2003 Trans-Am Series

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The 2003 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup was the 38th season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. This year saw the series visit Puerto Rico for the first time; the first race since 1991 not in Canada or the United States. The Rookie of the Year was won by Jorge Diaz, Jr., the Owners Championship was won by the #7 Rocketsports Racing entry and the Manufacturers' Championship was won by Jaguar.

Schedule

The 2003 schedule was released in February 2003 with 11 rounds, featuring the new for 2003 Puerto Rico Grand Prix, and an unconfirmed 12th round to be announced at a later date.{{cite web|url=https://us.motorsport.com/transam/news/2003-schedule-announced-2003-02-06/1017026/|title=2003 schedule announced|date=February 6, 2003|publisher=Motorsport.com|access-date=2023-03-14}} In March, the 2003 National Grand Prix of Washington D.C, scheduled for June 28–29, was cancelled due to local environmental and noise concerns.{{cite web|url=https://au.motorsport.com/transam/news/washington-dc-event-canceled/1023159/?nrt=174|title=Washington DC event canceled|date=March 9, 2003|publisher=Motorsport.com|access-date=2023-03-14}} In August, it was announced that the series would be added to the Grand Prix Americas CART weekend.{{cite web|url=https://us.motorsport.com/transam/news/title-sponsor-announced-miami-added-to-2003-schedule/1069070/|title=Title sponsor announced, Miami added to 2003 schedule|date=August 30, 2003|publisher=Motorsport.com|access-date=2023-03-14}}

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Rd.

! Date

! Race name

! Track

1

|February 23

|Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

|{{flagicon|US}} Streets of St. Petersburg

2

|April 13

|Grand Prix of Long Beach

|{{flagicon|US}} Streets of Long Beach

3

|May 18

|The Victoria Day Trans-Am Weekend

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Mosport Park

4

|May 26

|Lime Rock Grand Prix

|{{flagicon|US}} Lime Rock Park

5

|June 22

|Trans Am 100

|{{flagicon|US}} Infineon Raceway

6

|July 4

|Cleveland Grand Prix

|{{flagicon|US}} Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport

7

|August 2

|Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Circuit Trois-Rivières

8

|August 24

|The Trans-Am 100

|{{flagicon|US}} Road America

9

|August 31

|MotoRock Mile High 100

|{{flagicon|US}} Streets of Denver

10

|September 28

|MotoRock Miami 100

|{{flagicon|US}} Miami Bayfront Park Street Circuit

11

|October 24

|Puerto Rico Grand Prix

|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Isla Grande Airport Circuit

Results

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! |Rd.

! |Race

! |Pole position

! |Winning Driver

! |Winning Car

1

|{{flagicon|US}} St. Petersburg

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|Jaguar XKR

2

|{{flagicon|US}} Long Beach

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|US}} Boris Said

|Ford Mustang

3

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Mosport

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|Jaguar XKR

4

|{{flagicon|US}} Lime Rock

|{{flagicon|US}} Johnny Miller

|{{flagicon|US}} Johnny Miller

|Jaguar XKR

5

|{{flagicon|US}} Infineon

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|Jaguar XKR

6

|{{flagicon|US}} Cleveland

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|Jaguar XKR

7

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Trois-Rivières

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|Jaguar XKR

8

|{{flagicon|US}} Road America

|{{flagicon|US}} Johnny Miller

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|Jaguar XKR

9

|{{flagicon|US}} Denver

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|Jaguar XKR

10

|{{flagicon|US}} Miami

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|Jaguar XKR

11

|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} San Juan

|{{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Wally Castro

|Jaguar XKR

Final points standings

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Place

! Driver

! Points

1

|{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Pruett

|340

2

|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Miller

|264

3

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Lewis

|228

4

|{{flagicon|PUR}} Jorge Diaz, Jr.

|219

5

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Sak

|209

6

|{{flagicon|USA}} Randy Ruhlman

|186

7

|{{flagicon|USA}} Stu Hayner

|178

8

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Baucom

|173

9

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tomy Drissi

|148

10

|{{flagicon|USA}} Simon Gregg

|122

11

|{{flagicon|USA}} Boris Said

|119

12

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joey Scarallo

|108

13

|{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Gentilozzi

|85

14

|{{flagicon|USA}} Max Lagod

|78

15

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Ruman

|69

16

|{{flagicon|USA}} Greg Pickett

|61

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References

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/2003/transam.html|title=2003 Trans-Am Championship|publisher=Speedfreaks.com|access-date=2023-03-14}}

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