2004 Infiniti Pro Series
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The 2004 Menards IRL Infiniti Pro Series Season was the series' third. It consisted of 12 races and the champion was Thiago Medeiros. All teams used Dallara chassis and Infiniti engines.
Calendar[]
Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap |
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1 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Florida | February 29, 2004 | 65 | 2.41395=156.90675 km | 0'52:08.0318 | 178.776 km/h | Phil Giebler | Phil Giebler | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros |
2 | Phoenix International Raceway | Arizona | March 20, 2004 | 100 | 1.6093=160.93 km | 0'41:49.1292 | 230.896 km/h | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros |
3 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indiana | May 22, 2004 | 40 | 4.02325=160.93 km | 0'42:16.4388 | 228.410 km/h | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros |
4 | Kansas Speedway | Kansas | July 3, 2004 | 67 | 2.414=161.735 km | 0'41:36.7931 | 236.306 km/h | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Alfred Unser |
5 | Nashville Superspeedway | Tennessee | July 17, 2004 | 77 | 2.140=164.808 km | 0'47:58.9998 | 201.329 km/h | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Paul Dana |
6 | Milwaukee Mile | Wisconsin | July 25, 2004 | 100 | 1.6093=160.93 km | 0'50:23.8247 | 194.468 km/h | Paul Dana | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros |
7 | Michigan International Speedway | Michigan | August 1, 2004 | 50 | 3.2186=160.93 km | 0'34:39.5834 | 278.589 km/h | P. J. Chesson | Alfred Unser | Thiago Medeiros | Alfred Unser |
8 | Kentucky Speedway | Kentucky | August 14, 2004 | 67 | 2.414=161.735 km | 0'36:20.7570 | 263.433 km/h | P. J. Chesson | Travis Gregg | Travis Gregg | Phil Giebler |
9 | Pikes Peak International Raceway | Colorado | August 22, 2004 | 100 | 1.6093=160.93 km | 0'42:59.2878 | 224.615 km/h | P. J. Chesson | Jeff Simmons | Paul Dana | Paul Dana |
10 | Chicagoland Speedway | Illinois | September 11, 2004 | 67 | 2.414=161.735 km | 0'40:03.5089 | 245.778 km/h | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Travis Gregg |
11 | California Speedway | California | October 2, 2004 | 50 | 3.2186=160.93 km | 0'40:50.7399 | 236.541 km/h | James Chesson | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | James Chesson |
12 | Texas Motor Speedway | Texas | October 16, 2004 | 67 | 2.414=161.735 km | 0'43:38.3418 | 215.701 km/h | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | Thiago Medeiros | P. J. Chesson |
Note:
Race 4 no qualifying held due to rain, starting grid depend on free practice.
Race Summaries[]
Homestead-Miami 100[]
The Homestead-Miami 100 was held February 29 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Paul Dana won the pole.
Top 5 Results
Phoenix 100[]
The Phoenix 100 was held March 20 at Phoenix International Raceway. Thiago Medeiros won the pole.
Top 5 Results
Futaba Freedom 100[]
The Futaba Freedom 100 was held May 22 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Thiago Medeiros won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- Thiago Medeiros
- Jeff Simmons
- Arie Luyendyk Jr.
- Jay Drake
- Phil Giebler
Aventis Racing for Kids 100[]
The Aventis Racing for Kids 100 was held July 3 at Kansas Speedway. Thiago Medeiros won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- Thiago Medeiros
- Paul Dana
- Alfred Unser
- Rolando Quintanilla
Cleanevent 100[]
The Cleanevent 100 was held July 17 at Nashville Superspeedway. Thiago Medeiros won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- Thiago Medeiros
- Paul Dana
- Jesse Mason
- Billy Roe
- Alfred Unser
Milwaukee 100[]
The Milwaukee 100 was held July 25 at the Milwaukee Mile. Thiago Medeiros won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- Paul Dana
- P.J. Chesson
- Alfred Unser
- Jesse Mason
Paramount Health Insurance 100[]
The Paramount Health Insurance 100 was held August 1 at Michigan International Speedway. Alfred Unser won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- P.J. Chesson
- Thiago Medeiros
- Alfred Unser
- Paul Dana
- Phil Giebler
Leonardo Maia finished fifth, but set down to seventh place due to technical infringement.
Kentucky 100[]
The Kentucky 100 was held August 14 at Kentucky Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- P.J. Chesson
- Paul Dana
- Leonardo Maia
- Arie Luyendyk Jr.
- Travis Gregg
Pikes Peak 100[]
The Pikes Peak 100 was held August 22 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Jeff Simmons won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- P.J. Chesson
- Paul Dana
- Thiago Medeiros
- Jesse Mason
- Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Chicagoland 100[]
The Chicagoland 100 was held September 11 at Chicagoland Speedway. Thiago Medeiros won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- Thiago Medeiros
- Jeff Simmons
- Alfred Unser
- Arie Luyendyk Jr.
- P.J. Chesson
California 100[]
The California 100 was held October 2 at the California Speedway. Thiago Medeiros won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- James Chesson
- P.J. Chesson
- Phil Giebler
- Leonardo Maia
- Rolando Quintanilla
Texas 100[]
The Texas 100 was held October 16 at Texas Motor Speedway. Thiago Medeiros won the pole.
Top 5 Results
- Thiago Medeiros
- Travis Gregg
- Alfred Unser
- Arie Luyendyk Jr.
- P.J. Chesson
Final points standings[]
For every race points were awarded to all starters: 50 points to the winner, 40 for runner-up, 35 for third place, 32 for fourth place, 30 for fifth place, 28 for sixth place, 26 seventh place, 24 eighth place, 22 for ninth place, 20 for tenth place, winding down to 1 points for 28th place. Additional points were awarded to the driver leading the most laps (2 point). No additional points were awarded for the qualifying.
Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points | ||||||||||||
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1 | Thiago Medeiros | Brazil | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 513 | 42 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 30 | 42 | 28 | 35 | 52 | 24 | 52 |
2 | Paul Dana | United States | Hemelgarn Racing | 379 | 24 | 30 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 32 | 40 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 19 |
3 | Arie Luyendyk Jr. | Netherlands | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 330 | 22 | 40 | 35 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 24 | |||||
AFS Racing | 32 | 30 | 32 | 16 | 32 | |||||||||||
4 | P. J. Chesson | United States | Mo Nunn Racing | 317 | - | - | - | 24 | 28 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 30 | 40 | 5 |
5 | Leonardo Maia | Brazil | 292 | - | 35 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 35 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 18 | |
6 | Jesse Mason | Canada | 283 | 35 | 32 | 15 | 28 | 35 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 22 | - | - | |
7 | Rolando Quintanilla | Mexico | 264 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 32 | 22 | - | 19 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 24 | |
8 | Alfred Unser | United States | 252 | - | - | - | 35 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 28 | 35 | - | 35 | |
9 | Phil Giebler | United States | 215 | 50 | 26 | 30 | - | - | - | 30 | 20 | 24 | - | 35 | - | |
10 | Billy Roe | United States | 164 | - | 22 | 22 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 22 | - | - | - | - | |
11 | United States | 152 | 30 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||||
Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 30 | 24 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
12 | Jeff Simmons | United States | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 150 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
22 | 40 | 20 | 28 | |||||||||||||
13 | United States | AFS Racing | 112 | - | 18 | 17 | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | 16 | 25 | 15 | |
14 | James Chesson | United States | Mo Nunn Racing | 95 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 50 | 17 |
15 | Travis Gregg | United States | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | 17 | - | 40 |
16 | United States | 88 | 20 | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
20 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
17 | Marty Roth | Canada | Roth Racing | 79 | 26 | 20 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - |
18 | Jon Herb | United States | Matt Young Motorsports | 67 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 26 |
19 | United States | 52 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 15 | - | ||
20 | P. J. Abbott | United States | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | |
22 | ||||||||||||||||
21 | Cory Witherill | United States | Hemelgarn Racing | 41 | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - |
22 | Scott Mayer | United States | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | 20 |
23 | United States | 32 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Jay Drake | United States | AFS Racing | 32 | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
25 | United States | 26 | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
26 | Japan | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | |
27 | Ryan Hampton | United States | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
Note:
Race 12 P. J. Chesson had 25 points deduction, because he was responsible for debris.
Complete Overview[]
first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R9=retired, but classified NS13=did not start, but classified
Place | Name | Country | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Thiago Medeiros | Brazil | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | R6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | R9 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Paul Dana | United States | Hemelgarn Racing | 1 | R8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | R12 | 6 | R11 |
3 | Arie Luyendyk Jr. | Netherlands | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 2 | R9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | R11 | 6 | R9 | 2 | R8 | ||||||||||
AFS Racing | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | R14 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | P. J. Chesson | United States | Mo Nunn Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | R8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
5 | Leonardo Maia | Brazil | - | - | 7 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | R10 | 3 | R10 | 8 | R7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | R12 | |
6 | Jesse Mason | Canada | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | R15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | R4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | - | |
7 | Rolando Quintanilla | Mexico | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | R14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | R9 | - | - | 11 | NS11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | R11 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 8 | |
8 | Alfred Unser | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | R11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 3 | |
9 | Phil Giebler | United States | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 5 | 8 | R10 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | |
10 | Billy Roe | United States | - | - | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | R9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | R8 | 7 | R10 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
11 | United States | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 9 | 5 | 9 | R8 | 4 | R5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
12 | Jeff Simmons | United States | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | R10 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | United States | AFS Racing | - | - | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | R9 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | R15 | |
14 | James Chesson | United States | Mo Nunn Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 12 | R13 |
15 | Travis Gregg | United States | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 13 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
16 | United States | 10 | R10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
7 | R10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Marty Roth | Canada | Roth Racing | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | R16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | R11 | - | - |
18 | Jon Herb | United States | Matt Young Motorsports | - | - | - | - | 10 | R17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
19 | Taylor Fletcher | United States | - | - | - | - | 17 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 11 | 12 | NS15 | - | - | |
20 | P. J. Abbott | United States | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 7 | ||
13 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Cory Witherill | United States | Hemelgarn Racing | - | - | - | - | 9 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | R15 | - | - | - | - |
22 | Scott Mayer | United States | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 12 | - | - | 14 | 10 |
23 | United States | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Jay Drake | United States | AFS Racing | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
25 | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | R7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
26 | Japan | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | R13 | - | - | |
27 | Ryan Hampton | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | R14 |
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