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
Races	12
Start date	March 23rd
End date	September 28th
Awards
Drivers' champion	A. J. Allmendinger
← 2002 2004 →

Calendar

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

Driver

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

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

See also

• 2003 CART season
• 2003 Indianapolis 500
• 2003 IndyCar Series season
• 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season

External links

• ChampCarStats.com