2004 Atlantic Championship

2004 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
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
	← 2003 2005 →

Last updated December 10, 2024

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.

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
	7	Eric Jensen	8
Polestar Racing Group	3	Philip Fayer	1–2, 4–8, 11–12
	3	Joey Hand	12
	4	Rocky Moran Jr.	1–5
	4	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	Ronnie Bremer	2–5
		Alfred Unser	9–11
		Aaron Justus	10
		Daniel Pappas	12
Transnet Racing	8	Jonathan Bomarito	1–7
Transnet Racing	9	Alex Garcia	1–6
Lynx Racing	15	Josh Hunt	All
Lynx Racing	19	Bryan Sellers	All
Dyson Racing	16	Chris Dyson	4–5
Rahal-Letterman Racing	24	Danica Patrick	All
Rahal-Letterman Racing	25	Chris Festa	All
Sierra Sierra Racing	27	Andrew Ranger	All
Sierra Sierra Racing	28	Ryan Dalziel	All
The Room Store	49	Dan Selznick	1, 11
Pacific Coast Motorsports	69	Alex Figge	All
Pacific Coast Motorsports	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
Binder Racing	65	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		Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
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
Rd	Race name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class 2 Winner
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	Portland International Raceway	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	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)
White	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
5	Ronnie Bremer	Denmark	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	Alfred Unser	United States	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	-	-

External links

ChampCarStats.com

Preceded by 2003 Atlantic Championship season	2004 Toyota Atlantic season	Succeeded by 2005 Atlantic Championship season

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