2004 Atlantic Championship

2004 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 18th
End date	September 12th
Awards
Drivers' champion	Jon Fogarty

The 2004 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. 11 different teams and 24 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Swift chassis and Toyota engines. This season also saw a C2-class running older Swift chassis and Toyota engines. In C2-class five different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season. The Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama Drivers' Champion was Jon Fogarty driving for Pacific Coast Motorsports.´

This season was promoted by Champ Car, which bought CART, and the scoring system was changed.

All teams used the same chassis/engine combination, the Swift 014.a-Toyota.

Teams and drivers

Team	No	Drivers	Races
Class 1
Jensen MotorSport	2	Eric Jensen	1, 6–7, 9–10
		Chris Souliotis	8
		Adam Pecorari	11–12
	7	David Sterckx	1
		Eric Jensen	8
Polestar Racing Group	3	Philip Fayer	1–2, 4–8, 11–12
		Joey Hand	12
	4	Rocky Moran Jr.	1–5
		Ronnie Bremer	All
P-1 Racing	5	Alfred Unser	1
Brooks Associates Racing	6	Tõnis Kasemets	1, 4–6, 9, 12
	12	Ronnie Bremer	1
	10		2–5
		Alfred Unser	9–11
		Aaron Justus	10
		Daniel Pappas	12
Transnet Racing	8	Jonathan Bomarito	1–7
	9	Alex Garcia	1–6
Lynx Racing	15	Josh Hunt	All
	19	Bryan Sellers	All
Dyson Racing	16	Chris Dyson	4–5
Rahal-Letterman Racing	24	Danica Patrick	All
	25	Chris Festa	All
Sierra Sierra Racing	27	Andrew Ranger	All
	28	Ryan Dalziel	All
The Room Store	49	Dan Selznick	1, 11
Pacific Coast Motorsports	69	Alex Figge	All
	96	Jon Fogarty	All
Class 2
Jensen MotorSport	23	Tom Nastasi	1, 11
Olsson Engineering	34	Tony Loniewski	1, 4–5, 9, 11
Binder Racing	65	Justin Sofio	1
		Cam Binder	8–12
Comprent Motorsports	66	Rich Zober	11

Schedule

Rd	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	April 18	2004 Atlantic Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
2	May 23	2004 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey	Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico
3	June 5	2004 Argent Mortgage Toyota Atlantic Championship of Milwaukee	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
4	June 19	2004 Argent Mortgage Toyota Atlantic Championship of Portland	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
5	June 20
6	July 3	2004 Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
7	July 11	2004 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
8	July 25	2004 Atlantic Grand Prix of Vancouver	Concord Pacific Place	Vancouver, British Columbia
9	August 8	2004 Argent Mortgage Toyota Atlantic Championship of Road America	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10	August 15	2004 Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver	Streets of Denver	Denver, Colorado
11	August 29	2004 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Quebec
12	September 12	2004 Argent Mortgage Toyota Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterey	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California

Race results

Rd	Race name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race winner		Class 2 Winner
				Winning driver	Winning team
1	Streets of Long Beach	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Sierra Sierra Racing	Justin Sofio
2	Fundidora Park	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Alex Figge	Pacific Coast Motorsports	No winner
3	Milwaukee Mile	Jon Fogarty	Jon Fogarty	Jon Fogarty	Pacific Coast Motorsports	No winner
4	Portland International Raceway	Jon Fogarty	Jon Fogarty	Jon Fogarty	Pacific Coast Motorsports	No winner
5		Danica Patrick	Jon Fogarty	Jon Fogarty	Pacific Coast Motorsports	Tony Loniewski
6	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Sierra Sierra Racing	No winner
7	Exhibition Place	Jon Fogarty	Jon Fogarty	Jon Fogarty	Pacific Coast Motorsports	No winner
8	Concord Pacific Place	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Sierra Sierra Racing	No winner
9	Road America	Ryan Dalziel	Tõnis Kasemets	Ryan Dalziel	Sierra Sierra Racing	Tony Loniewski
10	Streets of Denver	Jon Fogarty	Danica Patrick	Ronnie Bremer	Polestar Racing Group	Cam Binder
11	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Jon Fogarty	Ryan Dalziel	Jon Fogarty	Pacific Coast Motorsports	Cam Binder
12	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Jon Fogarty	Alex Figge	Jon Fogarty	Pacific Coast Motorsports	Cam Binder

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	31	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• The fastest driver in each of the qualifying sessions was awarded one additional point.
• The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
• The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.

Pos Driver LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR VAN ROA DEN MTL LAG Pts Class 1 1 Jon Fogarty 19 6 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 6 1 1 327 2 Ryan Dalziel 1 8 10 5 2 1 6 1 1 2 2 6 309 3 Danica Patrick 5 3 4 2 7 3 4 4 4↑ 5 4 8 269 4 Andrew Ranger 2 13 3↑ 3 4 12 2↑ 7 3 4 5 3 257 5 Ronnie Bremer 4 4 2 8 9 6 3 3 13 1↑ 13 2↑ 251 6 Bryan Sellers 3 12 5 7 5 2↑ 5 11 6 3 6 10 227 7 Alex Figge 17 1 12 6 16 7 7 5 14 8 3 4 201 8 Chris Festa 11 7 7 10 6↑ 14 8 13 8 7 7 7 172 9 Jonathan Bomarito 6 5 8 4 3 5 11 134 10 Josh Hunt 9 10 9 15 11 13 12 12 7 9 16 12 127 11 Rocky Moran Jr. 7 2↑ 6 9 8 92 12 Philip Fayer 12 11 13 13 10 9 6↑ 14 Wth 88 13 Tõnis Kasemets 18 11 12 9 5 5 81 14 Alex Garcia 8 9 11 14 10 8 71 15 Eric Jensen 20 11 10 8 10 11 61 16 Alfred Unser 21 9 10 8 41* 17 Adam Pecorari 9 14 21 18 Dan Selznick 15 10 19 19 Chris Dyson 12↑ 14 17 20 Chris Souliotis 9 13 21 Joey Hand 9 13 22 Daniel Pappas 11 10 23 David Sterckx 10↑ 6* Aaron Justus Wth - Class 2 1 Cam Binder 10 12 12 11 13 154 2 Tony Loniewski 16 16 15 11 17 144 3 Tom Nastasi 14 15 54 4 Justin Sofio 13 31 5 Rich Zober 12 27 Pos Driver LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR VAN ROA DEN MTL LAG Pts

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) Race abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led race laps ↑ Improved the most places (RY) Rookie of the Year (R) Rookie

• For the Long Beach Race, Alfred Unser and David Sterckx were only awarded with half points, as they ran non-parity engines.

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R19=retired, but classified NS=did not start (8)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Jon Fogarty	United States	Pacific Coast Motorsports	2	R19	4	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	6	1	1	1	1
2	Ryan Dalziel	United Kingdom	Sierra Sierra Racing	1	1	1	8	3	R10	7	5	3	2	1	1	6	6	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	6
3	Danica Patrick	United States	Team Rahal/Letterman	6	5	3	3	6	4	3	2	1	7	8	3	5	4	6	4	6	4	6	5	3	4	4	8
4	Andrew Ranger	Canada	Sierra Sierra Racing	5	2	5	R13	7	3	2	3	6	4	2	12	4	2	5	7	3	3	7	4	7	5	3	3
5	Ronnie Bremer	Denmark	Brooks Associates Racing	7	4	10	4	5	2	8	8	8	9
			Polestar Motor Racing											3	6	3	3	4	3	4	R13	5	1	6	R13	5	2
6	Bryan Sellers	United States	Lynx Racing	4	3	2	12	4	5	5	7	4	5	10	2	2	5	3	R11	8	6	4	3	5	6	7	10
7	Alex Figge	United States	Pacific Coast Motorsports	3	R17	6	1	2	R12	6	6	7	R16	5	7	7	7	7	5	5	R14	2	8	4	3	6	4
8	Chris Festa	United States	Team Rahal/Letterman	10	11	11	7	9	7	10	10	9	6	12	R14	8	8	8	R13	10	8	8	7	8	7	9	7
9	Jonathan Bomarito	United States	Transnet Racing	11	6	7	5	11	8	4	4	5	3	6	5	9	R11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Josh Hunt	Australia	Lynx Racing	15	9	8	10	12	9	12	R15	10	11	9	13	10	R12	9	R12	9	7	10	9	9	R16	11	12
11	Rocky Moran Jr.	United States	Polestar Motor Racing	9	7	9	2	8	6	11	9	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Philip Fayer	Canada	Polestar Motor Racing	14	12	13	11	-	-	14	13	14	13	13	10	11	9	10	6	-	-	-	-	10	R14	12	NS
13	Tõnis Kasemets	Estonia	Brooks Associates Racing	8	R18	-	-	-	-	13	11	12	12	7	9	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	8	5
14	Alex García	Venezuela	Transnet Racing	13	8	12	9	10	R11	9	R14	13	10	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Eric Jensen	Canada	Jensen Motorsport	12	R20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	12	10	11	8	12	10	9	11	-	-	-	-
16	Alfred Unser	United States	P-1 Racing	19	R21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Brooks Associates Racing																	11	9	12	10	11	8	-	-
17	Adam Pecorari	United States	Jensen Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	10	14
18	Dan Selznick	United States	Room Store	16	R15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	-	-
19	Chris Dyson	United States	Dyson Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	12	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Chris Souliotis	Canada	Jensen Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Joey Hand	United States	Polestar Motor Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	9
22	Daniel Pappas	Australia	Brooks Associates Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	11
23	David Sterckx	Belgium	Jensen Motorsport	18	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aaron Justus	United States	Brooks Associates Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(8)	NS	-	-	-	-
C2-Class
1	Cam Binder	Canada	Binder Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	R10	14	12	11	12	16	11	14	13
2	Tony Loniewski	United States	Olsson Engineering	21	R16	-	-	-	-	15	R16	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	11	-	-	15	R17	-	-
3	Tom Nastasi	United States	Jensen Motorsport	17	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	R15	-	-
4	Justin Sofio	United States	Binder Racing	20	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Rich Zober	United States	Comprent Motorsports	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	12	-	-

See also

• 2004 Champ Car season
• 2004 Indianapolis 500
• 2004 IndyCar Series season
• 2004 Infiniti Pro Series season

External links

• ChampCarStats.com