2004 Days of Thunder season explained

The 2004 Days of Thunder season was the fourth season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR. For this season the Days of Thunder brand was adopted entirely in place of the ASCAR name having been introduced as a promotional brand the previous season.

Teams and drivers

TeamCarDriverRounds
Kidd-Richardson RacingChevrolet2 Shaun RichardsonAll
11 'Skid Carrera'All
Team Turn FourFord5 Rob Speak
Chevrolet42 Ben CollinsAll
24:7 MotorsportChevrolet7 Mike LuckAll
Team West-Tec8 Chris CookeAll
28 Michael VergersAll
Pontiac88 Oli PlayleAll
TorqueSpeedChevrolet10 Chris Robinson
16 Steve Dance
23 Anthony SwanAll
align=center rowspan=224 John Mickel
Stevie Hodgson
align=center rowspan=225 Ian McKellar Jr.
Mark Willis
align=center rowspan=327 Stevie Hodgson
Chris Harris
Duncan Gray
Ford66 John Mickel
Chevroletalign=center rowspan=217 Tony King
Team HTMLPontiac
68 Rob Speak
69 Thierry Haenel
Fast Tec MotorsportPontiac12 Mark ProctorAll
Renegade RacingChevrolet19 John Jon HigginsAll
Steve HobdayAll
Intersport RacingPontiac33 Peter FaldingAll
Steward RacingFord75 John StewardAll
Team Catchpole RacingChevroletalign=center rowspan=277 Phil Weaver
Duncan Gray
CWS RacingChevrolet78 Colin White
85 Malcolm CleinAll

Race calendar

All races were held at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire.

The season consisted of six meetings of two races taking place on the first Sunday of each month from May to October. The grid for the opening race of each meeting was set by a qualifying session with the second race grid being set by the finishing order of the first.

RoundDatePole PositionFastest LapLed Most LapsWinning DriverWinning Team
1R12 May Anthony Swan Anthony Swan Anthony Swan Colin White CWS Racing
R2 Ben Collins Colin White Colin White CWS Racing
2R36 June Ben Collins Ben Collins Ben Collins Ben Collins Team Turn Four
R4 Michael Vergers Michael Vergers Michael Vergers Team West-Tec
3R54 July Mark Willis Anthony Swan Stevie Hodgson Stevie Hodgson TorqueSpeed
R6 Stevie Hodgson Oli Playle John Steward Steward Racing
4R71 August Oli Playle Oli Playle Oli Playle Oli Playle Team West-Tec
R8 John Mickel Ian McKellar Jr. Ian McKellar Jr. TorqueSpeed
5R95 September Stevie Hodgson Ian McKellar Jr. Stevie Hodgson Stevie Hodgson TorqueSpeed
R10 Colin White Stevie Hodgson Colin White CWS Racing
6R113 October Oli Playle Stevie Hodgson Ian McKellar Jr. Ian McKellar Jr. TorqueSpeed
R12 Ian McKellar Jr. Ian McKellar Jr. Ian McKellar Jr. TorqueSpeed

Final points standings

PosDriverR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12Pts
1 Stevie Hodgson25*631*4*23*1*9*2*3*2010
2 John Steward447751*101313136111720
3 Shaun Richardson111521121058665351645
4 Ben Collins53*1*EX76947711191610
5 Mark Proctor368616121371511981607
6 John Mickel12DNS45*32*3*21064*DNS1567
7 Oli Playle10DNS17443*1*15*317174*1561
8 Anthony Swan6*2*201519DNS45238161525
9 Michael Vergers161231*12*1920DNS88 521499
10 Colin White1*1*2202718DNS4*1*WDWD1383
11 Malcolm Clein 131416142216141191213121379
12 Tony King71111166181912201818181356
13 Mike Luck151012191814158171915101354
14 Peter Falding1713991513119192120171352
15 Ian McKellar Jr.18DNS51751*162*1*1*1346
16 'Skid Carrera'147181017172217111514131345
17 John Jon Higgins20DNS108131521145101291331
18 Chris Cooke19171521110610122021DNS1311
19 Steve Hobday991918141117DNS181619141226
20 Phil Weaver22161311202121141071087
21 Rob Speak21DNS8812DSQ1447*61063
22 Duncan Gray16181615420
23 Thierry Haenel88280
24 Mark Willis99270
25 Steve Dance716256
26 Chris Harris1413232
27 Chris Robinson2120177

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