2020 TC America Series

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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[edit]

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

Entry list[edit]

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

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

Race results[edit]

Bold indicates overall winner.

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

Championship standings[edit]

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[edit]

Pos. Driver Team AUS1
United States
VIR
United States
SON
United States
ELK
United States
AUS2
United States
IMS
United States
Points
TCR
1 United States Tyler Maxson United States Copeland Motorsports 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 4 1 1 5 Ret Ret 297
2 Puerto Rico Victor Gonzalez Puerto Rico VGMC Racing 28 5 13 2 2 2 2 3 3 12 2 5 3 3 3 1 230
3 United States Scott Smithson United States DXDT Racing 5 7 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 6 1 Ret 183
4 Argentina Roy Block United States KMW Motorsports w/ TMR Engineering Ret 6 7 4 4 3 21 2 13 21 3 3 2 2 Ret 3 182
5 United States CJ Moses United States DXDT Racing 6 8 6 8 6 4 3 4 5 3 6 7 7 4 2 4 158
6 United States Olivia Askew United States DXDT Racing 5 7 7 4 Ret 5 6 5 6 4 5 92
7 United States Tristan Herbert Germany New German Performance 3 5 1 2 68
8 United States Nikko Reger United States Copeland Motorsports 2 2 36
9 United States Nate Vincent United States FCP Euro 3 3 30
10 United States Michael Hurczyn United States FCP Euro 4 4 24
11 United States Taylor Hagler United States LA Honda World Racing 4 4 24
12 Brazil Vinnie Lima Brazil VVL Systems & Consulting 9 9 5 6 24
13 United States Luke Rumberg United States Rumcastle, LLC 4 6 20
14 United States Tim Lewis Jr. United States KMW Motorsports w/ TMR Engineering Ret 2 Ret Ret 18
15 United States Alex Papadopulos United States Copeland Motorsports Ret 19 5 11
TC
1 United States James Clay United States BimmerWorld Racing 7 11 11 11 10 5 5 6 4 8 9 9 235
2 United States Toby Grahovec United States Classic BMW 8 10 10 12 8 Ret 7 7 7 7 8 10 201
3 Denmark Johan Schwartz United States Hard Motorsport 9 12 8 10 9 6 4 8 6 Ret 13 15 180
4 United States Chandler Hull United States BimmerWorld Racing 10 13 12 30 12 9 8 9 5 Ret 14 13 109
5 United States Tom Capizzi United States Auto Technic Racing 12 14 14 15 14 8 9 10 10 10 Ret 17 89
6 United States Joseph Federl United States TechSport Racing Ret 9 16 14 13 10 11 22 DNS DNS 63
7 United States Phil Bloom United States Classic BMW 16 15 15 13 11 Ret DNS 11 11 63
8 United States Rob Slonaker United States Auto Technic Racing 14 17 17 16 15 11 10 12 9 11 56
9 United States Bryson Lew United States Classic BMW 7 6 11 8 Ret 26 14 54
10 United States Austen Smith United States Auto Technic Racing 14 11 9 12 12 43
11 United States John Castro Dubets United States Auto Technic Racing 10 8 40
12 United States Jeff Ricca United States GenRacer/Ricca Autosport 11 Ret 15 31 14
13 United States Zane Hodgen United States Lone Star Racing 13 16 10
14 United States Joey Jordan United States FTG Racing Ret Ret DNS 23 18 Ret 30 9
15 Puerto Rico Ruben Inglesias Puerto Rico VGMC Racing 19 20 30 31 28 13 12 Ret 16 Ret 18 20 8
16 United States Bruce Robson United States Auto Technic Racing 15 18 Ret 18 16 Ret DNS 7
17 United States Steve Stremier United States Hard Motorsport 18 17 6
18 United States Tazio Ottis United States Tazio Ottis Racing 12 Ret 4
19 United States Matthew Pombo United States LA Honda World Racing 16 16 4
20 United States Ace Robey United States Hard Motorsport 14 13 2
21 United States Vince Piemonte United States Hard Motorsport 17 19 1
22 United States Mike LaMarra United States LA Honda World Racing 25 18 0
23 United States Karl Hertel United States Team HMA 17 31 0
24 United States John Rader United States Classic BMW 18 19 0
TCA
1 United States Kevin Boehm United States Boehm Racing 23 22 22 23 20 18 17 6 15 13 12 19 21 10 245
2 United States Tomas Mejia United Kingdom MINI JCW Team 22 21 19 22 18 17 15 12 17 14 13 22 27 11 214
3 United States Tyler Gonzalez United States Copeland Motorsports 20 27 21 21 17 15 16 5 Ret Ret DSQ 20 22 9 180
4 United States Mark Pombo United Kingdom MINI JCW Team 21 25 20 20 19 16 14 11 Ret 22 17 23 29 8 177
5 United States Jonathan Newcombe Puerto Rico VGMC Racing 27 32 28 28 23 20 19 8 23 15 14 24 23 Ret 98
6 United States Caleb Bacon United States CB Motorsports DSQ 28 24 Ret 30 21 20 9 19 17 Ret 21 26 12 87
7 Canada Damon Surzyshyn United States TechSport Racing Ret Ret Ret Ret 25 23 Ret 10 20 18 15 Ret 24 13 60
8 United States Clay Williams United Kingdom MINI JCW Team 19 18 7 Ret 20 16 51
9 Canada PJ Groenke United States TechSport Racing Ret 23 27 26 29 16 24 Ret 43
10 United States Joey Essma United States TechSport Racing Ret 24 23 25 27 30
11 United States Matt Forbush United States CB Motorsports 25 30 29 27 26 21 19 Ret 28
12 United States Matt Pombo United Kingdom MINI JCW Team 7 25
13 United States Roy Fulmer IV United States CCR Team TFB 25 Ret 21 22 21 24
14 United States Luke Lange United States Copeland Motorsports 26 24 22 Ret DNS 22
15 Guatemala Juan Diego Hernandez Puerto Rico VGMC Racing 24 26 18
16 United States Derek Jones United Kingdom MINI JCW Team 18 DNS DNS 12
17 United States Ben Bettenhausen United States TechSport Racing Ret 29 24 Ret 28 15 11
18 Puerto Rico Jose DaSilva United States Ives Motorsports 26 28 8
19 United States Kevin Anderson United States TechSport Racing Ret 25 14 4
Pos. Driver Team AUS1
United States
VIR
United States
SON
United States
ELK
United States
AUS2
United States
IMS
United States
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[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Exciting 2020 Season Schedule Finalized for TC America". tcamerica.us. SRO Motorsports Group America. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Dagys, John (11 February 2020). "Kurtz, Braun Return to DXDT in Expanded CrowdStrike Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  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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