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2007 Champ Car Atlantic season
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Season
Races	12
Start date	April 8
End date	August 12
Awards
Drivers' champion	Raphael Matos
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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.

Teams and drivers

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
	7	John Edwards	All
US RaceTronics	4	David Garza	All
	24	Carl Skerlong	All
Walker Racing	5	Simona de Silvestro	All
	15	Ryan Lewis	4–12
Sierra Sierra Enterprises	6	Raphael Matos	All
	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
	21	Bret MacDonald	1–6
Genoa Racing	17	Adrian Carrio	All
	37	Richard Heistand	1–7, 9–12
Conquest Racing	18	Giacomo Ricci	All
	44	Matt Lee	All
Alan Sciuto Racing	20	Alan Sciuto	All
PR1 Motorsports	23	Jonathan Bomarito	All
	32	Mike Forest	All
Mathiasen Motorsports	26	Justin Sofio	All
Gelles Racing	30	Luis Mussi	2–3
Newman Wachs Racing	34	Tõnis Kasemets	12
	36	J. R. Hildebrand	All
Paladin Motorsports	45	Adrien Herberts	2–10
		Natacha Gachnang	11
The Room Store	49	Dan Selznick	1–2, 4–5

Schedule

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

The Denver Grand Prix was cancelled by Champ Car

Race results

Rd	Track	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race winner
				Driver	Team
1	Streets of Las Vegas	Robert Wickens	Robert Wickens	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
2	Streets of Long Beach	Raphael Matos	Raphael Matos	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
3	JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park	Raphael Matos	Carl Skerlong	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
4	Portland International Raceway	James Hinchcliffe	Jonathan Bomarito	Robert Wickens	Forsythe Racing
5		James Hinchcliffe	James Hinchcliffe	Kevin Lacroix	Brooks Associates Racing
6	Burke Lakefront Airport	Raphael Matos	James Hinchcliffe	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
7	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Franck Perera	Carl Skerlong	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports
8	Exhibition Place	Raphael Matos	Franck Perera	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports
9	Edmonton City Centre Airport	James Hinchcliffe	Franck Perera	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
10		Raphael Matos	Alan Sciuto	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
11	Streets of San Jose	Jonathan Bomarito	Robert Wickens	Jonathan Bomarito	PR1 Motorsports
12	Road America	Franck Perera	Alan Sciuto	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

• The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point.
• The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
• The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.

Pos Driver LVG LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SAN ROA Points 1 Raphael Matos 1 1 1 4 6 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 341 2 Franck Perera  RY  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 LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SAN ROA 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 * Led race laps ↑ Improved the most places  R  Rookie  RY  Rookie of the Year

See also

• 2007 Champ Car season
• 2007 Indianapolis 500
• 2007 IndyCar Series season
• 2007 Indy Pro Series season

External links

• ChampCarStats.com

References

1. ^ "Vegas Grand Prix opens 2007 Champ Car season". reviewjournal.com. August 1, 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2006.
2. "Sponsor boost for Toronto, Houston". crash.net. March 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2007.
3. "Cleveland 2007 date announced". motorsport.com. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2006.
4. ^ "Champ Car set to add Quebec pit stop". globeandmail.com. September 25, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
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.

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