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2004 American Le Mans Series

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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 United Kingdom #28 Audi Sport UK Veloqx United States #10 American Spirit Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing United States #23 Alex Job Racing Results
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Germany Frank Biela
Germany Pierre Kaffer
United Kingdom Ian James
United States Mike Borkowski
United States John Macaluso
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Italy Max Papis
Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Sascha Maassen
2 Mid-Ohio United States #38 ADT Champion Racing United States #30 Intersport Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing United States #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Results
Germany Marco Werner
Finland JJ Lehto
United States Clint Field
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
United States Darren Law
United States Johannes van Overbeek
3 Lime Rock United States #38 ADT Champion Racing United States #10 Miracle Motorsports United States #4 Corvette Racing United States #35 Risi Competizione Results
Germany Marco Werner
Finland JJ Lehto
United Kingdom Ian James
United States James Gue
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Germany Ralf Kelleners
United States Anthony Lazzaro
4 Infineon United States #38 ADT Champion Racing United States #30 Intersport Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing United States #23 Alex Job Racing Results
Germany Marco Werner
Finland JJ Lehto
United States Jon Field
United States Clint Field
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
5 Portland United States #38 ADT Champion Racing United States #30 Intersport Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing United States #24 Alex Job Racing Results
Germany Marco Werner
Finland JJ Lehto
United States Jon Field
United States Clint Field
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
France Romain Dumas
Germany Marc Lieb
6 Mosport United States #16 Dyson Racing United States #30 Intersport Racing United States #4 Corvette Racing United States #23 Alex Job Racing Results
United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom James Weaver
United States Clint Field
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Germany Timo Bernhard
7 Road America United States #38 ADT Champion Racing United States #10 Miracle Motorsports United States #4 Corvette Racing United States #23 Alex Job Racing Results
Germany Marco Werner
Finland JJ Lehto
United Kingdom Ian James
United States James Gue
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Germany Timo Bernhard
8 Road Atlanta United States #38 ADT Champion Racing United States #30 Intersport Racing United States #4 Corvette Racing United States #23 Alex Job Racing Results
Germany Marco Werner
Finland JJ Lehto
United States Clint Field
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Venezuela Milka Duno
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Sascha Maassen
9 Laguna Seca United States #2 ADT Champion Racing United States #30 Intersport Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing United States #24 Alex Job Racing Results
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Germany Pierre Kaffer
United States Clint Field
United States Rick Sutherland
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Germany Marc Lieb
France 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 United States ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 22 20 20 20 20 16 20 26 19 183
2 United States Dyson Racing MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 14 16 16 16 16 20 19 16 133
3 United Kingdom Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 26 26
4 United States Intersport Racing Riley & Scott Mk III C
Lola B01/60
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
Judd KV675 3.4L V8

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16
25
5 United Kingdom Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 16 16
6 United States Autocon Motorsports Riley & Scott Mk III C Lincoln (Élan) 5.0L V8 12 12
7 France 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 United States Miracle Motorsports Lola B2K/40
Courage C65
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
26

13

20

16

16

16


20
19

146
2 United States Intersport Racing Lola B2K/40 Judd KV675 3.4L V8 20 20 20 20 26 23 129
3 United States Marshall Cooke Race Car Company Lola B2K/40 Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4 16 16 22 54
4 United States Rand Racing Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 22 22
5 United States 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 United States Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet 7.0L V8 26 20 20 20 20 20 20 26 23 195
2 United States ACEMCO Motorsports Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 19 13 13 13 13 13 16 16 116
3 United States Carsport America Dodge Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0L V10 10 10 10 10 19 59
4 United States Krohn-Barbour Racing Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini 6.0L V12 10 16 10 14 50
5 Netherlands 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 United States Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 26 16 13 20 20 20 20 26 23 184
2 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 20 16 16 16 13 13 14 16 140
3 United States White Lightning Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 13 8 1 13 16 16 19 9 114
4 United States The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 9 10 6 8 8 8 10 10 11 80
5 United States Risi Competizione Ferrari 360GTC Modena Ferrari 3.6L V8 10 20 10 10 16 13 79
6 United States J-3 Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 10 6 4 4 8 9 5 58
7 United States British American Motorsports (BAM!) Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 14 3 2 4 12 6 41
8 United Kingdom P.K. Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 3 4 3 1 17
9 United States Panoz Motor Sports Panoz Esperante GT-LM Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 2 3 7 12
10= United Kingdom Morgan Works Race Team Morgan Aero 8-R BMW (Mader) 4.5L V8 7 7
10= United States 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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