The 2011 Star Mazda Championship was the 13th Star Mazda Championship season, the second under the Mazda Road to Indy program, and the first under IndyCar sanctioning, after 12 years under the International Motor Sports Association umbrella. As part of the program's expansion, the series champion will be provided a scholarship to advance into Firestone Indy Lights for the 2012 season. The season will feature 11 races over 10 weekends, with four road courses, three street circuits and three ovals on the schedule.

The series consisted of a main championship as well as an Expert championship for drivers over 30 years of age, combining previous years' Expert and Masters championships.

JDC MotorSports' Tristan Vautier won four races on his way to the championship by a 25-point margin over Connor De Phillippi, who also won four races. Vautier finished in the top five in every race.De Phillippi Wins Season-Finale as Vautier Captures Series Title , eFormulaCarNews, September 18, 2011, Retrieved 2011-09-18 Andretti Autosport rookie Sage Karam also won two oval races and captured Rookie of The Year honors. J. W. Roberts won the Expert Championship when closest rival Walt Bowlin did not enter the final race of the season. The team championship went to Team Pelfrey which fielded cars for De Phllippi and Nick Andries, who finished third in points.

Drivers and teams TeamDriversNotes JDC MotorSports 5 Tristan Vautier 19 Mikhail Goikhberg Infineon only2011 Star Mazda Championship Driver List / Infineon , Star Mazda Championship, Retrieved 2011-08-25 27 Nick MancusoMancuso Joins JDC MotorSports Driver Line-Up , eFormulaCarNews, February 17, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-17 Selected races 39 João Jardim Indianapolis onwards 64 Patrick O'Neill Expert; Infineon only 85 Chris Miller St. Pete and Mosport only Juncos Racing 7 João Victor Horto 10 Tatiana Calderón 28 Gustavo Menezes 39 Richard Heistand Left team after St. Pete 60 Martin Scuncio Left series after MosportSepulveda, Jose Luis. Martín Scuncio se retira de la Star Mazda Series , Racing5, 2 August 2011, Retrieved 2011-08-04 Team Pelfrey 11 Connor De PhillippiTeam Pelfrey Signs De Phillippi for 2011 Championship Charge , eFormulaCarNews, February 9, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-09 81 Nick Andries World Speed Motorsports 16 Lloyd Read Laguna Seca only2011 Star Mazda Championship Driver List / Mazda Raceway , Star Mazda Championship, Retrieved 2011-09-15 Team GDT 19 Richard Heistand Barber only 37 Dom Bastien Expert; Laguna Seca only 48 Patrick McKenna Skipped Milwaukee, Iowa and Baltimore 65 J. W. Roberts Expert; Skipped Barber and Milwaukee Linares Racing 20 Carlos Linares AIM Autosport 23 Walt Bowlin Expert; St. Pete, Barber, Mosport, Trois-Rivières, Infineon and Baltimore only 66 Zack Meyer St. Pete and Barber only 72 Larry Pegram Expert; St. Pete, Barber, Trois-Rivières, Infineon only 99 Learic Cramer Baltimore only The Racing Company 26 Jérimy Daniel Skipped Iowa and Infineon Fogg Racing 29 Phil Fogg, Jr. Expert; Infineon only Andretti Autosport 77 Zach Veach Infineon and Laguna Seca onlyZach Veach Added to Andretti Autosport’s Star Mazda Lineup at Sonoma, Laguna Seca, Andretti Autosport PR, August 18, 2011, Retrieved 2011-08-18 88 Sage Karam

Race calendar and results The race schedule was announced on December 20, 2010.

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 26 Martin Scuncio Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Team Pelfrey IndyCar Series 2 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 10 Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier JDC MotorSports IndyCar Series 3 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Brownsburg, Indiana May 28 Connor De Phillippi Nick Andries Connor De Phillippi Team Pelfrey USAC Midgets 4 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 19 Nick Andries Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 5 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 25 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 6 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario July 24 Sage Karam Nick Andries João Victor Horto Juncos Racing American Le Mans Series 7 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 6 Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier JDC MotorSports Firestone Indy Lights 8 August 7 Tristan Vautier Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Team Pelfrey 9 Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California August 27 Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier JDC MotorSports IndyCar Series 10 Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland September 4 Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier JDC MotorSports IndyCar Series 11 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 18 Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Team Pelfrey American Le Mans Series

Championship standings

Drivers' Pos Driver STP BAR IND MIL IOW MOS TRO SON BAL LAG Points Overall 1 Tristan Vautier 3 1 4 4 4 5 1 3 1 1 5 426 2 Connor De Phillippi 1 10 1 6 11 2 5 1 2 10 1 401 3 Nick Andries 17 2 2 3 7 4 3 2 3 9 2 385 4 João Victor Horto 14 4 5 7 2 1 2 4 6 3 6 375 5 Sage Karam 15 9 3 1 1 13 4 5 4 2 16 364 6 Tatiana Calderón 18 3 9 9 5 3 12 8 5 8 7 322 7 Carlos Linares 6 5 13 10 8 10 7 9 13 11 8 301 8 Gustavo Menezes 8 7 7 5 3 6 6 6 9 4 15 297 9 João Jardim 14 8 6 8 14 7 8 7 12 244 10 Jérimy Daniel 10 15 10 12 11 8 10 5 10 237 11 J. W. Roberts 11 12 10 9 12 14 13 13 200 12 Nick Mancuso 7 6 8 11 9 10 9 194 13 Martin Scuncio 2 11 6 2 12 9 187 14 Patrick McKenna 4 13 11 14 13 14 4 186 15 Walt Bowlin 16 14 12 11 13 16 6 168 16 Larry Pegram 131 8 10 11 12 105 17 Chris Miller 5 7 61 18 Zack Meyer 12 12 48 19 Richard Heistand 9 16 47 Expert Class 1 J. W. Roberts 11 12 10 9 12 14 13 13 148 2 Walt Bowlin 16 14 12 11 13 16 6 114 3 Larry Pegram 131 8 10 11 12 76 unregistered drivers Zach Veach 7 3 Mikhail Goikhberg 11 Lloyd Read 11 Learic Cramer 12 Dom Bastien 14 Phil Fogg, Jr. 15 Patrick O'Neill 17 Pos Driver STP BAR IND MIL IOW MOS TRO SON BAL LAG 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 competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point) 1Larry Pegram was not registered for the championship at St. Pete and not eligible for points. Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Points 44 40 37 34 32 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Teams' PosTeamPoints 1 Team Pelfrey293 2 Juncos Racing274 3 JDC MotorSports270 4 Andretti Autosport195 5 Linares Racing144 6 Team GDT118 7 The Racing Company113 8 AIM Autosport86

References

External links Star Mazda Championship Official website