1988 Trans-Am Series

American sports car racing competition August 2023 1988 Trans-Am Series 1987 1989 thumb|right|The championship winning Audi Quattro driven by Haywood The 1988 SCCA Escort Trans-Am Championship http://www.racingsportscars.com/championship/Trans-Am.html?page=3 Trans-Am (page 3) - Championships - Racing Sports Cars was the 23rd running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. 1988 would mark the end of the "GT era", in which the series had been the support series, and often the lesser classes, of the more popular IMSA GT Championship, which had overtaken Trans Am as the most popular road racing series in the United States beginning in 1973 after the decline of muscle cars and the 1973 Oil Crisis. This led to an increase in competitiveness from foreign manufacturers. During the first race, driver Dan Croft was critically injured and later died as the first casualty of the Long Beach Street Circuit.L. A. Times Archives 1988-04-27 Racing Driver Dan Croft, 47, Dies of Injuries Received at Long Beach https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-27-sp-1635-story.html 2026-07-06 Los Angeles Times en-US The Audi 200 quattro won the manufacturer's championshipAchorn George 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed Quattro Quarterly Fall 2013 XXIII 4 31 and Hurley Haywood won the driver's championship.Trans Am history enshrined in Sebring Hall of Fame as Peter Gregg and Bob Tullius inducted http://www.gotransam.com/news/?cid=59654 gotransam.com Trans Am Racing May 6, 2014 March 18, 2014 Results 1988 Trans-Am Box Scores http://cms.scca.com/documents/Pro%20Racing/Archives/Trans-Am/1988.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130518144323/http://cms.scca.com/documents/Pro%20Racing/Archives/Trans-Am/1988.pdf 18 May 2013 15 January 2022 cms.scca.com Round Date Circuit Winning driver Winning vehicle116 AprilLong BeachUS Paul GentilozziOldsmobile Cutlass21 MayDallasUS Hurley HaywoodAudi 200329 MaySears PointUS Willy T. RibbsChevrolet Camaro418 JuneDetroitUS Hurley HaywoodAudi 200526 JuneNiagara FallsFRG Walter RöhrlAudi 20062 JulyClevelandFRG Hans-Joachim StuckAudi 200717 JulyBrainerdFRG Hans-Joachim StuckAudi 200823 JulyMeadowlandsFRG Hans-Joachim StuckAudi 20096 AugustLime Rock ParkUS Scott PruettMerkur XR4Ti103 SeptemberMid-OhioFRG Hans-Joachim StuckAudi 2001110 SeptemberRoad AmericaUS Scott PruettMerkur XR4Ti1225 SeptemberMosportUS Darin BrassfieldChevrolet Corvette1323 OctoberSt. PetersburgFRG Walter RöhrlAudi 200 Championship standings (Top 20) Pos Driver LBH DAL SPT DET NGF CLE BIR MEA LRP MOH ROA MSP SPG Pts 1USA Hurley Haywood 2 1* 6 1 13 4 2 2 4 3 4 22 18 151.5 2USA Irv Hoerr 5 2 2 18 3 2 5* 7 3 8 28 5 4 141 3USA Scott Pruett 7* 27 3 2 2 34 3 1* 16 1* 117 4USA Jim Derhaag 6 5 7 4 23 10 3 8 8 14 9 6 9 104 5USA Darin Brassfield 21 3** 9 38 4 32 25 12 2 6 27 1* 2* 101 6FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck 29 35 1* 1 1* 1* 2 28 100 7USA Lyn St. James 3 11 11 9 7 7 7 11 11 10 8 8 8 98 8 USA Les Lindley 4 19 4 12 5 3 21 10 6 4 30 11 7 95 9 FRG Walter Röhrl 13 5 1* 5 4 1 80 9USA Paul Gentilozzi 1 23 8 3 17 5 4 4 32 32 36 13 26 80 11USA Willy T. Ribbs 4* 1* 11 24 5 3 3 78.5 12USA Bruce Nesbitt 15 6 7 9 24 27 14 10 7 18 14 10 52 13USA Deborah Gregg 12 20 13 5 11 9 29 28 9 26 14 20 6 48 14USA Mike Ciasulli 27 14 36 6 18 27 6 9 36 9 6 17 DNS 46 15CAN Ron Fellows 5 3 5 36 16USA Bob Sobey 9 10 30 32 19 8 9 13 22 14 33 17USA Jerry Clinton 18 17 16 30 10 12 18 20 14 29 11 10 11 28 18USA Jack Baldwin 2 7 25 19USA Jerry Brassfield 3** 10 29 20 19USA R.K. Smith 29 20 28 DNQ 37 26 24 5 DNS 7 21 20 Pos Driver LBH DAL SPT DET NGF CLE BIR MEA LRP MOH ROA MSP SPG Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position*Led most race laps**Darin Brassfield started in the #88 car at DAL,falling out (30th/DNF) before the green flag,switching to the #87 and finishing 3rd.Both Darin and Jerry Brassfield were credited with the finish. References Category:Trans-Am Series Trans-Am