2004 IndyCar Series
Rnd Date Race Name Track City
1 February 29 Toyota Indy 300 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead , Florida
2 March 21 Copper World Indy 200 Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix , Arizona
3 April 17 Indy Japan 300 Twin Ring Motegi Motegi , Japan
4 May 30 88th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway , Indiana
5 June 12 Bombardier 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth , Texas
6 June 26 SunTrust Indy Challenge Richmond International Raceway Richmond , Virginia
7 July 4 Argent Mortgage 300 Kansas Speedway Kansas City , Kansas
8 July 17 Firestone Indy 200 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon , Tennessee
9 July 25 Menards A.J . Foyt 225 The Milwaukee Mile West Allis , Wisconsin
10 August 1 Michigan Indy 400 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn , Michigan
11 August 15 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Kentucky Speedway Sparta , Kentucky
12 August 22 Honda Indy 225 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain , Colorado
13 August 29 Firestone Indy 225 Nazareth Speedway Nazareth , Pennsylvania
14 September 12 Delphi Indy 300 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet , Illinois
15 October 3 Toyota Indy 400 California Speedway Fontana , California
16 October 17 Chevy 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth , Texas
Schedule
The 2004 IRL IndyCar Series was dominated by two teams, Andretti Green Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing. While there was great parity in 2003 between Honda and Toyota powered teams, in 2004 Honda began to outshine Toyota bringing their teams Penske Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing down with it, leaving Scott Dixon winless and in 10th place in his attempt to defend his 2003 championship. Season champion Tony Kanaan set a record by completing all 3,305 possible laps, the first IndyCar driver in modern history to do so. This season was the last to feature an all-oval tracks schedule, which was part of the concept that led to the creation of the Indy Racing League. By 2005, road and street courses started to appear in the schedule, and by 2015, there are more races run in road/street courses than in oval tracks.