2004 Elite Racing League season

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2004 Elite Racing League season
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The 2004 Elite Racing League season was the 1st Elite Racing League season, competed over 8 races in 8 rounds. It is a non canon season (Like all Elite Racing League Seasons.) Drivers and teams throughout the season battled for the Drivers and Manufacturer Championships. It started on the 29th February in Miami, Florida at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and ended on the 3rd October in Fontana, California at California Speedway. It was simulated using IndyCar Series 2005. Between this season and the 2009 season the series acted as an IndyCar support series meaning IndyCar drivers could (and did) participate to improve track knowledge and experience. 7 of the 8 Races were support races for the 2004 IndyCar Series whilst the eighth race was an exclusive race at Gateway Motorsports Park which had been dropped from the 2004 IndyCar season in a move that would give the series more publicity with an exclusive race. The month of May was missed out in the scheduling for the first few seasons due to the IndyCar holders not wanting any support races due to the chaotic nature of the Indianapolis 500.

Drivers and Season Calendar

Some Drivers raced on a part time schedule.

Drivers Champion	Manufacturers Champion
TBA	TBA

Manufacturar	Driver
Chevrolet
	Template:USA Buddy Lazier
	Template:USA Buddy Rice
	Template:USA Ed Carpenter
	Template:USA Eddie Cheever Jr
	Template:GBR Mark Taylor
	Template:USA Robbie Buhl
	Template:USA Sam Hornish Jr
	Template:USA Sarah Fisher
	Vitor Meira
	Honda
Template:USA Bryan Herta
Template:GBR Dan Wheldon
Template:GBR Dario Franchitti
Template:USA Greg Ray
Kenny Brack
Roger Yasukawa
Tony Kanaan
Toyota
	Template:USA AJ Foyt IV
	Template:USA Al Unser Jr
	Template:USA Alex Barron
	Felipe Giaffone
	Gil de Farran
	Helio Castroneves
	Scott Dixon
	Template:USA Scott Sharp
	Tomas Sheckter
	Template:USA Tony Renna
	Toranosuke Takagi

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other Classified	Pole	Fastest Lap
Points	50	45	40	35	30	25	20	15	12	10	5	2	1

Round	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning manufacturer
1	Template:USA Toyota ERL Race of Miami	Homestead-Miami Speedway	29 February	Helio Castroneves	Template:GBR Dan Wheldon	Helio Castroneves	Toyota
2	Template:USA Red Bull ERL Race of Gateway	Gateway Motorsports Park (Exclusive Race)	14 March	Scott Dixon	Vitor Meira	Scott Dixon	Toyota
3	Honda ERL Race of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi	17 April
4	Template:USA SunTrust ERL Race of Richmond	Richmond International Raceway	26 June
5	Template:USA Firestone ERL Race of Nashville	Nashville Superspeedway	17 July
6	Template:USA Honda ERL Race of Colorado	Pikes Peak International Raceway	22 August
7	Template:USA ERL Chicago Classic	Chicagoland Speedway	12 September
8	Template:USA Toyota ERL Race of California	California Speedway	3 October