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.

2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races12
Start dateMarch 23rd
End dateSeptember 28th
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States A. J. Allmendinger
← 2002
2004 →

Calendar

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Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Friday fastest Saturday fastest Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 Monterrey   Mexico March 23, 2003 32 3.385=108.32 km 0'49:36.669 131.003 km/h Michael Valiante Joey Hand Luis Díaz Michael Valiante Luis Díaz
2 Long Beach California April 13, 2003 32 3.167=101.344 km 0'46:00.773 132.151 km/h A. J. Allmendinger Aaron Justus A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger
3 Milwaukee Wisconsin May 31, 2003 70 1.6607976=116.255832 km 0'34:12.338 203.924 km/h Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel Kyle Krisiloff
4 Monterey California June 14, 2003 30 3.6016134=108.048402 km 0'42:20.641 153.101 km/h A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger
5 Portland Oregon June 21, 2003 35 3.169=110.915 km 0'40:23.576 164.754 km/h Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel
6 Cleveland Ohio July 5, 2003 32 3.3891858=108.4539456 km 0'44:15.524 147.027 km/h A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger
7 Toronto   Canada July 12, 2003 35 2.825=98.875 km 0'40:43.450 145.675 km/h A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger
8 Trois-Rivières   Canada August 3, 2003 45 2.4477453=110.1485385 km 0'45:14.076 146.103 km/h A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger
9 Lexington Ohio August 10, 2003 30 3.6337994=109.013982 km 0'41:50.941 156.296 km/h Michael Valiante A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger Michael Valiante Jonathan Marci
10 Montréal   Canada August 23, 2003 25 4.360=109.00 km 0'40:23.476 161.916 km/h A. J. Allmendinger Michael Valiante A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger
11 Denver Colorado August 31, 2003 37 2.6505171=98.0691327 km 0'44:43.705 131.553 km/h A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger Michael Valiante A. J. Allmendinger
12 Miami Florida September 28, 2003 55 1.850695=101.788225 km 0'48:05.360 126.999 km/h Michael Valiante Ryan Dalziel A. J. Allmendinger Michael Valiante Ryan Dalziel

bold indicate pole position

Final points standings

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Driver

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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.

Place Name Country Team Total Points                        
1 A. J. Allmendinger   United States RuSPORT 201 8 22 14 23 12 23 23 23 2 22 23 6
2 Ryan Dalziel   United Kingdom Sierra Sierra Racing 175 12 1 21 16 23 14 11 16 16 16 14 15
3 Michael Valiante   Canada Lynx Racing 161 21 12 5 - 14 12 12 14 21 13 16 21
4 Jonathan Macri   Canada Polestar Motor Racing 145 16 14 12 14 8 16 14 9 11 10 10 11
5 Aaron Justus   United States RuSPORT 123 11 17 11 12 11 3 16 2 14 14 3 9
6 Danica Patrick   United States Team Rahal 109 14 2 10 3 10 11 6 11 6 9 11 16
7 Joey Hand   United States DSTP Motorsports 108 2 9 7 6 16 6 10 12 12 11 7 10
8 Luis Díaz   Mexico Dorricott Racing 88 7 10 3 10 9 5 7 10 9 5 8 7
9 Alex Figge   United States Pacific Coast Motorsports 87 10 11 9 11 9 2 8 1 8 8 2 8
10 Kyle Krisiloff   United States Cameron Motorsports 77 - 7
Dorricott Racing 16 9 4 9 2
Sierra Sierra Racing 3 7 7 9 4
11 Alex García   Venezuela Transnet Racing 60 5 6 4 8 3 10 4 4 5 3 5 3
12 Eric Jensen   Canada Jensen Motorsport 49 4 5 - 7 2 8 3 5 3 2 4 6
13 Stéphan Roy   Canada P-1 Racing 48 - 8 8 4 5 4 5 8 - 6 - -
14 Bryan Sellers   United States Lynx Racing 30 - - - 5 6 - 9 - 10 - - -
15 Jon Fogarty   United States Team Rahal 24 - - - - - - - - - - 12 12
16 Philip Fayer   Canada Jensen Motorsport 24 3 3 - - 1 7 - 6 2 1 - 1
17 Marc Breuers   United States Brooks Associates Racing 12 - - - - - - - - 4 - 6 2
18 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin   Canada Lynx Racing 11 - - - - - - - 7 - 4 - -
19 Marc de Vellis   Canada Sierra Sierra Racing 9 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
20 Romain Dumas   France Scuderia Fortia 7 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
21 Tony Ave   United States P-1 Racing 6 - - 6 - - - - - - - - -
22 Dan Selznick   United States Polestar Motor Racing 5 - 4 - - - - - - 1 - - -
23 Eduardo Figueroa   Mexico Scuderia Fortia 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
Hoover Orsi   Brazil Sierra Sierra Racing 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - -

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).

Complete Overview

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first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R17=retired, but classified NS=did not start

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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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