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 edit

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

Results edit

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

Final points standings edit

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

References edit

  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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