The COTA SpeedTour Experience Motorsports (known as the Trans-Am at COTA or Austin Speedtour or COTA Trans Am 100 or Heacock Classic from Trans-Am or The Heacock Classic or Mission Foods Austin Speedtour) called for sponsorship reasons, is a Trans-Am Race that was held for the first time in the 2015 Trans-Am Series at Circuit of the Americas and was added as an expansion to the schedule. The race is usually held on October or November in the Trans-Am Series schedule. The race is scheduled with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association for the weekend. The West Coast Championship race has been added along the National Championship race since 2017 making Circuit of the Americas one of the tracks to host both events on the same weekend. Circuit of the Americas provided the closest finish in Trans-Am history, it was in the 2018 TA2 race when Gar Robinson passed Misha Goikhberg at the COTA Muscle Car Challenge by .064 seconds. There was another record made when 52 cars field the 2021 COTA TA2 race. The track has been part of two championships clinching races in the TA2 class (2019 & 2021). COTA has hosted once the season finale and that was in 2021. The race is held under The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli name, it is sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing owned by Parella Motorsports Holdings (PMH)
Official names and sponsors 2015–2016: Trans-Am at COTA 2017: The Trans American Muscle Car Challenge from COTA 2018: COTA Muscle Car Challenge at Circuit of The Americas 2019-2020: U.S. Vintage National Championship 2021–2022: Heacock Classic from Trans-Am (with Austin Speedtour) 2022-2024: Austin Speedtour presented by Mission Foods 2025–present: COTA SpeedTour Experience Motorsports
Winners of the Austin Speedtour
National Championship Year Circuit Date TA Winning driver TA Winning vehicle TA2 Winning driver TA2 Winning vehicle TA3-I Winning driver TA3-I Winning vehicle TA3-A Winning driver TA3-A Winning vehicle2015Circuit of the AmericasNovember 8 Amy RumanChevrolet Corvette Adam AndrettiChevrolet Camaro Fernando SeferlisAston Martin GT4 Ernie Francis, Jr.Chevrolet Camaro Year Circuit Date TA Winning driver TA Winning vehicle TA2 Winning driver TA2 Winning vehicle TA3 Winning driver TA3 Winning vehicle TA4 Winning driver TA4 Winning vehicle2016Circuit of the AmericasNovember 5 Paul FixChevrolet Corvette Dillon MachavernFord Mustang Tim KezmanPorsche 997 Todd NapieralskiFord Mustang2017Circuit of the AmericasNovember 4 Ernie Francis, Jr.Ford Mustang Shane LewisChevrolet Camaro Jason DaskalosDodge Viper Competition Coupe Shane LewisChevrolet Camaro2018Circuit of the AmericasNovember 1–3 Ernie Francis, Jr.Ford Mustang Gar RobinsonChevrolet Camaro Ryan DexterGinetta G55 Warren DexterGinetta G55YearCircuitDateTA Winning driverTA2 Winning driverXGT Winning driverSGT Winning driverGT Winning driver2019Circuit of the Americas†October 4–6 Adam Andretti Marc Millerno entries Ken Thwaits Joe Bogetich* 2020Circuit of the Americas†November 6–8 Boris Said Rafa Matos Jason Daskalos Lou Gigliotti Billy Griffin2021Circuit of the AmericasNovember 5–7 Matthew Brabham Rafa Matos Erich Joiner Natalie Decker Sean YoungYearCircuitDateTA Winning driverTA2 Winning driverXGT Winning driverSGT Winning driverGT Winning driverTAH Winning driver2022Circuit of the AmericasNovember 4–6 Chris Dyson Thomas Merrill Marc Austin Dirk Leuenberger Chris Coffey Adam Andretti 2023Circuit of the AmericasNovember 2–5 Gar Robinson Thomas Annunziata Xuanqian Wang Michael LaPaglia Chris Coffey 2024Circuit of the AmericasNovember 1–3 Chris Dyson Brett Crews Will Rodgers Joshua Carlson Chris Coffey
† Race is held in combination with the Trans Am West Coast Championship
Unofficial Winner
West Coast Championship Year Circuit Date TA Winning driver TA Winning vehicle TA2 Winning driver TA2 Winning vehicle TA3 Winning driver TA3 Winning vehicle TA4 Winning driver TA4 Winning vehicle2017Circuit of the AmericasNovember 4 Tomy DrissiChevrolet Corvette Shane LewisChevrolet Camaro No entries Guy DreierMaserati GranTurismo MC GT42018Circuit of the AmericasNovember 1–3 Ernie Francis, Jr.Ford Mustang Gar RobinsonChevrolet Camaro Ryan DexterGinetta G55 Warren DexterGinetta G55YearCircuitDateTA Winning driverTA2 Winning driverXGT Winning driverSGT Winning driverGT Winning driver2019Circuit of the AmericasOctober 4–6 Adam Andretti Brad McAllister no entries Ken Thwaits Joe Bogetich* 2020Circuit of the AmericasNovember 6–8 Greg Pickett None entered Natalie Decker Sean Young2021Circuit of the AmericasNovember 6–7None entered Ken Sutherland Erich Joiner Cindi LuxNone enteredYearCircuit DateTA2 Winning driverSGT Winning driverGT Winning driverXGT Winning driverTA Winning driver2022Circuit of the AmericasNovember 4–6 Cody Powell Michael LaPaglia Xuangian Wang Matt Crandall2023Circuit of the AmericasNovember 2–5 Thomas Annunziata Michael LaPaglia Chris Coffey Xuanqian Wang Gar Robinson 2024Circuit of the AmericasNovember 1–3 Brett Crews Joshua Carlson Chris Coffey Will Rodgers Chris Dyson
Unofficial Winner
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