The 2007 Star Mazda Championship was the ninth season of the Star Mazda Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that competes using spec chassis and engines. The season featured 12 races over 12 weekends, with only road courses and street circuits featuring on the schedule. The overall season champion was Dane Cameron,Krefting, Kevin. STAR MAZDA: Mandarino Wins, Cameron is Champ , Speed, October 4, 2007, Retrieved 2011-07-25 while Dan Tomlin, III and Steve Hickham won the Expert and Masters classes respectively.2007 Star Mazda Points , Star Mazda Championship, Retrieved 2011-07-25
Cameron finished on the podium in eight of the twelve races and finished well ahead of second-place finisher, Australian James Davison who won once at Mosport.Star Mazda: Davison Triumphs at Mosport , eFormulaCarNews, August 28, 2007, Retrieved 2011-08-09 Canadian Lorenzo Mandarino won twiceLorenzo Mandarino Cruises Into First Victory Of The Season in Star Mazda Championship , Auto Racing Daily, May 23, 2007, Retrieved 2011-08-09 and finished eights in points as he finished outside the top-ten seven times. Canadian Marco Di Leo won the season opener at Sebring International Raceway but it would be his only win of the season. His brother Daniel finished second in that race.Di Leos one two at Sebring , Canadian Racers, Retrieved 2011-08-09 Ron White won back-to-back races in the rounds at Road America and Circuit Trois-Rivières, Paddock Talk, Retrieved 2011-08-09Star Mazda: White Wins Second Consecutive Race , eFormulaCarNews, August 20, 2007, Retrieved 2011-08-09 and finished third in points.
Drivers and teams
Race calendar and results Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Winning driver Supporting 1 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 16 Dane Cameron Marco di Leo American Le Mans Series 2 Grand Prix of Houston Houston, Texas April 22 Dane Cameron Dane Cameron American Le Mans Series / Champ Car World Series 3 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 28 James Davison Dane Cameron Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 4 Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah May 19 James Davison Lorenzo Mandarino American Le Mans Series 5 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 9 Marco di Leo Devin Cunningham Champ Car World Series 6 Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio June 24 Dane Cameron Jonathan Goring Champ Car World Series 7 Grand Prix of Toronto Toronto, Ontario July 7 Dane Cameron Dane Cameron Champ Car World Series 8 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 11 Marco di Leo Ron White American Le Mans Series 9 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 19 Alex Ardoin Ron White Stand alone 10 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario August 25 Dane Cameron James Davison American Le Mans Series 11 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 5 James Davison Lorenzo Mandarino American Le Mans Series 12 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California October 20 Dane Cameron Alex Ardoin American Le Mans Series
Final points standings Pos Name SEB HOU VIR MMP POR CLE TOR RAM TRO MOS RAT LAG Pts 1 Dane Cameron 4 1 1 4 17 2 1 2 2 3 8 2 450 2 James Davison 3 7 4 2 13 17 5 4 11 1 5 3 389 3 Ron White 21 4 2 7 3 5 17 1 1 17 6 19 360 4 Nick Haye 9 5 8 6 15 11 15 3 3 9 7 4 348 5 Jonathan Goring 10 3 15 3 9 1 14 18 15 7 4 6 346 6 Alex Ardoin 12 10 11 10 8 6 3 17 13 11 3 1 345 7 Devin Cunningham 15 13 13 12 1 8 2 6 16 12 2 9 344 8 Lorenzo Mandarino 5 22 5 1 11 18 19 15 12 2 1 18 329 9 Marco di Leo 1 18 3 5 7 7 13 8 14 20 10 7 319 10 Russell Walker 17 6 20 8 4 19 7 16 4 18 16 8 293 11 Eric Freiberg 11 19 7 13 14 21 8 5 18 6 9 17 285 12 Jonny Baker 20 20 9 19 18 13 9 20 5 4 17 11 270 13 Charles Anti 8 17 10 11 16 9 16 10 17 10 14 258 14 Steve Hickham 23 16 17 16 16 10 12 8 16 13 13 236 15 Natacha Gachnang 9 2 3 6 7 10 8 217 16 Scott Rettich 19 17 12 12 18 9 6 13 10 208 17 Dan Tomlin, Jr. 22 23 18 15 11 14 15 15 12 179 18 Tyson Sy 16 9 22 5 4 4 161 19 Dan Tomlin, III 20 12 13 7 19 14 15 152 = Phil Fogg, Jr. 13 14 18 10 20 9 16 152 21 Tony Rivera 24 8 12 15 6 5 147 22 Richard Zober 14 14 10 11 12 119 23 Gerry Kraut 26 16 14 19 14 11 116 24 Daniel di Leo 2 2 6 110 25 Cole Morgan 6 21 19 62 = Jamie Morrow 14 11 21 62 27 John Zartarian 12 5 56 28 Michael Duncalfe 25 15 24 44 29 Ricardo Vassmer 7 23 42 30 Sean Burstyn 18 18 Pos Name SEB HOU VIR MMP POR CLE TOR RAM TRO MOS RAT LAG Pts 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*Led most race lapsQualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookie of the YearRookie
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References
External links Star Mazda Championship Official website