2011 Star Mazda Championship season

The 2011 Star Mazda Championship season 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 unbrella. 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.^[1] The season will feature 11 races over 10 weekends, with four road courses, three street circuits and three ovals on the schedule.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[3]

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Drivers	Notes
JDC MotorSports	5	Tristan Vautier[4]
	19	Mikhail Goikhberg	Infineon only[5]
	27	Nick Mancuso[6]	Selected races
	39	João Jardim[7]	Indianapolis onwards
	64	Patrick O'Neill	Expert; Infineon only[5]
	85	Chris Miller[8]	St. Pete and Mosport only
Juncos Racing	7	João Victor Horto[9]
	10	Tatiana Calderon[9]
	28	Gustavo Menezes[9]
	39	Richard Heistand[10]	Left team after St. Pete
	60	Martin Scuncio[9]	Left series after Mosport[11]
Team Pelfrey	11	Connor De Phillippi[12]
	81	Nick Andries[13]
World Speed Motorsports	16	Lloyd Read	Laguna Seca only[14]
Team GDT	19	Richard Heistand	Barber only
	37	Dom Bastien	Expert; Laguna Seca only[14]
	48	Patrick McKenna[15]	Skipped Milwaukee, Iowa and Baltimore
	65	J. W. Roberts[16]	Expert; Skipped Barber and Milwaukee
Linares Racing	20	Carlos Linares[10]
AIM Autosport	23	Walt Bowlin[10]	Expert; St. Pete, Barber, Mosport, Trois-Rivières, Infineon and Baltimore only
	66	Zack Meyer[10]	St. Pete and Barber only
	72	Larry Pegram[10]	Expert; St. Pete, Barber, Trois-Rivières, Infineon only
	99	Learic Cramer	Baltimore only
The Racing Company	26	Jérimy Daniel[10]	Skipped Iowa and Infineon
Fogg Racing	29	Phil Fogg, Jr.	Expert; Infineon only[5]
Andretti Autosport	77	Zach Veach	Infineon and Laguna Seca only[17]
	88	Sage Karam[18]

Race calendar and results

The race schedule was announced on December 20, 2010.^[2]

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	Clermont, 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 not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap (1 point)

¹Larry Pegram was not registered for the championship at St. Pete and not eligible for points.

Teams'

Pos	Team	Points
1	Team Pelfrey	293
2	Juncos Racing	274
3	JDC Motorsports	270
4	Andretti Autosport	195
5	Linares Racing	144
6	Team GDT	118
7	The Racing Company	113
8	AIM Autosport	86

References

External links

• Star Mazda Championship Official website