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.

Teams and drivers

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

Schedule

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

Championship standings

Pos Driver MTY LBH MIL LAG POR CLE TOR TRR MOH MTL DEN MIA Pts 1 Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger 8 1* 3 1* 4 1* 1* 1* 17 1* 1 11 201 2 Template:Flagicon Ryan Dalziel 4 15 1* 2 1* 3 5 2 2 2 3 3 175 3 Template:Flagicon Michael Valiante 1* 4 11 DNS 3 4 4 3 1* 4 2* 1* 161 4 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Macri 2 3 4 3 8 2 3 7 5 6 6 5 145 5 Template:Flagicon Aaron Justus 5 2 5 4 5 13 2 14 3 3 13 7 123 6 Template:Flagicon Danica Patrick 3 14 6 13 6 5 10 5 10 7 5 2 109 7 Template:Flagicon Joey Hand 15 7 9 10 2 10 6 4 4 5 9 6 108 8 Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz 10 6 13 6 9 11 9 6 7 11 8 9 88 9 Template:Flagicon Alex Figge 6 5 7 5 7 14 8 15 8 8 14 8 87 10 Template:Flagicon Kyle Krisiloff DNS 9 2 7 12 7 14 13 9 9 7 12 77 11 Template:Flagicon Alex Garcia 11 10 12 8 13 6 12 12 11 13 11 13 60 12 Template:Flagicon Eric Jensen 12 11 9 14 8 13 11 13 14 12 10 49 13 Template:Flagicon Stéphan Roy 8 8 12 11 12 11 8 16 10 48 14 Template:Flagicon Bryan Sellers 11 10 7 6 30 15 Template:Flagicon Jon Fogarty 4 4 24 16 Template:Flagicon Philip Fayer 13 13 15 9 10 14 15 15 24 17 Template:Flagicon Marc Breuers 12 10 14 12 18 Template:Flagicon Louis-Philippe Dumouilin 9 12 11 19 Template:Flagicon Marc de Vellis 7 16 9 20 Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas 9 7 21 Template:Flagicon Tony Ave 10 6 22 Template:Flagicon Dan Selznick 12 15 5 23 Template:Flagicon Eduardo Figueroa 14 2 24 Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
1	A. J. Allmendinger		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		P-1 Racing	-	-	9	8	11	8	12	R12	11	11	9	R12	10	11	9	8	12	R	11	10	-	-	-	-
14	Bryan Sellers		Lynx Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	R11	9	10	-	-	11	7	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Jon Fogarty		Team Rahal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4
16	Philip Fayer		Jensen Motorsport	16	R13	16	13	-	-	-	-	15	R15	13	9	-	-	15	10	16	14	15	R15	-	-	14	R15
17	Marc Breuers		Brooks Associates Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	-	-	12	10	10	R14
18	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin		Lynx Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-
19	Marc de Vellis		Sierra Sierra Racing	7	7	8	R16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Romain Dumas		Scuderia Fortia	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Tony Ave		P-1 Racing	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Dan Selznick		Polestar Motor Racing	-	-	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Eduardo Figueroa		Scuderia Fortia	14	R14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Hoover Orsi		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