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2023 TC America Series

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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

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

Entry list

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

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner

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

Championship standings

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ O'Connell, R.J. (July 29, 2022). "CoTA Returns, NOLA To Kick Off 2023 SRO America Calendar". Dailysportscar. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Dagys, John (September 26, 2022). "Road America, VIR Clash Avoided in Revised 2023 Calendar". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. ^ O'Connell, R.J. (October 17, 2022). "SRO Motorsports America Shifts Calendar, New Orleans Moved To April". Dailysportscar. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
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  5. ^ "A Taste of Touring Cars is Back at NOLA Motorsports Park". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  6. ^ "Fast Track Racing Brings Four BMW Sports Cars to COTA for Big SRO America Doubleheader Weekend at Legendary Track". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. May 18, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
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  9. ^ a b Racer Staff (March 13, 2023). "Drift and Pikes Peak champ Yoshihara enters TC America". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  10. ^ Skip Barber Racing School (February 14, 2023). "Neto joins Skip Barber TC lineup for 2023". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  11. ^ a b c "RICCA AUTOSPORT ANNOUNCES MULTI-CAR TC AMERICA ENDEAVOR WITH RICCA AND MCNULTY". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. January 2, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  12. ^ Skip Barber Racing School (March 29, 2023). "Broll joins Skip Barber TC America race team". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  13. ^ Industry (December 24, 2022). "Lambros joins Skip Barber TC America team". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "TechSport Racing Dives Into 2023 in TC America and GR86 Cup". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. January 11, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
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