2004 Atlantic Championship

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.

2004 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 18th
End dateSeptember 12th
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Jon Fogarty
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Teams and drivers

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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

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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

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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

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Drivers' Championship

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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 DEN ROA 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 DEN ROA 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

Complete Overview

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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

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