2010 Star Mazda Championship

The 2010 Star Mazda Championship was the twelfth season of the Star Mazda Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that competes using spec chassis and engines. It was the third season under the sanctioning of the International Motor Sports Association and the first under the Indy Racing League's new Road to Indy ladder.[1]

2010 Star Mazda Championship
Previous:	2009	Next:	2011

Conor Daly became series champion after finishing in the top four positions in each of the twelve races prior to clinching the title at Mosport International Raceway.[2] At the same meeting, Carlos Conde sealed the Masters title for drivers over 45 years of age,[3] while J. W. Roberts secured the Expert title for drivers between 30 and 44 at Trois-Rivières.

Drivers and teams

Team	No	Drivers	Notes
Team Apex	9	Jorge Goncalvez[4]
	18	João Victor Horto[5]
	28	Juan Piedrahita[4]	Skipped ORP & Iowa
		Bob Kaminsky[6]	Masters; Autobahn only
JDC MotorSports	11	Connor De Phillippi[7]
	19	Caio Lara[8]
	55	Gerry Kraut[4]	Masters; Sebring, Laguna Seca and Autobahn
	64	Patrick O'Neill[4]	Expert; Skipped ORP, Iowa, Autobahn, Mosport & Road Atlanta
	75	Jeff Garibotti[6]	Autobahn only
	78	Mikhail Goikhberg[9]	Mosport only
	85	Chris Miller[10]
AIM Autosport	13	Michael Furfari[11]	Sebring & St. Pete only
	16	David Ostella[12]	Skipped Road Atlanta
	23	Walt Bowlin	Masters; New Jersey onwards
	29	Phil Fogg, Jr.	Laguna Seca only
	44	Zack Meyer[9]	Mosport only
	72	Larry Pegram	Expert; New Jersey and Road Atlanta
World Speed Motorsports	15	Frank McCormick	Laguna Seca only
Andersen Racing	17	Mikaël Grenier[13]	Skipped Road Atlanta
	27	Court Vernon[14]	Sebring & St. Pete only
	37	Dom Bastien[15]	Masters; Sebring, New Jersey, Road America and Road Atlanta[15]
	38	Tristan Vautier[16]
	47	Anders Krohn[17]
	81	Nick Andries[18]	St. Pete, Iowa onwards
Linares Racing	20	Carlos Linares[19]
	21	Kevin Toledo[20]	Autobahn and Trois-Rivières
Juncos Racing	22	Conor Daly[21]
	25	Tatiana Calderón[22]
	60	Martin Scuncio[23]	Road Atlanta only
	61	Sean Burstyn[24]	Autobahn only
	66	Rusty Mitchell	Mitchell merged entry to Juncos Racing from Iowa onwards[25]
	94	Hayden Duerson[26]	Sebring & St. Pete only
Team GDT	24	Ian Harms[27]	Sebring only
	31	Carlos Conde[28]	Masters; Skipped Laguna Seca, ORP, Iowa & Road Atlanta
	33	Richard Kent[28]	Sebring & St. Pete only
	51	Alex Ardoin[29]	Trois-Rivières only
	65	J. W. Roberts[28]	Expert; Skipped ORP and Mosport
	91	Ashley Freiberg[6]	Autobahn only
Mitchell Motorsports	66	Rusty Mitchell[4]	Merged to Juncos Racing after ORP

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on November 23, 2009.[30] The new partnership with the IRL begins with three weekends shared with the IndyCar Series and Indy Lights including a race at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis the night before the Indianapolis 500. Star Mazda will also support the two series in St. Petersburg and at Iowa Speedway. Five races will support the American Le Mans Series, and will also join the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at Trois-Rivières.

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 19	Anders Krohn	Anders Krohn	Tristan Vautier	Andersen Racing	American Le Mans Series
2	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 28	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Juncos Racing	IndyCar Series
3	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	May 23	Conor Daly	Connor De Phillippi	Conor Daly	Juncos Racing	American Le Mans Series
4	O'Reilly Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	May 29	Mikaël Grenier	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Juncos Racing	USAC National Midget Series
5	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	June 19	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Juncos Racing	IndyCar Series
6	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	June 26	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Caio Lara	JDC MotorSports	stand-alone
7			June 27	Conor Daly	João Victor Horto	Tristan Vautier	Andersen Racing
8	Autobahn Country Club	Joliet, Illinois	July 31	Mikaël Grenier	Conor Daly	Mikaël Grenier	Andersen Racing	stand-alone
9			August 1	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Juncos Racing
10	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Québec	August 15	Conor Daly	Alex Ardoin	Alex Ardoin	Team GDT	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
11	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 21	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Conor Daly	Juncos Racing	American Le Mans Series
12	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	August 28	Conor Daly	Connor De Phillippi	Conor Daly	Juncos Racing	American Le Mans Series
13	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 1	Connor De Phillippi	Connor De Phillippi	Connor De Phillippi	JDC MotorSports	American Le Mans Series

Championship standings

Drivers'

Pos Driver SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL Points Overall 1 Conor Daly 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 539 2 Anders Krohn 5 4 2 5 5 2 3 6 3 4 4 5 2 460 3 Connor De Phillippi 7 5 4 7 4 4 8 13 5 17 3 3 1 417 4 Jorge Goncalvez 2 17 11 10 2 9 5 21 7 2 2 2 9 409 5 Tristan Vautier 1 9 15 6 8 6 1 23 2 11 13 4 5 400 6 Caio Lara 10 3 6 9 7 1 6 2 9 7 7 6 382 7 João Victor Horto 6 2 17 3 3 7 2 10 24 6 19 12 8 381 8 Mikaël Grenier 4 6 3 2 15 5 21 1 4 10 16 6 366 9 Rusty Mitchell 11 10 8 4 10 20 10 13 6 8 5 9 12 350 10 Tatiana Calderón 20 19 9 11 12 11 9 7 11 9 8 16 11 320 11 Chris Miller 9 15 7 13 13 8 14 22 13 14 17 8 10 313 12 David Ostella 13 7 18 8 14 22 7 4 23 5 7 10 306 13 Carlos Linares 14 22 12 11 16 11 12 12 16 12 13 14 275 14 J. W. Roberts 17 16 13 9 14 17 16 20 13 11 15 248 15 Nick Andries 6 12 12 9 10 18 14 11 7 231 16 Juan Piedrahita 19 11 5 10 13 6 15 13 199 17 Carlos Conde 16 18 15 18 17 16 15 9 18 192 18 Gerry Kraut 12 8 13 20 19 18 18 17 170 19 Dom Bastien 15 18 19 18 21 15 16 140 20 Walt Bowlin 19 22 20 22 19 18 108 21 Patrick O'Neill 14 16 21 15 80 22 Court Vernon 21 13 10 64 23 Larry Pegram 17 16 17 59 24 Michael Furfari 8 12 52 25 Richard Kent 23 8 42 26 Hayden Duerson 18 20 34 unregistered drivers Alex Ardoin 1 0 Martin Scuncio 4 0 Ashley Freiberg 5 19 0 Kevin Toledo 8 8 12 0 Bob Kaminsky 11 14 0 Frank McCormick 12 0 Phil Fogg 14 0 Zack Meyer 14 0 Jeff Garibotty 15 17 0 Sean Burstyn 15 0 Mikhail Goikhberg 19 0 Nick Andries 21 0 Ian Harms 22 0 Expert (best ten results) 1 J. W. Roberts 17 16 13 9 14 17 16 20 13 11 15 196 2 Patrick O'Neill 14 16 21 15 70 3 Larry Pegram 17 16 17 48 Masters (best ten results) 1 Carlos Conde 16 18 15 18 17 16 15 9 18 166 2 Gerry Kraut 12 10 13 20 19 18 18 17 138 3 Dom Bastien 15 18 19 18 21 15 16 112 4 Walt Bowlin 19 22 20 22 19 18 80 Pos Driver SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL 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 not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap

Teams'

Pos Team SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL Points 1 Andersen Racing 1 4 2 2 5 2 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 339 4 6 3 5 6 5 3 6 3 10 13 5 5 2 Juncos Racing 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 324 18 19 9 11 10 8 9 7 6 8 5 9 4 3 Team Apex 2 2 5 3 2 6 2 10 7 2 2 2 8 285 6 11 11 10 3 7 5 11 14 6 6 12 9 4 JDC MotorSports 7 3 4 7 4 1 6 2 5 7 3 3 1 279 9 5 6 9 7 4 8 11 9 14 17 7 6 5 AIM Autosport 8 7 14 8 14 17 7 4 14 5 7 10 17 149 13 12 18 19 17 20 24 19 14 18 6 Team GDT 17 8 13 9 14 17 5 16 1 9 18 15 144 23 16 15 18 16 19 13 11 7 Linares Racing 14 22 12 11 16 11 8 8 12 12 13 14 131 12 12 16 8 Mitchell Motorsports 11 10 8 4 55 9 World Speed Motorsports 12 11 Pos Team SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL Points

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External links

• Star Mazda Championship Official website