2020 TC America Series

The 2020 TC America Series is the second season of the TC America Series. The series consists of 3 classes: TCR, TCA, and TC. All races are 40 minutes in length with 4 per weekend; 2 for TCR & TCA cars, and 2 for TC cars.

Calendar

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The final calendar was released on 12 November 2019[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SRO America announced that the events at Virginia International Raceway and Sonoma Raceway would become tripleheader weekends to replace cancelled race events at St. Petersburg and Lime Rock Park.

Round Circuit Date
1   Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 7–8 March
2   Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia 9-12 July
3   Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California 7–9 August
4   Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 29–30 August
5   Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 19–20 September
6   Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana 2–3 October

Entry list

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCR entries
  DXDT Racing[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 04   CJ Moses[2] All
17   Scott Smithson[3] 1–2, 4–6
29   Olivia Askew 2, 4–6
  KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 5   Roy Block All
55   Tim Lewis Jr. 4, 6
  Rumcastle, LLC Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR (DSG) 16   Luke Rumburg 2
  New German Performance Audi RS3 LMS TCR (DSG) 44   Tristan Herbert 2, 6
  Copeland Motorsports[4] Hyundai Veloster N TCR 51   Nikko Reger[5] 1
  Alex Papadopulos 2
74   Tyler Maxson[4] All
  FCP Euro[6] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 71   Michael Hurczyn[6] 1
72   Nate Vincent[6] 1
  LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 77   Taylor Hagler 5
  VVL Systems & Consulting Audi RS3 LMS TCR (DSG) 88   Vinnie Lima 2, 6
  VGMC Racing[7] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 99   Victor Gonzalez[7] All
TC entries
  VGMC Racing[7] Honda Civic Type-R TC 8   Ruben Iglesias[7] All
  Classic BMW BMW M240i Racing Cup 11   Phil Bloom 1–3, 5–6
26   Toby Grahovec All
27   John Rader 1
  Bryson Lew 3–6
  Auto Technic Racing BMW M240i Racing Cup 20   Rob Slonaker 1–2, 4, 6
  John Castro Dubets 5
21   Bruce Robson 1–2
  Austen Smith 4–5
52   Tom Capizzi 1–2, 5–6
  TechSport Racing Nissan 370Z 23   Joseph Federl 1–4
  Hard Motorsport BMW M240i Racing Cup 30   Ace Robey 3
  Vince Piemonte 5
31   Johan Schwartz All
81   Steve Stremier 2
  BimmerWorld Racing[8] BMW M240i Racing Cup 36   James Clay[8] All
94   Chandler Hull[8] All
  LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type-R TC 37   Mike LaMarra 5
73   Mathew Pombo 5–6
  FTG Racing Mazda3 TC 70   Joey Jordan 3–6
  GenRacer/Ricca Autosport Hyundai Veloster N TC 78   Jeff Ricca 1, 5
  Lone Star Racing BMW M235i Racing Cup 48   Zane Hodgen 1
  Team HMA Honda Civic Type-R TC 93   Karl Hertel 1
  Tazio Ottis Racing Honda Civic Type-R TC 072   Tazio Ottis 3
TCA entries
  Ives Motorsports Mazda Global MX-5 Cup ND.2 07   Jose DaSilva 1
  Boehm Racing Honda Civic Si 9   Kevin Boehm All
  MTP Motorsports Hyundai Veloster Turbo 14   Max Peichel 6
  CB Motorsports Hyundai Veloster Turbo 18   Caleb Bacon All
33   Matt Forbush 1–2, 4
  TechSport Racing Subaru BRZ tS 22   Joey Essma 1–2
  Kevin Anderson 5
  Eric Powell 6
24   Damon Surzyshyn All
25   PJ Groenke 1–2, 4, 6
28   Ben Bettenhausen 2, 5
  Kevin Anderson 6
  Copeland Motorsports[9] Hyundai Veloster Turbo 50   Luke Lange 2–3
57   Tyler Gonzalez[9] All
  VGMC Racing[7] Honda Civic Si 59   Juan Diego Hernandez[7] 1
178   Jonathan Newcombe[7] AllSTP
  MINI JCW Team MINI Cooper JCW 60   Tomas Mejia All
61   Mark Pombo All
62   Clay Williams 3–4
63   Derek Jones 4
  CCR Team TFB Honda Civic Si 186   Roy Fulmer IV 2–5

Note: A car marked with STP is entered only for the St. Petersburg makeup races at Sonoma.

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position TCR Winners TC Winners TCA Winners
1 R1   Austin   No. 51 Copeland Motorsports   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 36 BimmerWorld Racing   No. 61 MINI JCW Team
  Nikko Reger   Tyler Maxson   James Clay   Mark Pombo
R2   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 23 TechSport Racing   No. 60 MINI JCW Team
  Tyler Maxson   Joseph Federl   Tomas Mejia
2 R1   Virginia   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 31 Hard Motorsport   No. 60 MINI JCW Team
  Tyler Maxson   Tyler Maxson   Johan Schwartz   Tomas Mejia
R2   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 31 Hard Motorsport   No. 61 MINI JCW Team
  Tyler Maxson   Johan Schwartz   Mark Pombo
R3   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 26 Classic BMW   No. 57 Copeland Motorsports
  Tyler Maxson   Toby Grahovec   Tyler Gonzalez
3 R1   Sonoma   No. 99 VGMC Racing   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 36 BimmerWorld Racing   No. 57 Copeland Motorsports
  Victor Gonzalez   Tyler Maxson   James Clay   Tyler Gonzalez
R2   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 31 Hard Motorsport   No. 61 MINI JCW Team
  Tyler Maxson   Johan Schwartz   Mark Pombo
R3   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports did not participate   No. 57 Copeland Motorsports
  Tyler Maxson   Tyler Gonzalez
4 R1   Road America   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 36 BimmerWorld Racing   No. 9 Boehm Racing
  Tyler Maxson   Tyler Maxson   James Clay   Kevin Boehm
R2   No. 17 DXDT Racing   No. 36 BimmerWorld Racing   No. 9 Boehm Racing
  Scott Smithson   James Clay   Kevin Boehm
R3   No. 17 DXDT Racing   No. 26 Classic BMW   No. 9 Boehm Racing[N 1]
  Scott Smithson   Toby Grahovec   Kevin Boehm[N 1]
5 R1   Austin   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 26 Classic BMW   No. 9 Boehm Racing
  Tyler Maxson   Tyler Maxson   Toby Grahovec   Kevin Boehm
R2   No. 74 Copeland Motorsports   No. 20 Auto Technic Racing   No. 9 Boehm Racing
  Tyler Maxson   John Castro Dubets   Kevin Boehm
R3   17 DXDT Racing did not participate   No. 62 MINI JCW Team
  Scott Smithson   Matt Pombo
6 R1   Indianapolis   No. 17 DXDT Racing   No. 44 New German Performance   No. 73 LA Honda World Racing   No. 9 Boehm Racing
  Scott Smithson   Tristan Herbert   Mathew Pombo   Kevin Boehm
R2   No. 99 VCMG Racing   No. 73 LA Honda World Racing   No. 22 TechSport Racing
  Victor Gonzalez   Mathew Pombo   Eric Powell

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten position in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

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

Driver's championships

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Pos. Driver Team AUS1
 
VIR
 
SON
 
ELK
 
AUS2
 
IMS
 
Points
TCR
1   Tyler Maxson   Copeland Motorsports 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 4 1 1 5 Ret Ret 297
2   Victor Gonzalez   VGMC Racing 28 5 13 2 2 2 2 3 3 12 2 5 3 3 3 1 230
3   Scott Smithson   DXDT Racing 5 7 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 6 1 Ret 183
4   Roy Block   KMW Motorsports w/ TMR Engineering Ret 6 7 4 4 3 21 2 13 21 3 3 2 2 Ret 3 182
5   CJ Moses   DXDT Racing 6 8 6 8 6 4 3 4 5 3 6 7 7 4 2 4 158
6   Olivia Askew   DXDT Racing 5 7 7 4 Ret 5 6 5 6 4 5 92
7   Tristan Herbert   New German Performance 3 5 1 2 68
8   Nikko Reger   Copeland Motorsports 2 2 36
9   Nate Vincent   FCP Euro 3 3 30
10   Michael Hurczyn   FCP Euro 4 4 24
11   Taylor Hagler   LA Honda World Racing 4 4 24
12   Vinnie Lima   VVL Systems & Consulting 9 9 5 6 24
13   Luke Rumberg   Rumcastle, LLC 4 6 20
14   Tim Lewis Jr.   KMW Motorsports w/ TMR Engineering Ret 2 Ret Ret 18
15   Alex Papadopulos   Copeland Motorsports Ret 19 5 11
TC
1   James Clay   BimmerWorld Racing 7 11 11 11 10 5 5 6 4 8 9 9 235
2   Toby Grahovec   Classic BMW 8 10 10 12 8 Ret 7 7 7 7 8 10 201
3   Johan Schwartz   Hard Motorsport 9 12 8 10 9 6 4 8 6 Ret 13 15 180
4   Chandler Hull   BimmerWorld Racing 10 13 12 30 12 9 8 9 5 Ret 14 13 109
5   Tom Capizzi   Auto Technic Racing 12 14 14 15 14 8 9 10 10 10 Ret 17 89
6   Joseph Federl   TechSport Racing Ret 9 16 14 13 10 11 22 DNS DNS 63
7   Phil Bloom   Classic BMW 16 15 15 13 11 Ret DNS 11 11 63
8   Rob Slonaker   Auto Technic Racing 14 17 17 16 15 11 10 12 9 11 56
9   Bryson Lew   Classic BMW 7 6 11 8 Ret 26 14 54
10   Austen Smith   Auto Technic Racing 14 11 9 12 12 43
11   John Castro Dubets   Auto Technic Racing 10 8 40
12   Jeff Ricca   GenRacer/Ricca Autosport 11 Ret 15 31 14
13   Zane Hodgen   Lone Star Racing 13 16 10
14   Joey Jordan   FTG Racing Ret Ret DNS 23 18 Ret 30 9
15   Ruben Inglesias   VGMC Racing 19 20 30 31 28 13 12 Ret 16 Ret 18 20 8
16   Bruce Robson   Auto Technic Racing 15 18 Ret 18 16 Ret DNS 7
17   Steve Stremier   Hard Motorsport 18 17 6
18   Tazio Ottis   Tazio Ottis Racing 12 Ret 4
19   Matthew Pombo   LA Honda World Racing 16 16 4
20   Ace Robey   Hard Motorsport 14 13 2
21   Vince Piemonte   Hard Motorsport 17 19 1
22   Mike LaMarra   LA Honda World Racing 25 18 0
23   Karl Hertel   Team HMA 17 31 0
24   John Rader   Classic BMW 18 19 0
TCA
1   Kevin Boehm   Boehm Racing 23 22 22 23 20 18 17 6 15 13 12 19 21 10 245
2   Tomas Mejia   MINI JCW Team 22 21 19 22 18 17 15 12 17 14 13 22 27 11 214
3   Tyler Gonzalez   Copeland Motorsports 20 27 21 21 17 15 16 5 Ret Ret DSQ 20 22 9 180
4   Mark Pombo   MINI JCW Team 21 25 20 20 19 16 14 11 Ret 22 17 23 29 8 177
5   Jonathan Newcombe   VGMC Racing 27 32 28 28 23 20 19 8 23 15 14 24 23 Ret 98
6   Caleb Bacon   CB Motorsports DSQ 28 24 Ret 30 21 20 9 19 17 Ret 21 26 12 87
7   Damon Surzyshyn   TechSport Racing Ret Ret Ret Ret 25 23 Ret 10 20 18 15 Ret 24 13 60
8   Clay Williams   MINI JCW Team 19 18 7 Ret 20 16 51
9   PJ Groenke   TechSport Racing Ret 23 27 26 29 16 24 Ret 43
10   Joey Essma   TechSport Racing Ret 24 23 25 27 30
11   Matt Forbush   CB Motorsports 25 30 29 27 26 21 19 Ret 28
12   Matt Pombo   MINI JCW Team 7 25
13   Roy Fulmer IV   CCR Team TFB 25 Ret 21 22 21 24
14   Luke Lange   Copeland Motorsports 26 24 22 Ret DNS 22
15   Juan Diego Hernandez   VGMC Racing 24 26 18
16   Derek Jones   MINI JCW Team 18 DNS DNS 12
17   Ben Bettenhausen   TechSport Racing Ret 29 24 Ret 28 15 11
18   Jose DaSilva   Ives Motorsports 26 28 8
19   Kevin Anderson   TechSport Racing Ret 25 14 4
Pos. Driver Team AUS1
 
VIR
 
SON
 
ELK
 
AUS2
 
IMS
 
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap


Team's championships

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Pos. Team Manufacturer AUS1
 
VIR
 
SON
 
ELK
 
AUS2
 
IMS
 
Points
TCR
1   Copeland Motorsports Hyundai 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 200
2   VGMC Racing Honda 28 5 13 2 2 2 2 3 120
3   DXDT Racing Honda 5 7 2 3 3 4 3 4 112
4   KMW Motorsport w/ TMR Engineering Alfa Romeo Ret 6 7 4 4 3 21 2 91
5   FCP Euro Volkswagen 3 3 36
6   New German Performance Audi 3 5 25
7   Rumcastle, LLC Volkswagen 4 6 20
8   VVL Systems & Consulting Audi 9 9 14
TC
1   Hard Motorsport BMW 9 12 8 10 9 6 4 138
2   BimmerWorld Racing BMW 7 11 11 11 10 5 5 131
3   Classic BMW BMW 8 10 10 12 8 7 6 124
4   TechSport Racing Nissan Ret 9 16 14 13 10 11 79
5   Auto Technic Racing BMW 12 14 14 15 14 8 9 76
6   VGMC Racing Honda 19 20 30 31 28 13 12 48
7   Lone Star Racing BMW 13 16 16
8   GenRacer/Ricca Autosport Hyundai 11 Ret 12
9   Team HMA Honda 17 31 10
10   Tazio Ottis Racing Honda 12 Ret 8
  FTG Racing Mazda Ret Ret 0
TCA
1   MINI JCW Team Mini 21 21 19 20 18 16 14 7 169
2   Copeland Motorsports Hyundai 20 27 21 21 17 15 16 5 164
3   Boehm Racing Honda 23 22 22 23 20 18 17 6 126
4   VGMC Racing Honda 24 26 28 28 23 20 19 8 84
5   CB Motorsports Hyundai 25 28 24 27 26 21 20 9 74
6   TechSport Racing Subaru Ret 23 23 25 24 23 Ret 10 61
7   CCR Team TFB Honda 25 Ret 21 22 21 20
8   Ives Motorsports Mazda 26 28 14
Pos. Team Manufacturer AUS1
 
VIR
 
SON
 
ELK
 
AUS2
 
IMS
 
Points

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Tyler Gonzalez in the #57 Copeland Motorsports entry took the checkered flag first, but was disqualified for a technical infringement

References

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  1. ^ "Exciting 2020 Season Schedule Finalized for TC America". tcamerica.us. SRO Motorsports Group America. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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  3. ^ Dagys, John (18 February 2020). "Dalziel, Askew Return to DXDT in Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Tyler Maxson steps up to TCR class with Copeland Motorsports". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Copeland Motorsports sign Nikko Reger for TC America". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "FCP Euro confirm continued TC America programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g RACER Staff (13 December 2019). "VGCMA expands to all Touring Car classes". Racer.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b c RACER Staff (17 February 2020). "Auberlen joins BimmerWorld for Pirelli GT4 America". RACER.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Tyler Gonzalez Rejoins Copeland Motorsports in Hyundai TCA Program". tcamerica.us. SRO Motorsports Group America. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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