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1988 Trans-Am Series

American sports car racing competition

The championship winning Audi Quattro driven by Haywood

The 1988 SCCA Escort Trans-Am Championship 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 quattro won the manufacturer's championship and Hurley Haywood won the driver's championship.

Results

Round	Date	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning vehicle
1	16 April	Long Beach	US Paul Gentilozzi	Oldsmobile Cutlass
2	1 May	Dallas	US Hurley Haywood	Audi 200
3	29 May	Sears Point	US Willy T. Ribbs	Chevrolet Camaro
4	18 June	Detroit	US Hurley Haywood	Audi 200
5	26 June	Niagara Falls	West Germany Walter Röhrl	Audi 200
6	2 July	Cleveland	West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi 200
7	17 July	Brainerd	West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi 200
8	23 July	Meadowlands	West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi 200
9	6 August	Lime Rock Park	US Scott Pruett	Merkur XR4Ti
10	3 September	Mid-Ohio	West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi 200
11	10 September	Road America	US Scott Pruett	Merkur XR4Ti
12	25 September	Mosport	US Darin Brassfield	Chevrolet Corvette
13	23 October	St. Petersburg	West Germany Walter Röhrl	Audi 200

Championship standings (Top 20)

Pos	Driver
LBH
DAL
SPT
DET
NGF
CLE
BIR
MEA
LRP
MOH
ROA
MSP
SPG	Pts	1	151.5	2	141	3	117	4	104	5	101	6	100	7	98	8	95	9	80	9	80	11	78.5	12	52	13	48	14	46	15	36	16	33	17	28	18	25	19	20	19	20	Pos	Driver
LBH
DAL
SPT
DET
NGF
CLE
BIR
MEA
LRP
MOH
ROA
MSP
SPG	Pts
USA Hurley Haywood	2	1*	6	1	13	4	2	2	4	3	4	22	18
USA Irv Hoerr	5	2	2	18	3	2	5*	7	3	8	28	5	4
USA Scott Pruett	7*	27	3	2	2	34		3	1*	16	1*
USA Jim Derhaag	6	5	7	4	23	10	3	8	8	14	9	6	9
USA Darin Brassfield	21	3**	9	38	4	32	25	12	2	6	27	1*	2*
FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck	29			35		1*	1	1*		1*	2		28
USA Lyn St. James	3	11	11	9	7	7	7	11	11	10	8	8	8
USA Les Lindley	4	19	4	12	5	3	21	10	6	4	30	11	7
FRG Walter Röhrl		13	5		1*				5			4	1
USA Paul Gentilozzi	1	23	8	3	17	5	4	4	32	32	36	13	26
USA Willy T. Ribbs		4*	1*	11	24			5			3		3
USA Bruce Nesbitt	15	6		7	9	24	27	14	10	7	18	14	10
USA Deborah Gregg	12	20	13	5	11	9	29	28	9	26	14	20	6
USA Mike Ciasulli	27	14	36	6	18	27	6	9	36	9	6	17	DNS
CAN Ron Fellows											5	3	5
USA Bob Sobey	9	10	30	32	19	8	9	13	22				14
USA Jerry Clinton	18	17	16	30	10	12	18	20	14	29	11	10	11
USA Jack Baldwin										2	7
USA Jerry Brassfield		3**	10			29
USA R.K. Smith		29	20	28	DNQ	37	26	24		5	DNS	7	21

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th-10th place
Dark Blue	Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Black	Disqualified
(DSQ)
White	Did not start
(DNS)
Blank	Not competing

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**	Darin Brassfield started in the #88 car at DAL,
falling out (30th/DNF) before the green flag,
switching to the #87 and finishing 3rd.
Both Darin and Jerry Brassfield were credited with the finish.

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References

"Trans-Am (page 3) - Championships - Racing Sports Cars".
Achorn, George. (Fall 2013). "2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed". Quattro Quarterly.
(March 18, 2014). "Trans Am history enshrined in Sebring Hall of Fame as Peter Gregg and Bob Tullius inducted". Trans Am Racing.
"1988 Trans-Am Box Scores".

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