Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear
Rounds Eight and Nine
Harrahs Autobahn Grand Prix
Autobahn Country Club
Joliet, Illinois
July 29-August 1, 2010

Track Record Peter Dempsey - 2:10.546 (2009)

Official Schedule
Entry List
Series Meetings and Hours
Spotter Guide
Test Day Schedule
Paddock Layout
Autobahn Bulletin #1
Test Packages
Test Day Entry Form
 

On-Track Session Schedule
Thursday, July 29 Saturday, July 31
10:45-11:30 Promoter Test Session #1 8:45-9:30 Qualifying
3:55-4:40 Promoter Test Session #2 2:00-2:45 Weekend Race #1
Friday, July 30 Sunday, August 1
10:40-11:25 Official Practice #1 8:25-9:10 Qualifying
3:40-4:25 Official Practice #2 2:00-2:45 Weekend Race #2
   
 

2009 Peter Dempsey
2009 Peter Dempsey



Race Weekend Gallery


 

Connor DePhillippi - Thursday
Anders Krohn - Friday

Saturday
Post Race Press Conference
Mikael Grenier in French
Caio Lara in Portuguese


Pre Race
Tatiana Calderon
Conor Daly
Anders Krohn

Saturday
Post Race Press Conference

Grenier Comments in French
Lara Comments in Potuguese


Sunday
Post Race Press Conference
Vautier Comments in French
Krohn Comments in Norwegian

 
 
 
 

 

 

Event Headlines


 

CONOR DALY WINS FROM THE POLE IN SUNDAY'S STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY GOODYEAR RACE 2 / ROUND 9 AT HARRAH'S AUTOBAHN GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY MAZDA

Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (August 1, 2010 ) – Conor Daly, starting from his sixth pole of the season, scored his fifth victory in this afternoons Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear Race 2 / Round 9 at the HARRAH'S Autobahn Grand Prix Presented by Mazda. Indianapolis native Daly, son of racing legend Derek Daly, led from green lights to checkered in his #22 Juncos Racing / INDECK / The College Network / Merchant Services Ltd. Mazda – and set the fastest race lap in the process. Daly finished 3rd in yesterday's Race 1 / Round 8 after starting from the back of the pack due to a post-race technical infraction.

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CONOR DALY ON POLE FOR STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY GOODYEAR
RACE 2 / ROUND 9 AT HARRAH'S AUTOBAHN GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY MAZDA


Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (August 1, 2010 ) – Indianapolis native Conor Daly has taken the pole for Race 2 / Round 9 of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear at the HARRAH'S Autobahn Grand Prix Presented by MAZDA. Driving the #22 Juncos Racing / INDECK / The College Network / Merchant Services Ltd. Mazda, Daly turned a time of 2:10.580 (98.147 mph); the time is just 4/100 ths of a second off the outright Star Mazda lap record at the Autobahn Country Club set last year by Irishman Peter Dempsey, also driving a Juncos Racing car. Daly qualified 5th on the grid for yesterday's Race 1 / Round 8 but was demoted to the back of the field for a post-qualifying technical infraction and raced his way to a podium finish.

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QUEBEC RACER MIKAEL GRENIER WINS FROM THE POLE IN STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 1 / ROUND 8 AT HARRAH'S AUTOBAHN GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY MAZDA

Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (July 31, 2010 ) – Starting from his second pole of the season, Quebec racer Mikael Grenier drove a flawless race to his first victory in this afternoon's Race 1 / Round 8 of the HARRAH'S Autobahn Grand Prix Presented by MAZDA. Rounding out the top-3 were Brazilian Caio Lara and American Conor Daly. The top-finishing Expert Series driver (ages 30-44) was Texan J.W. Roberts and the first Master Series racer across the finish line was Puerto Rican racer Carlos Conde.

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QUEBEC RACER MIKAEL GRENIER ON POLE FOR STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 1 / ROUND 8 OF HARRAH'S AUTOBAHN GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY MAZDA

Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (July 31, 2010 ) – Quebec racer Mikael Grenier scored his second pole of the 2010 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear with a lap of 2:43.240 (78.510 mph) in a rainsoaked morning qualifying session at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL. Grenier, driver of the #17 Andersen Racing / Slow Cow / April Super Flow / NAPA Auto Parts / HS Telecom / Desharnais Mazda, currently 7th in the championship battle, was also on pole (and finished second) for Round 4 at the O'Reilly Raceway Park Oval at the 'Night Before the 500.'

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CONOR DALY TOPS THE TIME SHEETS IN STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY PRACTICE FOR THIS WEEKEND'S HARRAH'S AUTOBAHN GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY MAZDA

Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (July 30, 2010 ) – Conor Daly, the current Star Mazda Championship points leader and winner of four races and five poles so far this season, turned the quickest lap in both of today's 45-minute practice sessions leading up to this weekend's Rounds 8 & 9 of the 2010 Star Mazda Championship presented by
Goodyear at the HARRAH'S Autobahn Grand Prix presented by MAZDA. Set on lap 17, the final lap of the morning session, Daly turned a 2:11.090 (97.765 mph) around the 3.6-mile track at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL in his #22 Juncos Racing / INDECK / The College Network / Merchant Services Ltd. Mazda.

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QUEBEC RACER MIKAEL GRENIER QUICKEST IN STAR MAZDA THURSDAY TESTING
FOR THIS WEEKEND'S HARRAH'S AUTOBAHN GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY MAZDA


Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (July 29, 1010 ) – Mikael Grenier, the quick Quebec driver who pilots the #17 Andersen Racing / Slow Cow / April Super Flow / NAPA Auto Parts / HS Telecom / Desharnais Mazda set the quick time of today's two 45-minute promoter test sessions leading up to Rounds 8 & 9 of the 2010 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear at this weekend's HARRAH'S Autobahn Grand Prix presented by MAZDA. Set on lap 14 of the morning session, Grenier's lap of 2:11.902 (87.163 mph) around the 3.6-mile track at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL was the only lap in 'the 11s'; secondquick was championship points leader Conor Daly with a lap of 2:12.346 (96.837 mph) in the #22 Juncos Racing / INDECK / The College Network / Merchant Services Ltd. Mazda.

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STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVERS CONTINUE THEIR BATTLE FOR THE VISITFLORIDA CUP WITH A DOUBLE-HEADER ON LIVE TV AT THE HARRAH'S AUTOBAHN GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY MAZDA

Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (July 27, 1010 ) -- The battle for the 2010 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear roars into the second half of the 13-race season with Rounds 8 & 9 at this weekend's HARRAH'S Autobahn Grand Prix presented by MAZDA. Fans can watch the action live on HDnet as drivers battle for the inaugural VISITFLORIDA Cup a 7-race championship-within-a-championship sponsored by Florida's official tourism corporation. The broadcasts, airing both Saturday, July 31 and Sunday August 1 from 1-4 pm Eastern (12 -3 pm Central), begin with a half-hour "Mazda Prerace Show presented by Visit Florida.com" from 12:30 – 1:00 pm Eastern, followed by three hours of live racing (1-4 pm Eastern), including the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda and the Playboy MX-5 Cup. The two 45-minute Star Mazda Championship races are both scheduled to start at 3:00 pm Eastern.

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