2017 Atlantic Championship

2017 Atlantic Championship Series season
Season
Races	14
Start date	April 29
End date	October 8
Awards
Drivers' champion	Peter Portante
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Atlantic Championship Series season was the fourth season of the revived Atlantic Championship. The series was organized by Formula Race Promotions. Sanctioning for the 2017 season was passed from SCCA Pro Racing to the United States Auto Club.^[1] It began on April 29 at the Virginia International Raceway and ended on October 8 at New Jersey Motorsports Park. The series raced on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the only time in its history.

American Peter Portante won the championship by a comfortable 96 point margin over Atlantics veteran David Grant. Portante won eight of the fourteen races, David Grant won three, his brother Keith Grant won two, and Rich Zober won one.

Drivers and teams

No.	Driver	Car	Rounds
3	Matt Machiko	Pro Mazda	4
6	Bruce Hamilton	2001 Swift 014.a	All
7	Blake Mount	2006 Swift 016a	1–2
8	Anthony Martin	Pro Mazda	4
15	Jenna Grillo^[2]	2006 Swift 016a	1, 3
15	Matt Miller	2006 Swift 016a	6
17	Bob Corliss	2001 Swift 014.a	1, 3, 5
17	Andrew Bujdoso	2006 Swift 016a	4
18	Bill Gillespie	2006 Swift 016a	2
19	Connor Burke	2001 Swift 014.a	3, 6
24	Peter Portante^[2]	2006 Swift 016a	All
29	David Grant^[2]	2006 Swift 016a	1–6
32	Kirk Kindsfater	2006 Swift 016a	3
34	Spencer Brockman	2001 Swift 014.a	1
39	Chris Fahan	2006 Swift 016a	6
40	Keith Grant^[2]	2006 Swift 016a	1–6
48	Lee Alexander	2006 Swift 016a	1, 3, 5
54	Mike Jacques	2006 Swift 016a	1, 3, 5
55	John Burke	2001 Swift 014.a	2–3, 5–6
66	Rich Zober	2006 Swift 016a	1, 3, 5, 7
67	Chris Ash	Atl Cr. 01	1, 3, 5
70	Lewis Cooper Jr.	2006 Swift 016a	1, 3–5
74	Dudley Fleck	2006 Swift 016a	3
96	Jimmy Simpson	2006 Swift 016a	3
96	Theodoras Zorbas	2006 Swift 016a	7

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Map of circuit locations
1	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 29	Lua error in Module:Location_map/multi at line 27: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/USA Midwest and Northeast" does not exist.
2	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 30
3	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	May 12
4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	May 13
5	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	June 10
6	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	June 11
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 1
8	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 2
9	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	July 29
10	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	July 30
11	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 26
12	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 27
13	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	October 7
14	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	October 8
Source:^[3]

Race results

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Source
1	Virginia International Raceway	David Grant	Peter Portante	Keith Grant	^[4]
2	Virginia International Raceway	David Grant	David Grant	Peter Portante	^[4]
3	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Peter Portante	David Grant	Peter Portante	^[5]
4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Keith Grant	David Grant	Peter Portante	^[5]
5	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Peter Portante	Peter Portante	Peter Portante	^[6]
6	Indianapolis Motor Speedway		Keith Grant	Peter Portante	^[6]
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Anthony Martin	Peter Portante	Peter Portante	^[7]
8	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	David Grant	David Grant	David Grant	^[7]
9	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Keith Grant	Peter Portante	Keith Grant	^[8]
10	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	David Grant	David Grant	David Grant	^[8]
11	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Peter Portante	Peter Portante	Peter Portante	^[9]
12	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Peter Portante	David Grant	David Grant	^[9]
13	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Rich Zober	Rich Zober	Rich Zober	^[10]
14	New Jersey Motorsports Park	No times set	Peter Portante	Peter Portante	^[10]

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded according to the following system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th+
Points	50	42	37	34	31	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers who started but retired from a race were awarded one point. In addition, for each race, three points were awarded for pole position, and two points were awarded for the fastest lap. Each driver's two worst results were dropped.

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	VIR		MOH1		IMS		MOH2		PIT		SUM		NJM		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Peter Portante	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	~~Ret~~	2	2	1	2	WD	1	587
2	David Grant	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	Ret	1	2	1			491
3	Keith Grant	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	DNS	Ret	3			430
4	Bruce Hamilton	7	Ret	4	~~Ret~~	8	8	5	4	6	7	WD	6	2	4	340
5	Rich Zober	4	Ret			9	7			3	3			1	2	254
6	Lewis Cooper Jr.	6	6			15	14	6	5	9	Ret					166
7	Lee Alexander	5	10			13	12			5	4					149
8	Chris Ash	11	8			12	11			4	6					143
9	Mike Jacques	Ret	9			6	5			7	8					136
10	Bob Corliss	9	11			14	10			8	5					132
11	John Burke			6	5	DNS	DNS			WD	WD	4	5			125
12	Blake Mount	Ret	7	5	4											93
13	Jenna Grillo	8	5			10	13									92
14	Theodoras Zorbas													3	3	74
15	Andrew Bujdoso							4	3							71
16	Matt Miller											3	4			68
17	Dudley Fleck					5	4									65
18	Connor Burke					7	15					DNS	7			65
19	Jimmy Simpson					4	6									63
20	Anthony Martin							7	6							59
21	Spencer Brockman	10	4													55
22	Kirk Kindsfater					11	9									42
23	Chris Fahan											5	WD			31
24	Bill Gillespie			Ret	Ret											2
—	Matt Machiko							WD	WD							—
Source:^[11]^[12]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

~~Strikethrough~~ – Dropped points

References

↑ "USAC to Sanction Atlantic, F2000, F1600 Championships". Atlantic Championship Series. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "Portante and Grillo Join Expanding Atlantic Field". www.racefrp.com. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
↑ "2017 Atlantic Championship Schedule". Atlantic Championship Series. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
↑ "2017 Virginia International Raceway - Formula Atlantic Championship". zoompics.com. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "Atlantic Mid Ohio Results 2017 (1)" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "Atlantic Indy Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "Atlantic Mid Ohio Results 2017 (2)" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "Atlantic PittRace Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "Atlantic Summit Point Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "Atlantic NJMP Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
↑ "Atlantic Season Points NJMP 2017 with drops" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "FRP Atlantic Championship Series - Season 2017". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

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[1] "USAC to Sanction Atlantic, F2000, F1600 Championships". Atlantic Championship Series. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "Portante and Grillo Join Expanding Atlantic Field". www.racefrp.com. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2025-08-07.

[3] "2017 Atlantic Championship Schedule". Atlantic Championship Series. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

[4] "2017 Virginia International Raceway - Formula Atlantic Championship". zoompics.com. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[5] "Atlantic Mid Ohio Results 2017 (1)" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[6] "Atlantic Indy Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[7] "Atlantic Mid Ohio Results 2017 (2)" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[8] "Atlantic PittRace Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[9] "Atlantic Summit Point Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[10] "Atlantic NJMP Results 2017" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 2025-08-07.

[11] "Atlantic Season Points NJMP 2017 with drops" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[12] "FRP Atlantic Championship Series - Season 2017". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

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