2004 Atlantic Championship
# 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.

## Calendar

| Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Friday fastest | Saturday fastest | Leader(s) | Improvement | Fastest Race Lap |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Long Beach | California | April 18, 2004 | 31 | 3.167=98.177 km | 0'50:20.986 | 116.995 km/h | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Jon Fogarty | Ryan Dalziel | David Sterckx | Ryan Dalziel |
| 2 | Monterrey | Mexico | May 23, 2004 | 32 | 3.385=108.32 km | 0'49:58.717 | 130.040 km/h | Alex Figge | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Alex Figge | Rocky Moran Jr. | Ryan Dalziel |
| 3 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | June 5, 2004 | 70 | 1.6607976=116.255832 km | 0'35:04.260 | 198.892 km/h | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Andrew Ranger | Jon Fogarty |
| 4 | Portland | Oregon | June 19, 2004 | 35 | 3.169=110.915 km | 0'43:52.259 | 151.693 km/h | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Chris Dyson | Jon Fogarty |
| 5 | Portland | Oregon | June 20, 2004 | 35 | 3.169=110.915 km | 0'40:03.400 | 166.137 km/h | Jon Fogarty | Danica Patrick | Danica Patrick | Jon Fogarty | Chris Festa | Jon Fogarty |
| 6 | Cleveland | Ohio | July 3, 2004 | 32 | 3.3891858=108.4539456 km | 0'41:37.931 | 156.303 km/h | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Bryan Sellers | Ryan Dalziel |
| 7 | Toronto | Canada | July 11, 2004 | 35 | 2.825=98.875 km | 0'43:49.621 | 135.362 km/h | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Andrew Ranger | Jon Fogarty |
| 8 | Vancouver | Canada | July 25, 2004 | 38 | 2.8661633=108.9142054 km | 0'45:08.874 | 144.743 km/h | Ryan Dalziel | Jon Fogarty | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Philip Fayer | Ryan Dalziel |
| 9 | Elkhart Lake | Wisconsin | August 8, 2004 | 17 | 6.4372=109.4324 km | 0'40:09.002 | 163.535 km/h | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Danica Patrick | Tõnis Kasemets |
| 10 | Denver | Colorado | August 15, 2004 | 37 | 2.6666101=98.6645737 km | 0'42:33.175 | 139.118 km/h | Ronnie Bremer | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty Ronnie Bremer | Ronnie Bremer | Danica Patrick |
| 11 | Montréal | Canada | August 29, 2004 | 25 | 4.360=109.00 km | 0'39:06.067 | 167.259 km/h | Jon Fogarty | Ryan Dalziel | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | - | Ryan Dalziel |
| 12 | Monterey | California | September 12, 2004 | 30 | 3.6016134=108.048402 km | 0'40:22.220 | 160.586 km/h | Jon Fogarty | Ryan Dalziel | Jon Fogarty | Jon Fogarty | Ronnie Bremer | Alex Figge |

bold indicate pole position

## Final points standings

### Driver

**Main championship**

For every race the points were awarded: 31 points to the winner, 27 for runner-up, 25 for third place, 23 for fourth place, 21 for fifth place, 19 for sixth place, 17 for seventh place, 15 for eighth place, 13 for ninth place, 11 for tenth place, winding down to 1 point for 20th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the fastest qualifier on Friday (1 point), the fastest qualifier on Saturday (1 point), any driver leading at least one lap in the race (1 point), the most improved driver from start to finish (1 point) and the driver setting the fastest lap (1 point). So the maximum for one driver in one race is to earn 35 points. Oval races only saw one qualifying. C2-class drivers were not able to score points in the main class.

| Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jon Fogarty | United States | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 327 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 23 | 35 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 33 | 33 |
| 2 | Ryan Dalziel | United Kingdom | Sierra Sierra Racing | 309 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 35 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 27 | 29 | 20 |
| 3 | Danica Patrick | United States | Team Rahal/Letterman | 269 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 15 |
| 4 | Andrew Ranger | Canada | Sierra Sierra Racing | 257 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 25 |
| 5 | Ronnie Bremer | Denmark | Brooks Associates Racing | 251 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ronnie Bremer | Denmark | Polestar Motor Racing | 251 | | | | | | 19 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Bryan Sellers | United States | Lynx Racing | 227 | 25 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 11 |
| 7 | Alex Figge | United States | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 201 | 7 | 32 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 24 |
| 8 | Chris Festa | United States | Team Rahal/Letterman | 172 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 9 | Jonathan Bomarito | United States | Transnet Racing | 134 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Josh Hunt | Australia | Lynx Racing | 127 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
| 11 | Rocky Moran Jr. | United States | Polestar Motor Racing | 92 | 17 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Philip Fayer | Canada | Polestar Motor Racing | 88 | 9 | 10 | - | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 20 | - | - | 9 | - |
| 13 | Tõnis Kasemets | Estonia | Brooks Associates Racing | 81 | 6 | - | - | 10 | 9 | 13 | - | - | 22 | - | - | 21 |
| 14 | Alex García | Venezuela | Transnet Racing | 71 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Eric Jensen | Canada | Jensen Motorsport | 61 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | - | - |
| 16 | Alfred Unser | United States | P-1 Racing | 41 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | |
| 16 | Alfred Unser | United States | Brooks Associates Racing | 41 | | | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | 15 | - |
| 17 | Adam Pecorari | United States | Jensen Motorsport | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 8 |
| 18 | Dan Selznick | United States | Room Store | 19 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| 19 | Chris Dyson | United States | Dyson Racing | 17 | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Chris Souliotis | Canada | Jensen Motorsport | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| | Joey Hand | United States | Polestar Motor Racing | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| 22 | Daniel Pappas | Australia | Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 23 | David Sterckx | Belgium | Jensen Motorsport | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Note:

Race 1 Alfred Unser and David Sterckx only awarded with half points, because they ran non-parity engines. Alfred Unser 3/2=1.5 rounded up 2 points. David Sterckx 11+1=12/2=6 points.

Race 3 only one additional point for the qualifying - oval race.

Race 4 and 5 only one additional point awarded to the fastest qualifier, because only one session was held for each race.

Race 11 no additional point awarded to the most improved driver, because the most improved driver was C2-class driver Cam Binder.

In all races not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).

**C2-Class championship**

Points system see above. But additional points only awarded for the fastest qualifier.

| Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cam Binder | Canada | Binder Racing | 154 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 32 |
| 2 | Tony Loniewski | United States | Olsson Engineering | 144 | 25 | - | - | 32 | 32 | - | - | - | 32 | - | 23 | - |
| 3 | Tom Nastasi | United States | Jensen Motorsport | 54 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | - |
| 4 | Justin Sofio | United States | Binder Racing | 31 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Rich Zober | United States | Comprent Motorsports | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - |

Note:

No more competitors in C2-class. Four races without a single entry.

## 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 | C2-Class | C2-Class | 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 | - | - |
