2009 Star Mazda Championship

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.

2009 Star Mazda Championship

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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

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

Race calendar and results

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

Championship standings

Overall

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

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

Masters (age 45 and older)

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

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

References

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

External links

• Star Mazda Championship Official website