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.

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		2, 4–5, 8–9	Masters Series
Andersen Racing	2	Joel Miller	7–13
	5		1
	17	Mikaël Grenier	2–6, 10
	21	Denis Navarro	All
	22	Conor Daly	All
	33		1, 3–13
DF Racing	12		3, 13	Masters Series
Eliseo THL Motorsports	77		1–10, 12
Goshen Motorsports	80		1–10	Expert Series
	82		1–7
	83		1–2
			3	Unregistered
JDC MotorSports	2	Joel Miller	1–6
	11	Adam Christodoulou	All
	19		All
	20		3, 6–7	Unregistered
	51		All
	55		1–4, 8, 11–13	Masters Series
	85	Chris Miller	12–13	Unregistered
	91		1–5, 8–11, 13	Masters Series
Juncos Racing	3	Peter Dempsey	6–13
	13		1–10
	23		1–5, 10–12	Masters Series
	61		1–5, 7–10
	80		11–13	Expert Series
Kester Racing with Team 3G	15		1–7
	16		1–6	Expert Series
	24		1–7
	48		1–7
Mitchell Motorsports	66	Rusty Mitchell	All
Mundill	13		11–13
	27	Anders Krohn	All
	64		2–3, 13	Expert Series
Northwest Autosport	29		1, 3	Expert Series
Team Apex	57		8	Unregistered
Team GDT	30		2–5, 8–9, 12	Unregistered
		Kyle Marcelli	13	Unregistered
	65		1, 10, 13	Expert Series
		Ashley Freiberg	8–9	Unregistered
Worldspeed Motorsports	16		8–9, 12–13	Expert Series
	18		3	Unregistered
	86		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			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	Andersen Racing
5			June 14		?		Andersen Racing
6	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 20		Peter Dempsey	Anders Krohn	Mundill
7	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	July 10	Peter Dempsey	?	Peter Dempsey	Juncos Racing
8	Autobahn Country Club	Joliet, Illinois	July 25	Peter Dempsey	?	Peter Dempsey	Juncos Racing
9			July 26	Peter Dempsey	?	Peter Dempsey	Juncos Racing
10	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	August 16	Rusty Mitchell	?		JDC MotorSports
11	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	August 29		?		Andersen Racing
12	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	September 25	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 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 2 4 8 1 20 17 4 3 19 1 6 6 377 8 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 - 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 26 17 24 23 21 17 11 15 17 16 15 15 14 237 15 10 27 19 14 16 19 7 19 14 17 14 220 16 18 14 20 26 17 11 12 11 16 13 202 17 14 22 27 16 15 16 12 16 12 10 200 18 Mikaël Grenier 8 7 3 3 12 4 189 19 20 23 14 20 19 13 5 18 9 184 20 27 11 10 11 12 7 12 162 21 21 16 23 19 13 14 16 12 154 22 24 13 15 13 13 15 10 149 23 16 21 12 15 14 9 19 146 24 13 24 21 17 20 11 16 130 25 25 20 25 22 23 15 17 17 124 26 18 21 22 14 19 86 27 15 26 8 59 28 22 12 19 55 29 17 11 43 30 28 12 32 31 7 29 32 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		10	184
2		13	172
3		3	56
4		3	46
5		2	28

Masters (age 45 and older)[]

Pos	Name	Starts	Points
1		10	178
2		8	138
3		8	112
4		5	76
5		2	40

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

References[]

External links[]

• Star Mazda Championship Official website