West Coast Swing
The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli is heading across the country for the first of two races in a West Coast Swing. First, the National Championship and Western Championship will hit the track together for the Sonoma SpeedTour at Sonoma Raceway before heading to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca next weekend.
The first Trans Am Series event ever held at Sonoma Raceway was in 1969, with Trans Am Hall of Famers Mark Donohue and Parnelli Jones battling until the checkered flag, which was ultimately taken by Donohue. 26 National Championship events have been previously held at Sonoma, and the Western Championship has held 11 races at the track. While the Western Championship has been visiting wine country every year since 2018, this is only the second time that the National Championship has taken on the hilly 12-turn course in the last two decades, with the most recent visit coming in 2022. Prior to that event, the last National race held at Sonoma was in 2004.
Wine Country Winners
Five drivers on this weekend’s entry list have driven to GYM WEED Winners Circle at Sonoma Raceway. The only driver with multiple victories at the track is Chris Dyson, who won in a Pro/Am exhibition at the track in 2021 and took the win from the pole when Trans Am’s National Championship competed at the track in 2022. Ken Sutherland, who will be driving the No. 85 Kallberg Racing Dodge Challenger in TA Cup, has also won at the track in SVRA and SCCA.
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