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.
TeamNoDriversRounds 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 Streets of Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada 2 April 15 Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 3 April 22 Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park 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 Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio 7 July 1 Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec 8 July 8 Steelback Atlantic Grand Prix Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 9 July 21 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 10 July 22 11 July 29 Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose 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
RdTrackPole PositionFastest LapRace 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 Points3127252321191715131110987654321
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 5 5 5 5 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 310 3 Robert Wickens 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 Ret 6 8 11 12 4 6 4 5 6 Ret 5 188 7 J. R. Hildebrand 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 Ret 4 12 21 Ret 19 11 2 6 8 Ret 8 125 10 Carl Skerlong 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 15 1 14 8 Ret 18 7 6 105 14 Junior Strous 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 10 11 17 19 15 18 10 Ret 12 12 Ret 12 79 17 David Garza Ret 24 14 12 10 8 15 10 8 20 18 Ret 78 18 Adrian Carrio Ret 12 13 17 Ret Ret 16 Ret 7 DSQ 6 11 77 19 Simona de Silvestro Ret Ret 15 16 16 11 7 Ret 13 Ret 10 22 69 20 Adrien Herberts 15 19 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 11 15 51 21 Tom Sutherland Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 16 43 22 Frankie Muniz Ret 19 21 22 20 Ret Ret 9 17 16 11 18 41 23 Mike Forest 11 18 18 18 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 17 16 13 41 24 Brian Thienes 12 17 23 20 21 17 20 Ret 15 18 14 19 38 25 Richard Heistand Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 11 12 21 29 26 Luis Mussi 20 16 6 27 Joe D'Agostino 16 20 6 28 Dominick Muermans Ret 22 5 29 Tõnis Kasemets 17 4 30 Dan Selznick Ret Ret Ret 24 2 31 Bret McDonald Ret 21 Ret 23 22 20 2 32 Jiang Tengyi Ret 23 22 0 33 Steve Ott Ret 0 34 Natacha Gachnang DNS 0 Pos Driver LVG LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SAN ROA PointsColorResultGoldWinnerSilver2nd placeBronze3rd placeGreen4th & 5th placeLight Blue6th–10th placeDark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)PurpleDid not finishRedDid not qualify (DNQ)BrownWithdrawn (Wth)BlackDisqualified (DSQ)WhiteDid not start (DNS)BlankDid not participate (DNP)Not competing In-line notationBoldPole position (1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led race laps↑Improved the most placesRookieRookie of the Year
See also 2007 Champ Car season 2007 Indianapolis 500 2007 IndyCar Series season 2007 Indy Pro Series season
External links ChampCarStats.com
References