2009 Atlantic Championship

Round	Race name	Circuit	City/Location	Race date
1	Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring[1]	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 20
2	Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix[2]	Miller Motorsports Park	Tooele, Utah	May 17
3	Mazda Formula X – Race 1[1]	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	June 13
4	Mazda Formula X – Race 2[1]			June 14
5	Northeast Grand Prix	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 18
6	Autobahn Grand Prix – Race 1[1]	Autobahn Country Club	Joliet, Illinois	July 25
7	Autobahn Grand Prix – Race 2[1]			July 26
8	Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 8
9	Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières[3]	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	August 16
10	Grand Prix of Mosport[1]	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	August 30
11	Petit Le Mans[1]	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	September 26
12	Monterey Sports Car Championships[4]	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	October 11

Seven rounds are held jointly with the American Le Mans Series: Sebring, Miller, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio, Mosport, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca.

The series planned to open its season on a road course on Hutchinson Island in Savannah, Georgia, on March 15. The race was postponed until 2010, as further work on the track was required before it could be homologated for professional open wheel racing. A second race at New Jersey Motorsports Park and Autobahn Country Club were added instead.^[5]

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Atlantic Championship. All teams are using the Swift 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda-Cosworth MZR 2.3-litre inline-4 engine and Cooper tires. C2 Class teams use the Swift 014.a chassis.

Team	No	Drivers	Rounds	Sponsor
Newman Wachs Racing	1	Markus Niemelä	1–4	Mr. Jones / Nuclear Clean Air Energy / Entergy
	34	Jonathan Summerton	5–12
	36	John Edwards	All	MAZDASPEED / Nuclear Clean Air Energy / Entergy
Jensen MotorSport	1	Markus Niemela	6–12
	2	Matt Lee	1
		James Winslow	2
		David Garza	3–4
		Barrett Mertins	12
	3	Michael Nacol	1–7
		Eric Jensen	9–10
	13		7
Condor Motorsports	6	Borja García	1–10	CJ Consulting
		Frédéric Vervisch	12
	7	Max Lefèvre	All	DOTMOBiL
Conquest Racing	12	James Winslow	1
		Matt Lee	5
	21	Harald Schlegelmilch	1
Genoa Racing	17	Frédéric Vervisch	All	Quartier / Isomo / Shinokki
	18	Tõnis Kasemets	2
		Robert Wickens	10
		Greg Mansell	11
		James Winslow	3–4, 9–10
	19		5–7, 11
		Jonathan Summerton	1–4
Mathiasen Motorsports	26	Jonathan Bomarito	1
Polestar Motor Racing	35	Tõnis Kasemets	1, 3–12
	66	Richard Zober	3–5
Paladin Motorsports	45	James Winslow	12
Team Stargate Worlds	77	Frankie Muniz	1-9	Stargate Worlds
		Jonathan Bomarito	11–12
	78	Simona de Silvestro	All
C2 Class
Swan Racing	29	Ahsen Yelkin	1	Everclear Specialty Lubricants
	68	Chris Lee	1	Everclear Specialty Lubricants
	71	Michael Mällinen	1–4, 8	Mallinen Properties
	75	Sadat Yelkin	1	Everclear Specialty Lubricants
	80	Hans Peter	8
	88	Mirl Swan	1, 8	Everclear Specialty Lubricants

The point system was modified from previous years for the 2009 season.^[7] Points are awarded as follows:

• Bonus points will also be awarded for the fastest driver in a qualifying session (10 races will have two sessions), and most places gained during the race.
• This means the maximum a driver can score is 21, as a driver cannot earn the most places gained point, if they've started from pole.
• Only the driver's best eleven scores will count towards the championship.

Atlantic Class

Pos Driver SEB MIL NJ1 NJ2 LRP ACC1 ACC2 MID CTR MOS ATL LAG Points 1 John Edwards 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 9 2 2 3 1 182 2 Jonathan Summerton 3 6 1 2 4 2 11 1 3 1 1 2 182 3 Simona de Silvestro 5 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 10 2 10 176 4 Frédéric Vervisch 2 3 7 3 6 4 4 5 9 3 6 3 131 5 Tõnis Kasemets 7 5 6 7 5 5 3 10 4 6 9 4 103 6 Markus Niemelä 12 9 4 4 9 10 6 4 5 5 5 5 98 7 Borja García 6 DSQ 3 5 3 6 5 3 11 7 88 8 James Winslow 8 8 9 9 7 8 9 6 7 7 7 72 9 Frankie Muniz 10 4 8 8 10 7 7 8 6 62 10 Max Lefèvre DNS 7 11 11 8 9 8 7 10 8 8 9 58 11 Jonathan Bomarito 13 4 8 19 12 Eric Jensen 10 8 9 16 13 Harald Schlegelmilch 4 12 14 Robert Wickens 4 12 15 Michael Nacol 11 10 13 13 12 DNS DNS 11 16 Barrett Mertins 6 8 17 David Garza 10 10 8 18 Richard Zober 12 12 11 7 19 Matt Lee 9 13 6 20 Greg Mansell 10 4 Pos Driver SEB MIL NJ1 NJ2 LRP ACC1 ACC2 MID CTR MOS ATL LAG Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue 11th place or lower 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) Driver replacement (Rpl) Injured (Inj) No race held (NH)

C2 Class

Pos Driver SEB MIL NJ1 NJ2 LRP ACC1 ACC2 MID CTR MOS ATL LAG Points 1 Michael Mällinen 5 1 1 1 1 93 2 Mirl Swan 1 DNQ 21 3 Hans Peter 2 17 4 Sadat Yelkin 2 16 5 Ahsen Yelkin 3 14 6 Chris Lee 4 12 Pos Driver SEB MIL NJ1 NJ2 LRP ACC1 ACC2 MID CTR MOS ATL LAG Points

• Polesitters are denoted in bold. Polesitters are determined by the fastest overall lap in qualifying, and one point is awarded at each round.
• Driver in italics has gained the most places in a round. One point is awarded at each round.

Notes

• At round one, no hard charger point was awarded in the C2 Class as no drivers changed positions over the 19-lap duration.^[8] This also occurred at rounds two, three and four, but on these occasions due to only one car taking part.

For the 2009 season, a new Atlantic Championship high-definition television package was announced on HDNet, which features live coverage of certain events, and replays of others.^[9]

Web video of events has also historically been available on the series website, and the series also has its own official YouTube channel under the username "AtlanticRacingSeries."