2003 Atlantic Championship

The 2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Swift chassis and Toyota engines. 14 different teams and 24 different drivers competed. All drivers were able to score points. The Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama Drivers' Champion was A. J. Allmendinger driving for RuSPORT.

2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races	12
Start date	March 23rd
End date	September 28th
Awards
Drivers' champion	A. J. Allmendinger

Teams and drivers

Team	No	Drivers	Races
Rahal-Letterman Racing	1	Jon Fogarty	11–12
	24	Danica Patrick	All
Jensen MotorSport	2	Eric Jensen	1–2, 4–12
	8	Philip Fayer	1–2, 5–6, 8–10, 12
RuSPORT	3	Aaron Justus	All
	4	A. J. Allmendinger	All
P-1 Racing	6	Tony Ave	3
	16	Stéphan Roy	2–10
Sierra Sierra Racing	7	Hoover Orsi	3
		Kyle Krisiloff	8–12
	28	Ryan Dalziel	All
	67	Marc de Vellis	1–2
Transnet Racing	9	Alex Garcia	All
Brooks Associates Racing	12	Marc Breuers	9, 11–12
Cameron Motorsports	13	Kyle Krisiloff	1–2
Lynx Racing	17	Bryan Sellers	4–5, 7, 9
		Louis-Philippe Dumouilin	8, 10
	19	Michael Valiante	All
DSTP Motorsports	27	Joey Hand	All
Dorricott Racing	31	Kyle Krisiloff	3–7
	33	Luis Díaz	All
Polestar Racing Group	49	Dan Selznick	2, 9
	84	Jonathan Macri	All
Pacific Coast Motorsports	69	Alex Figge	All
Scuderia Fortia	86	Eduardo Figueroa	1
	88	Romain Dumas	1

Schedule

Rd	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	March 23	2003 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey	Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico
2	April 13	2003 Argent Mortgage Toyota Atlantic Race	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
3	May 31	2003 Atlantic Milwaukee Race	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
4	June 14	2003 Atlantic Monterey Race	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California
5	June 21	2003 Atlantic Portland Race	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
6	July 5	2003 Argent Mortgage Toyota Atlantic 100K	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
7	July 12	2003 Atlantic Toronto Race	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
8	August 3	2003 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
9	August 10	2003 Atlantic Mid-Ohio Race	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
10	August 23	2003 Atlantic Montréal Race	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Quebec
11	August 31	2003 Argent Mortgage Challenge	Streets of Denver	Denver, Colorado
12	September 28	2003 Argent Mortgage Toyota Atlantic 100K	Bayfront Park Street Circuit	Miami, Florida

Race results

Rd	Race name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Lead most laps	Race winner
					Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Fundidora Park	Luis Díaz	Luis Díaz	Michael Valiante	Michael Valiante	Lynx Racing
2	Streets of Long Beach	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT
3	Milwaukee Mile	Ryan Dalziel	Kyle Krisiloff	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Sierra Sierra Racing
4	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT
5	Portland International Raceway	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Sierra Sierra Racing
6	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT
7	Exhibition Place	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT
8	Circuit Trois-Rivières	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT
9	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	A. J. Allmendinger	Jonathan Macri	Michael Valiante	Michael Valiante	Lynx Racing
10	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT
11	Streets of Denver	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	Michael Valiante	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT
12	Bayfront Park Street Circuit	A. J. Allmendinger	Ryan Dalziel	Michael Valiante	Michael Valiante	Lynx Racing

Championship standings

Pos Driver MTY LBH MIL LAG POR CLE TOR TRR MDO MTL DEN MIA Pts 1 A. J. Allmendinger 8 1* 3 1* 4 1* 1* 1* 17 1* 1 11 201 2 Ryan Dalziel 4 15 1* 2 1* 3 5 2 2 2 3 3 175 3 Michael Valiante 1* 4 11 DNS 3 4 4 3 1* 4 2* 1* 161 4 Jonathan Macri 2 3 4 3 8 2 3 7 5 6 6 5 145 5 Aaron Justus 5 2 5 4 5 13 2 14 3 3 13 7 123 6 Danica Patrick 3 14 6 13 6 5 10 5 10 7 5 2 109 7 Joey Hand 15 7 9 10 2 10 6 4 4 5 9 6 108 8 Luis Díaz 10 6 13 6 9 11 9 6 7 11 8 9 88 9 Alex Figge 6 5 7 5 7 14 8 15 8 8 14 8 87 10 Kyle Krisiloff DNS 9 2 7 12 7 14 13 9 9 7 12 77 11 Alex Garcia 11 10 12 8 13 6 12 12 11 13 11 13 60 12 Eric Jensen 12 11 9 14 8 13 11 13 14 12 10 49 13 Stéphan Roy 8 8 12 11 12 11 8 16 10 48 14 Bryan Sellers 11 10 7 6 30 15 Jon Fogarty 4 4 24 16 Philip Fayer 13 13 15 9 10 14 15 15 24 17 Marc Breuers 12 10 14 12 18 Louis-Philippe Dumouilin 9 12 11 19 Marc de Vellis 7 16 9 20 Romain Dumas 9 7 21 Tony Ave 10 6 22 Dan Selznick 12 15 5 23 Eduardo Figueroa 14 2 24 Hoover Orsi 14 2 Pos Driver MTY LBH MIL LAG POR CLE TOR TRR MDO MTL DEN MIA 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) Race abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most laps (RY) Rookie of the Year (R) Rookie

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R17=retired, but classified NS=did not start

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 15th 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) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). Oval races only saw one qualifying.

Note:

Race 3 no additional point for the qualifying were awarded due to rain, starting lineup based on combined practice times.

Race 3, 4, 6, 7 and 11 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	A. J. Allmendinger	United States	RuSPORT	3	8	1	1	3	3	1	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	R17	1	1	1	1	1	R11
2	Ryan Dalziel	United Kingdom	Sierra Sierra Racing	9	4	3	R15	1	1	3	2	1	1	4	3	4	5	3	2	3	2	3	2	5	3	2	3
3	Michael Valiante	Canada	Lynx Racing	4	1	6	4	8	11	9	NS	5	3	2	4	3	4	2	3	4	1	2	4	2	2	3	1
4	Jonathan Macri	Canada	Polestar Motor Racing	6	2	5	3	2	4	6	3	8	8	6	2	6	3	8	7	5	5	8	6	10	6	9	5
5	Aaron Justus	United States	RuSPORT	10	5	2	2	6	5	5	4	7	5	5	R13	2	2	5	14	2	3	4	3	10	R13	6	7
6	Danica Patrick	United States	Team Rahal	5	3	10	R14	7	6	10	R13	10	6	10	5	9	10	4	5	11	10	5	7	7	5	5	2
7	Joey Hand	United States	DSTP Motorsports	2	R15	15	7	13	9	4	R10	3	2	3	10	5	6	7	4	7	4	6	5	11	9	7	6
8	Luis Díaz	Mexico	Dorricott Racing	1	10	4	6	9	R13	7	6	4	9	14	R11	12	9	6	6	8	7	7	11	8	8	8	9
9	Alex Figge	United States	Pacific Coast Motorsports	8	6	7	5	10	7	2	5	6	7	7	R14	7	8	10	R15	9	8	10	8	6	R14	13	8
10	Kyle Krisiloff	United States	Cameron Motorsports	12	NS	12	9
			Dorricott Racing					4	2	10	7	12	12	11	7	8	R14
			Sierra Sierra Racing															11	13	10	9	9	9	9	7	11	R12
11	Alex García	Venezuela	Transnet Racing	13	11	11	10	14	12	11	8	14	13	8	6	13	12	13	12	13	11	12	13	13	11	12	R13
12	Eric Jensen	Canada	Jensen Motorsport	15	R12	13	11	-	-	13	9	13	14	12	8	14	13	14	11	15	13	14	14	14	12	15	10
13	Stéphan Roy	Canada	P-1 Racing	-	-	9	8	11	8	12	R12	11	11	9	R12	10	11	9	8	12	R	11	10	-	-	-	-
14	Bryan Sellers	United States	Lynx Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	R11	9	10	-	-	11	7	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Jon Fogarty	United States	Team Rahal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4
16	Philip Fayer	Canada	Jensen Motorsport	16	R13	16	13	-	-	-	-	15	R15	13	9	-	-	15	10	16	14	15	R15	-	-	14	R15
17	Marc Breuers	United States	Brooks Associates Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	-	-	12	10	10	R14
18	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin	Canada	Lynx Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-
19	Marc de Vellis	Canada	Sierra Sierra Racing	7	7	8	R16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Romain Dumas	France	Scuderia Fortia	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Tony Ave	United States	P-1 Racing	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Dan Selznick	United States	Polestar Motor Racing	-	-	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Eduardo Figueroa	Mexico	Scuderia Fortia	14	R14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Hoover Orsi	Brazil	Sierra Sierra Racing	-	-	-	-	5	R14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

See also

• 2003 CART season
• 2003 Indianapolis 500
• 2003 IndyCar Series season
• 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season

External links

• ChampCarStats.com