2007 Atlantic Championship

2007 Champ Car Atlantic season
Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 8
End dateAugust 12
Awards
Drivers' championBrazil Raphael Matos
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The 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Season was the thirty-third Champ Car Atlantic season, its sixth season as the prime feeder series for the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 8, 2007 and ended on August 12 after 12 races. The champion was Raphael Matos driving for Sierra Sierra Enterprises.

Teams and drivers

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The following teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season. All teams used the Swift 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda-Cosworth 2.3 liter inline-4 engine and Cooper tires.

Team No Drivers Rounds
Canada Jensen MotorSport 2 United States Tom Sutherland All
13 United States Frankie Muniz All
22 Netherlands Dominick Muermans 1–2
United States Steve Ott 11
United States Red Bull Team Forsythe 3 Canada Robert Wickens All
7 United States John Edwards All
United States US RaceTronics 4 Mexico David Garza All
24 United States Carl Skerlong All
United States Walker Racing 5 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro All
15 United Kingdom Ryan Lewis 4–12
United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises 6 Brazil Raphael Matos All
9 Canada James Hinchcliffe All
United States Brooks Associates Racing 8 China Jiang Tengyi 1–3
10 United States Joe D'Agostino 2–3
Canada Kevin Lacroix 4–10, 12
Denmark Ronnie Bremer 11
United States Condor Motorsports 11 France Franck Perera All
16 Netherlands Junior Strous All
19 United States Brian Thienes All
United States Polestar Racing Group 12 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 1–6
21 United States Bret MacDonald 1–6
United States Genoa Racing 17 United States Adrian Carrio All
37 United States Richard Heistand 1–7, 9–12
United States Conquest Racing 18 Italy Giacomo Ricci All
44 United States Matt Lee All
United States Alan Sciuto Racing 20 United States Alan Sciuto All
United States PR1 Motorsports 23 United States Jonathan Bomarito All
32 Canada Mike Forest All
United States Mathiasen Motorsports 26 United States Justin Sofio All
United States Gelles Racing 30 Brazil Luis Mussi 2–3
United States Newman Wachs Racing 34 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 12
36 United States J. R. Hildebrand All
United States Paladin Motorsports 45 Canada Adrien Herberts 2–10
Switzerland Natacha Gachnang 11
United States The Room Store 49 United States Dan Selznick 1–2, 4–5

Schedule

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Rd Date Race name Track Location
1 April 8 United States Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix[1] Streets of Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada
2 April 15 United States Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach[1] Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
3 April 22 United States Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston[1] JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park[2] Houston, Texas
4 June 9 United States Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
5 June 10
6 June 24 United States Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland[3] Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
7 July 1 Canada Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant[4] Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec
8 July 8 Canada Steelback Atlantic Grand Prix[4] Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
9 July 21 Canada Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton[4] Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta
10 July 22
11 July 29 United States Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose[5] Streets of San Jose San Jose, California
12 August 12 United States Generac Atlantic Grand Prix Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

The Denver Grand Prix was cancelled by Champ Car

Race results

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Rd Track Pole Position Fastest Lap Race winner
Driver Team
1 Streets of Las Vegas Canada Robert Wickens Canada Robert Wickens Brazil Raphael Matos United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises
2 Streets of Long Beach Brazil Raphael Matos Brazil Raphael Matos Brazil Raphael Matos United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises
3 JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park Brazil Raphael Matos United States Carl Skerlong Brazil Raphael Matos United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises
4 Portland International Raceway Canada James Hinchcliffe United States Jonathan Bomarito Canada Robert Wickens United States Forsythe Racing
5 Canada James Hinchcliffe Canada James Hinchcliffe Canada Kevin Lacroix United States Brooks Associates Racing
6 Burke Lakefront Airport Brazil Raphael Matos Canada James Hinchcliffe Brazil Raphael Matos United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises
7 Circuit Mont-Tremblant France Franck Perera United States Carl Skerlong France Franck Perera United States Condor Motorsports
8 Exhibition Place Brazil Raphael Matos France Franck Perera France Franck Perera United States Condor Motorsports
9 Edmonton City Centre Airport Canada James Hinchcliffe France Franck Perera Brazil Raphael Matos United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises
10 Brazil Raphael Matos United States Alan Sciuto Brazil Raphael Matos United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises
11 Streets of San Jose United States Jonathan Bomarito Canada Robert Wickens United States Jonathan Bomarito United States PR1 Motorsports
12 Road America France Franck Perera United States Alan Sciuto France Franck Perera United States Condor Motorsports

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 31 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point.
  • The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
  • The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.
Pos Driver LVG LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SAN ROA Points
1 Brazil Raphael Matos 1 1 1 4 6 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 341
2 France Franck Perera  RY  5 5 5 5 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 310
3 Canada Robert Wickens  R  2 3 10 1 4 5 5 7 4 10 3 7 255
4 Canada James Hinchcliffe 4 7 3 2 2 6 3 Ret 3 9 Ret 14 224
5 United States Jonathan Bomarito 3 2 4 24 7 Ret 4 Ret 14 2 1 4 207
6 Italy Giacomo Ricci  R  Ret 6 8 11 12 4 6 4 5 6 Ret 5 188
7 United States J. R. Hildebrand  R  Ret Ret 7 6 9 2 9 Ret Ret 5 15 9 140
8 United States Alan Sciuto 7 Ret 6 7 Ret 9 12 6 Ret 4 7 20 140
9 United States John Edwards  R  Ret 4 12 21 Ret 19 11 2 6 8 Ret 8 125
10 United States Carl Skerlong  R  Ret 9 2 8 11 12 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 3 114
11 United States Justin Sofio 9 10 11 14 18 10 14 8 10 19 8 15 112
12 United Kingdom Ryan Lewis 3 5 Ret 13 5 9 13 Ret 10 107
13 Canada Kevin Lacroix  R  15 1 14 8 Ret 18 7 6 105
14 Netherlands Junior Strous  R  6 13 DNS 9 8 13 Ret Ret DNS DNS 5 Ret 92
15 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 8 8 9 10 13 7 9 92
16 United States Matt Lee  R  10 11 17 19 15 18 10 Ret 12 12 Ret 12 79
17 Mexico David Garza  R  Ret 24 14 12 10 8 15 10 8 20 18 Ret 78
18 United States Adrian Carrio  R  Ret 12 13 17 Ret Ret 16 Ret 7 DSQ 6 11 77
19 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro  R  Ret Ret 15 16 16 11 7 Ret 13 Ret 10 22 69
20 Canada Adrien Herberts  R  15 19 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 11 15 51
21 United States Tom Sutherland  R  Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 16 43
22 United States Frankie Muniz  R  Ret 19 21 22 20 Ret Ret 9 17 16 11 18 41
23 Canada Mike Forest  R  11 18 18 18 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 17 16 13 41
24 United States Brian Thienes  R  12 17 23 20 21 17 20 Ret 15 18 14 19 38
25 United States Richard Heistand  R  Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 11 12 21 29
26 Brazil Luis Mussi  R  20 16 6
27 United States Joe D'Agostino 16 20 6
28 Netherlands Dominick Muermans  R  Ret 22 5
29 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 17 4
30 United States Dan Selznick Ret Ret Ret 24 2
31 United States Bret McDonald  R  Ret 21 Ret 23 22 20 2
32 China Jiang Tengyi  R  Ret 23 22 0
33 United States Steve Ott  R  Ret 0
34 Switzerland Natacha Gachnang  R  DNS 0
Pos Driver LVG LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SAN ROA Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not

participate (DNP)

Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position (1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led race laps
↑ Improved the most places
 R  Rookie
 RY  Rookie of the Year

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Vegas Grand Prix opens 2007 Champ Car season". reviewjournal.com. August 1, 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2006.
  2. ^ "Sponsor boost for Toronto, Houston". crash.net. March 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2007.
  3. ^ "Cleveland 2007 date announced". motorsport.com. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2006.
  4. ^ a b c "Champ Car set to add Quebec pit stop". globeandmail.com. September 25, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
  5. ^ "2007 Champ Car Schedule Coming – China, Europe to be Added?". paddocktalk.com. September 17, 2006. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2006.
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