2020 TC America Series

The 2020 TC America Series was the second season of the TC America Series. The series consisted of 3 classes: TCR, TCA, and TC. All races were 40 minutes in length with 4 per weekend; 2 for TCR & TCA cars, and 2 for TC cars.

Calendar

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

Entry list

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

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

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

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

Championship standings

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

Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS1		VIR			SON			ELK			AUS2			IMS		Points
Pos.	Driver	Team	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	Points
TCR
1	Tyler Maxson	Copeland Motorsports	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	4	1	1	5	Ret	Ret	297
2	Victor Gonzalez	VGMC Racing	28	5	13	2	2	2	2	3	3	12	2	5	3	3	3	1	230
3	Scott Smithson	DXDT Racing	5	7	2	3	3				2	1	1	2	6	1	Ret		183
4	Roy Block	KMW Motorsports w/ TMR Engineering	Ret	6	7	4	4	3	21	2	13	21	3	3	2	2	Ret	3	182
5	CJ Moses	DXDT Racing	6	8	6	8	6	4	3	4	5	3	6	7	7	4	2	4	158
6	Olivia Askew	DXDT Racing			5	7	7				4	Ret	5	6	5	6	4	5	92
7	Tristan Herbert	New German Performance			3	5											1	2	68
8	Nikko Reger	Copeland Motorsports	2	2															36
9	Nate Vincent	FCP Euro	3	3															30
10	Michael Hurczyn	FCP Euro	4	4															24
11	Taylor Hagler	LA Honda World Racing												4	4				24
12	Vinnie Lima	VVL Systems & Consulting			9	9											5	6	24
13	Luke Rumberg	Rumcastle, LLC			4	6													20
14	Tim Lewis Jr.	KMW Motorsports w/ TMR Engineering									Ret	2	Ret				Ret		18
15	Alex Papadopulos	Copeland Motorsports			Ret	19	5												11
TC
1	James Clay	BimmerWorld Racing	7	11	11	11	10	5	5		6	4	8	9	9				235
2	Toby Grahovec	Classic BMW	8	10	10	12	8	Ret	7		7	7	7	8	10				201
3	Johan Schwartz	Hard Motorsport	9	12	8	10	9	6	4		8	6	Ret	13	15				180
4	Chandler Hull	BimmerWorld Racing	10	13	12	30	12	9	8		9	5	Ret	14	13				109
5	Tom Capizzi	Auto Technic Racing	12	14	14	15	14	8	9		10	10	10	Ret	17				89
6	Joseph Federl	TechSport Racing	Ret	9	16	14	13	10	11		22	DNS	DNS						63
7	Phil Bloom	Classic BMW	16	15	15	13	11	Ret	DNS					11	11				63
8	Rob Slonaker	Auto Technic Racing	14	17	17	16	15	11	10		12	9	11						56
9	Bryson Lew	Classic BMW						7	6		11	8	Ret	26	14				54
10	Austen Smith	Auto Technic Racing									14	11	9	12	12				43
11	John Castro Dubets	Auto Technic Racing												10	8				40
12	Jeff Ricca	GenRacer/Ricca Autosport	11	Ret										15	31				14
13	Zane Hodgen	Lone Star Racing	13	16															10
14	Joey Jordan	FTG Racing						Ret	Ret		DNS	23	18	Ret	30				9
15	Ruben Inglesias	VGMC Racing	19	20	30	31	28	13	12		Ret	16	Ret	18	20				8
16	Bruce Robson	Auto Technic Racing	15	18	Ret	18	16	Ret	DNS										7
17	Steve Stremier	Hard Motorsport			18	17													6
18	Tazio Ottis	Tazio Ottis Racing						12	Ret										4
19	Matthew Pombo	LA Honda World Racing												16	16				4
20	Ace Robey	Hard Motorsport						14	13										2
21	Vince Piemonte	Hard Motorsport												17	19				1
22	Mike LaMarra	LA Honda World Racing												25	18				0
23	Karl Hertel	Team HMA	17	31															0
24	John Rader	Classic BMW	18	19															0
TCA
1	Kevin Boehm	Boehm Racing	23	22	22	23	20	18	17	6	15	13	12	19	21	10			245
2	Tomas Mejia	MINI JCW Team	22	21	19	22	18	17	15	12	17	14	13	22	27	11			214
3	Tyler Gonzalez	Copeland Motorsports	20	27	21	21	17	15	16	5	Ret	Ret	DSQ	20	22	9			180
4	Mark Pombo	MINI JCW Team	21	25	20	20	19	16	14	11	Ret	22	17	23	29	8			177
5	Jonathan Newcombe	VGMC Racing	27	32	28	28	23	20	19	8	23	15	14	24	23	Ret			98
6	Caleb Bacon	CB Motorsports	DSQ	28	24	Ret	30	21	20	9	19	17	Ret	21	26	12			87
7	Damon Surzyshyn	TechSport Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	25	23	Ret	10	20	18	15	Ret	24	13			60
8	Clay Williams	MINI JCW Team						19	18	7	Ret	20	16						51
9	PJ Groenke	TechSport Racing	Ret	23	27	26	29				16	24	Ret						43
10	Joey Essma	TechSport Racing	Ret	24	23	25	27												30
11	Matt Forbush	CB Motorsports	25	30	29	27	26				21	19	Ret						28
12	Matt Pombo	MINI JCW Team														7			25
13	Roy Fulmer IV	CCR Team TFB			25	Ret	21	22	21										24
14	Luke Lange	Copeland Motorsports			26	24	22	Ret	DNS										22
15	Juan Diego Hernandez	VGMC Racing	24	26															18
16	Derek Jones	MINI JCW Team									18	DNS	DNS						12
17	Ben Bettenhausen	TechSport Racing			Ret	29	24							Ret	28	15			11
18	Jose DaSilva	Ives Motorsports	26	28															8
19	Kevin Anderson	TechSport Racing												Ret	25	14			4
Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS1		VIR			SON			ELK			AUS2			IMS		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Team's championships

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	AUS1		VIR			SON			ELK			AUS2			IMS		Points
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	Points
TCR
1	Copeland Motorsports	Hyundai	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1									200
2	VGMC Racing	Honda	28	5	13	2	2	2	2	3									120
3	DXDT Racing	Honda	5	7	2	3	3	4	3	4									112
4	KMW Motorsport w/ TMR Engineering	Alfa Romeo	Ret	6	7	4	4	3	21	2									91
5	FCP Euro	Volkswagen	3	3															36
6	New German Performance	Audi			3	5													25
7	Rumcastle, LLC	Volkswagen			4	6													20
8	VVL Systems & Consulting	Audi			9	9													14
TC
1	Hard Motorsport	BMW	9	12	8	10	9	6	4										138
2	BimmerWorld Racing	BMW	7	11	11	11	10	5	5										131
3	Classic BMW	BMW	8	10	10	12	8	7	6										124
4	TechSport Racing	Nissan	Ret	9	16	14	13	10	11										79
5	Auto Technic Racing	BMW	12	14	14	15	14	8	9										76
6	VGMC Racing	Honda	19	20	30	31	28	13	12										48
7	Lone Star Racing	BMW	13	16															16
8	GenRacer/Ricca Autosport	Hyundai	11	Ret															12
9	Team HMA	Honda	17	31															10
10	Tazio Ottis Racing	Honda						12	Ret										8
	FTG Racing	Mazda						Ret	Ret										0
TCA
1	MINI JCW Team	Mini	21	21	19	20	18	16	14	7									169
2	Copeland Motorsports	Hyundai	20	27	21	21	17	15	16	5									164
3	Boehm Racing	Honda	23	22	22	23	20	18	17	6									126
4	VGMC Racing	Honda	24	26	28	28	23	20	19	8									84
5	CB Motorsports	Hyundai	25	28	24	27	26	21	20	9									74
6	TechSport Racing	Subaru	Ret	23	23	25	24	23	Ret	10									61
7	CCR Team TFB	Honda			25	Ret	21	22	21										20
8	Ives Motorsports	Mazda	26	28															14
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	AUS1		VIR			SON			ELK			AUS2			IMS		Points

Notes

1 2 Tyler Gonzalez in the #57 Copeland Motorsports entry took the checkered flag first, but was disqualified for a technical infringement

References

↑ "Exciting 2020 Season Schedule Finalized for TC America". tcamerica.us. SRO Motorsports Group America. November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
1 2 Dagys, John (February 11, 2020). "Kurtz, Braun Return to DXDT in Expanded CrowdStrike Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
↑ Dagys, John (February 18, 2020). "Dalziel, Askew Return to DXDT in Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
1 2 "Tyler Maxson steps up to TCR class with Copeland Motorsports". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
↑ "Copeland Motorsports sign Nikko Reger for TC America". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
1 2 3 "FCP Euro confirm continued TC America programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. January 18, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RACER Staff (December 13, 2019). "VGCMA expands to all Touring Car classes". Racer.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
1 2 3 RACER Staff (February 17, 2020). "Auberlen joins BimmerWorld for Pirelli GT4 America". RACER.com. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
1 2 "Tyler Gonzalez Rejoins Copeland Motorsports in Hyundai TCA Program". tcamerica.us. SRO Motorsports Group America. January 21, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

External links

Official website

[RBRDSQ-10] 1 2 Tyler Gonzalez in the #57 Copeland Motorsports entry took the checkered flag first, but was disqualified for a technical infringement

[Calendar-1] "Exciting 2020 Season Schedule Finalized for TC America". tcamerica.us. SRO Motorsports Group America. November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[CrowdStrike20-2] 1 2 Dagys, John (February 11, 2020). "Kurtz, Braun Return to DXDT in Expanded CrowdStrike Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

[SmithsonCrowdStrike-3] Dagys, John (February 18, 2020). "Dalziel, Askew Return to DXDT in Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 18, 2020.

[Maxson-4] 1 2 "Tyler Maxson steps up to TCR class with Copeland Motorsports". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[Reger-5] "Copeland Motorsports sign Nikko Reger for TC America". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

[FCPEuro-6] 1 2 3 "FCP Euro confirm continued TC America programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes.com. January 18, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[VGMC-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RACER Staff (December 13, 2019). "VGCMA expands to all Touring Car classes". Racer.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[Bimmerworld-8] 1 2 3 RACER Staff (February 17, 2020). "Auberlen joins BimmerWorld for Pirelli GT4 America". RACER.com. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

[TylerGonzalez-9] 1 2 "Tyler Gonzalez Rejoins Copeland Motorsports in Hyundai TCA Program". tcamerica.us. SRO Motorsports Group America. January 21, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

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