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Trans Am to return to streets of Adelaide

By Timothy Neal

Date posted: 29 November 2023

The Australian Trans Am series will make a return to the VAILO Adelaide 500 in 2024 as the finale to its seven round season.

The season finale Supercars support act will follow the penultimate Bathurst International round for a big closing act to round out its fourth full season.

The series hasn’t been on the Adelaide streets since it launched there as a category in 2020 before its inaugural season was shut down due to the pandemic, with the 2024 finale being just the second time that the series has featured on a street circuit.

Back in 2020 it was Aaron Seton that shone in the Adelaide Parklands, taking out pole and winning all three races in the first ever Trans Am round.

The 2024 Trans Am series will visit five states in a seven round season

It will be the second visit to South Australia for the series in 2024 alongside the Round 4 visit to The Bend on May 31-June 2, with this being a first ever visit to the track for Trans Am in a calendar that visits five states across the country.

The series will launch in Victoria in 2024 with the opening round set for February 9-11 at the Sandown International Raceway for the opening round of the SpeedSeries.

A trip to the Apple Isle on March 15-17 then follows for another round at Symmons Plains, before the show heads back across the Bass Strait to Phillip Island on April 12-14.

Following the first ever round at the Shell V-Power Motorsports Park in SA, it then heads to the Queensland Raceway on July 12-14.

The Bathurst International is the next stop for the series on November 8-10 before it concludes at the VAIL Adelaide 500 for its marquee Supercars support for a big weekend of street themed horsepower.

James Moffat cruises to another Trans Am win to clinch to 2023 title. Image: RACE PROJECT

2023 TRANS AM SERIES CALENDAR

Round 1: Sandown International Raceway – 9-11 February
Round 2: Race Tasmania – 15-17 March
Round 3: Phillip Island – 12-14 April
Round 4: Shell V-Power Motorsport Park (The Bend) – 31 May – 2 June
Round 5: Queensland Raceway – 12-14 July
Round 6: Supercheap Auto Bathurst International – 8-10 November
Round 7: VAILO Adelaide 500 – 14-17 November

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