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2009 Star Mazda Championship

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The 2009 Star Mazda Championship was the eleventh season of the Star Mazda Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that competes using spec chassis and engines. It consisted of a 13-race schedule beginning in March and ending in October. For the first time since 2006, the series featured races on oval tracks, more precisely the Milwaukee Mile and the Iowa Speedway. The remaining races except the one at Virginia were held jointly with the also Mazda-backed Atlantic Championship. In addition to the main championship that is typically tested by young, developing drivers, there were also additional class titles for senior drivers.

Adam Christodoulou won the championship ahead of Peter Dempsey, after the Irish driver's retirement at the final round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca gifted the title to the Briton.[1][2] Chris Cumming and Michael Guasch won class titles for older drivers.[3]

Teams and Drivers

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Team No. Driver(s) Round(s) Notes
AIM Autosport 3 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey 1–5
71 Canada David Ostella All
72 Venezuela Jorge Goncalvez All
73 Brazil Giancarlo Vilarinho 13 Unregistered
American Speed Factory 31 Puerto Rico Carlos Conde 2, 4–5, 8–9 Masters Series
Andersen Racing 2 United States Joel Miller 7–13
5 United States Joe D'Agostino 1
17 Canada Mikaël Grenier 2–6, 10
21 Brazil Denis Navarro All
22 United States Conor Daly All
33 United Kingdom Richard Kent 1, 3–13
DF Racing 12 United States Chuck Hulse 3, 13 Masters Series
Eliseo THL Motorsports 77 Chile Kevin Toledo 1–10, 12
Goshen Motorsports 80 Japan Toshi Deki 1–10 Expert Series
82 United States Billy Goshen 1–7
83 United States Ryan Booth 1–2
United States Bruce Binnquist 3 Unregistered
JDC MotorSports 2 United States Joel Miller 1–6
11 United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou All
19 Brazil Caio Lara All
20 Venezuela Gustavo Linares 3, 6–7 Unregistered
51 United States Alex Ardoin All
55 United States Gerry Kraut 1–4, 8, 11–13 Masters Series
85 United States Chris Miller 12–13 Unregistered
91 United States Michael Guasch 1–5, 8–11, 13 Masters Series
Juncos Racing 3 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey 6–13
13 Canada Michael Furfari 1–10
23 United States Walt Bowlin 1–5, 10–12 Masters Series
61 United States Sean Burstyn 1–5, 7–10
80 Japan Toshi Deki 11–13 Expert Series
Kester Racing with Team 3G 15 Canada Taylor Hacquard 1–7
16 Canada Chris Cumming 1–6 Expert Series
24 United States Jeffery Kester 1–7
48 United States Kristy Kester 1–7
Mitchell Motorsports 66 United States Rusty Mitchell All
Mundill 13 Canada Michael Furfari 11–13
27 Norway Anders Krohn All
64 United States Patrick O'Neill 2–3, 13 Expert Series
Northwest Autosport 29 United States Phil Fogg 1, 3 Expert Series
Team Apex 57 United States Bob Kaminsky 8 Unregistered
Team GDT 30 Brazil Rick Rosin 2–5, 8–9, 12 Unregistered
Canada Kyle Marcelli 13 Unregistered
65 United States J. W. Roberts 1, 10, 13 Expert Series
United States Ashley Freiberg 8–9 Unregistered
Worldspeed Motorsports 16 Canada Chris Cumming 8–9, 12–13 Expert Series
18 United States Stan Kohls 3 Unregistered
86 United States Dave House 3 Unregistered

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 20 United Kingdom Richard Kent Brazil Caio Lara United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou JDC MotorSports
2 United States Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 26 United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey AIM Autosport
3 United States Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah May 16 United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou JDC MotorSports
4 United States New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey June 13 United States Conor Daly United States Conor Daly United States Conor Daly Andersen Racing
5 June 14 United Kingdom Richard Kent United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou United Kingdom Richard Kent Andersen Racing
6 United States Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 20 United Kingdom Richard Kent Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Norway Anders Krohn Mundill
7 United States Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa July 10 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing
8 United States Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois July 25 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing
9 July 26 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing
10 Canada Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 16 United States Rusty Mitchell United States Conor Daly United States Alex Ardoin JDC MotorSports
11 Canada Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario August 29 United Kingdom Richard Kent United States Conor Daly United Kingdom Richard Kent Andersen Racing
12 United States Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia September 25 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Juncos Racing
13 United States Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California October 10 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou JDC MotorSports

Championship standings

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Overall

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Pos Driver SEB
United States
VIR
United States
MMP
United States
NJ
United States
MIL
United States
IOW
United States
ACC
United States
TRO
Canada
MOS
Canada
ATL
United States
LAG
United States
Points
1 United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou 1 7 1 2 24 2 5 2 2 5 3 3 1 473
2 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey 6 1 2 6 7 4 1 1 1 13 4 1 20 461
3 United States Conor Daly 3 5 22 1 8 21 2 3 5 14 2 2 4 416
4 United States Alex Ardoin 8 2 6 24 2 3 14 17 7 1 8 5 2 401
5 United States Joel Miller 5 3 3 5 4 14 18 7 4 3 12 4 16 390
6 Norway Anders Krohn 17 6 11 12 6 1 6 9 11 6 5 9 3 380
7 United Kingdom Richard Kent 2 4 8 1 20 17 4 3 19 1 6 6 377
8 Brazil Caio Lara 4 10 5 4 5 8 9 10 9 20 7 8 15 360
9 Venezuela Jorge Goncalvez 9 4 13 9 10 5 20 18 15 18 6 11 5 329
- Canada Michael Furfari 12 25 9 7 11 10 8 8 6 8 13 13 9 329
11 Brazil Denis Navarro 15 19 8 18 9 13 15 6 10 10 10 7 7 321
12 United States Rusty Mitchell 11 26 16 25 25 6 4 16 13 2 11 10 17 295
13 Canada David Ostella 23 9 17 10 18 18 3 20 8 7 9 18 18 294
14 Japan Toshi Deki 26 17 24 23 21 17 11 15 17 16 15 15 14 237
15 Chile Kevin Toledo 10 27 19 14 16 19 7 19 14 17 14 220
16 United States Michael Guasch 18 14 20 26 17 11 12 11 16 13 202
17 Canada Chris Cumming 14 22 27 16 15 16 12 16 12 10 200
18 Canada Mikaël Grenier 8 7 3 3 12 4 189
19 United States Sean Burstyn 20 23 14 20 19 13 5 18 9 184
20 United States Billy Goshen 27 11 10 11 12 7 12 162
21 United States Gerry Kraut 21 16 23 19 13 14 16 12 154
22 United States Kristy Kester 24 13 15 13 13 15 10 149
23 Canada Taylor Hacquard 16 21 12 15 14 9 19 146
24 United States Jeffery Kester 13 24 21 17 20 11 16 130
25 United States Walt Bowlin 25 20 25 22 23 15 17 17 124
26 Puerto Rico Carlos Conde 18 21 22 14 19 86
27 United States Patrick O'Neill 15 26 8 59
28 United States J. W. Roberts 22 12 19 55
29 United States Chuck Hulse 17 11 43
30 United States Ryan Booth 28 12 32
31 United States Joe D'Agostino 7 29
32 United States Phil Fogg 19 27 25
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

Expert (age 30–44)

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Pos Name Starts Points
1 Canada Chris Cumming 10 184
2 Japan Toshi Deki 13 172
3 United States Patrick O'Neill 3 56
4 United States J. W. Roberts 3 46
5 United States Phil Fogg 2 28


Masters (age 45 and older)

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Pos Name Starts Points
1 United States Michael Guasch 10 178
2 United States Gerry Kraut 8 138
3 United States Walt Bowlin 8 112
4 Puerto Rico Carlos Conde 5 76
5 United States Chuck Hulse 2 40

Note: Expert and Masters classes have different point system than the overall championship.

References

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  1. ^ Darley, Andy. Star Mazda: Adam Christodoulou wins championship showdown, Brits on Pole, October 11, 2009, Retrieved 2011-07-25
  2. ^ STAR MAZDA: Christodoulou Wins Championship Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Speed, October 11, 2009, Retrieved 2011-07-25
  3. ^ 2009 Star Mazda points Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Star Mazda Championship, Retrieved 2011-07-25
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