The 2010 Star Mazda Championship was the twelfth season of the Star Mazda Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that competes using spec chassis and engines. It was the third season under the sanctioning of the International Motor Sports Association and the first under the Indy Racing League's new Road to Indy ladder.
Conor Daly became series champion after finishing in the top four positions in each of the twelve races prior to clinching the title at Mosport International Raceway.Daly clinches Star Mazda title in typical style, Racer, August 29, 2010, Retrieved 2011-08-09 At the same meeting, Carlos Conde sealed the Masters title for drivers over 45 years of age,Frey, Peter. R2I: Daly clinches Star Mazda title at Mosport, IndyCar, August 31, 2010, Retrieved 2011-08-09 while J. W. Roberts secured the Expert title for drivers between 30 and 44 at Trois-Rivières.
Drivers and teams
TeamNoDriversNotes Team Apex 9 Jorge Goncalvez 18 João Victor Horto 28 Juan Piedrahita Skipped ORP & Iowa Bob Kaminsky Masters; Autobahn only JDC MotorSports 11 Connor De Phillippi 19 Caio Lara 55 Gerry Kraut Masters; Sebring, Laguna Seca and Autobahn 64 Patrick O'Neill Expert; Skipped ORP, Iowa, Autobahn, Mosport & Road Atlanta 75 Jeff Garibotti Autobahn only 78 Mikhail Goikhberg Mosport only 85 Chris Miller AIM Autosport 13 Michael Furfari Sebring & St. Pete only 16 David Ostella Skipped Road Atlanta 23 Walt Bowlin Masters; New Jersey onwards 29 Phil Fogg, Jr. Laguna Seca only 44 Zack Meyer Mosport only 72 Larry Pegram Expert; New Jersey and Road Atlanta World Speed Motorsports 15 Frank McCormick Laguna Seca only Andersen Racing 17 Mikaël Grenier Skipped Road Atlanta 27 Court Vernon Sebring & St. Pete only 37 Dom Bastien Masters; Sebring, New Jersey, Road America and Road Atlanta 38 Tristan Vautier 47 Anders Krohn 81 Nick Andries St. Pete, Iowa onwards Linares Racing 20 Carlos Linares 21 Kevin Toledo Autobahn and Trois-Rivières Juncos Racing 22 Conor Daly 25 Tatiana Calderón 60 Martin Scuncio Road Atlanta only 61 Sean Burstyn Autobahn only 66 Rusty Mitchell Mitchell merged entry to Juncos Racing from Iowa onwardsRusty Mitchell Heads to Iowa for Juncos Racing Debut , Sunday Group Management PR, June 15, 2010, retrieved 2010-06-19 94 Hayden Duerson Sebring & St. Pete only Team GDT 24 Ian Harms Sebring only 31 Carlos Conde Masters; Skipped Laguna Seca, ORP, Iowa & Road Atlanta 33 Richard Kent Sebring & St. Pete only 51 Alex Ardoin Trois-Rivières only 65 J. W. Roberts Expert; Skipped ORP and Mosport 91 Ashley Freiberg Autobahn only Mitchell Motorsports 66 Rusty Mitchell Merged to Juncos Racing after ORP
Race calendar and results The calendar was announced on November 23, 2009. The new partnership with the IRL begins with three weekends shared with the IndyCar Series and Indy Lights including a race at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis the night before the Indianapolis 500. Star Mazda will also support the two series in St. Petersburg and at Iowa Speedway. Five races will support the American Le Mans Series, and will also join the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at Trois-Rivières.
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 19 Anders Krohn Anders Krohn Tristan Vautier Andersen Racing American Le Mans Series 2 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 28 Conor Daly Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing IndyCar Series 3 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 23 Conor Daly Connor De Phillippi Conor Daly Juncos Racing American Le Mans Series 4 O'Reilly Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana May 29 Mikaël Grenier Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing USAC National Midget Series 5 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 19 Conor Daly Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing IndyCar Series 6 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey June 26 Conor Daly Conor Daly Caio Lara JDC MotorSports stand-alone 7 June 27 Conor Daly João Victor Horto Tristan Vautier Andersen Racing 8 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois July 31 Mikaël Grenier Conor Daly Mikaël Grenier Andersen Racing stand-alone 9 August 1 Conor Daly Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing 10 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Québec August 15 Conor Daly Alex Ardoin Alex Ardoin Team GDT Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge 11 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 21 Conor Daly Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing American Le Mans Series 12 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario August 28 Conor Daly Connor De Phillippi Conor Daly Juncos Racing American Le Mans Series 13 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 1 Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi JDC MotorSports American Le Mans Series
Championship standings
Drivers' Pos Driver SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL Points Overall 1 Conor Daly 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 539 2 Anders Krohn 5 4 2 5 5 2 3 6 3 4 4 5 2 460 3 Connor De Phillippi 7 5 4 7 4 4 8 13 5 17 3 3 1 417 4 Jorge Goncalvez 2 17 11 10 2 9 5 21 7 2 2 2 9 409 5 Tristan Vautier 1 9 15 6 8 6 1 23 2 11 13 4 5 400 6 Caio Lara 10 3 6 9 7 1 6 2 9 7 7 6 382 7 João Victor Horto 6 2 17 3 3 7 2 10 24 6 19 12 8 381 8 Mikaël Grenier 4 6 3 2 15 5 21 1 4 10 16 6 366 9 Rusty Mitchell 11 10 8 4 10 20 10 13 6 8 5 9 12 350 10 Tatiana Calderón 20 19 9 11 12 11 9 7 11 9 8 16 11 320 11 Chris Miller 9 15 7 13 13 8 14 22 13 14 17 8 10 313 12 David Ostella 13 7 18 8 14 22 7 4 23 5 7 10 306 13 Carlos Linares 14 22 12 11 16 11 12 12 16 12 13 14 275 14 J. W. Roberts 17 16 13 9 14 17 16 20 13 11 15 248 15 Nick Andries 6 12 12 9 10 18 14 11 7 231 16 Juan Piedrahita 19 11 5 10 13 6 15 13 199 17 Carlos Conde 16 18 15 18 17 16 15 9 18 192 18 Gerry Kraut 12 8 13 20 19 18 18 17 170 19 Dom Bastien 15 18 19 18 21 15 16 140 20 Walt Bowlin 19 22 20 22 19 18 108 21 Patrick O'Neill 14 16 21 15 80 22 Court Vernon 21 13 10 64 23 Larry Pegram 17 16 17 59 24 Michael Furfari 8 12 52 25 Richard Kent 23 8 42 26 Hayden Duerson 18 20 34 unregistered drivers Alex Ardoin 1 0 Martin Scuncio 4 0 Ashley Freiberg 5 19 0 Kevin Toledo 8 8 12 0 Bob Kaminsky 11 14 0 Frank McCormick 12 0 Phil Fogg 14 0 Zack Meyer 14 0 Jeff Garibotty 15 17 0 Sean Burstyn 15 0 Mikhail Goikhberg 19 0 Nick Andries 21 0 Ian Harms 22 0 Expert (best ten results) 1 J. W. Roberts 17 16 13 9 14 17 16 20 13 11 15 196 2 Patrick O'Neill 14 16 21 15 70 3 Larry Pegram 17 16 17 48 Masters (best ten results) 1 Carlos Conde 16 18 15 18 17 16 15 9 18 166 2 Gerry Kraut 12 10 13 20 19 18 18 17 138 3 Dom Bastien 15 18 19 18 21 15 16 112 4 Walt Bowlin 19 22 20 22 19 18 80 Pos Driver SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap
Teams' Pos Team SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL Points 1 Andersen Racing 1 4 2 2 5 2 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 339 4 6 3 5 6 5 3 6 3 10 13 5 5 2 Juncos Racing 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 324 18 19 9 11 10 8 9 7 6 8 5 9 4 3 Team Apex 2 2 5 3 2 6 2 10 7 2 2 2 8 285 6 11 11 10 3 7 5 11 14 6 6 12 9 4 JDC MotorSports 7 3 4 7 4 1 6 2 5 7 3 3 1 279 9 5 6 9 7 4 8 11 9 14 17 7 6 5 AIM Autosport 8 7 14 8 14 17 7 4 14 5 7 10 17 149 13 12 18 19 17 20 24 19 14 18 6 Team GDT 17 8 13 9 14 17 5 16 1 9 18 15 144 23 16 15 18 16 19 13 11 7 Linares Racing 14 22 12 11 16 11 8 8 12 12 13 14 131 12 12 16 8 Mitchell Motorsports 11 10 8 4 55 9 World Speed Motorsports 12 11 Pos Team SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL Points
References
External links Star Mazda Championship Official website