2011 TM Master Cup season

The 2011 TM Master Cup season was a series of 20 international races for the TM Master Cup Series. This season was unique in that Adrien Devereux won the driver's championship, but his team, the Hodges-Walter Racing #26, finished 2nd in the owner's championship to the Volpi Racing Team #1.

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Preseason changes
Volpi Racing Team switched from their usual numbers (#27 and #28) and carried the #1 and #2 for 2011 due to Alexis Rainsford's 2010 championship. Beginning this season, the use of #1 is reserved for the defending driver's champion.

Team Saar USA released Ethan Everett, replacing him with Mike Whitmore. For the third time since 2007, the car was re-numbered, this time from #11 to #36. Everett went to the new Rick Milligan Racing team, which also used Saars. Originally, his full time teammate was Brian Sendack, but after Sendack's injuries at the 2010 Round of Alabama, ARLA champion Bobby Porteau was hired.

Flare Motorsports withdrew from the series and Lenard moved factory support to Ocean Motorsports. Thus Rachel Rainsford, who drove for Flare, dropped down to the ARLA Elite Series. Flare's other drivers, David Krikorian and Jacques Bouvier both left the team, but only Bouvier stayed in the TMMC, joining Majestic Motorsports. Delano left Majestic Motorsports to sponsor Woody Watts at Bolden Speedstable. Bolden also tabbed Luciano Soveral from the TM Junior Series, with sponsorship from Kleffler Media.

Gaspar de Sousa left his part-time slot at Hodges-Walter Racing to drive full time for Bill Barclay Racing. Danny Savin also left Hodges-Walter Racing due to the drop from 3 to 2 cars per team, and he later joined Camelot Racing as the team's third driver. Joining de Sousa at Bill Barclay Racing would be Michael Sykes, making an all-rookie team. Back at Hodges-Walter Racing, Erik Bohlender was announced as the team's third driver.

Star Motorsports announced that they would run special colors to show respect for the victims of the earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Plant explosion in Japan, for the first few races of the 2011 season.

For a gallery of paint schemes used during the season, check out the page for 2011 TM Master Cup paint schemes.

Schedule



 * The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.

New Points System
Also new in 2011 was the introduction of a new points system. This system only awards the top 20 finishers in each TM Master Cup Series event.


 * 5 bonus points goes to the race's polesitter
 * 5 bonus points goes to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.
 * Points are doubled at Karjala and Indianapolis.