Английская Википедия: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	Шаблон:Tooltip	Drivers	Rounds
Keith Duesenberg Racing	2	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Giebler	1–3, 11
		Шаблон:Flagicon Alfred Unser	4–10, 12
	22	Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Fonferko	5
		Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Giebler	7–9
		Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Abbott	12
Brian Stewart Racing	3	Шаблон:Flagicon Jesse Mason	1–10
		Шаблон:Flagicon Marty Roth	11
		Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Hampton	12
	33	Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Turco	1
		Шаблон:Flagicon Leonardo Maia	2–12
Roth Racing	4	Шаблон:Flagicon Marty Roth	1–3
Sam Schmidt Motorsports	5	Шаблон:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk Jr.	1–7
		Шаблон:Flagicon Travis Gregg	8, 10, 12
		Шаблон:Flagicon Shinji Kashima	11
	11	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	All
	64	Шаблон:Flagicon Brad Pollard	4–6
		Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Mayer	10, 12
		Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Abbott	11
Racing Professionals	6	Шаблон:Flagicon Jon Herb	3, 11–12
Roquin Motorsports	9	Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Beardsley	9
	10	Шаблон:Flagicon Rolando Quintanilla	1–5, 7–12
Beardsley Motorsports	12	Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Beardsley	1–3
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	14	Шаблон:Flagicon Jeff Simmons	3
Bullet-Team Motorsports	21	Шаблон:Flagicon Taylor Fletcher	3, 10–11
Kenn Hardley Racing	24	Шаблон:Flagicon Brad Pollard	1–3
		Шаблон:Flagicon Jeff Simmons	9–12
		Шаблон:Flagicon Billy Roe	4–8
	42		2–3
AFS Racing	25	Шаблон:Flagicon Jay Drake	3
		Шаблон:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk Jr.	10–12
	27		8–9
		Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Peterson	2–3, 7, 10–12
Mo Nunn Racing	67	Шаблон:Flagicon James Chesson	10–12
	76	Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Chesson	4–12
Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports	91	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Dana	All
	92	Шаблон:Flagicon Cory Witherill	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	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Giebler	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Giebler	Keith Duesenberg Racing
2	Phoenix International Raceway	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
3	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
4	Kansas Speedway	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago MedeirosШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Flagicon Alfred Unser	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
5	Nashville Superspeedway	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Dana	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
6	Milwaukee Mile	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Dana	Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports
7	Michigan International Speedway	Шаблон:Flagicon Al Unser III	Шаблон:Flagicon Alfred Unser	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Chesson	Mo Nunn Racing
8	Kentucky Speedway	Шаблон:Flagicon Travis Gregg	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Giebler	Шаблон:Flagicon Travis Gregg	Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Chesson	Mo Nunn Racing
9	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Шаблон:Flagicon Jeff Simmons	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Dana	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Dana	Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Chesson	Mo Nunn Racing
10	Chicagoland Speedway	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Travis Gregg	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
11	California Speedway	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon James Chesson	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon James Chesson	Mo Nunn Racing
12	Texas Motor Speedway	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Chesson	Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros	Шаблон: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 Шаблон:Flagicon Thiago Medeiros 2* 1* 1* 1*1 1* 6* 2* 6 3 1* 9* 1* 513 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Dana 8 5 10 2 2 1 4 2 2* 8 12 11 379 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk Jr. 9 2 3 7 11 9 8 4 5 4 14 4 330 4 Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Chesson Шаблон:Color box 8 6 2 1 1 1 5 2 5 317Шаблон:Efn 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Leonardo Maia Шаблон:Color box 3 6 10 10 7 7 3 7 7 4 12 292 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Jesse Mason Шаблон:Color box 3 4 15 6 3 4 6 8 4 9 283 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Rolando Quintanilla 6 6 14 4 9 11 7 11 10 5 8 264 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Alfred Unser Шаблон:Color box 3 5 3 3 11 6 3 3 252 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Giebler Шаблон:Color box 1 7 5 5 10 8 3 215 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Billy Roe 9 9 9 4 8 10 9 164 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Brad Pollard Шаблон:Color box 5 11 11 5 8 5 152 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Jeff Simmons 2 9 2 10 6 150 13 Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Peterson 12 13 9 14 8 15 112 14 Шаблон:Nowrap 6 1 13 95 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Travis Gregg Шаблон:Color box 5* 13 2 89 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Beardsley 10 8 8 10 88 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Marty Roth 7 10 16 11 79 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Jon Herb Шаблон:Color box 17 6 7 67 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Taylor Fletcher Шаблон:Color box 12 11 15 52 20 Шаблон:Flagicon P. J. Abbott Шаблон:Color box 7 9 48 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Cory Witherill 7 15 41 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Mayer Шаблон:Color box 12 10 38 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Turco 4 32 24 Шаблон:Flagicon Jay Drake Шаблон:Color box 4 32 25 Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Fonferko Шаблон:Color box 7 26 26 Шаблон:Flagicon Shinji Kashima Шаблон:Color box 13 17 27 Шаблон: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.