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The 2004 Days of Thunder season was the fourth season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR. For this season the Days of Thunder brand was adopted entirely in place of the ASCAR name having been introduced as a promotional brand the previous season.
| Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidd-Richardson Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |  Shaun Richardson | All |
| 11 |  'Skid Carrera' | All | ||
| Team Turn Four | Ford | 5 | Rob Speak | 4 |
| Chevrolet | 42 | Ben Collins | All | |
| 24:7 Motorsport | Chevrolet | 7 | Mike Luck | All |
| Team West-Tec | Chevrolet | 8 | Chris Cooke | All |
| 28 |  Michael Vergers | All | ||
| Pontiac | 88 | Oli Playle | All | |
| TorqueSpeed | Chevrolet | 10 | Chris Robinson | 1 |
| 16 | Steve Dance | 1 | ||
| 23 | Anthony Swan | All | ||
| 24 | John Mickel | 1 | ||
| Stevie Hodgson | 5 | |||
| 25 | Ian McKellar Jr. | 5 | ||
| Mark Willis | 1 | |||
| 27 | Stevie Hodgson | 1 | ||
| Chris Harris | 1 | |||
| Duncan Gray | 1 | |||
| Ford | 66 | John Mickel | 5 | |
| Chevrolet | 17 | Tony King | 2 | |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 4 | ||
| 68 | Rob Speak | 1 | ||
| 69 |  Thierry Haenel | 1 | ||
| Fast Tec Motorsport | Pontiac | 12 | Mark Proctor | All |
| Renegade Racing | Chevrolet | 19 | John Jon Higgins | All |
| 20 | Steve Hobday | All | ||
| Intersport Racing | Pontiac | 33 | Peter Falding | All |
| Steward Racing | Ford | 75 | John Steward | All |
| Team Catchpole Racing | Chevrolet | 77 | Phil Weaver | 5 |
| Duncan Gray | 1 | |||
| CWS Racing | Chevrolet | 78 | Colin White | 5 |
| 85 |  Malcolm Clein | All | ||
All races were held at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire.
The season consisted of six meetings of two races taking place on the first Sunday of each month from May to October. The grid for the opening race of each meeting was set by a qualifying session with the second race grid being set by the finishing order of the first.
| Round | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Led Most Laps | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | 2 May | Anthony Swan | Anthony Swan | Anthony Swan | Colin White | CWS Racing |
| R2 | Ben Collins | Colin White | Colin White | CWS Racing | |||
| 2 | R3 | 6 June | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Team Turn Four |
| R4 | Michael Vergers | Michael Vergers | Michael Vergers | Team West-Tec | |||
| 3 | R5 | 4 July | Mark Willis | Anthony Swan | Stevie Hodgson | Stevie Hodgson | TorqueSpeed |
| R6 | Stevie Hodgson | Oli Playle | John Steward | Steward Racing | |||
| 4 | R7 | 1 August | Oli Playle | Oli Playle | Oli Playle | Oli Playle | Team West-Tec |
| R8 | John Mickel | Ian McKellar Jr. | Ian McKellar Jr. | TorqueSpeed | |||
| 5 | R9 | 5 September | Stevie Hodgson | Ian McKellar Jr. | Stevie Hodgson | Stevie Hodgson | TorqueSpeed |
| R10 | Colin White | Stevie Hodgson | Colin White | CWS Racing | |||
| 6 | R11 | 3 October | Oli Playle | Stevie Hodgson | Ian McKellar Jr. | Ian McKellar Jr. | TorqueSpeed |
| R12 | Ian McKellar Jr. | Ian McKellar Jr. | Ian McKellar Jr. | TorqueSpeed | |||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stevie Hodgson | 2 | 5* | 6 | 3 | 1* | 4* | 2 | 3* | 1* | 9* | 2* | 3* | 2010 |
| 2 | John Steward | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1* | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1720 |
| 3 | Shaun Richardson | 11 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1645 |
| 4 | Ben Collins | 5 | 3* | 1* | EX | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 1610 |
| 5 | Mark Proctor | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1607 |
| 6 | John Mickel | 12 | DNS | 4 | 5* | 3 | 2* | 3* | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4* | DNS | 1567 |
| 7 | Oli Playle | 10 | DNS | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3* | 1* | 15* | 3 | 17 | 17 | 4* | 1561 |
| 8 | Anthony Swan | 6* | 2* | 20 | 15 | 19 | DNS | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 1525 |
| 9 | Michael Vergers | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1* | 12* | 19 | 20 | DNS | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1499 |
| 10 | Colin White | 1* | 1* | 2 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 18 | DNS | 4* | 1* | WD | WD | 1383 |
| 11 | Malcolm Clein | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1379 |
| 12 | Tony King | 7 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 1356 |
| 13 | Mike Luck | 15 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 1354 |
| 14 | Peter Falding | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 1352 |
| 15 | Ian McKellar Jr. | 18 | DNS | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1* | 16 | 2* | 1* | 1* | 1346 | ||
| 16 | 'Skid Carrera' | 14 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 1345 |
| 17 | John Jon Higgins | 20 | DNS | 10 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1331 |
| 18 | Chris Cooke | 19 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 21 | DNS | 1311 |
| 19 | Steve Hobday | 9 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 17 | DNS | 18 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 1226 |
| 20 | Phil Weaver | 22 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1087 | ||
| 21 | Rob Speak | 21 | DNS | 8 | 8 | 12 | DSQ | 14 | 4 | 7* | 6 | 1063 | ||
| 22 | Duncan Gray | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 420 | ||||||||
| 23 | Thierry Haenel | 8 | 8 | 280 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Mark Willis | 9 | 9 | 270 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Steve Dance | 7 | 16 | 256 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Chris Harris | 14 | 13 | 232 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Chris Robinson | 21 | 20 | 177 | ||||||||||
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