2004 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 2004 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula 4000 cars.^[1] It was the 48th Australian Drivers' Championship^[2] and the sixteen and last to be contested by Formula Holden / Formula Brabham / Formula 4000 cars. The championship winner was awarded the 2004 CAMS Gold Star^[1] and the Silver Star Trophy was awarded to the winner of the "Silver Star" class which was restricted to approved competitors.^[1]

2004 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The championship, which was promoted as the 2004 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship,^[1] was dominated by reigning Australian Formula Ford Champion Neil McFadyen. McFadyn won six of the eight races and took second place at each of the two Winton Motor Raceway races behind International Formula 3000 returnee Rob Nguyen. With only one race finish off the podium, but no wins, Ty Hanger was the runner up ahead of Nguyen.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a four-round series with two races per round.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Mallala Motor Sport Park (Mallala, South Australia)	9 May	Neil McFadyen	Neil McFadyen	Neil McFadyen	Ralt Australia
	R2				Neil McFadyen	Neil McFadyen	Ralt Australia
2	R1	Winton Motor Raceway (Benalla, Victoria)	6 June	Rob Nguyen	Rob Nguyen	Rob Nguyen	Hocking Motorsport
	R2				Rob Nguyen	Rob Nguyen	Hocking Motorsport
3	R1	Oran Park Raceway (Sydney, New South Wales)	27 June	Neil McFadyen	Neil McFadyen	Neil McFadyen	Ralt Australia
	R2				Neil McFadyen	Neil McFadyen	Ralt Australia
4	R1	Eastern Creek International Raceway (Sydney, New South Wales)	1 August	Neil McFadyen	Rob Nguyen	Neil McFadyen	Ralt Australia
	R2				Rob Nguyen	Neil McFadyen	Ralt Australia

The winner of each round (for presentation purposes only) was determined by the aggregation of Championship points awarded in that round.

Points system

Gold Start points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first ten outright finishers in each race.^[1]
Silver Star points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first ten Silver Star class finishers in each race.^[1]

Standings

Position[3]	Driver[3]	No.[3][4]	Car[4]	Entrant[3][4]	Mallala		Winton		Oran Pk		Eastern Ck		Total[3]
					R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
GOLD STAR
1	Neil McFadyen	11	Reynard 96D Holden	Ralt Australia	20	20	15	15	20	20	20	20	150
2	Ty Hanger	48	Reynard 95D Holden	Hanger Racing	10	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	106
3	Rob Nguyen	74	Reynard 97D Holden	Hocking Motorsport	-	-	20	20	6	12	12	12	82
4	Ian Peters	24	Reynard 91D Holden	Peters Racing	6	8	8	8	4	8	4	10	56
5	Terry Clearihan	27	Reynard 92D Holden	NNS Racing	-	3	10	10	10	10	10	-	53
6	Paul Trengove	12	Reynard 94D Holden	Ralt Australia	15	15	-	-	12	-	-	-	42
7	Mark West	50	Reynard 97D Holden Reynard 98D Holden	Just Part Magazines	8	6	-	6	-	-	6	8	34
8	Ricky Occhipinti	32	Reynard 97D Holden	Formula Uno Racing	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
9	Rohan Carrig	49	Reynard 92D Holden	Arlec CRD Motorsport	-	4	4	2	2	6	-	3	21
10	Stephen Borness	17	Reynard 96D Holden	Mantis Racing	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	16
11	Michael Joannou	12	Reynard 94D Holden Reynard 95D Holden	Ralt Australia	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	6	15
12	Greg Fahey	5	Reynard 91D Holden	Fahey Motorsport	4	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	10
13	Ray Hanger	35	Reynard 92D Holden	Hanger Racing	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	8
14	Derek Pingel	8	Lola T87/50 Holden	WISC Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	7
15	Mark Ellis	17	Reynard-Holden	Mantis Racing	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
16	Ryan Campbell	13	Reynard-Holden	Pure Power Racing	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Chris Farrell	35	Reynard 92D Holden	Hanger Racing	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
18	Cristina Orr	55	Reynard 92D Holden	Pure Power Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
SILVER STAR
1	Ian Peters	24	Reynard 91D Holden	Peters Racing	20	20	15	15	15	15	15	20	135
2	Terry Clearihan	27	Reynard 92D Holden	NNS Racing	-	12	20	20	20	20	20	-	112
3	Rohan Carrig	49	Reynard 92D Holden	Arlec CRD Motorsport	-	15	12	10	10	12	-	12	71
4	Greg Fahey	5	Reynard 91D Holden	Fahey Motorsport	15	10	8	8	8	-	-	-	49
5	Ray Hanger	35	Reynard 92D Holden	Hanger Racing	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	30
6	Derek Pingel	8	Lola T87/50 Holden	WISC Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	15	27
7	Mark Ellis	17	Reynard-Holden	Mantis Racing	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	12
	Ryan Campbell	13	Reynard-Holden	Pure Power Racing	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
9	Chris Farrell	35	Reynard 92D Holden	Hanger Racing	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10