2004 American Le Mans Series

The 2004 American Le Mans Series season was the 34th season for the IMSA GT Championship, and the sixth under the American Le Mans Series banner. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GTS, and GT. It began March 20, 2004 and ended October 16, 2004 after 9 races.

Schedule

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Three circuits were added to the 2004 schedule, replacing three events which did not return from 2003. The sprint event at Road Atlanta along with Circuit Trois-Rivières and the Miami, Florida street circuit were removed, while Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Portland International Raceway both returned once again. These were joined by the addition of Lime Rock Park. The removal of Trois-Rivières rendered Mosport as the only race outside the United States.

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring Raceway March 20
2 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio June 27
3 New England Grand Prix Lime Rock Park July 5
4 Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma Infineon Raceway July 18
5 Portland Grand Prix Portland International Raceway July 25
6 Toronto Grand Prix of Mosport Mosport August 8
7 Road America 500 Road America August 22
8 Chevy presents Petit Le Mans Road Atlanta September 25
9 Audi Sports Car Championships Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca October 16
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Season results

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Overall winner in bold.

Rnd Circuit LMP1 Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team GTS Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
LMP1 Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers GTS Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Sebring   #28 Audi Sport UK Veloqx   #10 American Spirit Racing   #3 Corvette Racing   #23 Alex Job Racing Results
  Allan McNish
  Frank Biela
  Pierre Kaffer
  Ian James
  Mike Borkowski
  John Macaluso
  Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
  Max Papis
  Timo Bernhard
  Sascha Maassen
2 Mid-Ohio   #38 ADT Champion Racing   #30 Intersport Racing   #3 Corvette Racing   #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Results
  Marco Werner
  JJ Lehto
  Clint Field
  Robin Liddell
  Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
  Darren Law
  Johannes van Overbeek
3 Lime Rock   #38 ADT Champion Racing   #10 Miracle Motorsports   #4 Corvette Racing   #35 Risi Competizione Results
  Marco Werner
  JJ Lehto
  Ian James
  James Gue
  Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
  Ralf Kelleners
  Anthony Lazzaro
4 Infineon   #38 ADT Champion Racing   #30 Intersport Racing   #3 Corvette Racing   #23 Alex Job Racing Results
  Marco Werner
  JJ Lehto
  Jon Field
  Clint Field
  Robin Liddell
  Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
  Timo Bernhard
  Jörg Bergmeister
5 Portland   #38 ADT Champion Racing   #30 Intersport Racing   #3 Corvette Racing   #24 Alex Job Racing Results
  Marco Werner
  JJ Lehto
  Jon Field
  Clint Field
  Robin Liddell
  Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
  Romain Dumas
  Marc Lieb
6 Mosport   #16 Dyson Racing   #30 Intersport Racing   #4 Corvette Racing   #23 Alex Job Racing Results
  Butch Leitzinger
  James Weaver
  Clint Field
  Robin Liddell
  Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Timo Bernhard
7 Road America   #38 ADT Champion Racing   #10 Miracle Motorsports   #4 Corvette Racing   #23 Alex Job Racing Results
  Marco Werner
  JJ Lehto
  Ian James
  James Gue
  Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Timo Bernhard
8 Road Atlanta   #38 ADT Champion Racing   #30 Intersport Racing   #4 Corvette Racing   #23 Alex Job Racing Results
  Marco Werner
  JJ Lehto
  Clint Field
  Robin Liddell
  Milka Duno
  Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
  Jan Magnussen
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Timo Bernhard
  Sascha Maassen
9 Laguna Seca   #2 ADT Champion Racing   #30 Intersport Racing   #3 Corvette Racing   #24 Alex Job Racing Results
  Johnny Herbert
  Pierre Kaffer
  Clint Field
  Rick Sutherland
  Robin Liddell
  Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
  Marc Lieb
  Romain Dumas
Source:[3]

Teams Championship

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Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:[4]

  • 20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1

Exceptions were for the 4 Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order:

  • 23-19-16-13-11-9-7-6-5-4

And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:

  • 26-22-19-16-14-12-10-9-8-7

Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP1 Standings

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Pos Team Chassis Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total
1   ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 22 20 20 20 20 16 20 26 19 183
2   Dyson Racing MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 14 16 16 16 16 20 19 16 133
3   Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 26 26
4   Intersport Racing Riley & Scott Mk III C
Lola B01/60
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
Judd KV675 3.4L V8

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5   Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 16 16
6   Autocon Motorsports Riley & Scott Mk III C Lincoln (Élan) 5.0L V8 12 12
7   Larbre Compétition Panoz GTP Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 10 10

LMP2 Standings

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Pos Team Chassis Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total
1   Miracle Motorsports Lola B2K/40
Courage C65
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
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146
2   Intersport Racing Lola B2K/40 Judd KV675 3.4L V8 20 20 20 20 26 23 129
3   Marshall Cooke Race Car Company Lola B2K/40 Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4 16 16 22 54
4   Rand Racing Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 22 22
5   Team Bucknum Pilbeam MP91 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
Willman 3.4L V6
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GTS Standings

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Pos Team Chassis Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total
1   Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet 7.0L V8 26 20 20 20 20 20 20 26 23 195
2   ACEMCO Motorsports Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 19 13 13 13 13 13 16 16 116
3   Carsport America Dodge Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0L V10 10 10 10 10 19 59
4   Krohn-Barbour Racing Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini 6.0L V12 10 16 10 14 50
5   Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello Ferrari 6.0L V12 22 22

GT Standings

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Pos Team Chassis Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total
1   Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 26 16 13 20 20 20 20 26 23 184
2   Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 20 16 16 16 13 13 14 16 140
3   White Lightning Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 13 8 1 13 16 16 19 9 114
4   The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 9 10 6 8 8 8 10 10 11 80
5   Risi Competizione Ferrari 360GTC Modena Ferrari 3.6L V8 10 20 10 10 16 13 79
6   J-3 Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 10 6 4 4 8 9 5 58
7   British American Motorsports (BAM!) Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 14 3 2 4 12 6 41
8   P.K. Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 3 4 3 1 17
9   Panoz Motor Sports Panoz Esperante GT-LM Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 2 3 7 12
10=   Morgan Works Race Team Morgan Aero 8-R BMW (Mader) 4.5L V8 7 7
10=   Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
Ferrari 360GTC Modena
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
Ferrari 3.6L V8
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References

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  1. ^ "ALMS Announces 2004 Race Schedule – All Road Course Schedule "Avoids"". DailySportsCar. October 17, 2003. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "American LeMans Series - 2004: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "American LeMans Series - Season 2004: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "American LeMans Series - 2004: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
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