2020 TC America Series

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

Calendar

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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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