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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.

Teams and drivers

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 2.3liter inline-4 engine and Cooper tires.

Team	No	Drivers	Rounds
Jensen MotorSport	2	Tom Sutherland	All
13	Frankie Muniz	All
22	Dominick Muermans	1–2
Steve Ott	11
Red Bull Team Forsythe	3	Robert Wickens	All
7	John Edwards	All
US RaceTronics	4	David Garza	All
24	Carl Skerlong	All
Walker Racing	5	Simona de Silvestro	All
15	Ryan Lewis	4–12
Sierra Sierra Enterprises	6	Raphael Matos	All
9	James Hinchcliffe	All
Brooks Associates Racing	8	Jiang Tengyi	1–3
10	Joe D'Agostino	2–3
Kevin Lacroix	4–10, 12
Ronnie Bremer	11
Condor Motorsports	11	Franck Perera	All
16	Junior Strous	All
19	Brian Thienes	All
Polestar Racing Group	12	Ronnie Bremer	1–6
21	Bret MacDonald	1–6
Genoa Racing	17	Adrian Carrio	All
37	Richard Heistand	1–7, 9–12
Conquest Racing	18	Giacomo Ricci	All
44	Matt Lee	All
Alan Sciuto Racing	20	Alan Sciuto	All
PR1 Motorsports	23	Jonathan Bomarito	All
32	Mike Forest	All
Mathiasen Motorsports	26	Justin Sofio	All
Gelles Racing	30	Luis Mussi	2–3
Newman Wachs Racing	34	Tõnis Kasemets	12
36	J. R. Hildebrand	All
Paladin Motorsports	45	Adrien Herberts	2–10
Natacha Gachnang	11
The Room Store	49	Dan Selznick	1–2, 4–5

Schedule

Rd	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	April 8	Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix	Streets of Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada
2	April 15	Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
3	April 22	Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston	JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park	Houston, Texas
4	June 9	Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
5	June 10
6	June 24	Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland	Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
7	July 1	Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Saint-Jovite, Quebec
8	July 8	Steelback Atlantic Grand Prix	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
9	July 21	Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Edmonton, Alberta
10	July 22
11	July 29	Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose	Streets of San Jose	San Jose, California
12	August 12	Generac Atlantic Grand Prix	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

The Denver Grand Prix was cancelled by Champ Car

Race results

Rd	Track	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race winner
Driver	Team
1	Streets of Las Vegas	Robert Wickens	Robert Wickens	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
2	Streets of Long Beach	Raphael Matos	Raphael Matos	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
3	JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park	Raphael Matos	Carl Skerlong	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
4	Portland International Raceway	James Hinchcliffe	Jonathan Bomarito	Robert Wickens	Forsythe Racing
5	James Hinchcliffe	James Hinchcliffe	Kevin Lacroix	Brooks Associates Racing
6	Burke Lakefront Airport	Raphael Matos	James Hinchcliffe	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
7	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Franck Perera	Carl Skerlong	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports
8	Exhibition Place	Raphael Matos	Franck Perera	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports
9	Edmonton City Centre Airport	James Hinchcliffe	Franck Perera	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
10	Raphael Matos	Alan Sciuto	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises
11	Streets of San Jose	Jonathan Bomarito	Robert Wickens	Jonathan Bomarito	PR1 Motorsports
12	Road America	Franck Perera	Alan Sciuto	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	31	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point.
The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.

Pos	Driver	LVG	LBH	HOU	POR	CLE	MTT	TOR	EDM	SAN	ROA	Points
1	Raphael Matos	1	1	1	4	6	1	2	3	1	1	4	2	341
2	Franck Perera	5	5	5	5	3	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	310
3	Robert Wickens	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	Ret	6	8	11	12	4	6	4	5	6	Ret	5	188
7	J. R. Hildebrand	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	Ret	4	12	21	Ret	19	11	2	6	8	Ret	8	125
10	Carl Skerlong	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	15	1	14	8	Ret	18	7	6	105
14	Junior Strous	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	10	11	17	19	15	18	10	Ret	12	12	Ret	12	79
17	David Garza	Ret	24	14	12	10	8	15	10	8	20	18	Ret	78
18	Adrian Carrio	Ret	12	13	17	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	7	DSQ	6	11	77
19	Simona de Silvestro	Ret	Ret	15	16	16	11	7	Ret	13	Ret	10	22	69
20	Adrien Herberts	15	19	13	14	Ret	17	Ret	11	15	51
21	Tom Sutherland	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	17	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	13	16	43
22	Frankie Muniz	Ret	19	21	22	20	Ret	Ret	9	17	16	11	18	41
23	Mike Forest	11	18	18	18	19	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	17	16	13	41
24	Brian Thienes	12	17	23	20	21	17	20	Ret	15	18	14	19	38
25	Richard Heistand	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	16	11	12	21	29
26	Luis Mussi	20	16	6
27	Joe D'Agostino	16	20	6
28	Dominick Muermans	Ret	22	5
29	Tõnis Kasemets	17	4
30	Dan Selznick	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	2
31	Bret McDonald	Ret	21	Ret	23	22	20	2
32	Jiang Tengyi	Ret	23	22	0
33	Steve Ott	Ret	0
34	Natacha Gachnang	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	LVG	LBH	HOU	POR	CLE	MTT	TOR	EDM	SAN	ROA	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
Led race laps
↑	Improved the most places
Rookie
Rookie of the Year

External links

ChampCarStats.com