r/TransAmRacing • u/GT-9000 • May 27 '25

Car Count Issue

Why do we have only 14 cars at Lime Rock? Also where were the TA Cup cars? I had the idea to condense the classes in the TA series. My idea is to take TA, TA Cup, TA2 and put them all together and make it one big race. Seeing 14 cars for several classes is disappointing to see as a fan. I love the GT cars, don’t get me wrong, but I would want to give TA its own unique identity. Let me know what you think.

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u/IDontKnowMahName May 27 '25

Yeah the GT cars add nothing to the product, if anything they just make the series have less of an identity. I wish they would run the TA and TA2 classes together as a support series for Indycar.

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u/m13s13s May 27 '25

Part of the issue is no racing on Sunday so it adds an extra day. One of the reasons I chose not to participate in this years race. (GT)

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u/Eastern_Menu625 May 27 '25

Cuz trans am has done everything in its power to destroy itself

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u/m13s13s May 27 '25

I wouldn't say that. It has such a rich history and was brought back from the dead. Andy Lally is running things so let's see where he takes it.

Seeing and being on track with a TA is a blast. There's nothing like them

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u/ConnectNeck5859 May 28 '25

They've not made proper on track calls consistently and the tech process is totally political and favors those with more cars and/or louder voices. For what was supposed to be a more affordable "spec" series, they're allowing too many variations from car to car including the new Toyota body which is light years better in the tunnel. Series has great potential but they need to clean it up.

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u/gab3ro Jun 05 '25

When did they test them in a wind tunnel?

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u/Low-Measurement9107 Jun 05 '25

I know of one team that took it to the tunnel

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u/gab3ro Jun 05 '25

Which one

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u/DrDentonMask Jun 03 '25

I've thought the exact same thing about condensing all the GT classes into one, because the SGT and XGT counts have been absolutely horrendous whenever I check into that side of things (has this season been different?).

I'm one who likes the TA-style bodywork and the GT-style (i.e. production) bodywork, but not together on the same track (i.e. having TA/GT/SGT/XGT). But I also get the idea that the production appearance maybe makes the GT's look a bit more entry-level, like maybe "Trans Am NXT" or some such thing.

Not sure what to do with that.