2009 Star Mazda Championship

The 2009 Star Mazda Championship was the eleventh season of the Star Mazda Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that competes using spec chassis and engines. It consisted of a 13-race schedule beginning in March and ending in October. For the first time since 2006, the series featured races on oval tracks, more precisely the Milwaukee Mile and the Iowa Speedway. The remaining races except the one at Virginia were held jointly with the also Mazda-backed Atlantic Championship. In addition to the main championship that is typically tested by young, developing drivers, there were also additional class titles for senior drivers.

2009 Star Mazda Championship
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Adam Christodoulou won the championship ahead of Peter Dempsey, after the Irish driver's retirement at the final round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca gifted the title to the Briton.[1][2] Chris Cumming and Michael Guasch won class titles for older drivers.[3]

Teams and Drivers
Team No. Driver(s) Round(s) Notes
AIM Autosport 3 Peter Dempsey 1–5
71 David Ostella All
72 Jorge Goncalvez All
73 Giancarlo Vilarinho 13 Unregistered
American Speed Factory 31 Carlos Conde 2, 4–5, 8–9 Masters Series
Andersen Racing 2 Joel Miller 7–13
5 Joe D'Agostino 1
17 Mikaël Grenier 2–6, 10
21 Denis Navarro All
22 Conor Daly All
33 Richard Kent 1, 3–13
DF Racing 12 Chuck Hulse 3, 13 Masters Series
Eliseo THL Motorsports 77 Kevin Toledo 1–10, 12
Goshen Motorsports 80 Toshi Deki 1–10 Expert Series
82 Billy Goshen 1–7
83 Ryan Booth 1–2
Bruce Binnquist 3 Unregistered
JDC MotorSports 2 Joel Miller 1–6
11 Adam Christodoulou All
19 Caio Lara All
20 Gustavo Linares 3, 6–7 Unregistered
51 Alex Ardoin All
55 Gerry Kraut 1–4, 8, 11–13 Masters Series
85 Chris Miller 12–13 Unregistered
91 Michael Guasch 1–5, 8–11, 13 Masters Series
Juncos Racing 3 Peter Dempsey 6–13
13 Michael Furfari 1–10
23 Walt Bowlin 1–5, 10–12 Masters Series
61 Sean Burstyn 1–5, 7–10
80 Toshi Deki 11–13 Expert Series
Kester Racing with Team 3G 15 Taylor Hacquard 1–7
16 Chris Cumming 1–6 Expert Series
24 Jeffery Kester 1–7
48 Kristy Kester 1–7
Mitchell Motorsports 66 Rusty Mitchell All
Mundill 13 Michael Furfari 11–13
27 Anders Krohn All
64 Patrick O'Neill 2–3, 13 Expert Series
Northwest Autosport 29 Phil Fogg 1, 3 Expert Series
Team Apex 57 Bob Kaminsky 8 Unregistered
Team GDT 30 Rick Rosin 2–5, 8–9, 12 Unregistered
Kyle Marcelli 13 Unregistered
65 J. W. Roberts 1, 10, 13 Expert Series
Ashley Freiberg 8–9 Unregistered
Worldspeed Motorsports 16 Chris Cumming 8–9, 12–13 Expert Series
18 Stan Kohls 3 Unregistered
86 Dave House 3 Unregistered

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 20 Richard Kent Caio Lara Adam Christodoulou JDC MotorSports
2 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 26 Adam Christodoulou Adam Christodoulou Peter Dempsey AIM Autosport
3 Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah May 16 Adam Christodoulou Adam Christodoulou Adam Christodoulou JDC MotorSports
4 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey June 13 Conor Daly ? Conor Daly Andersen Racing
5 June 14 Richard Kent ? Richard Kent Andersen Racing
6 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 20 Richard Kent Peter Dempsey Anders Krohn Mundill
7 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa July 10 Peter Dempsey ? Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing
8 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois July 25 Peter Dempsey ? Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing
9 July 26 Peter Dempsey ? Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing
10 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 16 Rusty Mitchell ? Alex Ardoin JDC MotorSports
11 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario August 29 Richard Kent ? Richard Kent Andersen Racing
12 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia September 25 Peter Dempsey ? Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing
13 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California October 10 Peter Dempsey Peter Dempsey Adam Christodoulou JDC MotorSports

Championship standings

Overall
Pos Driver SEB
 VIR
 MMP
 NJ
 MIL
 IOW
 ACC
 TRO
 MOS
 ATL
 LAG
 Points
1 Adam Christodoulou 1 7 1 2 24 2 5 2 2 5 3 3 1 473
2 Peter Dempsey 6 1 2 6 7 4 1 1 1 13 4 1 20 461
3 Conor Daly 3 5 22 1 8 21 2 3 5 14 2 2 4 416
4 Alex Ardoin 8 2 6 24 2 3 14 17 7 1 8 5 2 401
5 Joel Miller 5 3 3 5 4 14 18 7 4 3 12 4 16 390
6 Anders Krohn 17 6 11 12 6 1 6 9 11 6 5 9 3 380
7 Richard Kent 2 4 8 1 20 17 4 3 19 1 6 6 377
8 Caio Lara 4 10 5 4 5 8 9 10 9 20 7 8 15 360
9 Jorge Goncalvez 9 4 13 9 10 5 20 18 15 18 6 11 5 329
- Michael Furfari 12 25 9 7 11 10 8 8 6 8 13 13 9 329
11 Denis Navarro 15 19 8 18 9 13 15 6 10 10 10 7 7 321
12 Rusty Mitchell 11 26 16 25 25 6 4 16 13 2 11 10 17 295
13 David Ostella 23 9 17 10 18 18 3 20 8 7 9 18 18 294
14 Toshi Deki 26 17 24 23 21 17 11 15 17 16 15 15 14 237
15 Kevin Toledo 10 27 19 14 16 19 7 19 14 17 14 220
16 Michael Guasch 18 14 20 26 17 11 12 11 16 13 202
17 Chris Cumming 14 22 27 16 15 16 12 16 12 10 200
18 Mikaël Grenier 8 7 3 3 12 4 189
19 Sean Burstyn 20 23 14 20 19 13 5 18 9 184
20 Billy Goshen 27 11 10 11 12 7 12 162
21 Gerry Kraut 21 16 23 19 13 14 16 12 154
22 Kristy Kester 24 13 15 13 13 15 10 149
23 Taylor Hacquard 16 21 12 15 14 9 19 146
24 Jeffery Kester 13 24 21 17 20 11 16 130
25 Walt Bowlin 25 20 25 22 23 15 17 17 124
26 Carlos Conde 18 21 22 14 19 86
27 Patrick O'Neill 15 26 8 59
28 J. W. Roberts 22 12 19 55
29 Chuck Hulse 17 11 43
30 Ryan Booth 28 12 32
31 Joe D'Agostino 7 29
32 Phil Fogg 19 27 25
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

Expert (age 30–44)
Pos Name Starts Points
1 Chris Cumming 10 184
2 Toshi Deki 13 172
3 Patrick O'Neill 3 56
4 J. W. Roberts 3 46
5 Phil Fogg 2 28


Masters (age 45 and older)
Pos Name Starts Points
1 Michael Guasch 10 178
2 Gerry Kraut 8 138
3 Walt Bowlin 8 112
4 Carlos Conde 5 76
5 Chuck Hulse 2 40

Note: Expert and Masters classes have different point system than the overall championship.

References
  1. Darley, Andy. Star Mazda: Adam Christodoulou wins championship showdown, Brits on Pole, October 11, 2009, Retrieved 2011-07-25
  2. STAR MAZDA: Christodoulou Wins Championship, Speed, October 11, 2009, Retrieved 2011-07-25
  3. 2009 Star Mazda points Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Star Mazda Championship, Retrieved 2011-07-25
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