The 2017 Trans-Am Series was the 49th running of the
Sports Car Club of America's
Trans-Am Series
The Trans-Am Series is a sports car racing series held in North America. Founded in 1966, it is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA).
Primarily based in the United States, the series competes on a variety of track types includ ...
, and consisted of 13 races. The Detroit race was for TA and TA2 only, and the Circuit of the Americas race was a shared race.
The rules set from the end of the 2016 season featured four classes: TA, TA2, TA3, and TA4 was retained for 2017.
A separate "West Coast" championship with 3 races separate from the main championship and one round shared with the main championship, the race at
Circuit of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas, in the United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States G ...
was contested for the first time ever.
Schedule changes
The New Jersey Motorsports Park and Watkins Glen races moved from the spring to the fall while Homestead-Miami Speedway moved from the fall to the Spring.
NOLA Motorsports Park
NOLA Motorsports Park is a full service motorsports facility in Avondale, Louisiana approximately twenty minutes from downtown New Orleans. NOLA Motorsports Park includes an FIA Grade 2 road course, one of the largest (fully-lit) outdoor karting ...
was dropped from the schedule, while the series ran at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the first time, sharing a weekend with the
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) is an American automobile club and sanctioning body that supports vintage racing in the United States. The organization was founded in 1981, and is regarded as the premier vintage racing organizati ...
.
Television
The following events were televised on
CBS Sports Network
CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American pay television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Television also known a ...
on a tape-delay basis:
*Detroit
*Indianapolis
*Brainerd
*Mid Ohio
*Road America
*Circuit of the Americas
Calendar and results
Main Championship
West Coast Championship
Trans Am West Coast Schedule Amended
''Trans-Am Series'', November 21, 2016, Retrieved 2017-03-15
Driver standings (Main championship)
TA
TA2
TA3
TA4
Driver standings (West Coast championship)
TA
TA2
TA3
TA4
References
{{Trans-Am Series seasons
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