2007 Atlantic Championship

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 Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Raphael Matos driving for Sierra Sierra Enterprises.

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

Drivers and teams

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

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

The Denver Grand Prix has been cancelled by Champ Car as of February 1

Full Series results

Races
Rd Race Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 Vegas Atlantic GP Robert Wickens Robert Wickens Raphael Matos Sierra Sierra Ent. Report
2 Imperial Capital Bank GP of Long Beach Raphael Matos Raphael Matos Raphael Matos Sierra Sierra Ent. Report
3 Fast Trac 100 at the GP of Houston Raphael Matos Carl Skerlong Raphael Matos Sierra Sierra Ent. Report
4 Atlantic GP of Portland – Race 1 James Hinchcliffe Jonathan Bomarito Robert Wickens Forsythe Racing Report
5 Atlantic GP of Portland – Race 2 James Hinchcliffe James Hinchcliffe Kevin Lacroix Brooks Associates Report
6 Atlantic GP of Cleveland Raphael Matos James Hinchcliffe Raphael Matos Sierra Sierra Ent. Report
7 Atlantic GP of Mont-Tremblant Franck Perera Carl Skerlong Franck Perera Condor Motorsports Report
8 Steelback Atlantic GP Raphael Matos Franck Perera Franck Perera Condor Motorsports Report
9 Atlantic GP of Edmonton – Race 1 James Hinchcliffe Franck Perera Raphael Matos Sierra Sierra Ent. Report
10 Atlantic GP of Edmonton – Race 2 Raphael Matos Alan Sciuto Raphael Matos Sierra Sierra Ent. Report
11 Atlantic GP of San Jose Jonathan Bomarito Robert Wickens Jonathan Bomarito PR1 Motorsports Report
12 Generac Atlantic GP Franck Perera Alan Sciuto Franck Perera Condor Motorsports Report

Drivers

Point scoring system:

  • 1st – 20th = 31–27–25–23–21–19–17–15–13–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1

Bonus points:

  • 1 for fastest race lap
  • 1 for fastest Friday qualifying lap
  • 1 for fastest Saturday qualifying lap
  • 1 for most positions gained from starting position

The most points a single driver can earn in a single race is 34.

Pos Driver LVG LGB HOU POR1 POR2 CLE MTT TOR EDM1 EDM2 SAN ROA Points
1 Raphael Matos 1 1 1 4 6 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 341
2 Franck Perera (R) 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 Pérez (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 LGB HOU POR1 POR2 CLE MTT TOR EDM1 EDM2 SAN ROA Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)


See also

References
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  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. "Champ Car set to add Quebec pit stop". globeandmail.com. September 25, 2006. 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.
Preceded by
2006 Champ Car Atlantic season		 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season Succeeded by
2008 Atlantic Championship season
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