TRANS-AM HONDA INDY TORONTO
TORONTO, ONTARIO, JULY 16 - 18, 2010
TORONTO, ONTARIO. (July 18, 2010) - "I knew I had a good car," Lopez said. "In fact, I knew Tony had said before the race that he didn't think his car was going to be all that great, but he drove the hell out of it. It's unfortunate what happened to (Tomy) Drissi (who started the race from pole), and I got by (Amy) Ruman when Drissi cut a tire (on the opening lap). I would have liked to have had a good battle with Ruman, but I was able to sneak by there. I just started catching Ave and I knew we were going to get him. Once we passed him, I was just running a pace. Every once in a while, I'd see him get a little closer and I would just pull out a little more until I couldn't see him in my mirrors. Then I just cruised."
Canadian driver, Stouffville Ontario's Blaise Csida, in his Canada Primedia/Signal Tech/Chevrolet Corvette, finished 8th after a drive shaft problem.
STREETS OF TORONTO RESULTS - JULY 18, 2010
POS NO DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS 1 6 RJ Lopez Santa Domingo, DR Chevrolet Corvette 44 2 4 Tony Ave Maiden, NC Chevrolet Corvette 44 3 23 Amy Ruman Kent, OH Chevrolet Corvette 44 4 77 Glen Jung Osteen, FL Mazda RX-7 43 5 5 Tomy Drissi Hollywood, CA Jaguar XKR 43 6 59 Simon Gregg Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Chevrolet Corvette 42 7 27 Elmer Shannon San Francisco, CA Chevrolet Corvette 42 8 07 Blaise Csida Stouffville, ON, Canada Chevrolet Corvette 21 |
LIME ROCK PARK
LAKEVILLE, CONN, JULY 3, 2010
LIME ROCK, Conn. (July 3, 2010) - "It's good," Ave said. "I like racing here and it's a really fast place. We knew we would be pretty good in the long runs, because we found something in the car after Mosport. It just keeps getting better and better."
"Toronto is a whole different deal, opposite of this place, so hopefully we can come up there with a setup that's good. But it feels good to have three in a row and extend that points lead. Everything went really well" he added.
LIME ROCK RESULTS - JULY 3, 2010
POS NO DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS 1 4 Tony Ave Maiden, NC Chevrolet Corvette 59 2 5 Tomy Drissi Hollywood, CA Jaguar XKR 59 3 59 Simon Gregg Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Chevrolet Corvette 59 4 6 RJ Lopez Santa Domingo, DR Chevrolet Corvette 51 5 77 Glen Jung Osteen, FL Mazda RX 7 31 |
ROAD AMERICA
ELKHART LAKE, WIS, JUNE 20, 2010
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (June 20, 2010) - The No. 4 Tony Ave Racing/Pro Motor Engines Chevrolet Corvette was clearly the class of the field throughout the 23 lap event. After starting from the pole, Ave jumped out to a healthy lead early on and pulled away until a full course caution to retrieve Terry Giles' No. 85 Powerhouse Racing/ECR Engines/Goodyear Chevrolet Corvette from the Turn 12 gravel trap came out on Lap 10 and bunched the field.
However, Ave managed to again build a healthy advantage on the ensuing restart. It appeared that Ave was conserving his equipment as the laps wound down, which allowed second place RJ Lopez to close up, but Ave's lead was never in jeopardy. He went on to win by 1.474 seconds. With the victory, Ave extended his lead in the championship to 52 points, 496-444, over Lopez after four of 10 rounds in the 2010 Trans-Am Series.
"It was really good," Ave said. "It shows that we've got our car sorted out. I can always qualify good, but we didn't have a great racecar. We seemed to have sorted that out. I ran it as hard as I could, just so I could see what our tire wear was like. I think we have a little bit to go yet. We need to work on the rear suspension a little bit. It's good. It's always good to have the points lead. It gives you a cushion, and the prize money doesn't hurt. For everybody that is helping us, it keeps them pumped up too."
ROAD AMERICA RESULTS - JUNE 20, 2010
POS NO DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS 1 4 Tony Ave Maiden, N.C. Chevrolet Corvette 23 2 6 RJ Lopez Dominican Republic Chevrolet Corvette 23 3 23 Amy Ruman Kent, Ohio Chevrolet Corvette 23 4 24 Rick Dittman Evanston, Ill. Chevrolet Corvette 23 5 08 John Schaller Fort Myers, Fla. Chevrolet Camaro 23 6 59 Simon Gregg Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Chevrolet Corvette 23 7 66 Denny Lamers Appleton, Wis. Ford Mustang 23 8 5 Tomy Drissi Hollywood, Calif. Jaguar XKR 22 Mech 9 8 Daniel Ramoutarsingh Trinidad Jaguar XKR 22 Mech 10 01 Jim Bradley Gaston, Ind. Chevrolet Corvette 22 11 95 Rich Kevin Round Rock, Texas Ford Mustang 21 Mech 12 96 Daniel Parr Muskego, Wis. Chevrolet Corvette 21 13 75 Buddy Cisar Bellevue, Neb. Chevrolet Camaro 20 14 00 Doug Harrington Kemah, Texas Chevrolet Corvette 16 Mech 15 85 Terry Giles Loxahatchee, Fla. Chevrolet Corvette 9 Mech 16 81 Mike Skeen Charlotte, N.C. Chevrolet Corvette 7 Mech 17 05 David Fersthand Fort Worth, Texas Oldsmobile Cutlass 7 Mech 18 36 Cliff Ebben Appleton, Wis. Ford Mustang 5 Mech DNS 3 Kyle Kelley Signal Hill, Calif. Chevrolet Camaro 0 |
MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK
TOOELE, UTAH, JUNE 6, 2010
TOOELE, Utah (June 6, 2010) - In the inaugural SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series race at Miller Motorsports Park, Tony Ave, of Maiden, N.C., earned his first Trans-Am victory after more than 16 years of trying.
"It's awesome," said Ave. "I'm doing this mostly because I like it. I mean, I build and sell cars, so we do it to make some money, but I come and my friends help me with some money and we come and try to have some fun. My buddy, Dave Janz, kept my head on straight. I was so nervous. Every time we're fast, it seems like we find a way to lose. Those guys had to kind of smack me around a little bit this morning, but Jeff Pope, especially, he's 22 years old, he never knew anything about racecars until five years ago and he does the whole thing. It's really down to those guys. I've been able to drive these things fast enough for 15 years, but when you don't have a huge budget and it comes down to how much work these cars are - and we run a lot of used parts - it feels really good."
He added, "It's really for the guys. I mean, they volunteer their time to come and do this except for Jeff. Luke Keller and Jimmy Madsen were here too. They're just the greatest friends and they work really hard. I've also got to thank the guys at Pro Motor Engines. We couldn't have done this without them."
MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK RESULTS - JUNE 6, 2010
POS NO DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS 1 4 Tony Ave Maiden, NC Chevrolet Corvette 40 2 5 Tomy Drissi Hollywood, CA The Jaguar XKR 40 3 6 RJ Lopez Santo Domingo, DR Chevrolet Corvette 40 4 81 Mike Skeen Charlotte, NC Chevrolet Corvette 40 5 59 Simon Gregg Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Chevrolet Corvette 40 6 8 Daniel Ramoutarsingh LaRomain, Trinidad Jaguar XKR 40 7 3 Kyle Kelley Signal Hill, CA Chevrolet Camaro 34 8 73 George Smith Stansbury Park, NJ C5 Corvette 11 9 240 JR Smith Salt Lake City, UT Chervolet Corvette 7 DNS 04 Greg Pickett Benicia, CA Jaguar XKR 0 |
MOSPORT INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, MAY 21 - 23, 2010
BOWMANVILLE, ON. (May 23, 2010) - Ken Wilden's return to SCCA Tran-Am was a memorable one as he finished his incredible weekend with the race victory and a new Trans-Am record. The Oakville, Ontario racer signed with Derhaag Motorsports just days before the race and he took full advantage of his opportunity. He broke the Mosport Trans-Am record in qualifying by more than two seconds with a lap time of 1:15.719 setting the tone for the race. Stouffville, Ontario's Blaise Csida finished in third place.
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK RESULTS - MAY 9, 2010
POS NO DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS 1 99 Kenny Wilden Oakville, Ontario Chevrolet Corvette 37 2 6 RJ Lopez Santo Domingo, DR Chevrolet Corvette 37 3 07 Blaise Csida Stouffville, Ontario Chevrolet Corvette 37 4 4 Tony Ave Maiden, NC Chevrolet Corvette 37 5 59 Simon Gregg Ponte Verda Beach, FL Chevrolet Corvette 36 6 8 Daniel Ramoutarsingh LaRomain, Trinidad Jaguar XKR 36 7 27 Elmer Shannon San Francisco, CA Chevrolet Corvette 34 8 5 Tomy Drissi Hollywood, CA Jaguar XKR 1 DNS 56 Greg Clifton Toronto, Ontario Chevrolet Camaro 0 |
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK
MILLVILLE NEW JERSEY, MAY 8 - 9, 2010
MILLVILLE, N.J. (May 9, 2010) - Defending SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series champion Tomy Drissi couldn't have opened his title defense any better in the first race of 2010, as the racer from Hollywood, Calif. kicked off the season at New Jersey Motorsports Park by taking the third victory of his Trans-Am career.
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK RESULTS - MAY 9, 2010
POS NO DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS 1 5 Tomy Drissi Hollywood, Calif. Jaguar XKR 40 2 6 RJ Lopez Bal Harbour, Fla. Chevrolet Corvette 40 3 4 Tony Ave Maiden N.C. Chevrolet Corvette 40 4 8 Daniel Ramoutarsingh Trinidad Jaguar XKR 40 5 23 Amy Ruman Kent, Ohio Chevrolet Corvette 40 6 59 Simon Gregg Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Chevrolet Corvette 39 7 07 Harold Musler Auburn, Pa. Chevrolet Corvette 38 8 06 Joey Scarallo Hauppauge, N.Y. 27 9 177 Guy Lamon Mt. Holly, N.J. Ford Mustang 4 10 27 J. Mark Ferrara Sayville, N.Y. Chevrolet Corvette 4 11 84 Joe Volpe Vineland, N.J. Ford Mustang 4 12 11 Jim Glass Kingston, N.Y. Chevrolet Corvette 4 13 80 Frank Grimaldi Tewksbury, Mass. Chevrolet Camaro 4 14 74 Greg Meindl Levittown, N.Y. Ford Mustang 4 15 9 John DeSantis Dewitt, N.Y. Ford Mustang 4 DNS 97 Patrick Baselic Scarsdale, N.Y. Ford Mustang 0 DNS 53 Peter Baselic Scarsdale, N.Y. Ford Mustang 0 DNS 50 Joe Folglia Hackettstown, N.J. Chevrolet Corvette 0 DNS 77 Glen Jung Osteen, Fla. Mazda RX-7 0 DNS 81 Michael Skeen New Braunfels, Texas Chevrolet Corvette 0 |