r/TransAmRacing • u/Potential_Plan_4533 • Mar 13 '23

Trans Am event at Road America

Hello there, I'm planning to go to my first ever Trans Am race weekend at Road America this summer. My main question is what the weekend schedule is usually like, I don't see anything posted on RA's website or on TA's website. Also any tips for a first-time fan at the track would be much appreciated.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '23

Speaking as an experienced crew member for a TA car, the TA/SGT/XGT/GT race will be on either Saturday or Sunday with the TA2 race being on the day the other race isn’t. Trans Am usually doesn’t release the weekend schedule until closer to the race on their website. Also there will be 2 test sessions two days before the race, with official practice and qualifying the day before the race. While you are at the track you can get close to basically any of the cars as long as you are respectful of the teams while they’re working on the cars and the drivers are usually ok with seeing fans. If you’ve never been to Road America before, I suggest walking around the track to scoop out where you want to watch the race from because there are so many good places to see the cars from. Also I don’t know if the #2 Weaver Racing Dodge Challenger is going to be there yet, but the plan is to try to go to defend the win from last year. If we do go you are welcome to check the car out, and I can’t confirm yet who’s going to drive but it’ll probably be either Boris Said or Paul Menard. Lastly it should be a good show and since NASCAR isn’t racing that weekend at Road America the races should be live-streaming on YouTube.

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u/Potential_Plan_4533 Mar 13 '23

Hey thanks for the reply! I'm a big Boris fan so that would be awesome to see for sure. Yeah I live in Texas but will be up in Wisconsin for that week to visit family and was looking for other things to do and noticed this on the schedule! I unfortunately can only be there Saturday, but it sounds like no matter what cars will be on track that day so its worth the trip!

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '23

There will also be a ton of vintage cars, and Boris will probably be driving either the car that I work on or it’s sister car if Paul Menard drives, but if we’re there feel free to come by and check the cars out and you will probably see Boris and/or Paul Menard at some point.

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u/Potential_Plan_4533 Mar 15 '23

Yeah I'm looking forward to it, Road America is one of my favorite tracks and can't wait to see it in person. So a general admission ticket will let you into the pits? That's cool if so!

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

There’s only general admission tickets, but it’s essentially an all access pass to the paddock, and fan grid walk on pit road before the race. However anyone without a pass can not be on pit road during on track activities. But again you can get right up to the cars and usually the guys running vintage love to talk about their cars, and most of the Trans Am guys will answer pretty much any questions about their cars as well.

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u/Potential_Plan_4533 Mar 15 '23

Oh wow cool, thanks I'm looking forward to it!

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u/boomboomSRF Mar 14 '23

We will be there with our B2 Motorsports TA2 car for the first time come by and say hello to the crew!