1988 Trans-Am Series

1988 Trans-Am Series
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The championship winning Audi Quattro driven by Haywood

The 1988 SCCA Escort Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am Championship^[1] 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.

The Audi 200 quattros won the manufacturer's championship^[2] and Hurley Haywood won the driver's championship.^[3]

Results

^[4]

Round	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning vehicle
1	Long Beach	Paul Gentilozzi	Oldsmobile Cutlass
2	Dallas	Hurley Haywood	Audi 200
3	Sears Point	Willy T. Ribbs	Chevrolet Camaro
4	Detroit	Hurley Haywood	Audi 200
5	Niagara Falls	Walter Röhrl	Audi 200
6	Cleveland	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi 200
7	Brainerd	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi 200
8	Meadowlands	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi 200
9	Lime Rock	Scott Pruett	Merkur XR4Ti
10	Mosport	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi 200
11	Road America	Scott Pruett	Merkur XR4Ti
12	Mosport	Darin Brassfield	Chevrolet Corvette
13	St. Petersburg	Walter Röhrl	Audi 200

References

1. http://www.racingsportscars.com/championship/Trans-Am.html?page=3
2. Achorn, George (Fall 2013). "2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed". quattro quarterly. XXIII (4): 31.
3. "Trans Am history enshrined in Sebring Hall of Fame as Peter Gregg and Bob Tullius inducted". gotransam.com. Trans Am Racing. March 18, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.