LEXINGTON, Ohio – The Trans-Am Series presented by Pirelli rolls into the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ready to showcase a 51-car entry list alongside the NASCAR XFINITY Series and the F4 US Championship for the track’s Mid-Ohio Challenge weekend.
The Trans-Am slate for the weekend will feature two 101.96-mile competitions, 45 laps around the 13-turn, 2.258-mile course, the FirstEnergy Muscle Car Challenge featuring the modern day pony cars of the TA2 class and the FirstEnergy 100 showcasing a multi-class competition composed of the TA, TA3 and TA4 classes.
In the TA class, points leader Ernie Francis, Jr., in the No. 98 Ford Mustang enters the weekend riding the success of a rampant start to his TA class career after three championships in three years in Trans-Am’s TA4 class. Now a fourth championship seems a definite possibility.
Two Ohio competitors will feature in the Trans-Am class, including two-time champion Amy Ruman, in the No. 23 Corvette, who has become the face of the class in recent years.
Ruman’s accolades in the TA class are numerous, 16 wins, 38 podium appearances, 53 top-five finishes while becoming the first woman to win a Trans-Am race and the first woman to win a Trans-Am championship, yet she has never climbed to the top step of the podium on her home track.
A Mid-Ohio win with family and friends alongside would be a crowning achievement for Ruman, finally, something new in the career of a driver who has taken home nearly every piece of silverware the series has to offer.
David Pintaric will also be on hand in his No. 57 Cadillac CTS-V. Pinatric, while not fielding a full season’s effort this year, has impacted every race he has entered this year capturing podium finishes in two of his three appearances. Pintaric’s success on the year and familiarity with the Mid-Ohio course should factor in throughout the weekend.
Defending class winner Simon Gregg, in the No. 59 Corvette will also be in attendance, vying for a victory at a track he’s historically had success at, including an additional Mid-Ohio victory in 2012.
Source : speedsport.com
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