Atlantic Championship

Atlantic Championship
Vehicle type	Monoposto
Country or region	North America
Current name	Atlantic Championship Series
Previous names	Cooper Tires presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda
First season	1974
driver	?
Teams	?
vehicles	?
chassis	?
Engines	?
tires	Hoosier Racing Tire Corp.
Official website	atlanticchampionshipseries.com atlantic-championship.com (old)

The Atlantic Championship is a North American youth racing series in the monoposto area. In the career ladder of young pilots, she mostly followed engagements in the Star Mazda Series , the various F2000 championships or Formula BMW and had a similar status as her competing series Indy Lights .

overview

The Atlantic series carried out their races based on the Atlantic racing formula and, in recent years, exclusively on street and street circuits. This differentiates it from many other American automobile racing series that Ovals also attend. With regard to the preparation for a possible entry into the IndyCar Series , America's highest monoposto class, this was increasingly seen as a disadvantage.

history

Robert Wickens in the Swift-016.a-Boliden (Houston 2007)

The first race of the Atlantic Championship took place on May 26, 1974 at the Westwood Circuit in Canada. In the period that followed, it was able to establish itself as the top junior series for the IndyCar World Series , with two parallel series in 1976 and from 1985 to 1990. The series, which was reunified in 1991, was part of the supporting program of the Champ Car World Series up to and including 2007 and was considered to be the better junior series in comparison to the IndyCar Series competitor Indy Pro Series . This assessment has changed since the end of the Champ Car series, however, in favor of the rival now renamed "Indy Lights", since the Atlantic series now had to compete under various main series such as the American Le Mans Series or Grand-Am Sports Car Series while the championship organized by the IRL can run its races continuously in the supporting program of the IndyCar Series.

Women in the series

In its more than 30-year history, several female racing drivers have caused a stir. The first of them was Danica Patrick , who was able to achieve a pole position, three podiums and third place overall in the 2004 season. The first woman to win a race was Katherine Legge , who won the Long Beach race in 2005 . With two more victories, she also finished third in the championship. The Swiss Simona de Silvestro surpassed the record of victorious runs with one success in 2008 and three in 2009, but had to be content with third place at the end of last season.

vehicle

There were last Formula Atlantic of vehicles Swift Engineering , coated with a 300 hp - Mazda - Cosworth equipped -Motor with Cooper Tires- were equipped tires.

Data

Parameter	Data
Photo:
Length:	177.14 in
Height:	37.83 inches (without camera)
Wheelbase :	109 in
Front track:	66 in
Rear track:	61.37 in
Construction:	Monocoque in sandwich construction : honeycomb core with cover layers made with epoxy resin pre-impregnated carbon fiber fabrics (KFK ) vehicle parts made of GFK
Weight:	573.8 kg
Axle suspension:	Steel wishbones with DSSV damper from Dynamic Suspensions
Brakes:	Performance friction brake discs and brake calipers with four pistons
Transmission:	sequential, Swift / Hewland SG-4
Corridors:	five forward and one reverse gear
Engine:	Mazda Cosworth YDX 2.3L DOHC inline 4
Power:	300 hp
Wheel size:	front: 15 × 10 inches back: 15 × 14 inches
Top speed:	over 175 mph

Atlantic Championship winner

year	master	team	chassis
Player’s Challenge Series
1974	Bill Brack		Lotus 59/69
1975	Bill Brack	Scott Racing	Chevron B29
CASC Player's Challenge Series
1976	Gilles Villeneuve	Ecurie Canada	March 76B
IMSA Formula Atlantic Championship
1976	Gilles Villeneuve	Ecurie Canada	March 76B
Atlantic Championship
1977	Gilles Villeneuve	Ecurie Canada	March 77B
1978	Howdy Holmes	Shierson Racing	March 78B
1979	Tom Gloy		Ralt RT-1
1980	Jacques Villeneuve senior		March 80A
1981	Jacques Villeneuve senior		March 81A
1982	Dave McMillan		Ralt RT-4
FIA Atlantic Championship
1983	Michael Andretti	Conte Racing	Ralt RT-4
West Coast Atlantic Racing
1984	Dan Marvin		Ralt RT-4
1985	Michael Angus		Ralt RT-4
1986	Scott Goodyear		Ralt RT-4
1987	Calvin Fish		Ralt RT-4
1988	Steve Shelton		Swift DB-4
Toyota Atlantic Championship (Atlantic Division)
1989	Jocko Cunningham		Swift DB-4
1990	Brian Till		Swift DB-4
East Coast Atlantic Racing
1985	Jeff Wood		Ralt RT-4
1986	Ted Prappas		Ralt RT-4
1987	Johnny O'Connell		Ralt RT-4
1988	Dean Hall		Swift DB-4
Toyota Atlantic Championship (Pacific Division)
1989	Hiro Matsushita		Swift DB-4
1990	Mark Dismore		Swift DB-4
Toyota Atlantic Championship
1991	Jovy Marcelo		Swift DB-4
1992	Chris Smith		Swift DB-4
1993	David Empringham		Ralt RT-40
1994	David Empringham		Ralt RT-40
1995	Richie Hearn		Ralt RT-40
1996	Patrick Carpentier	Lynx Racing	Ralt RT-40
1997	Alex Barron	Lynx Racing	Ralt RT-40
1998	Lee Bentham	Forsythe Racing	Swift 016.a
1999	Anthony Lazzaro	PPI Motorsports	Swift 016.a
2000	Buddy Rice	PPI Motorsports	Swift 016.a
2001	Hoover Orsi	P-1 Racing	Swift 016.a
2002	Jon Fogarty	Dorricott Racing	Swift 016.a
2003	AJ Allmendinger	RuSPORT	Swift 016.a
2004	Jon Fogarty	Sierra Sierra Racing	Swift 016.a
2005	Charles Zwolsman Junior	Polestar Racing Group	Swift 016.a
Champ Car Atlantic Championship
2006	Simon Pagenaud	Forsythe Racing	Swift 016.a
2007	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises	Swift 016.a
Atlantic Championship
2008	Markus Niemelae	Newman Wax Racing	Swift 016.a
2009	John Edwards	Newman Wax Racing	Swift 016.a

In 2010, for the first time, no races were held because the field would have been too small. There were no racing events in 2011 either.

At the end of 2011, Formula Race Promotions , the organizer of the F2000 and F1600 Formula F Championship Series ("US Formula Ford "), announced that the Atlantic Championship Series was a new edition of the championship for SCCA- legal Formula Atlantic vehicles was created, which would initially host three weekends of two races each as part of the other two championships, of which the top five of each driver would then be counted towards the final championship status. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp was presented as the tire supplier .

year	master	team	chassis
Atlantic Championship Series
2012	David Grant	United States Polestar Racing Group	Swift 014
2014	Daniel Burkett	K-Hill Motorsports	Swift 016.a

Web links

Commons : Atlantic Championship  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Atlantic Championship Series Launching for 2012. crash.net, December 29, 2011, accessed November 26, 2019 . 
2. ^ History atlantic-championship.com
3. ^ Formula Atlantic Series - Swift 016.a. swiftegineering.com, archived from the original on February 12, 2010 ; Retrieved January 12, 2012 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Swift 016.a Specifications. jensenmotorsport.com, accessed January 12, 2012 . 
5. ^ Tire Information. (No longer available online.) Coopertire.co.uk, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved January 12, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ All-time driver roster & past champions atlantic-championship.com
7. ^ Off for the formula Atlantic motorsport-total.com