2021 TC America Series

The 2021 TC America Series Powered by Skip Barber Racing School was the third season of the TC America Series. The season began on 5 March at Sonoma Raceway and ended on 17 October at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

In a change from the 2020 series, the TCR class, already racing in several other North American series, left TC America. It was replaced by the one-make TCX class based on the BMW M2 CS Racing Cup that races as part of the Nürburgring Endurance Series.

Calendar

The final calendar was announced on 3 October 2020, featuring seven rounds.[1] The round at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park was later canceled.[2] In June, Sebring International Raceway was announced as the CTMP round's replacement.[3]

Round Circuit Date
1 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California 5–7 March
2 Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 30 April-2 May
3 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia 11–13 June
4 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 27–29 August
5 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York 17–19 September
6 Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida 1–3 October
7 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana 15–17 October
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Circuit Original Date
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Bowmanville, Ontario 21–23 May

Entry list
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCX entries
Classic BMW BMW M2 ClubSport Racing 3 Olivia Askew 3–4, 6–7
27 Tommy McCarthy 1
50 John Hennessy 2, 4
54 Garrett Adams 6
81 Jacob Ruud All
KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering BMW M2 ClubSport Racing 5 Roy Block All
Hard Motorsport BMW M2 ClubSport Racing 30 Steve Streimer 2–7
Rigid Speed BMW M2 ClubSport Racing 38 Joseph Catania 5
Lucas Catania[N 1] 5
Accelerating Performance BMW M2 ClubSport Racing 57 Stephen Cugliari 4, 6
AOA Racing BMW M2 ClubSport Racing 104 Chris Walsh 3
ST Racing BMW M2 ClubSport Racing 438 Samantha Tan 2–3
TC entries
Garagistic with DRS[4] BMW M240i Racing Cup 06 Matthew Ibrahim 3–7
09 Kris Valdez 3–7
VGMC Honda Civic Type-R TC 8 Victor Gonzalez Jr. 1
DXDT Racing[5] Honda Civic Type-R TC 9 Kevin Boehm All
TechSport Racing[6] Nissan 370Z 21 Rob Hines 2–7
23 Rob Hines 1
Joseph Federl 2–3
Classic BMW BMW M240i Racing Cup 26 Toby Grahovec 1–2
Skip Barber Racing School Honda Civic Type-R TC 28 Ken Fukuda 5, 7
Mike Ogren 6
29 Lindsay Brewer 1–4
92 Eric Powell All
Hard Motorsport[7] BMW M240i Racing Cup 30 Steve Streimer 1
31 Adam Harding 1–3
LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type-R TC 37 Mike LaMarra 1–2, 4–7
73 Frank Szczesniak 1–4
Auto Technic Racing BMW M240i Racing Cup 51 Austen Smith All
52 Tom Capizzi All
MINI JCW Team Mini Cooper GP3 60 Mark Pombo 2–3
Derek Jones 4–7
FTG Racing Mazda3 TC 70 Joey Jordan 1
GenRacer Hyundai Veloster N TC 78 Jeff Ricca All
88 Michael Sousa 1, 4, 6
Kurt Washeim 2–3, 5
Nicholas Barbato 7
TCA entries
Skip Barber Racing School Honda Civic Si 2 Mike Stillwagon 1–2
Colin Harrison 3–7
16 Carter Fartuch All
20 Mike Stillwagon 5, 7
Forbush Performance Hyundai Veloster Turbo TCA 18 Caleb Bacon All
33 Luke Rumberg 2–7
TechSport Racing[6] Toyota GT 86 TCA 22 Jesse Love 1–2, 4–5, 7
Michael Carter 3
Devon Anderson[N 2] 4, 6
24 Sammy Smith 1
Joseph Federl[N 3] 1
25 PJ Groenke All
Copeland Motorsports Mazda MX-5 Cup 41 Luca Mars 6
Mini JCW Team Mini Cooper JCW 61 Mark Pombo 1
Derek Jones 2–3
Cristian Perocarpi 7
62 Clayton Williams 1–2, 4–5, 7
Mike LaMarra 3
Cristian Perocarpi 6
LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Si 77 Mario Biundo All
Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai Elantra N Line 98 Taylor Hagler 7
VGMC Honda Civic Si 99 Jose Blanco All
Team Sally Racing Honda Civic Si 780 Sally McNulty All

Footnotes

  1. Joseph Catania competed in the first race at Watkins Glen, while Lucas Catania competed in the second.
  2. Jesse Love competed in the first race at Road America, while Anderson competed in the second.
  3. Sammy Smith competed in the first race at Sonoma, while Federl competed in the second.

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position TCX Winners TC Winners TCA Winners
1 R1 Sonoma No. 81 Classic BMW No. 81 Classic BMW No. 92 Skip Barber Racing School No. 22 TechSport Racing
Jacob Ruud Jacob Ruud Eric Powell Jesse Love
R2 No. 81 Classic BMW No. 9 DXDT Racing No. 22 TechSport Racing
Jacob Ruud Kevin Boehm Jesse Love
2 R1 Austin No. 81 Classic BMW No. 81 Classic BMW No. 78 GenRacer No. 18 Forbush Performance
Jacob Ruud Jacob Ruud Jeff Ricca Caleb Bacon
R2 No. 81 Classic BMW No. 9 DXDT Racing No. 18 Forbush Performance
Jacob Ruud Kevin Boehm Caleb Bacon
3 R1 Virginia No. 81 Classic BMW No. 81 Classic BMW No. 51 Auto Technic Racing No. 18 Forbush Performance
Jacob Ruud Jacob Ruud Austen Smith Caleb Bacon
R2 No. 81 Classic BMW No. 51 Auto Technic Racing No. 33 Forbush Performance
Jacob Ruud Austen Smith Luke Rumburg
4 R1 Road America No. 81 Classic BMW No. 81 Classic BMW No. 51 Auto Technic Racing No. 16 Skip Barber Racing School
Jacob Ruud Jacob Ruud Austen Smith Carter Fartuch
R2 No. 57 Accelerating Performance No. 92 Skip Barber Racing School No. 16 Skip Barber Racing School
Stephen Cugliari Eric Powell Carter Fartuch
5 R1 Watkins Glen No. 81 Classic BMW No. 30 Hard Motorsport No. 92 Skip Barber Racing School No. 16 Skip Barber Racing School
Jacob Ruud Steve Streimer Eric Powell Carter Fartuch
R2 No. 81 Classic BMW No. 92 Skip Barber Racing School No. 18 Forbush Performance
Jacob Ruud Eric Powell Caleb Bacon
6 R1 Sebring No. 81 Classic BMW No. 57 Accelerating Performance No. 51 Auto Technic Racing No. 33 Forbush Performance
Jacob Ruud Stephen Cugliari Austen Smith Luke Rumburg
R2 No. 57 Accelerating Performance No. 51 Auto Technic Racing No. 22 TechSport Racing
Stephen Cugliari Austen Smith Devin Anderson
7 R1 Indianapolis No. 81 Classic BMW No. 81 Classic BMW No. 37 LA Honda World Racing No. 62 MINI JCW Team
Jacob Ruud Jacob Ruud Mike LaMarra Clayton Williams
R2 No. 81 Classic BMW No. 9 DXDT Racing No. 62 MINI JCW Team
Jacob Ruud Kevin Boehm Clayton Williams

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any SprintX race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver Team SON
 COT
 VIR†
 ELK
 WGL
 SEB
 IMS
 Points
TCX
1 Jacob Ruud Classic BMW 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 9 1 2 2 1 1 291
2 Steve Streimer Hard Motorsport 18 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 6 5 2 2 175
3 Roy Block KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering 23 4 24 14 14 5 24 6 5 4 5 3 7 8 159
4 Stephen Cugliari Accelerating Performance 3 1 1 1 90
5 Olivia Askew Classic BMW 4 6 25 4 4 6 4 3 80
6 John Hennessey Classic BMW 17 6 4 5 49
7 Samantha Tan ST Racing 13 2 5 3 48.5
8 Tommy McCarthy Classic BMW 24 2 33
9 Garrett Adams Classic BMW 3 4 27
10 Lucas Catania Rigid Speed 3 15
10 Joseph Catania Rigid Speed 6 15
11 Chris Walsh AOA Racing 3 4 13.5
TC
1 Eric Powell Skip Barber Racing School 2 7 2 5 8 10 7 7 2 5 DNS 9 9 9 211.5
2 Kevin Boehm DXDT Racing 4 3 4 4 12 11 8 12 3 6 8 Ret 5 4 202
3 Austen Smith Auto Technic Racing 8 6 6 11 6 7 5 9 Ret 9 7 7 8 5 192
4 Rob Hines TechSport Racing 12 5 12 12 9 9 9 10 Ret 10 9 8 13 7 116.5
5 Tom Capizzi Auto Technic Racing 5 Ret 14 10 7 8 10 11 4 Ret 10 10 11 19 107
6 Jeff Ricca GenRacer Ret DNS 1 8 13 12 6 8 21 7 16 15 Ret DNS 103
7 Mike LaMarra LA Honda World Racing 9 Ret 3 25 11 13 Ret 13 12 13 3 Ret 72
8 Matthew Ibrahim Garagistic with DRS 11 14 Ret 16 10 11 15 11 10 Ret 41
9 Toby Grahovec Classic BMW 3 10 27 7 39
10 Nicholas Barbato Genracer 6 6 30
11 Michael Sousa GenRacer 6 8 13 17 14 14 30
12 Derek Jones Mini JCW Team Ret 14 Ret 8 11 26 Ret DNS 27
13 Kris Valdez Garagistic with DRS 17 16 22 15 Ret 24 13 12 26 11 24.5
14 Lindsay Brewer Skip Barber Racing School 10 9 8 13 16 15 12 Ret 23.5
15 Ken Fukuda Skip Barber Racing School 8 23 12 10 23
16 Joseph Federl TechSport Racing DNS DNS 7 9 10 DNS 23
17 Kurt Washeim GenRacer 26 27 30 Ret 7 12 16
18 Steve Streimer Hard Motorsport 7 11 12
19 Adam Harding Hard Motorsport DNS DNS 25 15 18 13 5
20 Joey Jordan FTG Racing 11 22 3
21 Mark Pombo Mini JCW Team Ret DNS 15 DNS 1
Victor Gonzalez Jr. VGMC Racing Ret DNS 0
Frank Szczesniak LA Honda World Racing DNS DNS Ret 16 20 25 DNS 0
Mike Ogren Skip Barber Racing School Ret DNS 0
TCA
1 Caleb Bacon Forbush Performance 15 15 9 17 19 20 15 25 13 14 26 Ret 19 13 184.5
2 Luke Rumberg Forbush Performance 20 21 22 17 17 19 12 15 17 17 16 14 175
3 Carter Fartuch Skip Barber Racing School 17 17 19 18 24 18 14 18 11 Ret 21 20 20 16 169
4 Clay Williams Mini JCW Team 14 16 Ret 20 16 Ret 15 18 14 12 124
5 Jose Blanco VGMC Racing 18 16 11 22 27 26 18 20 14 17 Ret 25 25 Ret 94
6 Mike Stillwagon Skip Barber Racing School 20 19 15 19 16 16 22 18 66
7 Sally McNulty Team Sally Racing 21 20 21 24 26 21 21 21 17 19 24 23 21 20 66
8 P.J. Groenke TechSport Racing 19 18 22 26 23 Ret 19 26 20 22 23 21 18 22 60
9 Jesse Love TechSport Racing 13 12 16 Ret Ret Ret DNS 60
10 Cristian Perocarpi Mini JCW Team 19 18 15 15 60
11 Mario Biundo LA Honda World Racing 22 21 23 28 28 22 20 23 18 20 22 22 23 17 56
12 Devon Anderson TechSport Racing 22 18 16 27 21 55
13 Mark Pombo Mini JCW Team 14 13 36
14 Derek Jones Mini JCW Team 10 23 25 Ret 28
15 Luca Mars Copeland Motorsports 20 19 24
16 Colin Harrison Skip Barber Racing School 29 23 23 24 19 21 25 24 24 Ret 21.5
17 Michael Carter TechSport Racing 21 19 16.5
18 Taylor Hagler Bryan Herta Autosport 17 Ret 12
19 Mike LaMarra Mini JCW Team NC 24 2
Sammy Smith TechSport Racing 25 DNS 0
Pos. Driver Team SON
 COT
 VIR†
 ELK
 WGL
 SEB
 IMS
 Points

† Half points were awarded for both races at VIR after the two events completed less than 75% of the scheduled distance.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Manufacturer SON
 COT
 VIR†
 ELK
 WGL
 SEB
 IMS
 Points
TCX
1 Classic BMW BMW 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 9 1 2 2 1 1 291
2 Hard Motorsport BMW 18 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 6 5 2 2 184
3 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering BMW 23 4 24 14 14 5 24 6 5 4 5 3 7 8 184
4 Accelerating Performance BMW 3 1 1 1 90
5 ST Racing BMW 13 2 5 3 49.5
6 Rigid Speed BMW 6 3 30
7 AOA Racing BMW 3 4 13.5
TC
1 Auto Technic Racing BMW 5 6 6 10 6 7 5 9 4 9 7 7 8 5 215
2 Skip Barber Racing School Honda 2 7 2 5 8 10 7 7 2 5 Ret 9 9 9 214.5
3 DXDT Racing Honda 4 3 4 4 12 11 8 12 3 6 8 Ret 5 4 207
4 GenRacer Hyundai 6 8 1 8 13 12 6 8 7 7 14 14 6 6 173
5 TechSport Racing Nissan 12 5 7 9 9 9 9 10 Ret 10 9 8 13 7 135.5
6 LA Honda World Racing Honda 9 Ret 3 16 20 25 11 13 Ret 13 12 13 3 Ret 93
7 Garagistic with DRS BMW 11 14 22 15 10 11 13 11 10 11 71
8 Classic BMW BMW 3 10 27 7 45
9 Mini JCW Team Mini Ret DNS 15 DNS Ret 14 Ret 8 11 26 Ret DNS 39
10 Hard Motorsport BMW 7 11 25 15 18 13 32
11 FTG Racing Mazda 11 22 8
VGMC Racing Honda Ret DNS 0
TCA
1 Forbush Performance Hyundai 15 15 9 17 19 17 15 19 12 14 17 17 16 13 263
2 Skip Barber Racing School Honda 17 17 15 18 24 18 14 18 11 16 21 20 20 16 206.5
3 Mini JCW Team Mini 14 13 10 20 25 24 16 Ret 15 18 19 18 14 12 198
4 TechSport Racing Toyota 13 12 16 26 21 19 19 22 20 22 18 16 18 21 179.5
5 VGMC Racing Honda 18 16 11 22 27 26 18 20 14 17 Ret 25 25 Ret 121
6 Team Sally Racing Honda 21 20 21 24 26 21 21 21 17 19 24 23 21 20 113
7 LA Honda World Racing Honda 22 21 23 28 28 22 20 23 18 20 22 22 23 17 98
8 Copeland Motorsports Mazda 20 19 24
9 Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai 17 Ret 15
Pos. Team Manufacturer SON
 COT
 VIR†
 ELK
 WGL
 SEB
 IMS
 Points

† Half points were awarded for both races at VIR after the two events completed less than 75% of the scheduled distance.

References

  1. "A Return to the Roots of GT Sprint Racing in North America, SRO America Announces GT America for 2021". gt4-america.com. SRO Motorsports Group America. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. "SRO America Cancels CTMP Round for Second Straight Year". sportscar365.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. "Sebring Confirmed as CTMP Replacement". sportscar365.com. June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  4. "2021 SRO Touring Car Series Garagistic and DRS Partnership". tcamerica.us. May 3, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  5. "DXDT Racing Expands Lineups for 2021 SRO America Effort". tcamerica.us. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. "TechSport Racing Returns for 2021 TC America Season with TRD". tcamerica.us. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. "HARD Motorsport Returns for 2021 Championship Bid". tcamerica.us. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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