2010 Star Mazda Championship

The 2010 IMSA Star Mazda Championship was the twelfth season of the Star Mazda Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that competes using spec chassis and engines. It was the third season under the sanctioning of the International Motor Sports Association and the first under the Indy Racing League's new Road to Indy ladder.[1]

2010 Star Mazda Championship
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Conor Daly became series champion after finishing in the top four positions in each of the twelve races prior to clinching the title at Mosport International Raceway.[2] At the same meeting, Carlos Conde sealed the Masters title for drivers over 45 years of age,[3] while J. W. Roberts secured the Expert title for drivers between 30 and 44 at Trois-Rivières.

Drivers and teams
Team No Drivers Notes
Team Apex 9 Jorge Goncalvez[4]
18 João Victor Horto[5]
28 Juan Piedrahita[4] Skipped ORP & Iowa
Bob Kaminsky[6] Masters; Autobahn only
JDC MotorSports 11 Connor De Phillippi[7]
19 Caio Lara[8]
55 Gerry Kraut[4] Masters; Sebring, Laguna Seca and Autobahn
64 Patrick O'Neill[4] Expert; Skipped ORP, Iowa, Autobahn, Mosport & Road Atlanta
75 Jeff Garibotti[6] Autobahn only
78 Mikhail Goikhberg[9] Mosport only
85 Chris Miller[10]
AIM Autosport 13 Michael Furfari[11] Sebring & St. Pete only
16 David Ostella[12] Skipped Road Atlanta
23 Walt Bowlin Masters; New Jersey onwards
29 Phil Fogg, Jr. Laguna Seca only
44 Zack Meyer[9] Mosport only
72 Larry Pegram Expert; New Jersey and Road Atlanta
World Speed Motorsports 15 Frank McCormick Laguna Seca only
Andersen Racing 17 Mikaël Grenier[13] Skipped Road Atlanta
27 Court Vernon[14] Sebring & St. Pete only
37 Dom Bastien[15] Masters; Sebring, New Jersey, Road America and Road Atlanta[15]
38 Tristan Vautier[16]
47 Anders Krohn[17]
81 Nick Andries[18] St. Pete, Iowa onwards
Linares Racing 20 Carlos Linares[19]
21 Kevin Toledo[20] Autobahn and Trois-Rivières
Juncos Racing 22 Conor Daly[21]
25 Tatiana Calderón[22]
60 Martin Scuncio[23] Road Atlanta only
61 Sean Burstyn[24] Autobahn only
66 Rusty Mitchell Mitchell merged entry to Juncos Racing from Iowa onwards[25]
94 Hayden Duerson[26] Sebring & St. Pete only
Team GDT 24 Ian Harms[27] Sebring only
31 Carlos Conde[28] Masters; Skipped Laguna Seca, ORP, Iowa & Road Atlanta
33 Richard Kent[28] Sebring & St. Pete only
51 Alex Ardoin[29] Trois-Rivières only
65 J. W. Roberts[28] Expert; Skipped ORP and Mosport
91 Ashley Freiberg[6] Autobahn only
Mitchell Motorsports 66 Rusty Mitchell[4] Merged to Juncos Racing after ORP

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on November 23, 2009.[30] The new partnership with the IRL begins with three weekends shared with the IndyCar Series and Indy Lights including a race at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis the night before the Indianapolis 500. Star Mazda will also support the two series in St. Petersburg and at Iowa Speedway. Five races will support the American Le Mans Series, and will also join the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at Trois-Rivières.

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 19 Anders Krohn Anders Krohn Tristan Vautier Andersen Racing American Le Mans Series
2 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 28 Conor Daly Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing IndyCar Series
3 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 23 Conor Daly Connor De Phillippi Conor Daly Juncos Racing American Le Mans Series
4 O'Reilly Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana May 29 Mikaël Grenier Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing USAC National Midget Series
5 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 19 Conor Daly Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing IndyCar Series
6 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey June 26 Conor Daly Conor Daly Caio Lara JDC MotorSports stand-alone
7 June 27 Conor Daly João Victor Horto Tristan Vautier Andersen Racing
8 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois July 31 Mikaël Grenier Conor Daly Mikaël Grenier Andersen Racing stand-alone
9 August 1 Conor Daly Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing
10 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Québec August 15 Conor Daly Alex Ardoin Alex Ardoin Team GDT Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
11 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 21 Conor Daly Conor Daly Conor Daly Juncos Racing American Le Mans Series
12 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario August 28 Conor Daly Connor De Phillippi Conor Daly Juncos Racing American Le Mans Series
13 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 1 Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi Connor De Phillippi JDC MotorSports American Le Mans Series

Championship standings

Drivers'
Pos Driver SEB
 STP
 LAG
 ORP
 IOW
 NJ
 ACC
 TRO
 ROA
 MOS
 ATL
 Points
Overall
1 Conor Daly 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 539
2 Anders Krohn 5 4 2 5 5 2 3 6 3 4 4 5 2 460
3 Connor De Phillippi 7 5 4 7 4 4 8 13 5 17 3 3 1 417
4 Jorge Goncalvez 2 17 11 10 2 9 5 21 7 2 2 2 9 409
5 Tristan Vautier 1 9 15 6 8 6 1 23 2 11 13 4 5 400
6 Caio Lara 10 3 6 9 7 1 6 2 9 7 7 6 382
7 João Victor Horto 6 2 17 3 3 7 2 10 24 6 19 12 8 381
8 Mikaël Grenier 4 6 3 2 15 5 21 1 4 10 16 6 366
9 Rusty Mitchell 11 10 8 4 10 20 10 13 6 8 5 9 12 350
10 Tatiana Calderón 20 19 9 11 12 11 9 7 11 9 8 16 11 320
11 Chris Miller 9 15 7 13 13 8 14 22 13 14 17 8 10 313
12 David Ostella 13 7 18 8 14 22 7 4 23 5 7 10 306
13 Carlos Linares 14 22 12 11 16 11 12 12 16 12 13 14 275
14 J. W. Roberts 17 16 13 9 14 17 16 20 13 11 15 248
15 Nick Andries 6 12 12 9 10 18 14 11 7 231
16 Juan Piedrahita 19 11 5 10 13 6 15 13 199
17 Carlos Conde 16 18 15 18 17 16 15 9 18 192
18 Gerry Kraut 12 8 13 20 19 18 18 17 170
19 Dom Bastien 15 18 19 18 21 15 16 140
20 Walt Bowlin 19 22 20 22 19 18 108
21 Patrick O'Neill 14 16 21 15 80
22 Court Vernon 21 13 10 64
23 Larry Pegram 17 16 17 59
24 Michael Furfari 8 12 52
25 Richard Kent 23 8 42
26 Hayden Duerson 18 20 34
unregistered drivers
Alex Ardoin 1 0
Martin Scuncio 4 0
Ashley Freiberg 5 19 0
Kevin Toledo 8 8 12 0
Bob Kaminsky 11 14 0
Frank McCormick 12 0
Phil Fogg 14 0
Zack Meyer 14 0
Jeff Garibotty 15 17 0
Sean Burstyn 15 0
Mikhail Goikhberg 19 0
Nick Andries 21 0
Ian Harms 22 0
Expert (best ten results)
1 J. W. Roberts 17 16 13 9 14 17 16 20 13 11 15 196
2 Patrick O'Neill 14 16 21 15 70
3 Larry Pegram 17 16 17 48
Masters (best ten results)
1 Carlos Conde 16 18 15 18 17 16 15 9 18 166
2 Gerry Kraut 12 10 13 20 19 18 18 17 138
3 Dom Bastien 15 18 19 18 21 15 16 112
4 Walt Bowlin 19 22 20 22 19 18 80
Pos Driver SEB
 STP
 LAG
 ORP
 IOW
 NJ
 ACC
 TRO
 ROA
 MOS
 ATL
 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 not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap

Teams'
Pos Team SEB
 STP
 LAG
 ORP
 IOW
 NJ
 ACC
 TRO
 ROA
 MOS
 ATL
 Points
1 Andersen Racing 1 4 2 2 5 2 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 339
4 6 3 5 6 5 3 6 3 10 13 5 5
2 Juncos Racing 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 324
18 19 9 11 10 8 9 7 6 8 5 9 4
3 Team Apex 2 2 5 3 2 6 2 10 7 2 2 2 8 285
6 11 11 10 3 7 5 11 14 6 6 12 9
4 JDC MotorSports 7 3 4 7 4 1 6 2 5 7 3 3 1 279
9 5 6 9 7 4 8 11 9 14 17 7 6
5 AIM Autosport 8 7 14 8 14 17 7 4 14 5 7 10 17 149
13 12 18 19 17 20 24 19 14 18
6 Team GDT 17 8 13 9 14 17 5 16 1 9 18 15 144
23 16 15 18 16 19 13 11
7 Linares Racing 14 22 12 11 16 11 8 8 12 12 13 14 131
12 12 16
8 Mitchell Motorsports 11 10 8 4 55
9 World Speed Motorsports 12 11
Pos Team SEB
 STP
 LAG
 ORP
 IOW
 NJ
 ACC
 TRO
 ROA
 MOS
 ATL
 Points

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