2003 Atlantic Championship

2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races12
Start dateMarch 23rd
End dateSeptember 28th
Awards
Drivers' champion A. J. Allmendinger

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.

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 MOH 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 MOH 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

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