2007 Champ Car Atlantic season Races 12 Start date April 8 End date August 12 Drivers' champion Raphael Matos
The 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Season was the thirty-third Champ Car Atlantic season , its sixth season as the prime feeder series for the Champ Car World Series . It began on April 8, 2007 and ended on August 12 after 12 races. The champion was Raphael Matos driving for Sierra Sierra Enterprises.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season . All teams used the Swift 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda -Cosworth 2.3 liter inline-4 engine and Cooper tires.
Rd Race Name Circuit City/Location TV Date 1 Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix [ 1] Streets of Las Vegas Las Vegas , Nevada ESPN April 8 2 Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach [ 1] Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California ESPN April 15 3 Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston [ 1] JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park Houston , Texas ESPN April 22 4 Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland – Race 1 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon ESPN June 9 5 Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland – Race 2 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon ESPN June 10 6 Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland [ 3] Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland , Ohio ESPN June 24 7 Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant [ 4] Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec ESPN July 1 8 Steelback Atlantic Grand Prix [ 4] Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario ESPN July 8 9 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton – Race 1 [ 4] Blatchford Field Airport Edmonton, Alberta ESPN July 21 10 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton – Race 2 [ 4] Blatchford Field Airport Edmonton, Alberta ESPN July 22 11 Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose [ 5] Streets of San Jose San Jose, California ESPN July 29 12 Generac Atlantic Grand Prix Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin ESPN August 12
The Denver Grand Prix was cancelled by Champ Car
Full Series results [ edit ] Point scoring system:
1st – 20th = 31–27–25–23–21–19–17–15–13–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 Bonus points:
1 for fastest race lap 1 for fastest Friday qualifying lap 1 for fastest Saturday qualifying lap 1 for most positions gained from starting position The most points a single driver can earn in a single race is 34.
Pos Driver LVG LGB HOU POR1 POR2 CLE MTT TOR EDM1 EDM2 SAN ROA Points 1 Raphael Matos 1 1 1 4 6 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 341 2 Franck Perera (R) 5 5 5 5 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 310 3 Robert Wickens (R) 2 3 10 1 4 5 5 7 4 10 3 7 255 4 James Hinchcliffe 4 7 3 2 2 6 3 Ret 3 9 Ret 14 224 5 Jonathan Bomarito 3 2 4 24 7 Ret 4 Ret 14 2 1 4 207 6 Giacomo Ricci (R) Ret 6 8 11 12 4 6 4 5 6 Ret 5 188 7 J. R. Hildebrand (R) Ret Ret 7 6 9 2 9 Ret Ret 5 15 9 140 8 Alan Sciuto 7 Ret 6 7 Ret 9 12 6 Ret 4 7 20 140 9 John Edwards (R) Ret 4 12 21 Ret 19 11 2 6 8 Ret 8 125 10 Carl Skerlong (R) Ret 9 2 8 11 12 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 3 114 11 Justin Sofio 9 10 11 14 18 10 14 8 10 19 8 15 112 12 Ryan Lewis 3 5 Ret 13 5 9 13 Ret 10 107 13 Kevin Lacroix (R) 15 1 14 8 Ret 18 7 6 105 14 Junior Strous (R) 6 13 DNS 9 8 13 Ret Ret DNS DNS 5 Ret 92 15 Ronnie Bremer 8 8 9 10 13 7 9 92 16 Matt Lee (R) 10 11 17 19 15 18 10 Ret 12 12 Ret 12 79 17 David Garza (R) Ret 24 14 12 10 8 15 10 8 20 18 Ret 78 18 Adrian Carrio (R) Ret 12 13 17 Ret Ret 16 Ret 7 DSQ 6 11 77 19 Simona de Silvestro (R) Ret Ret 15 16 16 11 7 Ret 13 Ret 10 22 69 20 Adrien Herberts (R) 15 19 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 11 15 51 21 Tom Sutherland (R) Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 16 43 22 Frankie Muniz (R) Ret 19 21 22 20 Ret Ret 9 17 16 11 18 41 23 Mike Forest (R) 11 18 18 18 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 17 16 13 41 24 Brian Thienes (R) 12 17 23 20 21 17 20 Ret 15 18 14 19 38 25 Richard Heistand (R) Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 11 12 21 29 26 Luis Mussi (R) 20 16 6 27 Joe D'Agostino 16 20 6 28 Dominick Muermans (R) Ret 22 5 29 Tõnis Kasemets 17 4 30 Dan Selznick Ret Ret Ret 24 2 31 Bret McDonald (R) Ret 21 Ret 23 22 20 2 32 Jiang Tengyi (R) Ret 23 22 0 33 Steve Ott (R) Ret 0 34 Natacha Gachnang (R) DNS 0 Pos Driver LVG LGB HOU POR1 POR2 CLE MTT TOR EDM1 EDM2 SAN ROA Points
Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place (Top 5) Light Blue 6th-10th place (Top 10) Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Driver replacement (Rpl) Injured (Inj) No race held (NH)
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