The 2004

American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le M ...

season was the 34th season for the

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GT Championship, and the sixth under the American Le Mans Series banner. It was a series for

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s (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GTS, and GT. It began March 20, 2004 and ended October 16, 2004 after 9 races.

Schedule

Three circuits were added to the 2004 schedule, replacing three events which did not return from 2003. The sprint event at Road Atlanta along with

Circuit Trois-Rivières The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has been the home of the annual Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, the longest-running street race in North America, since 1967. The circuit is located o ...

and the

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street circuit were removed, while Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and

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both returned once again. These were joined by the addition of

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. The removal of Trois-Rivières rendered Mosport as the only race outside the United States.

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order: * 20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 Exceptions were for the 4 Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order: * 23-19-16-13-11-9-7-6-5-4 And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order: * 26-22-19-16-14-12-10-9-8-7 Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP1 Standings

LMP2 Standings

GTS Standings

GT Standings

References

External links

American Le Mans Series homepage

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