2012 Star Mazda Championship

February 2025 2012 Star Mazda Championship 2011 2013 thumb|2012 champion Jack Hawksworth The 2012 Star Mazda Championship was the 14th season of the Star Mazda Championship, an American-based open-wheel racing series sanctioned by IndyCar as part of the Road to Indy program. It featured 17 races held over 10 race weekends.http://www.starmazda.com/news/series/2011/SeasonFinaleRelease.pdf Star Mazda Championship Announces 2012 Season Finale to Be Held at 15th Annual Petit LeMans Powered by Mazda at Road Atlanta October 17–20 December 16, 2011 December 28, 2011 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20120125051427/http://www.starmazda.com/news/series/2011/SeasonFinaleRelease.pdf January 25, 2012 dead mdy-all Five race weekends were held on temporary street courses, three on permanent road courses, and two on ovals. The series increased the number of double-header weekends to reduce the costs per race for competitors. Fastest lap times in race 1 determined the starting grid for race 2 on double-header race weekends.THE STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP TAKES A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN 2012 WITH AN 18-RACE SCHEDULE ON 10 WEEKENDS, MOST WITH INDYCAR https://web.archive.org/web/20111216032845/http://starmazda.com/news/series/2011/2012%20Schedule%20Release.pdf 2011-12-16 , Star Mazda Championship, December 1, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-04 The championship consisted of a main championship as well as a Star Mazda Expert Series for drivers over 30 years old. The expert class consists of a driver's best 10 races, enabling an Expert Series competitor to complete a full complement of races in just five race weekends. 21-year-old Englishman Jack Hawksworth driving for Team Pelfrey dominated the championship, winning eight of the 17 races and four of the eight poles awarded, setting a series record for wins in a season. He sat out the final race of the year but still won the championship over Colombian-American Gabby Chaves by 37 points. Chaves won the final two races of the season. American Sage Karam won three races and finished third in points in a tie-breaker over fellow American Connor De Phillippi who won two races after finishing second in points a year ago. Finn Petri Suvanto finished fifth in points, in his first season in Star Mazda, winning the seat by winning the Road to Indy's U.S. F2000 National Championship the year before. Other race winners were Chile's Martin Scuncio and Venezuela's Camilo Schmidt, who won a bizarre wet-dry race in Edmonton. American Walt Bowlin won the Expert series championship by virtue of being the only Expert series competitor to participate in more than two race weekends. Drivers and teams TeamNo. Car numberDriversNotes USA Juncos Racing 2 USA Connor De Phillippi 15 VEN Bruno Palli 22 CHL Martin Scuncio Skipped Road Atlanta 57 VEN Diego FerreiraJuncos Racing Inks Venezuelans Palli and Ferreira for 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234923/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=10368&sid=1187badd239b353dbdbc6f4084877b67 2016-03-03 , eFormulaCarNews, February 13, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-13 USA JDC MotorSports 9 COL Juan PiedrahitaPiedrahita Rejoins JDC MotorSports for Title Challenge https://web.archive.org/web/20120506165609/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=10212&sid=cdcec1ba41103e1e4fbc9fba1d838e68 2012-05-06 , eFormulaCarNews, December 12, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-12 16 USA Lloyd Read Laguna Seca only USA Scott Anderson Road Atlanta only 19 COL Gabby Chaves 91 USA Ashley Freiberghttp://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51140-and-39-woman-empoweredand-39-freiberg-joins-jdc/ 'Woman Empowered' Freiberg joins JDC 6 February 2012 Indycar.com 6 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120209012305/http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51140-and-39-woman-empoweredand-39-freiberg-joins-jdc/ 9 February 2012 dead dmy-all 99 CAN Stefan Rzadzinski Skipped Indianapolis, Iowa, Trois-Rivières, Laguna Seca, and Road Atlanta CAN The Racing Company 10 CAN Jérimy Daniel Skipped Indianapolis, Iowa and Edmonton USA World Speed Motorsports 18 USA Kyle Kaiser Laguna Seca only VEN Linares Racing 20 VEN Carlos Linares 21 VEN Camilo Schmidt Skipped Trois-Rivières CAN AIM Autosport 23 USA Walt Bowlin Expert series; skipped Indianapolis, Iowa, Edmonton and Trois-Rivières 66 CAN Zack Meyer 72 USA Larry Pegram Expert series; St. Pete and Barber only USA Team GDT 33 USA Ryan Tveter Skipped Barber, Indianapolis, and Iowa 39 USA Cory Lewis Toronto only 51 USA Alex Ardoin Trois-Rivières only 53 COL Andrés MéndezTeam GDT Signs Colombian Up-and-Comer Mendez https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062941/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=10338&sid=f69418350e5804c3ad6a90ed0159d3ef 2016-03-04 , eFormulaCarNews, February 1, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-01 65 USA J. W. Roberts Expert series; St. Pete only 97 COL Juan Camilo Acosta Road Atlanta only CAN Robertshaw Racing 42 CAN Blair Robertshaw Expert series; Edmonton only USA Andretti Autosport 77 USA Zach Veachhttps://archive.today/20120728171513/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=10287&sid=f04c2e6c58f4133bb5e0392b230f47eb Andretti Autosport Confirms Veach, eFormulaCarNews, January 13, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-13 88 USA Sage KaramRookie of the Year Karam Returns with Andretti Autosport https://web.archive.org/web/20120506165806/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=10214&sid=cdcec1ba41103e1e4fbc9fba1d838e68 2012-05-06 , eFormulaCarNews, December 12, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-12 USA Team Pelfrey 81 FIN Petri SuvantoStar Mazda: USF2000 Champion Suvanto Joins Defending Team Champion Team Pelfrey https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001354/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=10309&sid=7c8c14db75dbb779d30e3ed8656b67fa 2016-03-04 , eFormulaCarNews, January 20, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-20 82 GBR Jack HawksworthHawksworth Signs With Team Pelfrey For Star Mazda Championship https://archive.today/20120711212332/http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-179453.html 2012-07-11 , Paddock Talk, November 22, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-04 Skipped Road Atlanta USA Ryan Tveter Road Atlanta only 83 USA Gustavo MenezesMenezes joins Pelfrey Star Mazda squad, Racer, November 29, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-04 Race calendar and results The series schedule was announced December 1, 2011. Two race weekends were listed on the schedule with the location yet to be determined. The season finale was later confirmed to be held at Road Atlanta, supporting the Petit Le Mans sportscar event. Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 24 USA Connor De Phillippi GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Connor De Phillippi USA Juncos Racing IndyCar Series 2 March 25 GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Team Pelfrey 3 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 1 GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Team Pelfrey IndyCar Series 4 GBR Jack Hawksworth CHL Martin Scuncio USA Juncos Racing 5 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Brownsburg, Indiana May 26 USA Connor De Phillippi USA Connor De Phillippi USA Connor De Phillippi USA Juncos Racing USAC Midgets 6 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 23 USA Sage Karam USA Sage Karam USA Sage Karam USA Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 7 Streets of Toronto Toronto, Ontario July 7 GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Team Pelfrey IndyCar Series8 July 8 GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Team Pelfrey 9 Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta July 21 USA Sage Karam GBR Jack Hawksworth VEN Camilo Schmidt VEN Linares Racing IndyCar Series10 July 22 GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Team Pelfrey 11 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 4 GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Team Pelfrey Indy Lights12 August 5 GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Sage Karam USA Andretti Autosport 13 Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland September 1 Qualifying abandoned GBR Jack Hawksworth GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Team Pelfrey IndyCar Series14 September 2 USA Sage Karam USA Sage Karam USA Andretti Autosport 15 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 8 GBR Jack Hawksworth COL Gabby Chaves GBR Jack Hawksworth USA Team Pelfrey Rolex Sports Car Series 16 September 9 COL Gabby Chaves COL Gabby Chaves USA JDC MotorSports 17 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 19 COL Gabby Chaves USA Sage Karam COL Gabby Chaves USA JDC MotorSports American Le Mans Series Championship standings Drivers' Pos Driver STPUSA BARUSA INDUSA IOWUSA TORCAN EDMCAN TROCAN BALUSA LAGUSA ATLUSA Points Overall 1 GBR Jack Hawksworth 2 1 1 2 7 15 1 1 7 1 1 12 1 2 1 2 397 2 COL Gabby Chaves 3 4 3 5 9 5 3 4 3 3 5 2 3 8 2 1 1 360 3 USA Sage Karam 8 7 2 12 2 1 21 3 2 2 2 1 15 1 7 19 2 325 4 USA Connor De Phillippi 1 5 5 3 1 3 7 16 6 13 3 13 2 3 3 3 3 325 5 FIN Petri Suvanto 5 3 6 6 5 4 6 8 19 4 14 4 4 4 5 5 6 271 6 VEN Diego Ferreira 7 9 9 7 10 8 5 5 10 11 16 15 5 5 4 4 4 235 7 COL Juan Piedrahita 4 2 8 4 8 14 4 2 8 16 9 11 19 9 8 9 9 234 8 CHL Martin Scuncio 6 6 4 1 4 2 17 7 4 15 6 5 18 17 9 11 232 9 USA Gustavo Menezes 13 10 7 16 6 13 8 6 13 5 7 6 7 16 6 8 7 208 10 USA Zach Veach 17 11 15 10 3 6 2 17 9 17 8 8 8 6 11 17 8 199 11 USA Ashley Freiberg 9 19 11 11 15 10 13 13 15 7 12 9 6 10 12 18 11 162 12 VEN Bruno Palli 14 15 13 20 14 7 10 15 18 12 10 17 10 7 20 10 5 146 13 VEN Camilo Schmidt 12 18 17 9 13 12 19 18 1 9 17 14 19 6 16 129 14 COL Andrés Méndez 15 14 14 17 12 11 18 10 11 DSQ 13 7 12 18 15 15 15 128 15 CAN Zack Meyer 19 13 19 19 16 9 9 9 16 18 15 18 13 15 18 12 10 114 16 CAN Stefan Rzadzinski 10 8 10 8 11 12 17 6 9 11 108 17 VEN Carlos Linares 20 12 12 14 11 DNS 15 14 14 8 11 16 16 19 14 20 106 18 USA Ryan Tveter 21 21 20 20 5 10 18 10 11 12 16 14 14 91 19 USA Walt Bowlin 18 17 18 18 16 19 14 13 17 16 17 55 20 CAN Jérimy Daniel 11 20 20 15 14 11 17 14 49 21 USA Larry Pegram 16 16 16 13 23 22 CAN Blair Robertshaw 12 14 16 USA J. W. Roberts DNS DNS 0 Ineligible drivers USA Alex Ardoin 4 3 0 GBR Lloyd Read 10 7 0 USA Corey Lewis 12 21 0 USA Scott Anderson 12 0 USA Kyle Kaiser 13 13 0 COL Juan Camilo Acosta 13 0 Expert Series 1 USA Walt Bowlin 18 17 18 18 16 19 14 13 17 16 17 142 2 USA Larry Pegram 16 16 16 14 56 3 CAN Blair Robertshaw 12 14 28 USA J. W. Roberts DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver STPUSA BARUSA INDUSA IOWUSA TORCAN EDMCAN TROCAN BALUSA LAGUSA ATLUSA 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(1 point) Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Overall points 29 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Teams' PosTeamPoints 1USA Team Pelfrey451 2USA Juncos Racing416 3USA JDC MotorSports401 4USA Andretti Autosport349 5USA Team GDT195 6VEN Linares Racing188 7CAN AIM Autosport161 8CAN The Racing Company76 9USA World Speed Motorsports24 References External links Star Mazda Championship Official website Star Mazda Championship Category:Indy Pro 2000 Championship