By Trans Am - Jun 28, 2026, 1:18 PM ET

Brabham dominates Road America TA; Moore cinches TA Cup title

Matthew Brabham (No. 16 Gym Soda Ford Mustang) continued his lights-out dominance of the Trans Am Series by Pirelli at Road America on Sunday, winning his sixth event in seven races this season, and the 14th of his career in just 23 starts.

After demolishing the track record (which was set by him, last year) in qualifying on Saturday, Brabham was able to get a jump off the line and pull away from his closest opponent, Paul Menard, in the early moments of the 25-lap contest.

Laying down some qualifying-type laps around the 4.048-mile road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Brabham had at one point in the race, extended his lead north of five seconds, before an issue with Paul Menard’s No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints / Menards Ford Mustang, took the Wisconsin-native out of contention for the victory.

Menard was forced to hit pit road after suffering a major tire failure, which left him a lap behind the race-leader, and off the podium for the TA class… and suddenly, Brabham’s lead had extended to more than a full minute.

That astronomical lead was quickly erased with four laps remaining, though, after TA Cup championship driver Ken Thwaits crashed hard in Canada Corner, drawing the caution, and forcing the race into a one-lap shootout for the victory.

Brabham lined up with the rapid lapped car of Paul Menard as a buffer between him, Tomy Drissi, and David Pintaric, ensuring that the Chris Dyson Racing machine could pull away and get to victory lane, while getting to have some on-track fun with Menard.

“It’s never easy out there, obviously Paul [Menard] had some issues there, but he was there for that restart. I know he was a lap down, but I thought, ‘hey, I know he’s going to want to have a race, especially after the race he’s already had’, and he had something there for me,” said Brabham. “We were so close in qualifying. I think it’s the closest they’ve been to our car all year and those guys are doing a great job. So, hats off to Paul, I know that sucks for him in that race, but he’s getting there, it’s going to be on for the rest of the year.”

Brabham crossed the start-finish line 6.864s ahead of runner-up Tomy Drissi, while third place in the TA class, David Pintaric, didn’t get the opportunity to finish the final lap of the race, after crashing with GT1 Challenge winner Colin Comer in Turn 3.

Menard finished fourth in class, a lap down, with Jon DeGaynor in fifth, 24 laps down. Amy Ruman didn’t start Sunday’s Trans Am Series by Pirelli event after a crash during practice that forced the No. 23 McNichols Co. Chevrolet Corvette to withdraw.