Drivers and teams
The 2.65 liter turbo V8 Ford-Cosworth XFE engine continued to be the exclusive power plant for the series. Bridgestone continued on as the exclusive series tire supplier as well. The two companies continued the marketing agreement that branded the series Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford. All teams ran the Lola B02/00 chassis after the 2002 bankruptcy of Reynard Motorsport prevented further development of their Reynard 02I, causing it to become uncompetitive against the Lola.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2005 Champ Car season.
Team and driver changes
Similar to the 2003 and 2004 seasons, there were once again many changes for the 2005 season.
Schedule
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Legend |
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| O |
Oval/Speedway |
| R |
Road course |
| S |
Street circuit |
| Rnd |
Date |
Race Name |
Circuit |
City/Location |
| 1 |
April 10 |
 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach |
S Streets of Long Beach |
Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
May 22 |
 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey |
R Fundidora Park |
Monterrey, Mexico |
| 3 |
June 4 |
Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 |
O Milwaukee Mile |
West Allis, Wisconsin |
| 4 |
June 19 |
Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland |
R Portland International Raceway |
Portland, Oregon |
| 5 |
June 26 |
Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland |
R Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport |
Cleveland, Ohio |
| 6 |
July 10 |
.svg.png) Molson Indy Toronto |
S Exhibition Place |
Toronto, Ontario |
| 7 |
July 17 |
West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton |
R Edmonton City Centre Airport |
Edmonton, Alberta |
| 8 |
July 31 |
Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose |
S Streets of San Jose |
San Jose, California |
| 9 |
August 14 |
Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver |
S Denver Civic Center |
Denver, Colorado |
| 10 |
August 28 |
Molson Indy Montreal |
R Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
Montreal, Quebec |
| 11 |
September 24 |
Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 |
O Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 12 |
October 23 |
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S Surfers Paradise Street Circuit |
Surfers Paradise, Australia |
| 13 |
November 6 |
Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate |
R Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez |
Mexico City, Mexico |
The initial 2005 schedule announced by Champ Car included 14 races,[21] but only 13 races actually took place during the season. The 14th race was scheduled to take place at a newly constructed permanent road circuit in the city of Ansan, South Korea on October 16, the week before the race at Surfers Paradise. The race was canceled in September when it was determined that the circuit was not ready to host the race.[22] It was the second year in a row that a race in Korea was canceled, as a street circuit race in the capital of Seoul was removed from the 2004 schedule. A date at the Ansan circuit was placed on Champ Car's initial 2006 schedule but that race would never take place either.
Results
Final driver standings
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| Color |
Result |
|---|
| Gold |
Winner |
| Silver |
2nd place |
| Bronze |
3rd place |
| Green |
4th & 5th place |
| Light Blue |
6th-10th place |
| Dark Blue |
Finished
(Outside Top 10) |
| Purple |
Did not finish |
| Red |
Did not qualify
(DNQ) |
| Brown |
Withdrawn
(Wth) |
| Black |
Disqualified
(DSQ) |
| White |
Did not start
(DNS) |
| Blank |
Did not
participate
(DNP) |
| Not competing |
|
| In-line notation |
| Bold |
Pole position |
| Italics |
Ran fastest race lap |
| * |
Led most race laps |
| RY Rookie of the Year |
| R Rookie |
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Nations' Cup
- Top result per race counts towards the Nations' Cup
References
- ↑
"Wilson signs for RuSPORT". motorsport.com. November 25, 2004. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- ↑ "PKV Racing gets Shorty". motorsport.com. February 1, 2005. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- ↑ "Hunter-Reay signs with Rocketsports Racing". motorsport.com. March 8, 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
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- ↑ "Conquest Racing driver announcement". motorsport.com. March 21, 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
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- ↑ "Dominguez signs with Forsythe Racing". motorsport.com. March 30, 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
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- ↑ "HVM goes Scandinavian". motorsport.com. April 4, 2005. Archived from the original on August 26, 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- ↑ "PKV Racing taps Goeters for Monterrey race". motorsport.com. May 16, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Servia to fill in for Junqueira in Milwaukee". motorsport.com. June 1, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Valiante with Dale Coyne at Portland". motorsport.com. June 17, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Ryan Dalziel to debut in Toronto". motorsport.com. July 6, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "HVM signs Alex Sperafico". motorsport.com. July 8, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Rodolfo Lavin joins HVM Racing". motorsport.com. July 29, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Fabrizio Del Monte joins HVM Racing". motorsport.com. September 27, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Del Monte will not be able to race". motorsport.com. November 4, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Team Australia signs third driver". motorsport.com. October 13, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Team Australia statement on Marshall's departure". motorsport.com. October 27, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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- ↑ "Zwolsman lands Mexico Champ Car ride". motorsport.com. October 29, 2005. Archived from the original on January 12, 2006. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ↑ "McDowell lands RSR seat for final two races". motorsport.com. October 14, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ↑ "HVM Racing announces new partner". motorsport.com. October 6, 2005. Archived from the original on May 17, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2007.
- ↑ "2005 ready to go before 2004 closes out". motorsport.com. October 28, 2004. Archived from the original on February 11, 2006. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ↑ "Korea inaugural race deferred to 2006". motorsport.com. September 28, 2005. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
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Bibliography
- Shaw, Jeremy, ed. (2005). The Official Autocourse Champ Car Yearbook 2005/06. London: Crash Media Group. ISBN 978-1-905334-08-7.
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