2010 Star Mazda Championship
Introduction 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.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. At the same meeting, Carlos Conde sealed the Masters title for drivers over 45 years of age, while J. W. Roberts secured the Expert title for drivers between 30 and 44 at Trois-Rivières.
Drivers and teams Connor De Phillippi finished 3rd at the championshipTeamNoDriversNotes  Team Apex 9  Jorge Goncalvez 18  João Victor Horto 28  Juan Piedrahita Skipped ORP & Iowa  Bob Kaminsky Masters; Autobahn only  JDC MotorSports 11  Connor De Phillippi 19  Caio Lara 55  Gerry Kraut Masters; Sebring, Laguna Seca and Autobahn 64  Patrick O'Neill Expert; Skipped ORP, Iowa, Autobahn, Mosport & Road Atlanta 75  Jeff Garibotti Autobahn only 78  Mikhail Goikhberg Mosport only 85  Chris Miller  AIM Autosport 13  Michael Furfari Sebring & St. Pete only 16  David Ostella Skipped Road Atlanta 23  Walt Bowlin Masters; New Jersey onwards 29  Phil Fogg, Jr. Laguna Seca only 44  Zack Meyer 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 Skipped Road Atlanta 27  Court Vernon Sebring & St. Pete only 37  Dom Bastien Masters; Sebring, New Jersey, Road America and Road Atlanta 38  Tristan Vautier 47  Anders Krohn 81  Nick Andries St. Pete, Iowa onwards  Linares Racing 20  Carlos Linares 21  Kevin Toledo Autobahn and Trois-Rivières  Juncos Racing 22  Conor Daly 25  Tatiana Calderón 60  Martin Scuncio Road Atlanta only 61  Sean Burstyn Autobahn only 66  Rusty Mitchell Mitchell merged entry to Juncos Racing from Iowa onwards 94  Hayden Duerson Sebring & St. Pete only  Team GDT 24  Ian Harms Sebring only 31  Carlos Conde Masters; Skipped Laguna Seca, ORP, Iowa & Road Atlanta 33  Richard Kent Sebring & St. Pete only 51  Alex Ardoin Trois-Rivières only 65  J. W. Roberts Expert; Skipped ORP and Mosport 91  Ashley Freiberg Autobahn only  Mitchell Motorsports 66  Rusty Mitchell Merged to Juncos Racing after ORP
Race calendar and results The calendar was announced on November 23, 2009.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 notparticipate(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
References
External links *  Star Mazda Championship Official website