2023 TC America Series

The 2023 TC America Series Powered by Skip Barber Racing School was the fifth season of the TC America Series. The season began at Sonoma on March 30, and ended at Indianapolis on October 8.

Calendar

The preliminary calendar was released on July 29, 2022, featuring 14 races across seven rounds.[1] In September, an updated schedule was released, postponing the event at Circuit of the Americas by two weeks and bringing the Road America round forward one week.[2] An additional change was announced on October 17, moving the NOLA round from February 24–26 to April 28–30 to alleviate a clash with the Kyalami 9 Hours, as well as allowing the 2023 BoP test to be completed before the start of the season.[3]

Round Circuit Date
1 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California March 30 – April 2
2 NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale, Louisiana April 28–30
3 Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas May 19–21
4 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia June 16–18
5 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 18–20
6 Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida September 22–24
7 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana October 5–8

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCX entries
Fast Track Racing[4] BMW M2 CS Racing 09 Maddie Aust[5] 2–7
21 Adam Gleason[4] 1–5, 7
29 Nick Roberts[6] 3, 5
AOA Racing[7] BMW M2 CS Racing 14 Kenny Schmied[7] All
808 Clifton Lipple 5
Jackson Lee 7
Kaplan Racing Systems BMW M2 CS Racing 18 Aaron Kaplan 5
Rigid Speed Company[7] BMW M2 CS Racing 24 Joseph Catania[7] All
26 Lucas Catania[7] 1–6
Rooster Hall Racing[7] BMW M2 CS Racing 44 Colin Garrett[7] All
Extreme Velocity Motorsports BMW M2 CS Racing 45 Joseph Pizzuto 6
LA Honda World Racing[8] Honda Civic Type-R TCX 73 Kyle Loh[8] 1–3
William Tally 4
Matthew Pombo 5
Ian Lacy Racing[7] Honda Civic Type-R TCX 93 Christopher DeFreitas[7] 1, 4–7
VGRT[9] Honda Civic Type-R TCX 99 Daijiro Yoshihara[9] 1–3, 5–7
TC entries
Skip Barber Racing School[7] Honda Civic Type-R TC 7 Celso Neto[10] All
34 Jeremiah Burton 3–7
42 Ken Fukuda[7] 1
VGRT[7] Honda Civic Type-R TC 8 Michael Hurczyn[7] 1–4
Ruben Iglesias Jr. 6
88 7
DRS[7] Honda Civic Type-R TC 11 Kris Valdez[7] 1–3, 5, 7
MINI JCW Team[7] Mini JCW Pro TC 37 Cristian Perocarpi[7] All
60 Clayton Williams[7] All
GenRacer / Ricca Autosport[11] Hyundai Elantra N TC 78 Jeff Ricca[11] All
Hyundai Veloster N TC 780 Sally McNulty[11] All
TCA entries
LA Honda World Racing[8] Honda Civic Si (FC1) 07 Mario Biundo[8] 1–3, 6–7
Honda Civic Si (FE1) 5 Spencer Bucknum[8] All
Ascent Racing Honda Civic Si (FE1) 9 Maddy Lemke 7
Rockwell Autosport Development Hyundai Veloster Turbo TCA 15 Eric Rockwell 4
Skip Barber Racing School[7] Honda Civic Si (FE1) 19 Cooper Broll[12] All
77 William Lambros[13] All
TechSport Racing[14] Subaru BRZ TCA 22 Devin Anderson[14] All
23 Shaoyi Che[14] All
MINI JCW Team[7] Mini JCW 62 P.J. Groenke[7] All
63 Landon Lewis[7] 1, 4
Bruce Myrehn 5, 7
64 Alain Lauzière[7] 1, 3
VGRT[7] Honda Civic Si (FC1) 88 Ruben Iglesias Jr.[7] 1–5

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position TCX Winners TC Winners TCA Winners
1 R1 Sonoma #99 VGRT #44 Rooster Hall Racing #78 GenRacer/Ricca Autosport #22 TechSport Racing
Daijiro Yoshihara Colin Garrett Jeff Ricca Devin Anderson
R2 #73 LA Honda World Racing #78 GenRacer/Ricca Autosport #22 TechSport Racing
Kyle Loh Jeff Ricca Devin Anderson
2 R1 NOLA #73 LA Honda World Racing #73 LA Honda World Racing #78 GenRacer/Ricca Autosport #5 LA Honda World Racing
Kyle Loh Kyle Loh Jeff Ricca Spencer Bucknum
R2 #73 LA Honda World Racing #78 GenRacer/Ricca Autosport #5 LA Honda World Racing
Kyle Loh Jeff Ricca Spencer Bucknum
3 R1 Austin #99 VGRT #26 Rigid Speed Company #60 MINI JCW Team #22 TechSport Racing
Daijiro Yoshihara Lucas Catania Clayton Williams Devin Anderson
R2 #44 Rooster Hall Racing #60 MINI JCW Team #77 Skip Barber Racing School
Colin Garrett Clayton Williams William Lambros
4 R1 Virginia #26 Rigid Speed Company #09 Fast Track Racing #60 MINI JCW Team #22 TechSport Racing
Lucas Catania Maddie Aust Clayton Williams Devin Anderson
R2 #09 Fast Track Racing #60 MINI JCW Team #62 MINI JCW Team
Maddie Aust Clayton Williams P.J. Groenke
5 R1 Road America #73 LA Honda World Racing #44 Rooster Hall Racing #78 GenRacer/Ricca Autosport #5 LA Honda World Racing
Matthew Pombo Colin Garrett Jeff Ricca Spencer Bucknum
R2 #44 Rooster Hall Racing #60 MINI JCW Team #22 TechSport Racing
Colin Garrett Clayton Williams Devin Anderson
6 R1 Sebring #44 Rooster Hall Racing #44 Rooster Hall Racing #78 GenRacer/Ricca Autosport #5 LA Honda World Racing
Colin Garrett Colin Garrett Jeff Ricca Spencer Bucknum
R2 #44 Rooster Hall Racing #78 GenRacer/Ricca Autosport #22 TechSport Racing
Colin Garrett Jeff Ricca Devin Anderson
7 R1 Indianapolis #99 VGRT #99 VGRT #78 GenRacer/Ricca Autosport #77 Skip Barber Racing School
Daijiro Yoshihara Daijiro Yoshihara Jeff Ricca William Lambros
R2 #99 VGRT #7 Skip Barber Racing School #5 LA Honda World Racing
Daijiro Yoshihara Celso Neto Spencer Bucknum

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.

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
 NOL
 AUS
 VIR
 ELK
 SEB
 IMS
 Points
TCX
1 Colin Garrett Rooster Hall Racing 1 3 3 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 285
2 Lucas Catania Rigid Speed Company 2 2 4 3 1 20 6 3 2 2 2 2 188
3 Maddie Aust Fast Track Racing 5 5 3 2 1 1 Ret DNS 3 5 6 7 148
4 Daijiro Yoshihara VGRT Ret DNS 2 6 22 6 5 7 6 23 4 4 1 1 145
5 Kenny Schmied AOA Racing 6 12 21 Ret 24 4 18 5 4 3 5 6 8 3 120
6 Adam Gleason Fast Track Racing 4 4 20 4 4 13 2 9 Ret DNS 3 5 105
7 Joseph Catania Rigid Speed Company 5 6 11 DNS 6 5 3 6 5 5 6 8 103
8 Kyle Loh LA Honda World Racing 3 1 1 1 5 3 90
9 Christopher DeFreitas Ian Lacy Racing 23 19 7 8 11 9 10 7 9 6 60
10 Nick Roberts Fast Track Racing 7 9 20 4 28
11 Joseph Pizzuto Extreme Velocity Motorsports 7 3 21
12 Aaron Kaplan Kaplan Racing Systems 3 22 19
13 Jackson Lee AOA Racing 20 4 18
14 William Tally LA Honda World Racing 21 4 14
15 Clifton Lipple AOA Racing 24 8 10
Matthew Pombo LA Honda World Racing Ret DNS 0
TC
1 Clayton Williams MINI JCW Team 8 7 9 9 8 7 8 10 21 6 9 10 12 9 258
2 Jeff Ricca GenRacer / Ricca Autosport 7 5 6 7 22 22 7 7 8 9 4 10 249
3 Celso Neto Skip Barber Racing School 13 9 7 8 9 10 10 11 9 11 11 13 Ret 8 197
4 Cristian Perocarpi MINI JCW Team 9 10 8 Ret 11 8 11 14 8 10 19 11 5 Ret 170
5 Sally McNulty GenRacer / Ricca Autosport 11 Ret 10 10 14 11 9 12 10 12 12 12 13 11 149
6 Jeremiah Burton Skip Barber Racing School 13 12 12 13 12 13 13 18 10 13 96
7 Kris Valdez DRS 12 14 12 11 12 19 13 14 7 12 91
8 Michael Hurczyn VGRT 10 8 Ret DNS 10 Ret 42
9 Ruben Iglesias Jr. VGRT Ret DNS 11 14 6
Ken Fukuda Skip Barber Racing School DNS DNS 0
TCA
1 Spencer Bucknum LA Honda World Racing 15 13 13 12 17 15 Ret 16 14 16 14 15 15 15 266
2 Devin Anderson TechSport Racing 14 11 22 14 15 21 13 17 15 15 18 14 16 16 253
3 William Lambros Skip Barber Racing School 18 18 14 13 16 14 15 Ret 18 18 15 16 14 17 207
4 Shaoyi Che TechSport Racing 16 15 16 15 19 DNS 14 18 17 17 16 Ret 17 19 158
5 P.J. Groenke MINI JCW Team 17 16 15 Ret 18 Ret 20 15 16 24 17 17 18 18 147
6 Cooper Broll Skip Barber Racing School 21 21 18 18 23 17 17 20 23 20 21 22 78
7 Ruben Iglesias Jr. VGRT 20 20 17 16 16 19 22 21 66
8 Mario Biundo LA Honda World Racing 19 17 19 17 21 16 22 20 65
9 Bruce Myrehn MINI JCW Team 19 19 19 21 32
11 Alain Lauzière MINI JCW Team 22 23† 20 18 21
12 Eric Rockwell Rockwell Autosport Development 19 21 14
13 Landon Lewis MINI JCW Team 24 22 3
Maddy Lemke Ascent Racing Ret Ret 0
Pos. Driver Team SON
 NOL
 AUS
 VIR
 ELK
 SEB
 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

References

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