2014 Pro Mazda Championship

The 2014 Pro Mazda Championship is the 16th season in series history.

2014 Pro Mazda Championship
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The second season of Andersen Promotions' management of the series saw increased car counts with 20 or more cars in many races and 13 drivers competing in all 14 races compared to 2013's nine.

American Spencer Pigot won the title over Canadian Scott Hargrove in the final race weekend at Sonoma Raceway in controversial fashion. In the first race of the weekend, the two made contact on the fourth lap of the race with Pigot leading. Pigot's race was over while Hargrove went on to finish third. In the second race, Neil Alberico, Hargrove's teammate, made contact with Pigot on the first lap, although both were able to continue. On lap 12, Pigot's teammate Kyle Kaiser's car stopped on track bringing out a caution flag, allowing Pigot, who was running sixth at the time, to close up behind the leaders. After the restart, Hargrove, who was leading, began to experience mechanical trouble, and as he fell back to Pigot, made a move that forced Pigot to swerve around him. Hargrove's race was done while Pigot finished fifth and captured the title by 11 points. Pigot captured six race wins in the fourteen races, including the first four races of the season. With the championship Pigot won a Road to Indy scholarship to compete in Indy Lights in 2015.

Alberico finished third in points without a race win. Andretti Autosport's top challenger, Shelby Blackstock finished fourth in the championship, also without a win. Brazilian Nicolas Costa captured one win and finished fifth in points. Other race winners were Kaiser, Jose Guttierez, who won the wild Sonoma race 2, and Garrett Grist who captured two wins but was inconsistent.

American Bobby Eberle captured the Expert Class championship for drivers over 35 years old largely by virtue of entering the most races among such entrants.

Drivers and teams

All teams are American-registered.

Team No. Drivers Notes
Andretti Autosport[1] 27 Garett Grist[2]
28 Shelby Blackstock[2]
Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing		 2 Neil Alberico[3]
3 Scott Hargrove[2]
HAVOC Motorsport 21 Brian Lift Mid-Ohio only
JDC MotorSports 11 Vicky Piria[2] St. Pete & Barber only
19 Ryan Booth[2]
54 Michael Johnson[4]
91 Kyle Connery[2] Skipped LOR, Houston & Sonoma
Clark Toppe Houston only
Juncos Racing 5 Jose Gutierrez[5]
6 Julia Ballario[6]
7 Spencer Pigot[7]
18 Kyle Kaiser[8]
M1 Racing 9 Felipe Donato Houston, Mid-Ohio & Sonoma only
23 Carlos Conde Mid-Ohio & Sonoma only
26 Parker Nicklin Sonoma only
29 Jason Rabe IMS only
37 Jay Horak[2] St. Pete through IMS, Mid-Ohio
62 Jason Bedasse[9] St. Pete only
99 Nicolas Costa[2] St. Pete through IMS
Team Pelfrey 80 Dalton Kellett[10]
81 Pipo Derani[11] St. Pete through IMS
Anders Krohn LOR only
Jack Aitken Sonoma only
Brandon Newey[2] Mid-Ohio only
82 St. Pete through IMS
Nicolas Costa Houston onwards
99 LOR only
World Speed Motorsports 8 Stan Kohls Sonoma only
13 Bobby Eberle[2] Skipped LOR & Milwaukee
14 Jeff Harrison Barber & Houston only
16 Michele Bumgarner[2] Skipped Mid-Ohio & Milwaukee
34 Joey Bickers Sonoma only
61 Alex Keyes Sonoma only

Race calendar and results

The series schedule, along with the other Road to Indy series, was announced on October 24, 2013. Unlike previous seasons, all races were in support of the IndyCar Series except the race at Lucas Oil Raceway (lower tiers of INDYCAR race at Lucas Oil Raceway to gain oval experience at shorter tracks). All road and street course race weekends were double-headers.[12] All races were held in the United States.

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 29 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
2 March 30 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
3 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 26 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
4 April 27 Scott Hargrove Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana May 9 Spencer Pigot Scott Hargrove Neil Alberico Scott Hargrove Cape Motorsports
6 May 10 Spencer Pigot Scott Hargrove Scott Hargrove Scott Hargrove Cape Motorsports
7 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Clermont, Indiana May 24 Garett Grist Spencer Pigot Garett Grist Garett Grist Andretti Autosport
8 Reliant Park Houston, Texas June 28 Garett Grist Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Scott Hargrove Cape Motorsports
9 June 29 Garett Grist Neil Alberico Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 2 Nicolas Costa Neil Alberico Nicolas Costa Nicolas Costa Team Pelfrey
11 August 3 Nicolas Costa Nicolas Costa Garett Grist Garett Grist Andretti Autosport
12 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin August 16 José Gutiérrez Scott Hargrove Scott Hargrove
Spencer Pigot		 Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
13 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California August 22 Scott Hargrove Spencer Pigot Kyle Kaiser Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing
14 August 23 Scott Hargrove Scott Hargrove Scott Hargrove José Gutiérrez Juncos Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championships
Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR HOU MOH MIL SON Points
Overall
1 Spencer Pigot 1* 1* 1* 1* 8 8 3 9* 1* 4 6 1* 21 5 309
2 Scott Hargrove 3 5 2 2 1 1* 2 1 16 6 3 2* 3 18 299
3 Neil Alberico 6 6 4 6 3* 2 6 17 2 7 5 4 2 12 239
4 Shelby Blackstock 10 4 5 3 2 17 7 5 3 3 19 3 5 3 235
5 Nicolas Costa 8 16 19 8 15 16 4 2 5 1* 2 5 4 2 224
6 Kyle Kaiser 2 2 3 5 13 5 8 8 15 12 7 10 1 DSQ 211
7 José Gutiérrez 20 9 9 9 7 3 9 7 8 5 4 9 11 1 201
8 Garett Grist 17 17 8 7 6 4 1* 6 9 9 1* 12 15 9 199
9 Ryan Booth 7 8 7 10 17 6 10 15 4 2 12 7 8 16 173
10 Dalton Kellett 9 11 10 11 4 19 DNS 3 7 8 8 11 7 10 160
11 Julia Ballario 11 7 20 14 10 7 12 4 10 15 11 6 10 8 152
12 Kyle Connery 5 12 11 17 14 10 11 9 8 93
13 Michael Johnson 15 10 12 20 11 15 11 12 12 17 14 13 18 17 90
14 Pipo Derani 4 3 6 4 9 18 88
15 Michele Bumgarner 12 13 14 15 16 13 13 13 11 12 20 79
16 Bobby Eberle 14 15 18 19 18 12 14 14 13 16 17 14 66
17 Brandon Newey 16 18 16 12 5 14 10 13 63
18 Jay Horak 13 14 17 18 12 11 18 17 48
19 Felipe Donato 10 DNS 16 10 20 13 36
20 Jack Aitken 9 4 31
21 Alex Keyes 6 7 29
22 Jeff Harrison 15 16 11 13 29
23 Joey Bickers 14 6 22
24 Parker Nicklin 13 11 18
25 Anders Krohn 5 17
26 Vicky Piria 19 DNS 13 13 17
27 Carlos Conde 14 18 19 15 17
28 Clark Toppe 16 6 16
29 Jason Rabe 19 9 13
30 Brian Lift 19 15 7
31 Stan Kohls 16 19 6
32 Jason Bedasse 18 19 4
Expert class
1 Bobby Eberle 14 15 18 19 18 12 14 14 13 16 17 14 202
2 Jay Horak 13 14 17 18 14 17 18 17 153
3 Jeff Harrison 15 16 11 13 88
4 Carlos Conde 14 18 19 15 66
5 Stan Kohls 16 19 37
6 Jason Rabe 19 9 23
7 Jason Bedasse 18 19 16
Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR HOU MOH MIL SON 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)
* Led most race laps
(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 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score main points, otherwise 1 point is awarded.

Teams' championship
Pos Team Points
1 Juncos Racing 375
2 Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 346
3 Team Pelfrey 259
4 Andretti Autosport 238
5 JDC MotorSports 117
6 World Speed Motorsports 52
7 M1 Racing 45
8 HAVOC Motorsport 8

References
  1. Pro Mazda – Garett Grist et Shelby Blackstock chez Andretti Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, "ChequeredFlags.fr", January 13, 2014, Retrieved 2014-01-13
  2. "Allied Building Products Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Entry List" (PDF). Pro Mazda Championship. IndyCar. March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  3. Alberico Joins 2014 Championship Fight with Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, December 6, 2013, Retrieved 2013-12-6
  4. Johnson Moving Up Mazda Road to Indy Ladder with JDC MotorSports Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, November 12, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-12
  5. Gutierrez Joins Juncos Racing for 2014 Campaign Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 12, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-12
  6. Juncos Racing Announces Ballario Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 11, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-11
  7. Pigot Joins Juncos Racing Title Fight Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 12, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-12
  8. JUNCOS RACING ADDS KYLE KAISER TO 2014 LINE-UP, Juncos Racing, February 13, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-13
  9. "Bedasse will be first Jamaican in Pro Mazda". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  10. Kellett Joins Team Pelfrey for 2014 Campaign Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, November 14, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-14
  11. Team Pelfrey Signs Brazilian Pipo Derani for 2014 Pro Mazda Championship Archived 2013-11-20 at Archive.today, Pro Mazda Championship, November 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-20
  12. Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed, Andsersen Promotions PR, October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05
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