2004 Infiniti Pro Series

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The 2004 Menards IRL Infiniti Pro Series season was the third season of the series under the Indy Racing League ownership, and the 19th in Indy NXT combined history, as officially recognized by IndyCar. All teams used Dallara IL-02 chassis and Infiniti engines.

In his second year of Pro Series competition, Thiago Medeiros won the championship convincingly, giving Sam Schmidt Motorsports its first title. He won six wins, including the second running of the Freedom 100 from pole position, scored seven pole positions and led the most laps in all but two of the 12 races. Medeiros became champion by taking the green flag at the penultimate round in Chicagoland, and finished with a 134-point lead over Paul Dana, who scored his lone Infiniti Pro Series win at Milwaukee.

Despite joining the Infiniti Pro Series at the fourth round in Kansas, rookie P. J. Chesson rallied to a fourth place in the standings, including a three-win streak with newcomers Mo Nunn Racing, an effort instigated and managed by Nunn's wife Kathryn. Despite a penalty at the last round that demoted him behind Arie Luyendyk Jr. in the standings, Chesson won Rookie of the Year over Leonardo Maia by 25 points.

A. J. Foyt Enterprises and Panther Racing, the champions of the previous two editions, left the series, although Foyt entered a car for Jeff Simmons at the Freedom 100, finishing second behind Medeiros. Simmons and Marty Roth became the first drivers to contest the Indianapolis 500 and the Freedom 100 in the same year. Sinden Racing Service and Genoa Racing also left the series entirely, while the privateer effort by Matt Beardsley ceased to be after the Freedom 100. On the other hand, Roquin Motorsports re-expanded to a full time effort, Roth Racing, Racing Professionals and Bullet-Team Motorsports made their debut with partial seasons, apart from Mo Nunn joining the championship at the fourth round.

While the Freedom 100 attracted 17 competitors, the Infiniti Pro Series struggled with entries throughout much of 2004, especially during the summer stretch, with only nine cars and just three finishers at the Milwaukee round. Grid sizes improved over the last three races, with 15 drivers in each round. Only the top 3 drivers in the standings contested the full season, with two others missing one round. Former IndyCar drivers that competed during the season were Billy Roe, Jon Herb, Cory Witherill and Scott Mayer.

Team and driver chart

Team <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Drivers Rounds
Keith Duesenberg Racing 2 Template:Flagicon Phil Giebler[1] 1–3, 11
Template:Flagicon Alfred Unser[2] 4–10, 12
22 Template:Flagicon Ross Fonferko[3] 5
Template:Flagicon Phil Giebler 7–9
Template:Flagicon P. J. Abbott 12
Brian Stewart Racing 3 Template:Flagicon Jesse Mason[4] 1–10
Template:Flagicon Marty Roth[5] 11
Template:Flagicon Ryan Hampton 12
33 Template:Flagicon Tony Turco 1
Template:Flagicon Leonardo Maia[6] 2–12
Roth Racing[7] 4 Template:Flagicon Marty Roth 1–3
Sam Schmidt Motorsports 5 Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk Jr.[8] 1–7
Template:Flagicon Travis Gregg[9] 8, 10, 12
Template:Flagicon Shinji Kashima[10] 11
11 Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros[11] All
64 Template:Flagicon Brad Pollard[12] 4–6
Template:Flagicon Scott Mayer[13] 10, 12
Template:Flagicon P. J. Abbott 11
Racing Professionals[14] 6 Template:Flagicon Jon Herb[14] 3, 11–12
Roquin Motorsports 9 Template:Flagicon Matt Beardsley 9
10 Template:Flagicon Rolando Quintanilla[15] 1–5, 7–12
Beardsley Motorsports 12 Template:Flagicon Matt Beardsley[16] 1–3
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 14 Template:Flagicon Jeff Simmons[17] 3
Bullet-Team Motorsports[18] 21 Template:Flagicon Taylor Fletcher[18] 3, 10–11
Kenn Hardley Racing 24 Template:Flagicon Brad Pollard[19] 1–3
Template:Flagicon Jeff Simmons[20] 9–12
Template:Flagicon Billy Roe[21] 4–8
42 2–3
AFS Racing 25 Template:Flagicon Jay Drake[22] 3
Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk Jr.[23] 10–12
27 8–9
Template:Flagicon Gary Peterson[24] 2–3, 7, 10–12
Mo Nunn Racing[25] 67 Template:Flagicon James Chesson[26] 10–12
76 Template:Flagicon P. J. Chesson[25] 4–12
Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports 91 Template:Flagicon Paul Dana[27] All
92 Template:Flagicon Cory Witherill[28][29] 3, 10

Schedule

The schedule for 2004 stayed at 12 rounds with minor date changes over 2003. Mirroring the IRL IndyCar Series, the series left Gateway International Raceway and visited the storied Milwaukee Mile, who had featured in the last season of the original Indy Lights championship in 2001. This would be the last all-oval season for the series, as the IRL-managed championship would introduce road course racing from 2005 onwards.

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 February 29 Homestead-Miami 100 Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida
2 March 20 Phoenix 100 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona
3 May 22 Futaba Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
4 July 3 Aventis Racing for Kids 100 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas
5 July 17 Cleanevent 100 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
6 July 25 Milwaukee 100 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
7 August 1 Paramount Health Insurance 100 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
8 August 14 Kentucky 100 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky
9 August 22 Pikes Peak 100 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado
10 September 11 Chicago 100 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois
11 October 2 California 100 California Speedway Fontana, California
12 October 16 Texas 100 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas

Race results

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 Homestead–Miami Speedway Template:Flagicon Phil Giebler Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Phil Giebler Keith Duesenberg Racing
2 Phoenix International Raceway Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Sam Schmidt Motorsports
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Sam Schmidt Motorsports
4 Kansas Speedway Template:Flagicon Thiago MedeirosTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Alfred Unser Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Sam Schmidt Motorsports
5 Nashville Superspeedway Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Paul Dana Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Sam Schmidt Motorsports
6 Milwaukee Mile Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Paul Dana Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports
7 Michigan International Speedway Template:Flagicon Al Unser III Template:Flagicon Alfred Unser Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon P. J. Chesson Mo Nunn Racing
8 Kentucky Speedway Template:Flagicon Travis Gregg Template:Flagicon Phil Giebler Template:Flagicon Travis Gregg Template:Flagicon P. J. Chesson Mo Nunn Racing
9 Pikes Peak International Raceway Template:Flagicon Jeff Simmons Template:Flagicon Paul Dana Template:Flagicon Paul Dana Template:Flagicon P. J. Chesson Mo Nunn Racing
10 Chicagoland Speedway Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Travis Gregg Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Sam Schmidt Motorsports
11 California Speedway Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon James Chesson Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon James Chesson Mo Nunn Racing
12 Texas Motor Speedway Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon P. J. Chesson Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros Sam Schmidt Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th 
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
  • The driver who leads the most laps in a race is awarded two additional points.
Pos Driver HOM PHX INDY KAN NSH MIL MIS KEN PIK CHI FON TXS Points
1 Template:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros 2* 1* 1* 1*1 1* 6* 2* 6 3 1* 9* 1* 513
2 Template:Flagicon Paul Dana 8 5 10 2 2 1 4 2 2* 8 12 11 379
3 Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk Jr. 9 2 3 7 11 9 8 4 5 4 14 4 330
4 Template:Flagicon P. J. Chesson <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  8 6 2 1 1 1 5 2 5 317Template:Efn
5 Template:Flagicon Leonardo Maia <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  3 6 10 10 7 7 3 7 7 4 12 292
6 Template:Flagicon Jesse Mason <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  3 4 15 6 3 4 6 8 4 9 283
7 Template:Flagicon Rolando Quintanilla 6 6 14 4 9 11 7 11 10 5 8 264
8 Template:Flagicon Alfred Unser <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  3 5 3 3 11 6 3 3 252
9 Template:Flagicon Phil Giebler <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  1 7 5 5 10 8 3 215
10 Template:Flagicon Billy Roe 9 9 9 4 8 10 9 164
11 Template:Flagicon Brad Pollard <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  5 11 11 5 8 5 152
12 Template:Flagicon Jeff Simmons 2 9 2 10 6 150
13 Template:Flagicon Gary Peterson 12 13 9 14 8 15 112
14 Template:Flagicon James Chesson <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  6 1 13 95
15 Template:Flagicon Travis Gregg <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  5* 13 2 89
16 Template:Flagicon Matt Beardsley 10 8 8 10 88
17 Template:Flagicon Marty Roth 7 10 16 11 79
18 Template:Flagicon Jon Herb <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  17 6 7 67
19 Template:Flagicon Taylor Fletcher <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  12 11 15 52
20 Template:Flagicon P. J. Abbott <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  7 9 48
21 Template:Flagicon Cory Witherill 7 15 41
22 Template:Flagicon Scott Mayer <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  12 10 38
23 Template:Flagicon Tony Turco 4 32
24 Template:Flagicon Jay Drake <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  4 32
25 Template:Flagicon Ross Fonferko <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  7 26
26 Template:Flagicon Shinji Kashima <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  13 17
27 Template:Flagicon Ryan Hampton 14 16
Pos Driver HOM PHX INDY KAN NSH MIL MIS KEN PIK CHI FON TXS Points
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)

Blank Did not

participate (DNP)

Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps

(2 points)

1 Qualifying cancelled
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Footnotes

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