2023 TC America Series

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[edit]

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

Entry list[edit]

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

Race results[edit]

Bold indicates overall winner

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

Championship standings[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ O'Connell, R.J. (July 29, 2022). "CoTA Returns, NOLA To Kick Off 2023 SRO America Calendar". Dailysportscar. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ Dagys, John (September 26, 2022). "Road America, VIR Clash Avoided in Revised 2023 Calendar". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ O'Connell, R.J. (October 17, 2022). "SRO Motorsports America Shifts Calendar, New Orleans Moved To April". Dailysportscar. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Newcomer Adam Gleason Takes Over TCX Title-Winning BMW M2 For Fast Track Racing in 2023 TC America Sports Car Season". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ "A Taste of Touring Cars is Back at NOLA Motorsports Park". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y SRO America (March 24, 2023). "Preview: TC America Powered by Skip Barber at Sonoma". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "L.A. Honda World Racing Announces Driver Lineup for SRO TC America Racing Series". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Racer Staff (March 13, 2023). "Drift and Pikes Peak champ Yoshihara enters TC America". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ Skip Barber Racing School (February 14, 2023). "Neto joins Skip Barber TC lineup for 2023". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ ^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.
^ Skip Barber Racing School (March 29, 2023). "Broll joins Skip Barber TC America race team". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ Industry (December 24, 2022). "Lambros joins Skip Barber TC America team". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ ^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.

External links[edit]

Official website

[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.

[GleasonFTR-4] "Newcomer Adam Gleason Takes Over TCX Title-Winning BMW M2 For Fast Track Racing in 2023 TC America Sports Car Season". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.

[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.

[24entries-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y SRO America (March 24, 2023). "Preview: TC America Powered by Skip Barber at Sonoma". Racer. Retrieved March 30, 2023.

[LAHonda-8] "L.A. Honda World Racing Announces Driver Lineup for SRO TC America Racing Series". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.

[YoshiharaVGRT-9] 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.

[GenRacer-11] "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.

[TechSportBRZ-14] "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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