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.
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.Darley, Andy. Star Mazda: Adam Christodoulou wins championship showdown, Brits on Pole, October 11, 2009, Retrieved 2011-07-25STAR MAZDA: Christodoulou Wins Championship , Speed, October 11, 2009, Retrieved 2011-07-25 Chris Cumming and Michael Guasch won class titles for older drivers.2009 Star Mazda points , Star Mazda Championship, Retrieved 2011-07-25
Teams and Drivers
Team 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 Conor Daly Andersen Racing 5 June 14 Richard Kent Adam Christodoulou 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 Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing 8 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois July 25 Peter Dempsey Adam Christodoulou Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing 9 July 26 Peter Dempsey Adam Christodoulou Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing 10 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 16 Rusty Mitchell Conor Daly Alex Ardoin JDC MotorSports 11 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario August 29 Richard Kent Conor Daly Richard Kent Andersen Racing 12 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia September 25 Peter Dempsey 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap
Expert (age 30–44) PosNameStartsPoints 1 Chris Cumming10184 2 Toshi Deki13172 3 Patrick O'Neill356 4 J. W. Roberts346 5 Phil Fogg228
Masters (age 45 and older) PosNameStartsPoints 1 Michael Guasch10178 2 Gerry Kraut8138 3 Walt Bowlin8112 4 Carlos Conde576 5 Chuck Hulse240
Note: Expert and Masters classes have different point system than the overall championship.
References
External links Star Mazda Championship Official website