2007 Atlantic Championship

March 2012 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda 12 April 8 August 12 Brazil Raphael Matos 2006 2008 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 Canada Jensen MotorSport 2 US Tom Sutherland All 13 US Frankie Muniz All 22 Netherlands Dominick Muermans 1–2 US Steve Ott 11 United States Red Bull Team Forsythe 3 Canada Robert Wickens All 7 US John Edwards All United States US RaceTronics 4 Mexico David Garza All 24 US Carl Skerlong All USA Walker Racing 5 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro All 15 UK Ryan Lewis 4–12 United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises 6 Brazil Raphael Matos All 9 Canada James Hinchcliffe All United States Brooks Associates Racing 8 China Jiang Tengyi 1–3 10 US Joe D'Agostino 2–3 CAN Kevin Lacroix 4–10, 12 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 11 United States Condor Motorsports 11 France Franck Perera All 16 Netherlands Junior Strous All 19 USA Brian Thienes All United States Polestar Racing Group 12 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 1–6 21 US Bret MacDonald 1–6 US Genoa Racing 17 US Adrian Carrio All 37 US Richard Heistand 1–7, 9–12 United States Conquest Racing 18 Italy Giacomo Ricci All 44 US Matt Lee All United States Alan Sciuto Racing 20 US Alan Sciuto All United States PR1 Motorsports 23 US Jonathan Bomarito All 32 Canada Mike Forest All United States Mathiasen Motorsports 26 US Justin Sofio All United States Gelles Racing 30 Brazil Luis Mussi 2–3 United States Newman Wachs Racing 34 EST Tõnis Kasemets 12 36 US J. 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Hildebrand All United States Paladin Motorsports 45 Canada Adrien Herberts 2–10 Switzerland Natacha Gachnang 11 United States The Room Store 49 US Dan Selznick 1–2, 4–5 Schedule Rd Date Race name Track Location 1 April 8 United States Vegas Atlantic Grand Prixhttp://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Aug-01-Tue-2006/sports/8803743.html Vegas Grand Prix opens 2007 Champ Car season reviewjournal.com August 1, 2006 September 2, 2006 Streets of Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada 2 April 15 US Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 3 April 22 United States Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Parkhttp://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~3~id~144461.htm Sponsor boost for Toronto, Houston crash.net March 13, 2007 March 13, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210107/http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~3~id~144461.htm September 27, 2007 dead Houston, Texas 4 June 9 United States Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 5 June 10 6 June 24 United States Atlantic Grand Prix of Clevelandhttp://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=230185&FS=CHAMPCAR Cleveland 2007 date announced motorsport.com August 24, 2006 September 5, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023625/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=230185&FS=CHAMPCAR September 30, 2007 dead mdy-all Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio 7 July 1 Canada Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblanthttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060925.CHAMP25/TPStory/TPSports/OtherSports/ Champ Car set to add Quebec pit stop globeandmail.com September 25, 2006 September 26, 2006 September 30, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930060835/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060925.CHAMP25/TPStory/TPSports/OtherSports/ dead Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec 8 July 8 Canada Steelback Atlantic Grand Prix Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 9 July 21 Canada Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 10 July 22 11 July 29 United States Atlantic Grand Prix of San Josehttp://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=41412 2007 Champ Car Schedule Coming – China, Europe to be Added? paddocktalk.com September 17, 2006 September 17, 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070928013538/http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=41412 September 28, 2007 Streets of San Jose San Jose, California 12 August 12 US 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 Canada Robert Wickens Canada Robert Wickens Brazil Raphael Matos US Sierra Sierra Enterprises 2 Streets of Long Beach Brazil Raphael Matos Brazil Raphael Matos Brazil Raphael Matos US Sierra Sierra Enterprises 3 JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park Brazil Raphael Matos USA Carl Skerlong Brazil Raphael Matos US Sierra Sierra Enterprises 4 Portland International Raceway CAN James Hinchcliffe USA Jonathan Bomarito CAN Robert Wickens US Forsythe Racing 5 CAN James Hinchcliffe CAN James Hinchcliffe CAN Kevin Lacroix US Brooks Associates Racing 6 Burke Lakefront Airport Brazil Raphael Matos CAN James Hinchcliffe Brazil Raphael Matos US Sierra Sierra Enterprises 7 Circuit Mont-Tremblant France Franck Perera US Carl Skerlong France Franck Perera US Condor Motorsports 8 Exhibition Place Brazil Raphael Matos France Franck Perera France Franck Perera US Condor Motorsports 9 Edmonton City Centre Airport CAN James Hinchcliffe France Franck Perera Brazil Raphael Matos US Sierra Sierra Enterprises 10 Brazil Raphael Matos US Alan Sciuto Brazil Raphael Matos US Sierra Sierra Enterprises 11 Streets of San Jose US Jonathan Bomarito CAN Robert Wickens US Jonathan Bomarito US PR1 Motorsports 12 Road America France Franck Perera US Alan Sciuto France Franck Perera US 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 BRA Raphael Matos 1 1 1 4 6 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 341 2 France Franck Perera yellow RY grey 5 5 5 5 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 310 3 Canada Robert Wickens orange R darkgray 2 3 10 1 4 5 5 7 4 10 3 7 255 4 CAN James Hinchcliffe 4 7 3 2 2 6 3 Ret 3 9 Ret 14 224 5 US Jonathan Bomarito 3 2 4 24 7 Ret 4 Ret 14 2 1 4 207 6 Italy Giacomo Ricci orange R darkgray Ret 6 8 11 12 4 6 4 5 6 Ret 5 188 7 US J. R. Hildebrand orange R darkgray Ret Ret 7 6 9 2 9 Ret Ret 5 15 9 140 8 USA Alan Sciuto 7 Ret 6 7 Ret 9 12 6 Ret 4 7 20 140 9 US John Edwards orange R darkgray Ret 4 12 21 Ret 19 11 2 6 8 Ret 8 125 10 USA Carl Skerlong orange R darkgray Ret 9 2 8 11 12 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 3 114 11 US Justin Sofio 9 10 11 14 18 10 14 8 10 19 8 15 112 12 UK Ryan Lewis 3 5 Ret 13 5 9 13 Ret 10 107 13 CAN Kevin Lacroix orange R darkgray 15 1 14 8 Ret 18 7 6 105 14 NED Junior Strous orange R darkgray 6 13 DNS 9 8 13 Ret Ret DNS DNS 5 Ret 92 15 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 8 8 9 10 13 7 9 92 16 US Matt Lee orange R darkgray 10 11 17 19 15 18 10 Ret 12 12 Ret 12 79 17 Mexico David Garza orange R darkgray Ret 24 14 12 10 8 15 10 8 20 18 Ret 78 18 US Adrian Carrio orange R darkgray Ret 12 13 17 Ret Ret 16 Ret 7 DSQ 6 11 77 19 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro orange R darkgray Ret Ret 15 16 16 11 7 Ret 13 Ret 10 22 69 20 Canada Adrien Herberts orange R darkgray 15 19 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 11 15 51 21 US Tom Sutherland orange R darkgray Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 16 43 22 US Frankie Muniz orange R darkgray Ret 19 21 22 20 Ret Ret 9 17 16 11 18 41 23 CAN Mike Forest orange R darkgray 11 18 18 18 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 17 16 13 41 24 US Brian Thienes orange R darkgray 12 17 23 20 21 17 20 Ret 15 18 14 19 38 25 US Richard Heistand orange R darkgray Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 11 12 21 29 26 Brazil Luis Mussi orange R darkgray 20 16 6 27 USA Joe D'Agostino 16 20 6 28 Netherlands Dominick Muermans orange R darkgray Ret 22 5 29 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 17 4 30 USA Dan Selznick Ret Ret Ret 24 2 31 US Bret McDonald orange R darkgray Ret 21 Ret 23 22 20 2 32 China Jiang Tengyi orange R darkgray Ret 23 22 0 33 US Steve Ott orange R darkgray Ret 0 34 Switzerland Natacha Gachnang orange R darkgray 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 placesorange R silverRookieyellow RY silverRookie 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 30em 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season 2008 Atlantic Championship season Category:Atlantic Championship seasons Atlantic Season, 2007 Atlantic Championship Season 2007 Atlantic Championship