2007 Star Mazda Championship Explained
The 2007 Star Mazda Championship was the ninth season of the Star Mazda Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that competes using spec chassis and engines. The season featured 12 races over 12 weekends, with only road courses and street circuits featuring on the schedule. The overall season champion was Dane Cameron,[1] while Dan Tomlin, III and Steve Hickham won the Expert and Masters classes respectively.[2]
Cameron finished on the podium in eight of the twelve races and finished well ahead of second-place finisher, Australian James Davison who won once at Mosport.[3] Canadian Lorenzo Mandarino won twice[4] and finished eights in points as he finished outside the top-ten seven times. Canadian Marco Di Leo won the season opener at Sebring International Raceway but it would be his only win of the season. His brother Daniel finished second in that race.[5] Ron White won back-to-back races in the rounds at Road Americaand Circuit Trois-Rivières[6] [7] and finished third in points.
Race calendar and results
| Round | Rnd | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Winning driver | Supporting |
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| 1 |  Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | March 16 | Dane Cameron |  Marco di Leo | American Le Mans Series |
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| 2 | Grand Prix of Houston | Houston, Texas | April 22 | Dane Cameron | Dane Cameron | American Le Mans Series / Champ Car World Series |
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| 3 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | April 28 |  James Davison | Dane Cameron | Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series |
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| 4 | Miller Motorsports Park | Tooele, Utah | May 19 | James Davison | Lorenzo Mandarino | American Le Mans Series |
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| 5 | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | June 9 | Marco di Leo | Devin Cunningham | Champ Car World Series |
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| 6 | Grand Prix of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio | June 24 | Dane Cameron | Jonathan Goring | Champ Car World Series |
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| 7 | Grand Prix of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | July 7 | Dane Cameron | Dane Cameron | Champ Car World Series |
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| 8 | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 11 | Marco di Leo | Ron White | American Le Mans Series |
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| 9 | Circuit Trois-Rivières | Trois-Rivières, Quebec | August 19 | Alex Ardoin | Ron White | Stand alone |
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| 10 | Mosport International Raceway | Bowmanville, Ontario | August 25 | Dane Cameron | James Davison | American Le Mans Series |
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| 11 | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | October 5 | James Davison | Lorenzo Mandarino | American Le Mans Series |
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| 12 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | October 20 | Dane Cameron | Alex Ardoin | American Le Mans Series | |
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Final points standings
| Pos | Name | SEB
| HOU
| VIR
| MMP
| POR
| CLE
| TOR
| RAM
| TRO
| MOS
| RAT
| LAG
| Pts |
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| 1 | Dane Cameron | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 450 |
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| 2 | James Davison | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 389 |
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| 3 | Ron White | 21 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 360 |
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| 4 | Nick Haye | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 348 |
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| 5 | Jonathan Goring | 10 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 346 |
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| 6 | Alex Ardoin | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 345 |
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| 7 | Devin Cunningham | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 344 |
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| 8 | Lorenzo Mandarino | 5 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 329 |
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| 9 | Marco di Leo | 1 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 319 |
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| 10 | Russell Walker | 17 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 293 |
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| 11 | Eric Freiberg | 11 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 285 |
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| 12 |  Jonny Baker | 20 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 270 |
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| 13 | Charles Anti | 8 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 10 | | 14 | 258 |
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| 14 | Steve Hickham | 23 | 16 | 17 | 16 | | 16 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 236 |
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| 15 |  Natacha Gachnang | | | | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | | | 217 |
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| 16 | Scott Rettich | 19 | | | 17 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 13 | | 10 | 208 |
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| 17 | Dan Tomlin, Jr. | 22 | 23 | 18 | | | 15 | 11 | 14 | | 15 | 15 | 12 | 179 |
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| 18 |  Tyson Sy | 16 | 9 | 22 | | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 161 |
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| 19 | Dan Tomlin, III | | | | | | 20 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 152 |
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| = | Phil Fogg, Jr. | 13 | 14 | | 18 | 10 | | 20 | | 9 | | | 16 | 152 |
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| 21 | Tony Rivera | 24 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 6 | | | | | 5 | | | 147 |
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| 22 | Richard Zober | | | 14 | 14 | | 10 | | 11 | | | 12 | | 119 |
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| 23 | Gerry Kraut | 26 | | 16 | | | 14 | | 19 | | 14 | 11 | | 116 |
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| 24 | Daniel di Leo | 2 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 110 |
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| 25 | Cole Morgan | 6 | 21 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | 62 |
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| = | Jamie Morrow | 14 | 11 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 62 |
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| 27 | John Zartarian | | 12 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 56 |
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| 28 | Michael Duncalfe | 25 | 15 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | 44 |
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| 29 |  Ricardo Vassmer | 7 | | 23 | | | | | | | | | | 42 |
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| 30 | Sean Burstyn | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
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| Pos | Name | SEB
| HOU
| VIR
| MMP
| POR
| CLE
| TOR
| RAM
| TRO
| MOS
| RAT
| LAG
| Pts | |
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| | Color | Result |
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| 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 not
participate
(DNP) | | Not competing | |
| | In-line notation | | Bold | Pole position
(1 point) | | Italics | Ran fastest race lap | *|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Led most race laps|-|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center||style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded|-|style="background:#FDE910;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie of the Year|-|style="background:Orange;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie|}|}|}| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
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| Points | 44 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
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External links
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Notes and References
- Krefting, Kevin. STAR MAZDA: Mandarino Wins, Cameron is Champ, Speed, October 4, 2007, Retrieved 2011-07-25
- http://www.starmazda.com/results/2007/2007-starmazdapoints.pdf 2007 Star Mazda Points
- http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=2852&sid=692db9f1d1e2eb6c2b3bbf3c0d70f86d Star Mazda: Davison Triumphs at Mosport
- http://www.autoracingdaily.com/news/formula1/lorenzo_mandarino_cruises_into_first_victory_of_the_season_in_star_mazda_ch/ Lorenzo Mandarino Cruises Into First Victory Of The Season in Star Mazda Championship
- http://www.canadianracers.com/cr_news.php?id=1085 Di Leos one two at Sebring
- https://archive.today/20120714053506/http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=40718 White's Late Pass Good for Star Mazda Win at Mosport
- http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=2802&sid=9b1cd86c2d3c6a10462dca52aab299d4 Star Mazda: White Wins Second Consecutive Race
