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' champion Raphael Matos

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

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
Jensen MotorSport 2 Tom Sutherland All
13 Frankie Muniz All
22 Dominick Muermans 1–2
Steve Ott 11
Red Bull Team Forsythe 3 Robert Wickens All
7 John Edwards All
US RaceTronics 4 David Garza All
24 Carl Skerlong All
Walker Racing 5 Simona de Silvestro All
15 Ryan Lewis 4–12
Sierra Sierra Enterprises 6 Raphael Matos All
9 James Hinchcliffe All
Brooks Associates Racing 8 Jiang Tengyi 1–3
10 Joe D'Agostino 2–3
Kevin Lacroix 4–10, 12
Ronnie Bremer 11
Condor Motorsports 11 Franck Perera All
16 Junior Strous All
19 Brian Thienes All
Polestar Racing Group 12 Ronnie Bremer 1–6
21 Bret MacDonald 1–6
Genoa Racing 17 Adrian Carrio All
37 Richard Heistand 1–7, 9–12
Conquest Racing 18 Giacomo Ricci All
44 Matt Lee All
Alan Sciuto Racing 20 Alan Sciuto All
PR1 Motorsports 23 Jonathan Bomarito All
32 Mike Forest All
Mathiasen Motorsports 26 Justin Sofio All
Gelles Racing 30 Luis Mussi 2–3
Newman Wachs Racing 34 Tõnis Kasemets 12
36 J. R. Hildebrand All
Paladin Motorsports 45 Adrien Herberts 2–10
Natacha Gachnang 11
The Room Store 49 Dan Selznick 1–2, 4–5

Schedule

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

The Denver Grand Prix was cancelled by Champ Car

Race results

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

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

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 Raphael Matos 1 1 1 4 6 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 341
2 Franck Perera  RY  5 5 5 5 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 310
3 Robert Wickens  R  2 3 10 1 4 5 5 7 4 10 3 7 255
4 James Hinchcliffe 4 7 3 2 2 6 3 Ret 3 9 Ret 14 224
5 Jonathan Bomarito 3 2 4 24 7 Ret 4 Ret 14 2 1 4 207
6 Giacomo Ricci  R  Ret 6 8 11 12 4 6 4 5 6 Ret 5 188
7 J. R. Hildebrand  R  Ret Ret 7 6 9 2 9 Ret Ret 5 15 9 140
8 Alan Sciuto 7 Ret 6 7 Ret 9 12 6 Ret 4 7 20 140
9 John Edwards  R  Ret 4 12 21 Ret 19 11 2 6 8 Ret 8 125
10 Carl Skerlong  R  Ret 9 2 8 11 12 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 3 114
11 Justin Sofio 9 10 11 14 18 10 14 8 10 19 8 15 112
12 Ryan Lewis 3 5 Ret 13 5 9 13 Ret 10 107
13 Kevin Lacroix  R  15 1 14 8 Ret 18 7 6 105
14 Junior Strous  R  6 13 DNS 9 8 13 Ret Ret DNS DNS 5 Ret 92
15 Ronnie Bremer 8 8 9 10 13 7 9 92
16 Matt Lee  R  10 11 17 19 15 18 10 Ret 12 12 Ret 12 79
17 David Garza  R  Ret 24 14 12 10 8 15 10 8 20 18 Ret 78
18 Adrian Carrio  R  Ret 12 13 17 Ret Ret 16 Ret 7 DSQ 6 11 77
19 Simona de Silvestro  R  Ret Ret 15 16 16 11 7 Ret 13 Ret 10 22 69
20 Adrien Herberts  R  15 19 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 11 15 51
21 Tom Sutherland  R  Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 16 43
22 Frankie Muniz  R  Ret 19 21 22 20 Ret Ret 9 17 16 11 18 41
23 Mike Forest  R  11 18 18 18 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 17 16 13 41
24 Brian Thienes  R  12 17 23 20 21 17 20 Ret 15 18 14 19 38
25 Richard Heistand  R  Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 11 12 21 29
26 Luis Mussi  R  20 16 6
27 Joe D'Agostino 16 20 6
28 Dominick Muermans  R  Ret 22 5
29 Tõnis Kasemets 17 4
30 Dan Selznick Ret Ret Ret 24 2
31 Bret McDonald  R  Ret 21 Ret 23 22 20 2
32 Jiang Tengyi  R  Ret 23 22 0
33 Steve Ott  R  Ret 0
34 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

    References

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    3. ^ "Cleveland 2007 date announced". motorsport.com. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2006.
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