The 2012 Star Mazda Championship was the 14th season of the Star Mazda Championship, an American-based open-wheel racing series sanctioned by IndyCar as part of the Road to Indy program. It featured 17 races held over 10 race weekends.[1] Five race weekends were held on temporary street courses, three on permanent road courses, and two on ovals. The series increased the number of double-header weekends to reduce the costs per race for competitors. Fastest lap times in race 1 determined the starting grid for race 2 on double-header race weekends.[2]
The championship consisted of a main championship as well as a Star Mazda Expert Series for drivers over 30 years old. The expert class consists of a driver's best 10 races, enabling an Expert Series competitor to complete a full complement of races in just five race weekends.[2]
21-year-old Englishman Jack Hawksworth driving for Team Pelfrey dominated the championship, winning eight of the 17 races and four of the eight poles awarded, setting a series record for wins in a season. He sat out the final race of the year but still won the championship over Colombian-American Gabby Chaves by 37 points. Chaves won the final two races of the season. American Sage Karam won three races and finished third in points in a tie-breaker over fellow American Connor De Phillippi who won two races after finishing second in points a year ago. Finn Petri Suvanto finished fifth in points, in his first season in Star Mazda, winning the seat by winning the Road to Indy's U.S. F2000 National Championship the year before. Other race winners were Chile's Martin Scuncio and Venezuela's Camilo Schmidt, who won a bizarre wet-dry race in Edmonton.
American Walt Bowlin won the Expert series championship by virtue of being the only Expert series competitor to participate in more than two race weekends.
The series schedule was announced December 1, 2011. Two race weekends were listed on the schedule with the location yet to be determined.[2] The season finale was later confirmed to be held at Road Atlanta, supporting the Petit Le Mans sportscar event.[1]
^ ab(PDF). December 16, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 25, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
^ abcTHE STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP TAKES A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN 2012 WITH AN 18-RACE SCHEDULE ON 10 WEEKENDS, MOST WITH INDYCAR 2011-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Star Mazda Championship, December 1, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-04
^ abJuncos Racing Inks Venezuelans Palli and Ferreira for 2012 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 13, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-13
^Piedrahita Rejoins JDC MotorSports for Title Challenge 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, December 12, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-12
^. Indycar.com. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
^Team GDT Signs Colombian Up-and-Comer Mendez 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 1, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-01
^Andretti Autosport Confirms Veach, eFormulaCarNews, January 13, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-13
^Rookie of the Year Karam Returns with Andretti Autosport 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, December 12, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-12
^Star Mazda: USF2000 Champion Suvanto Joins Defending Team Champion Team Pelfrey 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, January 20, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-20
^Hawksworth Signs With Team Pelfrey For Star Mazda Championship Archived 2012-07-11 at archive.today, Paddock Talk, November 22, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-04
^Menezes joins Pelfrey Star Mazda squad, Racer, November 29, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-04
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2012, star, mazda, championship, previous, 2011, next, 2013, 14th, season, star, mazda, championship, american, based, open, wheel, racing, series, sanctioned, indycar, part, road, indy, program, featured, races, held, over, race, weekends, five, race, weekend. 2012 Star Mazda Championship Previous 2011 Next 2013 The 2012 Star Mazda Championship was the 14th season of the Star Mazda Championship an American based open wheel racing series sanctioned by IndyCar as part of the Road to Indy program It featured 17 races held over 10 race weekends 1 Five race weekends were held on temporary street courses three on permanent road courses and two on ovals The series increased the number of double header weekends to reduce the costs per race for competitors Fastest lap times in race 1 determined the starting grid for race 2 on double header race weekends 2 2012 champion Jack Hawksworth The championship consisted of a main championship as well as a Star Mazda Expert Series for drivers over 30 years old The expert class consists of a driver s best 10 races enabling an Expert Series competitor to complete a full complement of races in just five race weekends 2 21 year old Englishman Jack Hawksworth driving for Team Pelfrey dominated the championship winning eight of the 17 races and four of the eight poles awarded setting a series record for wins in a season He sat out the final race of the year but still won the championship over Colombian American Gabby Chaves by 37 points Chaves won the final two races of the season American Sage Karam won three races and finished third in points in a tie breaker over fellow American Connor De Phillippi who won two races after finishing second in points a year ago Finn Petri Suvanto finished fifth in points in his first season in Star Mazda winning the seat by winning the Road to Indy s U S F2000 National Championship the year before Other race winners were Chile s Martin Scuncio and Venezuela s Camilo Schmidt who won a bizarre wet dry race in Edmonton American Walt Bowlin won the Expert series championship by virtue of being the only Expert series competitor to participate in more than two race weekends Contents 1 Drivers and teams 2 Race calendar and results 3 Championship standings 3 1 Drivers 3 2 Teams 4 References 5 External linksDrivers and teams editTeam No Drivers Notes nbsp Juncos Racing 2 nbsp Connor De Phillippi 15 nbsp Bruno Palli 3 22 nbsp Martin Scuncio Skipped Road Atlanta 57 nbsp Diego Ferreira 3 nbsp JDC MotorSports 9 nbsp Juan Piedrahita 4 16 nbsp Lloyd Read Laguna Seca only nbsp Scott Anderson Road Atlanta only 19 nbsp Gabby Chaves 91 nbsp Ashley Freiberg 5 99 nbsp Stefan Rzadzinski Skipped Indianapolis Iowa Trois Rivieres Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta nbsp The Racing Company 10 nbsp Jerimy Daniel Skipped Indianapolis Iowa and Edmonton nbsp World Speed Motorsports 18 nbsp Kyle Kaiser Laguna Seca only nbsp Linares Racing 20 nbsp Carlos Linares 21 nbsp Camilo Schmidt Skipped Trois Rivieres nbsp AIM Autosport 23 nbsp Walt Bowlin Expert series skipped Indianapolis Iowa Edmonton and Trois Rivieres 66 nbsp Zack Meyer 72 nbsp Larry Pegram Expert series St Pete and Barber only nbsp Team GDT 33 nbsp Ryan Tveter Skipped Barber Indianapolis and Iowa 39 nbsp Cory Lewis Toronto only 51 nbsp Alex Ardoin Trois Rivieres only 53 nbsp Andres Mendez 6 65 nbsp J W Roberts Expert series St Pete only 97 nbsp Juan Camilo Acosta Road Atlanta only nbsp Robertshaw Racing 42 nbsp Blair Robertshaw Expert series Edmonton only nbsp Andretti Autosport 77 nbsp Zach Veach 7 88 nbsp Sage Karam 8 nbsp Team Pelfrey 81 nbsp Petri Suvanto 9 82 nbsp Jack Hawksworth 10 Skipped Road Atlanta nbsp Ryan Tveter Road Atlanta only 83 nbsp Gustavo Menezes 11 Race calendar and results editThe series schedule was announced December 1 2011 Two race weekends were listed on the schedule with the location yet to be determined 2 The season finale was later confirmed to be held at Road Atlanta supporting the Petit Le Mans sportscar event 1 Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 Streets of St Petersburg St Petersburg Florida March 24 nbsp Connor De Phillippi nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Connor De Phillippi nbsp Juncos Racing IndyCar Series 2 March 25 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Team Pelfrey 3 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham Alabama April 1 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Team Pelfrey IndyCar Series 4 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Martin Scuncio nbsp Juncos Racing 5 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Brownsburg Indiana May 26 nbsp Connor De Phillippi nbsp Connor De Phillippi nbsp Connor De Phillippi nbsp Juncos Racing USAC Midgets 6 Iowa Speedway Newton Iowa June 23 nbsp Sage Karam nbsp Sage Karam nbsp Sage Karam nbsp Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series 7 Streets of Toronto Toronto Ontario July 7 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Team Pelfrey IndyCar Series 8 July 8 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Team Pelfrey 9 Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton Alberta July 21 nbsp Sage Karam nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Camilo Schmidt nbsp Linares Racing IndyCar Series 10 July 22 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Team Pelfrey 11 Circuit Trois Rivieres Trois Rivieres Quebec August 4 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Team Pelfrey Indy Lights 12 August 5 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Sage Karam nbsp Andretti Autosport 13 Streets of Baltimore Baltimore Maryland September 1 Qualifying abandoned nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Team Pelfrey IndyCar Series 14 September 2 nbsp Sage Karam nbsp Sage Karam nbsp Andretti Autosport 15 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey California September 8 nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Gabby Chaves nbsp Jack Hawksworth nbsp Team Pelfrey Rolex Sports Car Series 16 September 9 nbsp Gabby Chaves nbsp Gabby Chaves nbsp JDC MotorSports 17 Road Atlanta Braselton Georgia October 19 nbsp Gabby Chaves nbsp Sage Karam nbsp Gabby Chaves nbsp JDC MotorSports American Le Mans SeriesChampionship standings editDrivers edit Pos Driver STP nbsp BAR nbsp IND nbsp IOW nbsp TOR nbsp EDM nbsp TRO nbsp BAL nbsp LAG nbsp ATL nbsp Points Overall 1 nbsp Jack Hawksworth 2 1 1 2 7 15 1 1 7 1 1 12 1 2 1 2 397 2 nbsp Gabby Chaves 3 4 3 5 9 5 3 4 3 3 5 2 3 8 2 1 1 360 3 nbsp Sage Karam 8 7 2 12 2 1 21 3 2 2 2 1 15 1 7 19 2 325 4 nbsp Connor De Phillippi 1 5 5 3 1 3 7 16 6 13 3 13 2 3 3 3 3 325 5 nbsp Petri Suvanto 5 3 6 6 5 4 6 8 19 4 14 4 4 4 5 5 6 271 6 nbsp Diego Ferreira 7 9 9 7 10 8 5 5 10 11 16 15 5 5 4 4 4 235 7 nbsp Juan Piedrahita 4 2 8 4 8 14 4 2 8 16 9 11 19 9 8 9 9 234 8 nbsp Martin Scuncio 6 6 4 1 4 2 17 7 4 15 6 5 18 17 9 11 232 9 nbsp Gustavo Menezes 13 10 7 16 6 13 8 6 13 5 7 6 7 16 6 8 7 208 10 nbsp Zach Veach 17 11 15 10 3 6 2 17 9 17 8 8 8 6 11 17 8 199 11 nbsp Ashley Freiberg 9 19 11 11 15 10 13 13 15 7 12 9 6 10 12 18 11 162 12 nbsp Bruno Palli 14 15 13 20 14 7 10 15 18 12 10 17 10 7 20 10 5 146 13 nbsp Camilo Schmidt 12 18 17 9 13 12 19 18 1 9 17 14 19 6 16 129 14 nbsp Andres Mendez 15 14 14 17 12 11 18 10 11 DSQ 13 7 12 18 15 15 15 128 15 nbsp Zack Meyer 19 13 19 19 16 9 9 9 16 18 15 18 13 15 18 12 10 114 16 nbsp Stefan Rzadzinski 10 8 10 8 11 12 17 6 9 11 108 17 nbsp Carlos Linares 20 12 12 14 11 DNS 15 14 14 8 11 16 16 19 14 20 106 18 nbsp Ryan Tveter 21 21 20 20 5 10 18 10 11 12 16 14 14 91 19 nbsp Walt Bowlin 18 17 18 18 16 19 14 13 17 16 17 55 20 nbsp Jerimy Daniel 11 20 20 15 14 11 17 14 49 21 nbsp Larry Pegram 16 16 16 13 23 22 nbsp Blair Robertshaw 12 14 16 nbsp J W Roberts DNS DNS 0 Ineligible drivers nbsp Alex Ardoin 4 3 0 nbsp Lloyd Read 10 7 0 nbsp Corey Lewis 12 21 0 nbsp Scott Anderson 12 0 nbsp Kyle Kaiser 13 13 0 nbsp Juan Camilo Acosta 13 0 Expert Series 1 nbsp Walt Bowlin 18 17 18 18 16 19 14 13 17 16 17 142 2 nbsp Larry Pegram 16 16 16 14 56 3 nbsp Blair Robertshaw 12 14 28 nbsp J W Roberts DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver STP nbsp BAR nbsp IND nbsp IOW nbsp TOR nbsp EDM nbsp TRO nbsp BAL nbsp LAG nbsp ATL nbsp Points Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th amp 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 notparticipate DNP Not competing In line notation Bold Pole position 1 point Italics Ran fastest race lap 1 point Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Overall Points 29 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Teams edit Pos Team Points 1 nbsp Team Pelfrey 451 2 nbsp Juncos Racing 416 3 nbsp JDC MotorSports 401 4 nbsp Andretti Autosport 349 5 nbsp Team GDT 195 6 nbsp Linares Racing 188 7 nbsp AIM Autosport 161 8 nbsp The Racing Company 76 9 nbsp World Speed Motorsports 24References edit a b Star Mazda Championship Announces 2012 Season Finale to Be Held at 15th Annual Petit LeMans Powered by Mazda at Road Atlanta October 17 20 PDF December 16 2011 Archived from the original PDF on January 25 2012 Retrieved December 28 2011 a b c THE STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP TAKES A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN 2012 WITH AN 18 RACE SCHEDULE ON 10 WEEKENDS MOST WITH INDYCAR Archived 2011 12 16 at the Wayback Machine Star Mazda Championship December 1 2011 Retrieved 2011 12 04 a b Juncos Racing Inks Venezuelans Palli and Ferreira for 2012 Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine eFormulaCarNews February 13 2012 Retrieved 2012 02 13 Piedrahita Rejoins JDC MotorSports for Title Challenge Archived 2012 05 06 at the Wayback Machine eFormulaCarNews December 12 2011 Retrieved 2011 12 12 Woman Empowered Freiberg joins JDC Indycar com 6 February 2012 Archived from the original on 9 February 2012 Retrieved 6 February 2012 Team GDT Signs Colombian Up and Comer Mendez Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine eFormulaCarNews February 1 2012 Retrieved 2012 02 01 Andretti Autosport Confirms Veach eFormulaCarNews January 13 2012 Retrieved 2012 01 13 Rookie of the Year Karam Returns with Andretti Autosport Archived 2012 05 06 at the Wayback Machine eFormulaCarNews December 12 2011 Retrieved 2011 12 12 Star Mazda USF2000 Champion Suvanto Joins Defending Team Champion Team Pelfrey Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine eFormulaCarNews January 20 2012 Retrieved 2012 01 20 Hawksworth Signs With Team Pelfrey For Star Mazda Championship Archived 2012 07 11 at archive today Paddock Talk November 22 2011 Retrieved 2011 12 04 Menezes joins Pelfrey Star Mazda squad Racer November 29 2011 Retrieved 2011 12 04External links editStar Mazda Championship Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 Star Mazda Championship amp oldid 1187813790, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
