2007 Atlantic Championship

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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

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

Schedule

Rd Date Race name Track Location
1 April 8 Template:Flagicon Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix[1] Streets of Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada
2 April 15 Template:Flagicon Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach[1] Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
3 April 22 Template:Flagicon Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston[1] JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park[2] Houston, Texas
4 June 9 Template:Flagicon Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
5 June 10
6 June 24 Template:Flagicon Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland[3] Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
7 July 1 Template:Flagicon Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant[4] Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec
8 July 8 Template:Flagicon Steelback Atlantic Grand Prix[4] Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
9 July 21 Template:Flagicon Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton[4] Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta
10 July 22
11 July 29 Template:Flagicon Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose[5] Streets of San Jose San Jose, California
12 August 12 Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Robert Wickens Template:Flagicon Robert Wickens Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Sierra Sierra Enterprises
2 Streets of Long Beach Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Sierra Sierra Enterprises
3 JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Carl Skerlong Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Sierra Sierra Enterprises
4 Portland International Raceway Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito Template:Flagicon Robert Wickens Template:Flagicon Forsythe Racing
5 Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe Template:Flagicon Kevin Lacroix Template:Flagicon Brooks Associates Racing
6 Burke Lakefront Airport Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Sierra Sierra Enterprises
7 Circuit Mont-Tremblant Template:Flagicon Franck Perera Template:Flagicon Carl Skerlong Template:Flagicon Franck Perera Template:Flagicon Condor Motorsports
8 Exhibition Place Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Franck Perera Template:Flagicon Franck Perera Template:Flagicon Condor Motorsports
9 Edmonton City Centre Airport Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe Template:Flagicon Franck Perera Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Sierra Sierra Enterprises
10 Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Alan Sciuto Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos Template:Flagicon Sierra Sierra Enterprises
11 Streets of San Jose Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito Template:Flagicon Robert Wickens Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito Template:Flagicon PR1 Motorsports
12 Road America Template:Flagicon Franck Perera Template:Flagicon Alan Sciuto Template:Flagicon Franck Perera Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos 1 1 1 4 6 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 341
2 Template:Flagicon Franck Perera <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  5 5 5 5 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 310
3 Template:Flagicon Robert Wickens <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  2 3 10 1 4 5 5 7 4 10 3 7 255
4 Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe 4 7 3 2 2 6 3 Ret 3 9 Ret 14 224
5 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito 3 2 4 24 7 Ret 4 Ret 14 2 1 4 207
6 Template:Flagicon Giacomo Ricci <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 6 8 11 12 4 6 4 5 6 Ret 5 188
7 Template:Flagicon J. R. Hildebrand <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret Ret 7 6 9 2 9 Ret Ret 5 15 9 140
8 Template:Flagicon Alan Sciuto 7 Ret 6 7 Ret 9 12 6 Ret 4 7 20 140
9 Template:Flagicon John Edwards <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 4 12 21 Ret 19 11 2 6 8 Ret 8 125
10 Template:Flagicon Carl Skerlong <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 9 2 8 11 12 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 3 114
11 Template:Flagicon Justin Sofio 9 10 11 14 18 10 14 8 10 19 8 15 112
12 Template:Flagicon Ryan Lewis 3 5 Ret 13 5 9 13 Ret 10 107
13 Template:Flagicon Kevin Lacroix <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  15 1 14 8 Ret 18 7 6 105
14 Template:Flagicon Junior Strous <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  6 13 DNS 9 8 13 Ret Ret DNS DNS 5 Ret 92
15 Template:Flagicon Ronnie Bremer 8 8 9 10 13 7 9 92
16 Template:Flagicon Matt Lee <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  10 11 17 19 15 18 10 Ret 12 12 Ret 12 79
17 Template:Flagicon David Garza <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 24 14 12 10 8 15 10 8 20 18 Ret 78
18 Template:Flagicon Adrian Carrio <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 12 13 17 Ret Ret 16 Ret 7 DSQ 6 11 77
19 Template:Flagicon Simona de Silvestro <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret Ret 15 16 16 11 7 Ret 13 Ret 10 22 69
20 Template:Flagicon Adrien Herberts <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  15 19 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 11 15 51
21 Template:Flagicon Tom Sutherland <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 16 43
22 Template:Flagicon Frankie Muniz <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 19 21 22 20 Ret Ret 9 17 16 11 18 41
23 Template:Flagicon Mike Forest <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  11 18 18 18 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 17 16 13 41
24 Template:Flagicon Brian Thienes <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  12 17 23 20 21 17 20 Ret 15 18 14 19 38
25 Template:Flagicon Richard Heistand <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 11 12 21 29
26 Template:Flagicon Luis Mussi <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  20 16 6
27 Template:Flagicon Joe D'Agostino 16 20 6
28 Template:Flagicon Dominick Muermans <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 22 5
29 Template:Flagicon Tõnis Kasemets 17 4
30 Template:Flagicon Dan Selznick Ret Ret Ret 24 2
31 Template:Flagicon Bret McDonald <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 21 Ret 23 22 20 2
32 Template:Flagicon Jiang Tengyi <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 23 22 0
33 Template:Flagicon Steve Ott <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Ret 0
34 Template:Flagicon Natacha Gachnang <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 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
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Rookie
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  Rookie of the Year

See also

External links

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