2011 Star Mazda Championship

The 2011 Star Mazda Championship was the 13th Star Mazda Championship season, the second under the Mazda Road to Indy program, and the first under IndyCar sanctioning, after 12 years under the International Motor Sports Association unbrella. As part of the program's expansion, the series champion will be provided a scholarship to advance into Firestone Indy Lights for the 2012 season.[1] The season will feature 11 races over 10 weekends, with four road courses, three street circuits and three ovals on the schedule.[2]

2011 Star Mazda Championship
Previous: 2010 Next: 2012

The series consisted of a main championship as well as an Expert championship for drivers over 30 years of age, combining previous years' Expert and Masters championships.

JDC MotorSports' Tristan Vautier won four races on his way to the championship by a 25-point margin over Connor De Phillippi, who also won four races. Vautier finished in the top five in every race.[3] Andretti Autosport rookie Sage Karam also won two oval races and captured Rookie of The Year honors. J. W. Roberts won the Expert Championship when closest rival Walt Bowlin did not enter the final race of the season. The team championship went to Team Pelfrey which fielded cars for De Phllippi and Nick Andries, who finished third in points.[3]

Drivers and teams
Team No. Drivers Notes
JDC MotorSports 5 Tristan Vautier[4]
19 Mikhail Goikhberg Infineon only[5]
27 Nick Mancuso[6] Selected races
39 João Jardim[7] Indianapolis onwards
64 Patrick O'Neill Expert; Infineon only[5]
85 Chris Miller[8] St. Pete and Mosport only
Juncos Racing 7 João Victor Horto[9]
10 Tatiana Calderón[9]
28 Gustavo Menezes[9]
39 Richard Heistand[10] Left team after St. Pete
60 Martin Scuncio[9] Left series after Mosport[11]
Team Pelfrey 11 Connor De Phillippi[12]
81 Nick Andries[13]
World Speed Motorsports 16 Lloyd Read Laguna Seca only[14]
Team GDT 19 Richard Heistand Barber only
37 Dom Bastien Expert; Laguna Seca only[14]
48 Patrick McKenna[15] Skipped Milwaukee, Iowa and Baltimore
65 J. W. Roberts[16] Expert; Skipped Barber and Milwaukee
Linares Racing 20 Carlos Linares[10]
AIM Autosport 23 Walt Bowlin[10] Expert; St. Pete, Barber, Mosport, Trois-Rivières, Infineon and Baltimore only
66 Zack Meyer[10] St. Pete and Barber only
72 Larry Pegram[10] Expert; St. Pete, Barber, Trois-Rivières, Infineon only
99 Learic Cramer Baltimore only
The Racing Company 26 Jérimy Daniel[10] Skipped Iowa and Infineon
Fogg Racing 29 Phil Fogg, Jr. Expert; Infineon only[5]
Andretti Autosport 77 Zach Veach Infineon and Laguna Seca only[17]
88 Sage Karam[18]

Race calendar and results

The race schedule was announced on December 20, 2010.[2]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 26 Martin Scuncio Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Team Pelfrey IndyCar Series
2 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 10 Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier JDC MotorSports IndyCar Series
3 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Clermont, Indiana May 28 Connor De Phillippi Nick Andries Connor De Phillippi Team Pelfrey USAC Midgets
4 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 19 Nick Andries Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series
5 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 25 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series
6 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario July 24 Sage Karam Nick Andries João Victor Horto Juncos Racing American Le Mans Series
7 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 6 Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier JDC MotorSports Firestone Indy Lights
8 August 7 Tristan Vautier Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Team Pelfrey
9 Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California August 27 Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier JDC MotorSports IndyCar Series
10 Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland September 4 Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier JDC MotorSports IndyCar Series
11 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 18 Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Team Pelfrey American Le Mans Series

Championship standings

Drivers'
Pos Driver STP
 BAR
 IND
 MIL
 IOW
 MOS
 TRO
 SON
 BAL
 LAG
 Points
Overall
1 Tristan Vautier 3 1 4 4 4 5 1 3 1 1 5 426
2 Connor De Phillippi 1 10 1 6 11 2 5 1 2 10 1 401
3 Nick Andries 17 2 2 3 7 4 3 2 3 9 2 385
4 João Victor Horto 14 4 5 7 2 1 2 4 6 3 6 375
5 Sage Karam 15 9 3 1 1 13 4 5 4 2 16 364
6 Tatiana Calderón 18 3 9 9 5 3 12 8 5 8 7 322
7 Carlos Linares 6 5 13 10 8 10 7 9 13 11 8 301
8 Gustavo Menezes 8 7 7 5 3 6 6 6 9 4 15 297
9 João Jardim 14 8 6 8 14 7 8 7 12 244
10 Jérimy Daniel 10 15 10 12 11 8 10 5 10 237
11 J. W. Roberts 11 12 10 9 12 14 13 13 200
12 Nick Mancuso 7 6 8 11 9 10 9 194
13 Martin Scuncio 2 11 6 2 12 9 187
14 Patrick McKenna 4 13 11 14 13 14 4 186
15 Walt Bowlin 16 14 12 11 13 16 6 168
16 Larry Pegram 131 8 10 11 12 105
17 Chris Miller 5 7 61
18 Zack Meyer 12 12 48
19 Richard Heistand 9 16 47
Expert Class
1 J. W. Roberts 11 12 10 9 12 14 13 13 148
2 Walt Bowlin 16 14 12 11 13 16 6 114
3 Larry Pegram 131 8 10 11 12 76
unregistered drivers
Zach Veach 7 3
Mikhail Goikhberg 11
Lloyd Read 11
Learic Cramer 12
Dom Bastien 14
Phil Fogg, Jr. 15
Patrick O'Neill 17
Pos Driver STP
 BAR
 IND
 MIL
 IOW
 MOS
 TRO
 SON
 BAL
 LAG
 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
(1 point)

1Larry Pegram was not registered for the championship at St. Pete and not eligible for points.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Points 44 40 37 34 32 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Teams'
Pos Team Points
1 Team Pelfrey 293
2 Juncos Racing 274
3 JDC MotorSports 270
4 Andretti Autosport 195
5 Linares Racing 144
6 Team GDT 118
7 The Racing Company 113
8 AIM Autosport 86

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