2003 Trans-Am Series

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

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

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

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

^ "2003 schedule announced". Motorsport.com. February 6, 2003. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ "Washington DC event canceled". Motorsport.com. March 9, 2003. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ "Title sponsor announced, Miami added to 2003 schedule". Motorsport.com. August 30, 2003. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

Sources

"2003 Trans-Am Championship". Speedfreaks.com. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[1] "2003 schedule announced". Motorsport.com. February 6, 2003. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[2] "Washington DC event canceled". Motorsport.com. March 9, 2003. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[3] "Title sponsor announced, Miami added to 2003 schedule". Motorsport.com. August 30, 2003. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

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