2013 Pro Mazda Championship

The 2013 Pro Mazda Championship was the 15th season in series history and first under new promoter Andersen Promotions.

Andretti Autosport driver Matthew Brabham won the championship with two races remaining capturing a series-record 11th win in his rookie season. Brabham's championship secured a scholarship to compete in Indy Lights in 2014.^[1] Brabham won 13 of the season's 16 races, shattering the series record. Juncos Racing's Diego Ferreira won the season opener and finished second in points with eleven podium finishes. Brabham's Andretti Autosport teammate Shelby Blackstock won a single race and two poles and finished third in points. Team Pelfrey's Spencer Pigot also won a single race and finished fourth in points.

Andretti Autosport also captured the team championship with two races remaining, their first in Pro Mazda.^[1]

There were no full-time Expert class participants (a class for drivers age 35 and older). American Jay Horak won the championship with eight race starts by a narrow margin over Bobby Eberle, who also completed a partial schedule.

While only nine drivers competed in all sixteen rounds of the championship, 27 different drivers made appearances in a Pro Mazda car over the course of the season.

Drivers and teams

All teams were American-registered.

Team	No.	Drivers	Notes
Andretti Autosport	28	Shelby Blackstock[2]
	83	Matthew Brabham[3]
Garibotti Racing	75	Jeff Garibotti	Expert class; Austin only
JDC Motorsports	9	Juan Piedrahita
	16	Lloyd Read
	19	Nick Andries	Austin and St. Pete only
	66	Zack Meyer[4]
Juncos Racing	2	Jose Gutierrez	Austin and Mid-Ohio only
	3	Julia Ballario	Mid-Ohio and Trois-Rivieres only
	44	Scott Anderson[5]
	57	Diego Ferreira[6]
M1 Racing	11	Juan Camilo Acosta[7]	Austin and St. Pete only
	23	Walt Bowlin	Expert class; Toronto and Mid-Ohio only
	29	Jason Rabe	Houston only
	37	Jay Horak	Expert class; Austin, Mid-Ohio, Trois-Rivieres, and Houston
	91	Kyle Connery	Mid-Ohio only
PRL Motorsports	48	Patrick Linn	Austin only
Team Pelfrey	80	Dalton Kellett	CTMP only
	81	Spencer Pigot[8]
	82	Petri Suvanto	Austin and St. Pete only
		Anders Krohn	Indianapolis and Milwaukee only
		Nicolas Costa	Toronto, CTMP, Mid-Ohio, and Houston
	83	Stefan Rzadzinski	Trois-Rivieres only
World Speed Motorsports	6	Michele Bumgarner	Houston only
	13	Bobby Eberle	Expert class; Mid-Ohio, Trois-Rivieres, and Houston
	18	Kyle Kaiser
	24	Michael Whelden	Houston only

Race calendar and results

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	March 1	Diego Ferreira	Diego Ferreira	Diego Ferreira	Juncos Racing	Rolex Sports Car Series
2			March 2		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport
3	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 23	Shelby Blackstock	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport	IndyCar Series
4			March 24		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport
5	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	Clermont, Indiana	May 25	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport	USAC Midgets
6	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 15	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport	IndyCar Series
7	Streets of Toronto	Toronto, Ontario	July 13	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport	IndyCar Series
8			July 14		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport
9	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 20	Shelby Blackstock	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Team Pelfrey	American Le Mans Series
10			July 21		Matthew Brabham	Shelby Blackstock	Andretti Autosport
11	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 3	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport	IndyCar Series
12			August 4		Diego Ferreira	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport
13	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	August 10	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
14			August 11	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport
15	Reliant Park	Houston, Texas	October 5	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport	IndyCar Series
16			October 6		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Andretti Autosport

Championship standings

Drivers'

Pos Driver AUS STP IND MIL TOR MOS MOH TRO HOU Points Overall 1 Matthew Brabham 3 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 3 9 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 466 2 Diego Ferreira 1* 2 3 2 6 6 2 2 6 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 357 3 Shelby Blackstock 9 3 2 3 3 7 6 7 2 1 2 4 6 11 4 6 297 4 Spencer Pigot 2 16 4 4 2 3 9 11 1* 4* 4 5 5 5 2 5 297 5 Scott Anderson 6 4 8 7 5 5 10 9 4 2 16 6 4 4 6 7 245 6 Zack Meyer 7 7 7 6 8 8 11 4 7 5 13 7 11 6 10 13 209 7 Kyle Kaiser 8 6 5 10 7 10 5 5 8 6 6 8 10 13 8 8 209 8 Lloyd Read 11 9 9 9 9 9 4 10 9 7 7 9 7 10 7 14 198 9 Juan Piedrahita 16 15 6 12 10 2 7 3 11 DNS 5 16 3 3 13 3 182 10 Petri Suvanto 5 5 11 8 57 11 Jay Horak 141 131 14 14 13 9 12 10 54 12 Bobby Eberle 11 13 12 8 DNS 12 49 13 Juan Acosta 4 14 10 11 45 14 Nick Andries 15 8 12 5 40 Expert class 1 Jay Horak 141 131 14 14 13 9 12 10 110 2 Bobby Eberle 11 13 12 8 DNS 12 102 Unregistered drivers Nicolas Costa 3 6 5 10 15 3 3 2 Anders Krohn 4 4 Julia Ballario 9 11 9 7 Walt Bowlin 8 8 12 12 Dalton Kellett 10 8 Stefan Rzadzinski 8 12 Kyle Connery 8 15 Michele Bumgarner 14 9 Michael Whelden 9 15 Jose Gutierrez 10 10 10 10 Jason Rabe 11 11 Patrick Linn 13 11 Jeff Garibotti 12 12 Pos Driver AUS STP IND MIL TOR MOS MOH TRO HOU 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)

• Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score main points, otherwise 1 point is awarded.^[9]
• ¹: Jay Horak was not registered for the championship at Austin.

Teams'

References

External links

• Star Mazda Championship Official website