Ruman Heads to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for the Trans Am Bennett/BridgeHaul Classic
March 21, 2024
Munroe Falls, Ohio – The Trans Am Series Championship Presented by Pirelli will be at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA, this weekend for the Bennett/BridgeHaul Classic, part of the Mission Foods Road Atlanta SpeedTour. Amy Ruman heads to Atlanta after scoring valuable points and a third-place finish last month in the opening round of the Championship at Sebring International Raceway, FL.
Ruman has had many accomplishments at the 12-turn, 2.54-mile iconic Road Atlanta track, driving the No. 23 McNichols Co. Chevrolet Corvette to three career TA victories there: in 2011 she captured her historic first Trans Am win, won again in 2015 and 2016, captured a second-place finish in 2017, and third-place in 2019.
“We had an excellent start to the season at Sebring, so I’m going to ride the momentum into Road Atlanta this weekend. I’ve always loved it here and the fans are just awesome. We have been making more tweaks to the car so I’m confident we can be fast here again. It will be a great race!” remarked Ruman.
Trans Am is running in conjunction with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) as part of the2024 SpeedTour. Fifty-five competitors are entered across all classes, with ten running in Ruman’s TA class. Testing, practices, qualifying, and races will take place Thursday through Sunday. The Bennett/BridgeHaul Classic CUBE 3 Architecture TA2® Series race will be Saturday, March 23rd at 12:45pm followed by The Bennett/BridgeHaul Classic TA/GT feature race on Sunday at 12:10pm EDT, both races are 101.6-miles, 40-laps. Please visit gotransam.com, speedtour.net, svra.com for tickets, schedules, and all other weekend information.
MAVTV COVERAGE AND LIVE STREAMING: The 2024 National Championship will broadcast LIVE on MAVTV’s linear television network and its Free Ad-Supported Television (FAST) channel, MAVTV Select. The 2024 SpeedTour will also be LIVE streamed online on a variety of social media platforms including Trans Am Series and the SpeedTourTV YouTube channels. In addition to live broadcasts of the events, 60-minute highlight shows will air Thursdays on MAVTV in primetime following each race weekend, with the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race airing at 8:00 p.m. ET and the TA/XGT/SGT/GT race airing at 9:00 p.m. ET as part of MAVTV’s ‘World of Racing’ programming block. Other Trans Am programming includes the docuseries Road to Glory, which tracks the progress of teams and drivers in the paddock. Read Trans Am's 2024 Broadcast Package with MAVTV official announcement here.
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