# 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.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No | Drivers | Races |
| Class 1 ||||
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Eric Jensen | 1, 6–7, 9–10 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Chris Souliotis | 8 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Adam Pecorari | 11–12 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 7 | David Sterckx | 1 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 7 | Eric Jensen | 8 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 3 | Philip Fayer | 1–2, 4–8, 11–12 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 3 | Joey Hand | 12 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 4 | Rocky Moran Jr. | 1–5 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 4 | Ronnie Bremer | All |
| P-1 Racing | 5 | Alfred Unser | 1 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 6 | Tõnis Kasemets | 1, 4–6, 9, 12 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 12 | Ronnie Bremer | 1 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Ronnie Bremer | 2–5 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Alfred Unser | 9–11 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Aaron Justus | 10 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 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 | 2004 Argent Mortgage Toyota Atlantic Championship of Portland | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | - | - |