2007 Atlantic Championship

2007 Champ Car Atlantic season
	Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 8
End date	August 12
Awards
Drivers' champion	Raphael Matos

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 Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' 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
Alan Sciuto Racing	20	Alan Sciuto
Brooks Associates Racing	8	Jiang Tengyi
Brooks Associates Racing	10	Joe D'Agostino Kevin Lacroix Ronnie Bremer
Condor Motorsports	11	Franck Perera
	16	Junior Strous
	19	Brian Thienes
Gelles Racing	30	Luis Mussi
Genoa Racing	17	Adrian Carrio
Genoa Racing	37	Richard Heistand
Jensen MotorSport	2	Tom Sutherland
	13	Frankie Muniz
	22	Dominick Muermans Steve Ott
Conquest Racing	18	Giacomo Ricci
Conquest Racing	44	Matt Lee
Mathiasen Motorsports	26	Justin Sofio
Newman Wachs Racing	34	Tõnis Kasemets
Newman Wachs Racing	36	J.R. Hildebrand
Paladin Motorsports	45	Adrien Herberts Natacha Gachnang
Polestar Racing Group	12	Ronnie Bremer
Polestar Racing Group	21	Bret MacDonald
PR1 Motorsports	23	Jonathan Bomarito
PR1 Motorsports	32	Mike Forest
Red Bull/Team Forsythe	3	Robert Wickens
Red Bull/Team Forsythe	7	John Edwards
Sierra Sierra Enterprises	6	Raphael Matos
Sierra Sierra Enterprises	9	James Hinchcliffe
The Room Store	49	Dan Selznick
US RaceTronics	4	David Garza Pérez
US RaceTronics	24	Carl Skerlong
Walker Racing	5	Simona de Silvestro
Walker Racing	15	Ryan Lewis

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[1]	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	ESPN	April 15
3	Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston[1]	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[4]	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	ESPN	July 8
9	Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton – Race 1[4]	Blatchford Field Airport	Edmonton, Alberta	ESPN	July 21
10	Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton – Race 2[4]	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 has been cancelled by Champ Car as of February 1

Full Series results

Races

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

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 Pérez (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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

External links

ChampCarStats.com

References

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"Sponsor boost for Toronto, Houston". crash.net. March 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2007.
"Cleveland 2007 date announced". motorsport.com. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2006.
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"2007 Champ Car Schedule Coming – China, Europe to be Added?". paddocktalk.com. September 17, 2006. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2006.

Preceded by 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season	2007 Champ Car Atlantic season	Succeeded by 2008 Atlantic Championship season

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[Vegas_Grand_Prix_Season_Opener-1] "Vegas Grand Prix opens 2007 Champ Car season". reviewjournal.com. August 1, 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2006.

[Sponsor_boost_for_Toronto,_Houston-2] "Sponsor boost for Toronto, Houston". crash.net. March 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2007.

[Cleveland_2007_date_announced-3] "Cleveland 2007 date announced". motorsport.com. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2006.

[Champ_Car_set_to_add_Quebec_pit_stop-4] "Champ Car set to add Quebec pit stop". globeandmail.com. September 25, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.

[2007_Champ_Car_Schedule_Coming_-_China,_Europe_to_be_Added?-5] "2007 Champ Car Schedule Coming – China, Europe to be Added?". paddocktalk.com. September 17, 2006. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2006.