2013 Pro Mazda Championship

February 2025 2013 Pro Mazda Championship 2012 2014 The 2013 Pro Mazda Championship was the 15th season in series history and first under new promoter Andersen Promotions. Andretti Autosport driver Matthew Brabham won the championship with two races remaining capturing a series-record 11th win in his rookie season. Brabham's championship secured a scholarship to compete in Indy Lights in 2014.Brabham locks up Pro Mazda crown with Trois-Rieveres sweep https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061803/http://www.racer.com/brabham-locks-up-pro-mazda-crown-with-trois-rieveres-sweep/article/306943/ October 23, 2013 , Racer, August 11, 2013, Retrieved 2013-08-11 Brabham won 13 of the season's 16 races, shattering the series record. Juncos Racing's Diego Ferreira won the season opener and finished second in points with eleven podium finishes. Brabham's Andretti Autosport teammate Shelby Blackstock won a single race and two poles and finished third in points. Team Pelfrey's Spencer Pigot also won a single race and finished fourth in points. Andretti Autosport also captured the team championship with two races remaining, their first in Pro Mazda. There were no full-time Expert class participants (a class for drivers age 35 and older). American Jay Horak won the championship with eight race starts by a narrow margin over Bobby Eberle, who also completed a partial schedule. While only nine drivers competed in all sixteen rounds of the championship, 27 different drivers made appearances in a Pro Mazda car over the course of the season. Drivers and teams All teams were American-registered. TeamNo. Car numberDriversNotes Andretti Autosport 28 USA Shelby BlackstockSturbin, John. Hunter-Reay Has Number of Things On His Mind, Racin' Today, December 6, 2012, Retrieved 2012-12-08 83 AUS Matthew BrabhamBrabham To Drive For Andretti Autosport In Pro Mazda https://web.archive.org/web/20121230180514/http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-brabham-to-drive-for-andretti-autosport-in-pro-mazda 2012-12-30 , Speed TV, December 18, 2012, Retrieved 2012-12-19 Garibotti Racing 75 USA Jeff Garibotti Expert class; Austin only JDC MotorSports 9 COL Juan Piedrahita 16 GBR Lloyd Read 19 USA Nick Andries Austin and St. Pete only 66 CAN Zack Meyerhttp://promazdachampionship.com/news/teams/2013/01/01-17-jdc.html JDC MotorSports Signs Meyer for 2013 Pro Mazda Championship Campaign Pro Mazda Championship January 17, 2013 January 19, 2013 https://archive.today/20130216171733/http://promazdachampionship.com/news/teams/2013/01/01-17-jdc.html 2013-02-16 dead Juncos Racing 2 MEX Jose Gutierrez Austin and Mid-Ohio only 3 ARG Julia Ballario Mid-Ohio and Trois-Rivieres only 44 USA Scott Andersonhttps://archive.today/20130216082209/http://www.juncosracing.com/news/scott-anderson-commits-to-juncos-racing-for-2013-pro-mazda-championship/ Scott Anderson commits to Juncos Racing for 2013 Pro Mazda Championship campaign, Juncos Racing, January 22, 2013, Retrieved 2013-01-22 57 VEN Diego Ferreirahttp://www.indycar.com/News/2013/2-4-Ferreira-Returns-To-Juncos-For-Pro-Mazda-Slate Ferreira returns to Juncos for Pro Mazda campaign IndyCar February 4, 2013 February 5, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130214042425/http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/2-4-Ferreira-Returns-To-Juncos-For-Pro-Mazda-Slate 2013-02-14 dead M1 Racing 11 COL Juan Camilo AcostaMATA FORMS M1 RACING, SIGNS ACOSTA FOR FULL PRO MAZDA CAMPAIGN https://web.archive.org/web/20130119151958/http://www.starmazda.com/news/teams/2012/12/12-02-m1.html 2013-01-19 , Pro Mazda Championship, December 19, 2012, Retrieved 2013-1-2 Austin and St. Pete only 23 USA Walt Bowlin Expert class; Toronto and Mid-Ohio only 29 USA Jason Rabe Houston only 37 USA Jay Horak Expert class; Austin, Mid-Ohio, Trois-Rivieres, and Houston 91 USA Kyle Connery Mid-Ohio only PRL Motorsports 48 USA Patrick Linn Austin only Team Pelfrey 80 CAN Dalton Kellett CTMP only 81 USA Spencer Pigothttp://www.team-pelfrey.com/news/2013/TeamPelfrey_2013_Pigot.pdf Team Pelfrey Signs Spencer Pigot to Begin Pro Mazda Championship Defense Team Pelfrey January 10, 2013 January 11, 2013November 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 82 FIN Petri Suvanto Austin and St. Pete only NOR Anders Krohn Indianapolis and Milwaukee only BRA Nicolas Costa Toronto, CTMP, Mid-Ohio, and Houston 83 CAN Stefan Rzadzinski Trois-Rivieres only World Speed Motorsports 6 PHL Michele Bumgarner Houston only 13 USA Bobby Eberle Expert class; Mid-Ohio, Trois-Rivieres, and Houston 18 USA Kyle Kaiser 24 USA Michael Whelden Houston only Race calendar and results Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 1 VEN Diego Ferreira VEN Diego Ferreira VEN Diego Ferreira Juncos Racing Rolex Sports Car Series 2 March 2 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport 3 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 23 USA Shelby Blackstock AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 4 March 24 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport 5 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Clermont, Indiana May 25 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport USAC Midgets 6 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 15 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 7 Streets of Toronto Toronto, Ontario July 13 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 8 July 14 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport 9 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 20 USA Shelby Blackstock USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot Team Pelfrey American Le Mans Series 10 July 21 AUS Matthew Brabham USA Shelby Blackstock Andretti Autosport 11 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 3 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 12 August 4 VEN Diego Ferreira AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport 13 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 10 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 14 August 11 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport 15 Reliant Park Houston, Texas October 5 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 16 October 6 AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport Championship standings Drivers' Pos Driver AUSUSA STPUSA INDUSA MILUSA TORCAN MOSCAN MOHUSA TROCAN HOUUSA Points Overall 1 AUS Matthew Brabham 3 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 3 9 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 466 2 VEN Diego Ferreira 1* 2 3 2 6 6 2 2 6 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 357 3 USA Shelby Blackstock 9 3 2 3 3 7 6 7 2 1 2 4 6 11 4 6 297 4 USA Spencer Pigot 2 16 4 4 2 3 9 11 1* 4* 4 5 5 5 2 5 297 5 USA Scott Anderson 6 4 8 7 5 5 10 9 4 2 16 6 4 4 6 7 245 6 CAN Zack Meyer 7 7 7 6 8 8 11 4 7 5 13 7 11 6 10 13 209 7 USA Kyle Kaiser 8 6 5 10 7 10 5 5 8 6 6 8 10 13 8 8 209 8 GBR Lloyd Read 11 9 9 9 9 9 4 10 9 7 7 9 7 10 7 14 198 9 COL Juan Piedrahita 16 15 6 12 10 2 7 3 11 DNS 5 16 3 3 13 3 182 10 FIN Petri Suvanto 5 5 11 8 57 11 USA Jay Horak 141 131 14 14 13 9 12 10 54 12 USA Bobby Eberle 11 13 12 8 DNS 12 49 13 COL Juan Acosta 4 14 10 11 45 14 USA Nick Andries 15 8 12 5 40 Expert class 1 USA Jay Horak 141 131 14 14 13 9 12 10 110 2 USA Bobby Eberle 11 13 12 8 DNS 12 102 Unregistered drivers BRA Nicolas Costa 3 6 5 10 15 3 3 2 NOR Anders Krohn 4 4 ARG Julia Ballario 9 11 9 7 USA Walt Bowlin 8 8 12 12 CAN Dalton Kellett 10 8 CAN Stefan Rzadzinski 8 12 USA Kyle Connery 8 15 PHL Michele Bumgarner 14 9 USA Michael Whelden 9 15 MEX Jose Gutierrez 10 10 10 10 USA Jason Rabe 11 11 USA Patrick Linn 13 11 USA Jeff Garibotti 12 12 Pos Driver AUSUSA STPUSA INDUSA MILUSA TORCAN MOSCAN MOHUSA TROCAN HOUUSA 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)*Led most race laps(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 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score main points, otherwise 1 point is awarded.Pro Mazda 2013 Official Rule Book, Rule 10.2.4September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 1: Jay Horak was not registered for the championship at Austin. Teams' PosTeamPoints 1Andretti Autosport513 2Juncos Racing377 3Team Pelfrey332 4JDC MotorSports263 5M1 Racing62 References External links Star Mazda Championship Official website Pro Mazda Championship Category:Indy Pro 2000 Championship