2004 IndyCar Series

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Template:American Championship Car season Script error: No such module "Multiple image". The 2004 IRL IndyCar Series was dominated by two teams, Andretti Green Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing. While there was great parity in 2003 between Honda and Toyota powered teams, in 2004 Honda began to outshine Toyota bringing their teams Penske Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing down with it, leaving Scott Dixon winless and in 10th place in his attempt to defend his 2003 championship.

Season champion Tony Kanaan set a record by completing all 3,305 possible laps, the first IndyCar driver in modern history to do so.

This season was the last to feature an all oval tracks schedule, which was part of the concept that led to the creation of the Indy Racing League. By 2005, road and street courses started to appear in the schedule by a mainstream scheduling method, and by 2015, there were more races run on road/street courses than on oval tracks.

Changes for 2004

  • The engine displacement for all IndyCar Series cars was reduced from Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert". starting from the 2004 Indianapolis 500 in an effort to reduce speeds and ensure safer and exciting racing. The Script error: No such module "convert". engine displacement was used at the first three races of the season but a 3-inch by 12-inch slot was cut into the airbox and engine cover, behind the driver's head. The slot decreased positive airflow to the engine, reducing horsepower as well as reducing overall speeds.[1]

Confirmed entries

Team Chassis Engine <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Drivers Rounds
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Toyota 14 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt IV All
G-Force 41 Template:Flagicon Larry Foyt (R) 4
Access Motorsports G-Force Honda 13 Template:Flagicon Greg Ray 1–6
Template:Flagicon Mark Taylor (R) 8–16
Aguri-Fernández Racing G-Force Honda 5 Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández 2–16
55 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Matsuura (R) All
Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda 7 Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta All
11 Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan All
26 Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon All
27 Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti All
CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 98 Template:Flagicon P. J. Jones 4
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara Chevrolet 24 Template:Flagicon Robbie Buhl 1–3
Template:Flagicon Felipe Giaffone 4–16
Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Chevrolet 91 Template:Flagicon Buddy Lazier 4
Kelley Racing Dallara Toyota 8 Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp All
39 Template:Flagicon Sarah Fisher 4
Marlboro Team Penske Dallara Toyota 3 Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves All
6 Template:Flagicon Sam Hornish Jr. All
Newman/Haas Racing G-Force Honda 36 Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira 4
Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet 2 Template:Flagicon Mark Taylor (R) 1–6
Template:Flagicon Townsend Bell 7–16
4 Template:Flagicon Tomas Scheckter All
Patrick Racing Dallara Chevrolet 20 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. 4–6
Template:Flagicon Jeff Simmons (R) 7
Template:Flagicon Jaques Lazier 8–14
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Enge (R) 15–16
PDM Racing Dallara Chevrolet 18 Template:Flagicon Robby McGehee 4
Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing Dallara Toyota 12 Template:Flagicon Toranosuke Takagi All
21 Template:Flagicon Jeff Simmons (R) 4
Rahal Letterman Racing G-Force Honda 15 Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice All
16 Template:Flagicon Roger Yasukawa 3–4
17 Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira 3–16
Red Bull Cheever Racing Dallara Chevrolet 51 Template:Flagicon Alex Barron All
52 Template:Flagicon Ed Carpenter (R) All
Robby Gordon Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 70 Template:Flagicon Robby Gordon 4
Template:Flagicon Jaques LazierTemplate:Refn
Roth Racing Dallara Toyota 25 Template:Flagicon Marty Roth (R) 4
Sam Schmidt Motorsports G-Force Toyota 33 Template:Flagicon Richie Hearn 4
Target Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force Toyota 1 Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon All
10 Template:Flagicon Darren Manning 1–15

Schedule

Rnd Date Race Name Track City
1 February 29 Toyota Indy 300 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida
2 March 21 Copper World Indy 200 Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona
3 April 17 Indy Japan 300 Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Japan
4 May 30 88th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
5 June 12 Bombardier 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
6 June 26 SunTrust Indy Challenge Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia
7 July 4 Argent Mortgage 300 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas
8 July 17 Firestone Indy 200 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
9 July 25 Menards A. J. Foyt 225 The Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
10 August 1 Michigan Indy 400 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
11 August 15 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky
12 August 22 Honda Indy 225 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado
13 August 29 Firestone Indy 225 Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania
14 September 12 Delphi Indy 300 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois
15 October 3 Toyota Indy 400 California Speedway Fontana, California
16 October 17 Chevy 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
Source:[2]

Results

Rd. Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team Chassis Engine
1 Homestead Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Template:Flagicon Sam Hornish Jr. Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Sam Hornish Jr. Team Penske Dallara Toyota
2 Phoenix Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Template:Flagicon Darren Manning Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda
3 Motegi Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda
4 Indianapolis Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman Racing G-Force Honda
5 Texas 1 Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda
6 Richmond Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Sam Hornish Jr. Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda
7 Kansas Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Template:Flagicon Tomas Scheckter Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman Racing G-Force Honda
8 Nashville Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda
9 Milwaukee Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda
10 Michigan Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Template:Flagicon Darren Manning Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman Racing G-Force Honda
11 Kentucky Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Fernández Racing G-Force Honda
12 Pikes Peak Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda
13 Nazareth Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Sam Hornish Jr. Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda
14 Chicagoland Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Fernández Racing G-Force Honda
15 Fontana Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Fernández Racing G-Force Honda
16 Texas 2 Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara Toyota

BOLD indicates Superspeedways. Note: All races ran on Ovals/Speedways.

Season report

Toyota Indy 300

This race was held at Homestead-Miami Speedway on February 29. Buddy Rice won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 6- Sam Hornish Jr.
  2. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  3. 26- Dan Wheldon
  4. 12- Tora Takagi
  5. 4- Tomas Scheckter
  6. 10- Darren Manning
  7. 15- Buddy Rice
  8. 11- Tony Kanaan
  9. 8- Scott Sharp
  10. 24- Robbie Buhl

Copper World Indy 200

This race was held at Phoenix International Raceway on March 21. Dan Wheldon won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 11- Tony Kanaan
  2. 1- Scott Dixon
  3. 26- Dan Wheldon
  4. 51- Alex Barron
  5. 10- Darren Manning
  6. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  7. 7- Bryan Herta
  8. 12- Tora Takagi
  9. 15- Buddy Rice
  10. 13- Greg Ray

Indy Japan 300

This race was held at Twin Ring Motegi on April 17. This was Honda's first win in the annual oval race held at their own track. Dan Wheldon won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 26- Dan Wheldon
  2. 11- Tony Kanaan
  3. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  4. 10- Darren Manning
  5. 1- Scott Dixon
  6. 15- Buddy Rice
  7. 27- Dario Franchitti
  8. 55- Kosuke Matsuura
  9. 8- Scott Sharp
  10. 12- Tora Takagi

88th Indianapolis 500

The 88th Indianapolis Script error: No such module "convert". race was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30. Buddy Rice sat on pole. The race was shortened to 180 laps (450 miles) due to rain.

Top ten results

  1. 15- Buddy Rice
  2. 11- Tony Kanaan
  3. 26- Dan Wheldon
  4. 7- Bryan Herta
  5. 36- Bruno Junqueira
  6. 17- Vítor Meira
  7. 5- Adrián Fernández
  8. 1- Scott Dixon
  9. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  10. 16- Roger Yasukawa

Bombardier 500

This race was held at Texas Motor Speedway on June 12. Dario Franchitti won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 11- Tony Kanaan
  2. 27- Dario Franchitti
  3. 51- Alex Barron
  4. 6- Sam Hornish Jr.
  5. 5- Adrián Fernández
  6. 17- Vítor Meira
  7. 13- Greg Ray
  8. 10- Darren Manning
  9. 24- Felipe Giaffone
  10. 12- Tora Takagi

SunTrust Indy Challenge

This race was held at Richmond International Raceway on June 26. Hélio Castroneves won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 26- Dan Wheldon
  2. 17- Vítor Meira
  3. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  4. 7- Bryan Herta
  5. 11- Tony Kanaan
  6. 15- Buddy Rice
  7. 5- Adrián Fernández
  8. 1- Scott Dixon
  9. 8- Scott Sharp
  10. 24- Felipe Giaffone

Argent Mortgage 300

This race was held at Kansas Speedway on July 4. Buddy Rice won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 15- Buddy Rice
  2. 17- Vítor Meira
  3. 11- Tony Kanaan
  4. 27- Dario Franchitti
  5. 7- Bryan Herta
  6. 5- Adrián Fernández
  7. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  8. 6- Sam Hornish Jr.
  9. 26- Dan Wheldon
  10. 51- Alex Barron

Firestone Indy 200

This race was held at Nashville Superspeedway on July 17. Buddy Rice won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 11- Tony Kanaan
  2. 6- Sam Hornish Jr.
  3. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  4. 10- Darren Manning
  5. 2- Townsend Bell
  6. 15- Buddy Rice
  7. 13- Mark Taylor
  8. 1- Scott Dixon
  9. 55- Kosuke Matsuura
  10. 5- Adrián Fernández

Menards A. J. Foyt 225

This race was held at the Milwaukee Mile on July 25. Vítor Meira won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 27- Dario Franchitti
  2. 15- Buddy Rice
  3. 6- Sam Hornish Jr.
  4. 11- Tony Kanaan
  5. 17- Vítor Meira
  6. 2- Townsend Bell
  7. 51- Alex Barron
  8. 5- Adrián Fernández
  9. 7- Bryan Herta
  10. 55- Kosuke Matsuura

Michigan Indy 400

This race was held at Michigan International Speedway on August 1. Tony Kanaan won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 15- Buddy Rice
  2. 11- Tony Kanaan
  3. 26- Dan Wheldon
  4. 6- Sam Hornish Jr.
  5. 17- Vítor Meira
  6. 7- Bryan Herta
  7. 1- Scott Dixon
  8. 2- Townsend Bell
  9. 8- Scott Sharp
  10. 3- Hélio Castroneves

Belterra Casino Indy 300

This race was held at Kentucky Speedway on August 15. Buddy Rice won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 5- Adrián Fernández
  2. 15- Buddy Rice
  3. 26- Dan Wheldon
  4. 55- Kosuke Matsuura
  5. 11- Tony Kanaan
  6. 27- Dario Franchitti
  7. 17- Vítor Meira
  8. 52- Ed Carpenter
  9. 7- Bryan Herta
  10. 10- Darren Manning

Honda Indy 225

This race was held at Pikes Peak International Raceway on August 22. Tony Kanaan won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 27- Dario Franchitti
  2. 5- Adrián Fernández
  3. 6- Dan Wheldon
  4. 10- Darren Manning
  5. 11- Tony Kanaan
  6. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  7. 17- Vítor Meira
  8. 20- Jaques Lazier
  9. 7- Bryan Herta
  10. 51- Alex Barron

Firestone Indy 225

This race was held at Nazareth Speedway on August 29. Hélio Castroneves won the pole. The race was heralded as the series' 100th event. This was also the final IndyCar race at the track which closed down following this race.

Top ten results

  1. 26- Dan Wheldon
  2. 11- Tony Kanaan
  3. 27- Dario Franchitti
  4. 15- Buddy Rice
  5. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  6. 10- Darren Manning
  7. 5- Adrián Fernández
  8. 7- Bryan Herta
  9. 1- Scott Dixon
  10. 17- Vítor Meira

Delphi Indy 300

This race was held at Chicagoland Speedway on September 12. Hélio Castroneves won the pole. This race was memorable due to a scary crash involving Buddy Rice with 15 laps remaining as he slid down the backstretch upside down. Adrián Fernández won the race, despite having a broken on-board pneumatic air jack. His pit crew had to use a manual jack to service his car during pit stops, losing several seconds each time.

Top ten results

  1. 5- Adrián Fernández 200 laps in 2:09:31.3301
  2. 7- Bryan Herta +0.0716
  3. 11- Tony Kanaan +0.1239
  4. 26- Dan Wheldon +0.2464
  5. 17- Vítor Meira +0.4873
  6. 6- Sam Hornish Jr. +0.5402
  7. 1- Scott Dixon +0.6109
  8. 24- Felipe Giaffone +1.1137
  9. 8- Scott Sharp +1.1878
  10. 3- Hélio Castroneves +1.2595

Toyota Indy 400

This race was held at California Speedway on October 3. Hélio Castroneves won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 5- Adrián Fernández
  2. 11- Tony Kanaan
  3. 26- Dan Wheldon
  4. 6- Sam Hornish Jr.
  5. 15- Buddy Rice
  6. 27- Dario Franchitti
  7. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  8. 1- Scott Dixon
  9. 2- Townsend Bell
  10. 13- Mark Taylor

This was Adrián Fernández's final IndyCar victory.

By finishing in 2nd, Tony Kannan clinched the championship with 1 race remaining.

Chevy 500

This race was held at Texas Motor Speedway on October 17. Hélio Castroneves won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 3- Hélio Castroneves
  2. 11- Tony Kanaan
  3. 26- Dan Wheldon
  4. 17- Vítor Meira
  5. 5- Adrián Fernández
  6. 1- Scott Dixon
  7. 13- Mark Taylor
  8. 8- Scott Sharp
  9. 2- Townsend Bell
  10. 14- A. J. Foyt IV

Points standings

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Pos Driver HMS PHX MOT INDY TMS1 RIC KAN NSS MIL MIS KTY PPR NAZ CHI FON TMS2 Pts
1 Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan 8 1* 2 2 1* 5 3 1 4 2* 5* 5 2 3 2 2 618
2 Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon 3 3 1* 3 13 1 9 13 18 3 3 3 1 4 3 3 533
3 Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice 7 9 6 1* 15 6 1* 6 2 1 2 22 4 14 5 20 485
4 Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves 2* 6 3 9 12 3 7 3 12 10 12 6 5* 10 7* 1*1 446
5 Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández 20 18 7 5 7 6 10 8 12 1 2 7 1* 1 5 445
6 Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti 17 17 7 14 2 12* 4 20 1* 22 6 1* 3 20 6 15 409
7 Template:Flagicon Sam Hornish Jr. 1 15 19 26 4 13 8 2 3 4 14 18 11 6 4 17 387
8 Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira 17 6 6 2 2 12* 5 5 7 7 10 5 21 4 376
9 Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta 13 7 14 4 19 4 5 18 9 6 9 9 8 2 17 16 362
10 Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon 18 2 5 8 14 8 12 8 DNS 7 13 20 9 7 8 6 355
11 Template:Flagicon Darren Manning 6 5 4 25 8 20 11 4 19 13 10 4 6 15 DNS 323
12 Template:Flagicon Alex Barron 16 4 12 12 3 22 10 17 7 11 11 10 12 12 18 14 310
13 Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp 9 13 9 13 18 9 20 14 15 9 17 15 19 9 11 8 282
14 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Matsuura <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  11 11 8 11 16 14 18 9 10 17 4 13 21 21 13 19 280
15 Template:Flagicon Tora Takagi 4 8 10 19 10 19 21 11 20 20 20 19 17 13 14 12 263
16 Template:Flagicon Ed Carpenter <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  12 19 22 31 21 16 14 22 11 14 8 11 20 11 12 21 245
17 Template:Flagicon Mark Taylor <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  19 12 16 30 17 18 7 14 21 19 14 22 17 10 7 232
18 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt IV 15 14 15 33 22 11 13 16 16 15 18 21 15 16 19 10 232
19 Template:Flagicon Tomas Scheckter 5 16 13 18 20 17 15 19 21 19 22 17 13 19 15 18 230
20 Template:Flagicon Felipe Giaffone 15 9 10 16 15 13 16 16 16 16 8 20 11 214
21 Template:Flagicon Townsend Bell 17 5 6 8 21 12 18 22 9 9 193
22 Template:Flagicon Jaques Lazier RL2 21 17 18 15 8 14 18 104
23 Template:Flagicon Greg Ray 14 10 20 27 7 15 99
24 Template:Flagicon Robbie Buhl 10 18 21 44
25 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. 17 11 21 44
26 Template:Flagicon Roger Yasukawa 11 10 39
27 Template:Flagicon Tomáš Enge <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  16 13 31
28 Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira 5 30
29 Template:Flagicon Jeff Simmons <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  16 19 26
30 Template:Flagicon Richie Hearn 20 12
31 Template:Flagicon Sarah Fisher 21 12
32 Template:Flagicon Robby McGehee 22 12
33 Template:Flagicon Buddy Lazier 23 12
34 Template:Flagicon Marty Roth <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  24 12
35 Template:Flagicon P. J. Jones 28 10
36 Template:Flagicon Robby Gordon 292 10
37 Template:Flagicon Larry Foyt <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  32 10
Pos Driver HMS PHX MOT INDY TMS1 RIC KAN NSS MIL MIS KTY PPR NAZ CHI FON TMS2 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
(Ret)
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
(3 points)
DNS Any driver who qualifies
but does not start (DNS),
earns all the points
had they taken part.
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  Rookie of the Year
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Rookie
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

Notes:

See also

References

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External links

Footnotes

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