2007 Atlantic Championship Explained

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.

Drivers and teams

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.

Team	No	Drivers	Rounds
Jensen MotorSport	2	Tom Sutherland	All
	13	Frankie Muniz	All
	22	Dominick Muermans	1–2
	Steve Ott	11
Red Bull Team Forsythe	3	Robert Wickens	All
Red Bull Team Forsythe	7	John Edwards	All
US RaceTronics	4	David Garza	All
US RaceTronics	24	Carl Skerlong	All
Walker Racing	5	Simona de Silvestro	All
Walker Racing	15	Ryan Lewis	4–12
Sierra Sierra Enterprises	6	Raphael Matos	All
Sierra Sierra Enterprises	9	James Hinchcliffe	All
Brooks Associates Racing	8	Jiang Tengyi	1–3
	10	Joe D'Agostino	2–3
	Kevin Lacroix	4–10, 12
	Ronnie Bremer	11
Condor Motorsports	11	Franck Perera	All
	16	Junior Strous	All
	19	Brian Thienes	All
Polestar Racing Group	12	Ronnie Bremer	1–6
Polestar Racing Group	21	Bret MacDonald	1–6
Genoa Racing	17	Adrian Carrio	All
Genoa Racing	37	Richard Heistand	1–7, 9–12
Conquest Racing	18	Giacomo Ricci	All
Conquest Racing	44	Matt Lee	All
Alan Sciuto Racing	20	Alan Sciuto	All
PR1 Motorsports	23	Jonathan Bomarito	All
PR1 Motorsports	32	Mike Forest	All
Mathiasen Motorsports	26	Justin Sofio	All
Gelles Racing	30	Luis Mussi	2–3
Newman Wachs Racing	34	Tõnis Kasemets	12
Newman Wachs Racing	36	J. R. Hildebrand	All
Paladin Motorsports	45	Adrien Herberts	2–10
Paladin Motorsports	Natacha Gachnang	11
The Room Store	49	Dan Selznick	1–2, 4–5

Grands Prix

Rd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	TV	Date
1	Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix^[1]	Streets of Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada	ESPN	April 8
2	Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	ESPN	April 15
3	Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston	JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park^[2]	Houston, Texas	ESPN	April 22
4	Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland – Race 1	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	ESPN	June 9
5	Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland – Race 2	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	ESPN	June 10
6	Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland^[3]	Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	ESPN	June 24
7	Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant^[4]	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Saint-Jovite, Quebec	ESPN	July 1
8	Steelback Atlantic Grand Prix	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	ESPN	July 8
9	Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton – Race 1	Blatchford Field Airport	Edmonton, Alberta	ESPN	July 21
10	Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton – Race 2	Blatchford Field Airport	Edmonton, Alberta	ESPN	July 22
11	Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose^[5]	Streets of San Jose	San Jose, California	ESPN	July 29
12	Generac Atlantic Grand Prix	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	ESPN	August 12

The Denver Grand Prix was cancelled by Champ Car

Full Series results

Races

Rd	Race	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Vegas Atlantic GP	Robert Wickens	Robert Wickens	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
2	Imperial Capital Bank GP of Long Beach	Raphael Matos	Raphael Matos	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
3	Fast Trac 100 at the GP of Houston	Raphael Matos	Carl Skerlong	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
4	Atlantic GP of Portland – Race 1	James Hinchcliffe	Jonathan Bomarito	Robert Wickens	Forsythe Racing
5	Atlantic GP of Portland – Race 2	James Hinchcliffe	James Hinchcliffe	Kevin Lacroix	Brooks Associates Racing
6	Atlantic GP of Cleveland	Raphael Matos	James Hinchcliffe	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
7	Atlantic GP of Mont-Tremblant	Franck Perera	Carl Skerlong	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports
8	Steelback Atlantic GP	Raphael Matos	Franck Perera	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports
9	Atlantic GP of Edmonton – Race 1	James Hinchcliffe	Franck Perera	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
10	Atlantic GP of Edmonton – Race 2	Raphael Matos	Alan Sciuto	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
11	Atlantic GP of San Jose	Jonathan Bomarito	Robert Wickens	Jonathan Bomarito	PR1 Motorsports
12	Generac Atlantic GP	Franck Perera	Alan Sciuto	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports

Drivers

Point scoring system:

1st – 20th = 31–27–25–23–21–19–17–15–13–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1

Bonus points:

1 for fastest race lap
1 for fastest Friday qualifying lap
1 for fastest Saturday qualifying lap
1 for most positions gained from starting position

The most points a single driver can earn in a single race is 34.

Pos	Driver	LVG	LGB	HOU	POR1	POR2	CLE	MTT	TOR	EDM1	EDM2	SAN	ROA	Points
1	Raphael Matos	1	1	1	4	6	1	2	3	1	1	4	2	341
2	Franck Perera (R)	5	5	5	5	3	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	310
3	Robert Wickens (R)	2	3	10	1	4	5	5	7	4	10	3	7	255
4	James Hinchcliffe	4	7	3	2	2	6	3	Ret	3	9	Ret	14	224
5	Jonathan Bomarito	3	2	4	24	7	Ret	4	Ret	14	2	1	4	207
6	Giacomo Ricci (R)	Ret	6	8	11	12	4	6	4	5	6	Ret	5	188
7	J. R. Hildebrand (R)	Ret	Ret	7	6	9	2	9	Ret	Ret	5	15	9	140
8	Alan Sciuto	7	Ret	6	7	Ret	9	12	6	Ret	4	7	20	140
9	John Edwards (R)	Ret	4	12	21	Ret	19	11	2	6	8	Ret	8	125
10	Carl Skerlong (R)	Ret	9	2	8	11	12	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	3	114
11	Justin Sofio	9	10	11	14	18	10	14	8	10	19	8	15	112
12	Ryan Lewis				3	5	Ret	13	5	9	13	Ret	10	107
13	Kevin Lacroix (R)				15	1	14	8	Ret	18	7		6	105
14	Junior Strous (R)	6	13	DNS	9	8	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	5	Ret	92
15	Ronnie Bremer	8	8	9	10	13	7					9		92
16	Matt Lee (R)	10	11	17	19	15	18	10	Ret	12	12	Ret	12	79
17	David Garza (R)	Ret	24	14	12	10	8	15	10	8	20	18	Ret	78
18	Adrian Carrio (R)	Ret	12	13	17	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	7	DSQ	6	11	77
19	Simona de Silvestro (R)	Ret	Ret	15	16	16	11	7	Ret	13	Ret	10	22	69
20	Adrien Herberts (R)		15	19	13	14	Ret	17	Ret	11	15			51
21	Tom Sutherland (R)	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	17	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	13	16	43
22	Frankie Muniz (R)	Ret	19	21	22	20	Ret	Ret	9	17	16	11	18	41
23	Mike Forest (R)	11	18	18	18	19	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	17	16	13	41
24	Brian Thienes (R)	12	17	23	20	21	17	20	Ret	15	18	14	19	38
25	Richard Heistand (R)	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret		16	11	12	21	29
26	Luis Mussi (R)		20	16										6
27	Joe D'Agostino		16	20										6
28	Dominick Muermans (R)	Ret	22											5
29	Tõnis Kasemets												17	4
30	Dan Selznick	Ret	Ret		Ret	24								2
31	Bret McDonald (R)	Ret	21	Ret	23	22	20							2
32	Jiang Tengyi (R)	Ret	23	22										0
33	Steve Ott (R)											Ret		0
34	Natacha Gachnang (R)											DNS		0
Pos	Driver	LVG	LGB	HOU	POR1	POR2	CLE	MTT	TOR	EDM1	EDM2	SAN	ROA	Points

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place (Top 5)
Light Blue	6th-10th place (Top 10)
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Driver replacement (Rpl)
	Injured (Inj)
	No race held (NH)

External links

ChampCarStats.com

Notes and References

News: Vegas Grand Prix opens 2007 Champ Car season . reviewjournal.com. August 1, 2006 . September 2, 2006 .
News: 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.
News: 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 .
News: 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 .
News: 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 .