2017 Atlantic Championship

2017 Atlantic Championship Series season
Season
Races14
Start dateApril 29
End dateOctober 8
Awards
Drivers' championPeter Portante

The 2017 Atlantic Championship Series season was the fourth season of the revived Atlantic Championship. The series was organized by Formula Race Promotions. Sanctioning for the 2017 season was passed from SCCA Pro Racing to the United States Auto Club.[1] It began on April 29 at the Virginia International Raceway and ended on October 8 at New Jersey Motorsports Park. The series raced on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the only time in its history.

American Peter Portante won the championship by a comfortable 96 point margin over Atlantics veteran David Grant. Portante won eight of the fourteen races, David Grant won three, his brother Keith Grant won two, and Rich Zober won one.

Drivers and teams

No. Driver Car Rounds
3 Matt Machiko Pro Mazda 4
6 Bruce Hamilton 2001 Swift 014.a All
7 Blake Mount 2006 Swift 016a 1–2
8 Anthony Martin Pro Mazda 4
15 Jenna Grillo[2] 2006 Swift 016a 1, 3
Matt Miller 6
17 Bob Corliss 2001 Swift 014.a 1, 3, 5
Andrew Bujdoso 2006 Swift 016a 4
18 Bill Gillespie 2006 Swift 016a 2
19 Connor Burke 2001 Swift 014.a 3, 6
24 Peter Portante[2] 2006 Swift 016a All
29 David Grant[2] 2006 Swift 016a 1–6
32 Kirk Kindsfater 2006 Swift 016a 3
34 Spencer Brockman 2001 Swift 014.a 1
39 Chris Fahan 2006 Swift 016a 6
40 Keith Grant[2] 2006 Swift 016a 1–6
48 Lee Alexander 2006 Swift 016a 1, 3, 5
54 Mike Jacques 2006 Swift 016a 1, 3, 5
55 John Burke 2001 Swift 014.a 2–3, 5–6
66 Rich Zober 2006 Swift 016a 1, 3, 5, 7
67 Chris Ash Atl Cr. 01 1, 3, 5
70 Lewis Cooper Jr. 2006 Swift 016a 1, 3–5
74 Dudley Fleck 2006 Swift 016a 3
96 Jimmy Simpson 2006 Swift 016a 3
Theodoras Zorbas 7

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Location Date Map of circuit locations
1 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 29
2 April 30
3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 12
4 May 13
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana June 10
6 June 11
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 1
8 July 2
9 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania July 29
10 July 30
11 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia August 26
12 August 27
13 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey October 7
14 October 8
Source:[3]

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Source
1 Virginia International Raceway David Grant Peter Portante Keith Grant [4]
2 David Grant David Grant Peter Portante
3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Peter Portante David Grant Peter Portante [5]
4 Keith Grant David Grant Peter Portante
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Peter Portante Peter Portante Peter Portante [6]
6 Keith Grant Peter Portante
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Anthony Martin Peter Portante Peter Portante [7]
8 David Grant David Grant David Grant
9 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Keith Grant Peter Portante Keith Grant [8]
10 David Grant David Grant David Grant
11 Summit Point Motorsports Park Peter Portante Peter Portante Peter Portante [9]
12 Peter Portante David Grant David Grant
13 New Jersey Motorsports Park Rich Zober Rich Zober Rich Zober [10]
14 No times set Peter Portante Peter Portante

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded according to the following system:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th+ 
Points 50 42 37 34 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers who started but retired from a race were awarded one point. In addition, for each race, three points were awarded for pole position, and two points were awarded for the fastest lap. Each driver's two worst results were dropped.

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver VIR MOH1 IMS MOH2 PIT SUM NJM Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Peter Portante 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 2 1 2 WD 1 587
2 David Grant 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 Ret 1 2 1 491
3 Keith Grant 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 DNS Ret 3 430
4 Bruce Hamilton 7 Ret 4 Ret 8 8 5 4 6 7 WD 6 2 4 340
5 Rich Zober 4 Ret 9 7 3 3 1 2 254
6 Lewis Cooper Jr. 6 6 15 14 6 5 9 Ret 166
7 Lee Alexander 5 10 13 12 5 4 149
8 Chris Ash 11 8 12 11 4 6 143
9 Mike Jacques Ret 9 6 5 7 8 136
10 Bob Corliss 9 11 14 10 8 5 132
11 John Burke 6 5 DNS DNS WD WD 4 5 125
12 Blake Mount Ret 7 5 4 93
13 Jenna Grillo 8 5 10 13 92
14 Theodoras Zorbas 3 3 74
15 Andrew Bujdoso 4 3 71
16 Matt Miller 3 4 68
17 Dudley Fleck 5 4 65
18 Connor Burke 7 15 DNS 7 65
19 Jimmy Simpson 4 6 63
20 Anthony Martin 7 6 59
21 Spencer Brockman 10 4 55
22 Kirk Kindsfater 11 9 42
23 Chris Fahan 5 WD 31
24 Bill Gillespie Ret Ret 2
— Matt Machiko WD WD —
Source:[11][12]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Strikethrough – Dropped points

References

  1. ^ "USAC to Sanction Atlantic, F2000, F1600 Championships". Atlantic Championship Series. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Portante and Grillo Join Expanding Atlantic Field". www.racefrp.com. April 20, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "2017 Atlantic Championship Schedule". Atlantic Championship Series. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  4. ^ "2017 Virginia International Raceway - Formula Atlantic Championship". zoompics.com. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  5. ^ "Atlantic Mid Ohio Results 2017 (1)" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "Atlantic Indy Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  7. ^ "Atlantic Mid Ohio Results 2017 (2)" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  8. ^ "Atlantic PittRace Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  9. ^ "Atlantic Summit Point Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  10. ^ "Atlantic NJMP Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  11. ^ "Atlantic Season Points NJMP 2017 with drops" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  12. ^ "FRP Atlantic Championship Series - Season 2017". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
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