2004 Formula BMW USA season

The 2004 Formula BMW USA season was the inaugural season of the American Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The Overall Championship was won by Andreas Wirth as the Rookie Cup was won by James Hinchcliffe.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
  HBR Motorsport USA 2   Jonathan Summerton R All
8   Andreas Wirth All
  Vitesse Farm Racing 3   Graham Rahal R All
  Jensen MotorSport 4   Daniel Herrington R 2, 4
14   Morgan Spurgas 3
  Gerardo Bonilla 1
  Robbie Montinola 5, 7
  Alan Sciuto R 1
  Team Autotecnica 5   Matt Jaskol All
15   Alexis Fenton R All
  Team PTG Motorsport 7   Tom Sutherland R All
10   Lawson Aschenbach 2–7
16   Tommy Milner R All
71   Billy Johnson All
  Joey Hand 1
  Atlantic Racing Team 9   Trevor Daley R 1–3
12   Federico Montoya R 2–3
13   Kyle Herder 1–3, 5–7
19   Dominik Jackson 2–3
48   Brian Frisselle 1–3
98   Derek Burseth R 1–3
  PoleVision Racing 48   Brian Frisselle 4–7
98   Derek Burseth R 4–7
  AIM Motorsport 56   James Hinchcliffe R All
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup

Races

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Rookie
1 R1   Lime Rock Park 29 May   Matt Jaskol   Matt Jaskol   Andreas Wirth   HBR Motorsport USA   James Hinchcliffe
R2 31 May   Matt Jaskol no data   Andreas Wirth   HBR Motorsport USA   James Hinchcliffe
2 R1   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 12 June   James Hinchcliffe   Andreas Wirth   Jonathan Summerton   HBR Motorsport USA   Jonathan Summerton
R2 13 June   James Hinchcliffe   Jonathan Summerton   Matt Jaskol   Team Autotecnica   James Hinchcliffe
3 R1   Indianapolis Motor Speedway 19 June   Jonathan Summerton   Jonathan Summerton   Jonathan Summerton   HBR Motorsport USA   Jonathan Summerton
R2 20 June   Jonathan Summerton   Matt Jaskol   Matt Jaskol   Team Autotecnica   James Hinchcliffe
4 R1   Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport 2 July   Tommy Milner   Andreas Wirth   Jonathan Summerton   HBR Motorsport USA   Jonathan Summerton
R2 3 July   Jonathan Summerton   Tommy Milner   Jonathan Summerton   HBR Motorsport USA   Jonathan Summerton
5 R1   Road America 7 August   James Hinchcliffe   Andreas Wirth   Andreas Wirth   HBR Motorsport USA   Graham Rahal
R2 8 August   Jonathan Summerton   Jonathan Summerton   James Hinchcliffe   AIM Motorsport   James Hinchcliffe
6 R1   Denver 14 August   Andreas Wirth   Andreas Wirth   James Hinchcliffe   AIM Motorsport   James Hinchcliffe
R2 15 August   James Hinchcliffe   Andreas Wirth   James Hinchcliffe   AIM Motorsport   James Hinchcliffe
7 R1   Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 11 September   Andreas Wirth   Matt Jaskol   Andreas Wirth   HBR Motorsport USA   Jonathan Summerton
R2 12 September   Matt Jaskol   Matt Jaskol   Matt Jaskol   Team Autotecnica   Jonathan Summerton

Standings

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Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver LIM
 
CGV
 
IMS
 
CLE
 
ROA
 
DEN
 
LAG
 
Pts
1   Andreas Wirth 1 1 5 3 2 2 4 2 1 3 3 4 1 3 201
2   James Hinchcliffe 2 5 2 2 4 3 2 3 Ret 1 1 1 3 11 174
3   Jonathan Summerton 4 15 1 5 1 4 1 1 12† 2 5 9 2 2 163
4   Matt Jaskol 12 2 3 1 15† 1 3 Ret 3 4 2 2 4 1 161
5   Billy Johnson 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 5 5 8 7 5 8 88
6   Brian Frisselle 6 3 14 WD 10 6 6 4 2 6 10 11 8 9 68
7   Graham Rahal 10 12 12 Ret 9 10 8 6 4 7 4 3 6 5 63
8   Tommy Milner 8 8 8 7 6 12 5 5 Ret 9 6 6 11 10 50
9   Lawson Aschenbach 000 000 16 6 8 11 9 9 6 8 7 5 Ret 4 44
10   Kyle Herder 15 11 4 8 12 8 8 11 9 8 7 6 34
11   Joey Hand 3 4 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 22
12   Dominik Jackson 7 9 3 9 20
13   Tom Sutherland 13 13 11 10 11 13 10 8 7 14 11 10 10 7 15
14   Federico Montoya 9 Ret 7 7 10
15   Gerardo Bonilla 7 7 8
16   Robbie Montinola 9 10 9 12 5
17   Trevor Daley 9 9 Ret WD Ret 14 4
18   Daniel Herrington 10 Ret Ret 10 2
19   Derek Burseth 14 16 13 12 Ret 16 Ret 11 10 13 13 13 13 14 1
20   Alan Sciuto 11 10 1
21   Alexis Fenton 16 14 15 11 13 15 Ret Ret 11† 12 12 12 12 13 0
22   Morgan Spurgas 14 17 0
Pos Driver LIM
 
CGV
 
IMS
 
CLE
 
ROA
 
DEN
 
LAG
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

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Pos Driver LIM
 
CGV
 
IMS
 
CLE
 
ROA
 
DEN
 
LAG
 
Pts
1   James Hinchcliffe 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 2 5 223
2   Jonathan Summerton 2 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 5† 2 3 4 1 1 213
3   Graham Rahal 5 5 7 Ret 5 4 4 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 147
4   Tommy Milner 3 2 3 3 3 5 3 3 Ret 4 4 3 5 4 145
5   Tom Sutherland 7 6 6 4 6 6 5 5 2 7 5 5 4 3 111
6   Alexis Fenton 9 7 9 5 7 8 Ret Ret 4† 5 6 6 6 6 65
7   Derek Burseth 8 9 8 6 Ret 9 Ret 7 3 6 7 7 7 7 54
8   Federico Montoya 4 Ret 4 3 32
9   Trevor Daley 4 3 Ret WD Ret 7 26
10   Alan Sciuto 6 4 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 16
11   Daniel Herrington 000 000 5 Ret Ret 6 14

References

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  1. ^ "Formula BMW USA - Round 14 - Laguna Seca - Race". www.press.bmwgroup.com. 12 September 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
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