1988 Trans-Am season

The 1988 Trans-Am season was a racing season of the US Trans-Am series , in which wide and large-engined GT racing cars were driven. The championship was won by Hurley Haywood in an Audi 200 quattro .

entry list

The list of participants is only a selection of the drivers who actually competed. The starting fields were very large with over 30 vehicles. Driver changes were allowed during the races, but were rarely used. Since the regulations of the Trans-Am series were very open, there were many different vehicle models at the start. Different engine concepts and drive concepts were allowed to be used. There was competition among tire manufacturers between Goodyear , Firestone and Hoosier .

Hurley Haywood's championship car

dare	No.	driver
Audi 200 quattro	44	Hurley Haywood
	14th	Walter Röhrl
		Hans-Joachim Stuck
Chevrolet Corvette	89	Jack Baldwin
	88	In it Brassfield
	?	Paul Remano
	?	Tommy Riggins
	?	John Schneider
	?	A. Sevadjian
	27	Rich Sloma
	52	Rick Ware
Chevrolet Camaro	?	Jack Baldwin
	?	In it Brassfield
	?	Jerry Brassfield
	40	Jim Derhaag
	8th	Les Lindley
	?	Greg Picket
	80	Willy T. Ribbs
	87	Scott Sharp
Chevrolet Beretta	77	RK Smith
Oldsmobile Cutlass	16	Mike Ciasulli
	9	Jerry Clinton
	7th	Paul Gentilozzi
	15th	Irv Hoerr
Oldsmobile Toronado	63	Dick Danielson
	39	Criag Shafer
Ford Merkur XR4Ti	4th	Ron Fellows
	3	Deborah Gregg
	?	Pete Halsmer
	2	Lyn St. James
	1	Scott Pruett
Ford Mustang	50	Bruce Nesbit
Ford Thunderbird	47	Danny May
Nissan 300 ZX	33	Paul Newman
		Scott Sharp
Porsche 944T	11	Chris Kneifel
Pontiac TransAm	72
	55	Bob Sobey
Pontiac Firebird	35	Mike Downs
Buick Somberset	?	Doc Bundy
Mazda RX7	18th	Amos Johnson
	83	Roger Mandeville

Racing calendar

date	No.	route	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner
April 16	1	Long Beach	58 × 2.687 km = 155.880 km	Pruett (Ford)	Pruett (Ford)	Gentilozzi (Oldsmobile)
1st of May	2	Dallas	105 × 1.609 km = 168.980 km	Röhrl (Audi)	Haywood (Audi)	Haywood (Audi)
June 4th	3	Sears Point	40 × 4.060 km = 162.414 km	Ribbs (Chevrolet)	Ribbs (Chevrolet)	Ribbs (Chevrolet)
18th of June	4th	Detroit	40 × 4.015 km = 160.634 km	Halsmer (Ford)	Halsmer (Ford)	Haywood (Audi)
June 26th	5	Niagara Falls	94 × 2.574 km = 242.044 km	Röhrl (Audi)	unknown	Röhrl (Audi)
2nd July	6th	Cleveland	40 × 3.983 km = 159.348 km	Pruett (Ford)	Pruett (Ford)	Stucco (Audi)
17th July	7th	Brainerd	33 × 4.828 km = 159.324 km	Hoerr (Oldsmobile)	Hoerr (Oldsmobile)	Stucco (Audi)
July 23	8th	Meadowlands	84 × 2.706 km = 227.380 km	Pruett (Ford)	Ribbs (Chevrolet)	Stucco (Audi)
6th of August	9	Lime skirt	66 × 2.462 km = 162.511 km	Pruett (Ford)	Brassfield (Chevrolet)	Pruett (Ford)
September 3	10	Mid-Ohio	42 × 3.862 km = 162.221 km	Hoerr (Oldsmobile)	Stucco (Audi)	Stucco (Audi)
September 11	11	Elkhart Lake	25 × 6.437 km = 160.925 km	Pruett (Ford)	Stucco (Audi)	Pruett (Ford)
25th of September	12	Mosport	50 × 3.957 km = 197.850 km	Fellows (Ford)	Röhrl (Audi)	Brassfield (Chevrolet)
23rd October	13	St. Petersburg	63 × 3.218 km = 202.734 km	Stucco (Audi)	Röhrl (Audi)	Röhrl (Audi)

Overall rating

driver

space	driver	brand	Points
1	Hurley Haywood	Audi	152
2	Irv Hoerr	Oldsmobile	141
3	Scott Pruett	ford	117
4th	Jim Derhaag	Chevrolet	104
5	In it Brassfield	Chevrolet	101
6th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi	100

Brands

space	brand	Points
1	Audi	92
2	Chevrolet	63
3	Oldsmobile	51

Deadly accidents

Racing driver Dan Croft died in a racing accident on lap 1 of the Long Beach race.

literature

• Thomas Voigt: Touring Car Story '88 . tsv "top special" publishing house, Hamburg 1988.