2005 Rolex Sports Car Series

2005 Rolex Sports Car Series

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The 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the sixth season of the Rolex Sports Car Series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association, and the fourth season under the sponsorship of Rolex. It began on February 5 with the 24 Hours of Daytona, and ended on November 5 with the Mexico City 250.

The 2005 season saw another reduction of classes for the fourth year in a row with the suppression of the Super Grand Sport (SGS) class after just one season. The format was thus reduced to two classes, Daytona Prototypes (DP) and Grand Touring (GT).

Schedule

The schedule was expanded to 14 races with the addition of new events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, for the series' first venture outside of the United States and Canada. Held in support of Champ Car's Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate, it held the season finale, which changed for the second year in a row.

As a result, the race at California Speedway was moved to April, and the Phoenix 250 to September, with this event being split into separate races for the DP and the GT classes. The second race at Homestead–Miami Speedway was discontinued after one year, and replaced by a third visit to Watkins Glen International, as a support event for the return of the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix.

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Rolex 24 at Daytona	24 hours	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	February 5–6
2	Grand Prix of Miami	250 miles	Homestead–Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 5
3	Ferrari Maserati 400	400 km	California Speedway	Fontana, California	April 3
4	Road & Track 250	250 miles	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	May 1
5	6 Hours of Mont-Tremblant	6 hours	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec	May 21
6	Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen	6 hours	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 12
7	Brumos Porsche 250	250 miles	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	June 30
8	Porsche 250	250 miles	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	July 31
9	CompUSA 200 at the Glen	200 miles	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 12
10	EMCO Gears Classic	250 miles	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 27
11	Phoenix 250†	250 miles	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	September 9 (GT) September 10 (DP)
12	Crown Royal 250 at the Glen	250 miles	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	September 24
13	VIR 400	400 km	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	October 9
14	Mexico City 250	250 miles	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexico City, Mexico	November 5

† - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races at Phoenix.

Entries

Daytona Prototype (DP)

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
CITGO - Howard-Boss Motorsports Howard-Boss Motorsports	Crawford DP03	Pontiac	2	Milka Duno	All
				Andy Wallace	2–6, 8, 10–14
				Jan Lammers	5–7, 9
				Dario Franchitti	1
				Marino Franchitti	1
				Dan Wheldon	1
			4	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	All
				Butch Leitzinger	All
				Jimmie Johnson	1
			20	Tony Stewart	1, 7, 9
				Andy Wallace	1, 7, 9
				Jan Lammers	1
				Paul Edwards	3
				Chris Dyson	3
			06		6, 9, 12–13
				Harrison Brix	6–7, 9, 12–13
				Rob Dyson	6–7, 12
Cegwa Sports / Southard Motorsports Southard Motorsports	Fabcar FDSC/03 (round 1) Riley MkXI	Lexus (round 1) BMW	3	Darius Grala	All
				Shane Lewis	All
				Bohdan Kroczek	1
				Mark Patterson	1
				Quentin Wahl	1
Essex Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	5	James Gue	1, 7, 11
				Harrison Brix	1
				Chris Dyson	1
				Rob Dyson	1
				Joe Pruskowski	2–5
				Justin Pruskowski	2–5
				Ross Bentley	5
				Dominic Cicero	6–7
				Jorge Goeters	6, 9
				Tom Nastasi	6
				Colin Braun	8, 13
				Brad Coleman	8, 13
				Eduardo Goeters	9
				Rob Morgan	10–11
				Charles Morgan	10
				Patrick Flanagan	12
				Patrick Long	12
				Rob Finlay	14
				Michael Valiante	14
Michael Shank Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	6	Mike Borkowski	All
				Paul Mears Jr.	1–3, 6–7, 10, 12–13
				Ken Wilden	4–5, 8–9, 14
				Duncan Dayton	1, 5–6
				Larry Connor	1
				Oswaldo Negri Jr.	11
		Lexus	60		4, 10, 12–14
				Mark Patterson	4, 10, 12–14
Tuttle Team Racing / SAMAX	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	7	Brian Tuttle	7–10, 12–14
				Kyle Petty	7, 9
				Tony Ave	7
				Jonathan Cochet	8, 10
				Bas Leinders	12
				Bryan Sellers	13
				Mário Haberfeld	14
Synergy Racing	Doran JE4	BMW	8	Brian Frisselle	All
				Burt Frisselle	All
				Thomas Erdos	1
				Mike Newton	1
	Picchio DP2		86	Steve Marshall	1
				Peyton Sellers	1
				Arthur Urciuoli	1
				Jason Workman	1
Hyper Sport	Doran JE4	Infiniti	9	Joe Foster	1–2, 4
				Rick Skelton	1–2, 4
				David Donner	1
				Blake Rosser	1
				B. J. Zacharias	1
Suntrust Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	10	Max Angelelli	All
				Wayne Taylor	All
				Emmanuel Collard	1
Chase Competition Engineering/CB Motorsports CB Motorsports	Riley MkXI	Lexus (rounds 3–7) Pontiac	15	Hugo Guenette	3–7, 9–13
				Chris Bingham	3–7, 9–11, 13
				Jacques Guenette	5–6
		Pontiac		Terry Borcheller	12–13
	Chase CCE-001		18	Chris Bingham	1–2
				Johnny Miller	1, 13
				Tony Burgess	1
				Steven Ivankovich	1
				Vic Rice	1
				Hugo Guenette	2
				Zach Arnold	13
Ten Motorsports Finlay Motorsports	Riley MkXI	BMW	19	Michael McDowell	1–11, 13–14
				Memo Gidley	1–2, 4–14
				Michael Valiante	1, 3, 12
				Jonathan Bomarito	1
Westernesse Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	25	Dominic Cicero	2–4
				Chad McQueen	2–4
Brumos Racing Red Bull Brumos Racing	Fabcar FDSC/03	Porsche	29	Brady Refenning	1
				Jake Vargo	1
				Josh Vargo	1
				Tim Vargo	1
			58	David Donohue	All
				Darren Law	All
				Sascha Maassen	1, 5
				Lucas Luhr	1, 6
			59		5
				J. C. France	All
				Hurley Haywood	All
				Timo Bernhard	1, 6
				Romain Dumas	1
				Mike Rockenfeller	1
Margraf Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	31	Charles Morgan	4
				Rob Morgan	4
				Tony Ave	13
				Skip Cummins	13
Orbit Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	39	Guy Smith	1–7
				Jim Matthews	1–5, 7
				Marcel Tiemann	5–6
				Marc Goossens	1
				Scott Sharp	1
ADI Motorsports	Picchio DP2	BMW	40	Shawn Bayliff	13
				Derek Hill	13
Doran Racing Doran Labonte Racing	Doran JE4	Pontiac	44	Bobby Labonte	1, 7–9
				Terry Labonte	1, 7, 9
				Bryan Herta	1
				Jan Magnussen	1
				Roberto Moreno	8
		Lexus (rounds 1–7) Ford	77	Matteo Bobbi	All
				Fabrizio Gollin	All
				Didier Theys	1
Multimatic Motorsports	Multimatic MDP1	Ford	49	Greg Biffle	1
				Kurt Busch	1
				Matt Kenseth	1
				Scott Maxwell	1
Blackforest Motorsports	Multimatic MDP1	Ford	50	Jeff Bucknum	1
				Travis Duder	1
				Tom Nastasi	1
				Doug Peterson	1
				Henri Zogaib	1
Kodak-Bell Motorsports	Doran JE4	Pontiac	54	Terry Borcheller	1–11
				Ralf Kelleners	1, 3–11
				Christian Fittipaldi	1–2
				Forest Barber	1, 6
				Paul Tracy	1
Krohn Racing/TRG	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	66	Jörg Bergmeister	All
				Max Papis	1–2, 4, 7, 10, 12–14
				Christian Fittipaldi	3, 5–6, 8–9, 11
				Oliver Gavin	1
			67	Niclas Jönsson	All
				Tracy Krohn	1–10, 12–14
				Jimmy Morales	1
				Buddy Rice	1
				Boris Said	1
				Max Papis	11
Robinson Racing	Riley MkXI	Lexus	74	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	1
				Paul Dallenbach	1
				George Robinson	1
				Johnny Unser	1
Newman/Haas Racing / Silverstone Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	79	Mike Brockman	1
				Sébastien Bourdais	1
				Cristiano da Matta	1
				Paul Newman	1
Pacific Coast Motorsports	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	89	Ryan Dalziel	14
				Alex Figge	14
Gainsco/Blackhawk Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	99	Alex Gurney	4, 7–14
				Bob Stallings	4, 7–14
CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates	Riley MkXI	Lexus	01	Luis Díaz	All
				Scott Pruett	All
				Ryan Briscoe	1
New Century Mtg / Chip Ganassi with Sabates			02	Stefan Johansson	All
				Cort Wagner	All
				Jamie McMurray	1
Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates			03	Scott Dixon	1
				Darren Manning	1
				Casey Mears	1
Spirit of Daytona Racing	Crawford DP03	Pontiac	07	Roberto Moreno	2, 5–7, 11
				Bob Ward	2, 5–7, 11
				Henri Zogaib	5–6
			09	Doug Goad	All
				Stéphan Grégoire	1–8
				Marc-Antoine Camirand	5, 9–14
				Roberto Moreno	1
				Bob Ward	1

Results

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	DP Winning Teams	GT Winning Teams
		DP Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#10 SunTrust Racing	#71 Farnbacher Racing USA
		Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard	Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Shawn Price
2	Homestead	#10 SunTrust Racing	#65 Auto Gallery/TRG
		Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Marc Bunting Andy Lally
3	California	#01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates	#21 Prototype Technology Group
		Luis Díaz Scott Pruett	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand
4	Laguna Seca	#01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates	#16 Prototype Technology Group
		Luis Díaz Scott Pruett	Bill Auberlen Tom Milner Justin Marks
5	Mont-Tremblant	#2 CITGO Howard-Boss Motorsports	#22 Prototype Technology Group
		Milka Duno Andy Wallace Jan Lammers	Ian James Joey Hand
6	Watkins Glen	#67 Krohn Racing/TRG	#14 Autometrics Motorsports
		Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Wolf Henzler Leh Keen Cory Friedman
7	Daytona	#4 Howard-Boss Motorsports	#16 Prototype Technology Group
		Elliot Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger	Bill Auberlen Justin Marks
8	Barber	#10 SunTrust Racing	#16 Prototype Technology Group
		Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Bill Auberlen Justin Marks
9	Watkins Glen	#10 SunTrust Racing	#64 TRG
		Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen
10	Mid-Ohio	#4 Howard-Boss Motorsports	#21 Prototype Technology Group
		Elliot Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger	Kelly Collins Tom Milner
11†	Phoenix	#66 Krohn Racing/TRG	#64 TRG
		Jörg Bergmeister Christian Fittipaldi	Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen
12	Watkins Glen	#10 SunTrust Racing	#65 TRG
		Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Marc Bunting Andy Lally
13	Virginia	#01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates	#21 Prototype Technology Group
		Luis Díaz Scott Pruett	Bill Auberlen Tom Milner
14	Mexico City	#19 Finlay Motorsports	#64 TRG
		Michael McDowell Memo Gidley	Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen

† - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races for DP and GT.

Championship standings

Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30+
Points	35	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championships

Standings: Daytona Prototypes (DP)

Pos. Drivers DAY HMS FON LGA MTR WGL DAY BAR WGL MDO PHX WGL VIR MEX Points 1 Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor 1 1 2 4 6 6 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 2 439 2 Scott Pruett Luis Díaz 7 5 1 1 3 3 6 4 4 2 16 2 1 3 405 3 Butch Leitzinger Elliott Forbes-Robinson 2 2 16 2 11 7 1 11 5 1 3 15 14 5 360 4 Jorg Bergmeister 10 3 10 10 5 2 3 9 3 5 1 17 11 9 350 5 Stefan Johansson Cort Wagner 4 7 6 17 2 5 13 7 7 13 4 6 5 4 340 6 Memo Gidley 19 10 7 4 4 4 2 20 4 6 5 20 1 309 7 Michael McDowell 19 10 7 7 4 4 4 2 20 4 6 20 1 307 8 Milka Duno 16 9 4 13 1 12 5 20 6 20 9 21 2 20 285 9 Niclas Jönsson 11 4 5 16 18 1 8 19 23 6 19 10 21 7 272 10 Mike Borkowski 22 13 3 5 13 19 16 3 9 21 5 7 16 8 268 11 Matteo Bobbi Fabrizio Gollin 5 11 14 11 17 14 22 10 10 8 14 19 3 10 268 12 David Donohue Darren Law 8 8 9 14 7 21 7 6 8 19 8 18 18 16 267 13 Andy Wallace 3 9 4 13 1 12 18 20 21 20 9 21 2 20 261 14 Darius Grala Shane Lewis 14 12 11 8 15 11 14 17 22 10 11 13 6 14 256 15 Tracy Krohn 11 4 5 16 18 1 8 19 23 6 10 21 7 247 16 Terry Borcheller 23 6 8 3 10 17 25 5 12 12 15 4 23 243 17 Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle 17 15 18 23 9 9 19 16 11 7 17 14 19 13 227 18 Hurley Haywood J. C. France 21 14 15 21 12 16 11 15 15 15 10 12 17 17 223 19 Doug Goad 28 19 19 19 8 15 10 18 13 16 13 16 15 18 207 20 Christian Fittipaldi 23 6 10 5 2 9 3 1 199 21 Max Papis 10 3 10 3 5 19 17 11 9 196 22 Bob Stallings 6 9 8 2 11 18 11 24 8 182 23 Ralf Kelleners 23 8 3 10 17 25 5 12 12 15 176 24 Alex Gurney 6 9 8 2 11 18 11 24 8 175 25 Hugo Guenette 16 13 20 14 18 20 16 18 7 4 23 173 26 Chris Bingham 24 16 13 20 14 18 20 16 18 7 23 144 27 Jan Lammers 3 1 12 5 6 135 28 Paul Mears Jr. 22 13 3 19 16 21 7 16 133 29 Oswaldo Negri Jr. 9 17 5 3 10 19 125 30 Brian Tuttle 17 12 19 9 8 12 15 125 31 Marc-Antoine Camirand 8 13 16 13 16 15 18 118 32 Mark Patterson 14 9 17 3 10 19 116 33 Stéphan Grégoire 28 19 19 19 8 15 10 18 112 34 Harrison Brix 13 13 21 17 20 7 95 35 Ken Wilden 5 13 3 9 8 89 36 Guy Smith 26 20 20 12 19 8 23 89 37 Chris Dyson 13 21 13 17 20 7 84 38 Michael Valiante 19 7 5 12 81 39 Roberto Moreno 28 18 16 10 24 14 28 80 40 Bobby Labonte 9 15 14 14 72 41 Dominic Cicero 17 12 22 20 12 72 42 Bob Ward 28 18 16 10 24 28 70 43 Rob Dyson 13 13 21 20 57 44 James Gue 13 12 12 56 45 Terry Labonte 9 15 14 55 46 Jim Matthews 26 20 20 12 19 23 54 47 Tony Stewart 3 18 21 53 48 Lucas Luhr 8 12 21 52 49 Rob Morgan 15 14 12 52 50 Sascha Maassen 8 7 47 51 Chad McQueen 17 12 22 42 52 Jonathan Cochet 12 9 41 53 Colin Braun Brad Coleman 13 9 40 54 Henri Zogaib 27 16 10 40 55 Duncan Dayton 22 13 19 39 56 Joe Pruskowski Justin Pruskowski 22 17 18 DNS 36 57 Emmanuel Collard 1 35 58 Charles Morgan 15 14 33 59 Jimmie Johnson 2 32 60 Tony Ave 17 13 32 61 Johnny Miller 24 8 30 62 Jacques Guenette 14 18 30 63 Jamie McMurray 4 28 64 Didier Theys 5 26 65 Kyle Petty 17 19 26 66 Scott Dixon Darren Manning Casey Mears 6 25 = Ryan Dalziel Alex Figge 6 25 67 Timo Bernhard 21 16 25 68 Ryan Briscoe 7 24 69 Jorge Goeters 20 18 24 70 Marcel Tiemann 8 23 = Bas Leinders 8 23 = Zach Arnold 8 23 71 Joe Foster Rick Skelton 18 21 DNS 23 72 Bryan Herta Jan Magnussen 9 22 = Patrick Flanagan Patrick Long 9 22 73 Oliver Gavin 10 21 74 Jimmy Morales Buddy Rice Boris Said 11 20 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Paul Dallenbach George Robinson Johnny Unser 12 19 = Bryan Sellers 12 19 = Rob Finlay 12 19 76 Skip Cummins 13 18 77 Bohdan Kroczek Quentin Wahl 14 17 78 Greg Biffle Kurt Busch Matt Kenseth Scott Maxwell 15 16 = Mário Haberfeld 15 16 79 Dario Franchitti Marino Franchitti Dan Wheldon 16 15 80 Tom Nastasi 27 20 15 81 Thomas Erdos Mike Newton 17 14 82 David Donner Blake Rosser B. J. Zacharias 18 13 = Eduardo Goeters 18 13 83 Jonathan Bomarito 19 12 84 Brady Refenning Jake Vargo Josh Vargo Tim Vargo 20 11 85 Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller 21 10 = Paul Edwards 21 10 86 Larry Connor 22 9 = Shawn Bayliff Derek Hill 22 9 87 Forest Barber 23 17 8 = Paul Tracy 23 8 88 Tony Burgess Steven Ivankovich Vic Rice 24 7 89 Mike Brockman Sébastien Bourdais Cristiano da Matta Paul Newman 25 6 90 Marc Goossens Scott Sharp 26 5 91 Jeff Bucknum Travis Duder Doug Peterson 27 4 92 Steve Marshall Peyton Sellers Arthur Urciuoli Jason Workman 29 2 Pos. Drivers DAY HMS FON LGA MTR WGL DAY BAR WGL MDO PHX WGL VIR MEX Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Standings: Grand Touring (GT) - Top 10

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Craig Stanton	377
2	Marc Bunting	376
	Andy Lally
3	David Murry	359
4	Joey Hand	337
8	Leh Keen	333
	Cory Friedman
6	Tommy Milner	323
7	Justin Marks	323
8	Bill Auberlen	321
9	Jim Tafel Jr.	307
	Andrew Davis
10	Ian James	282

External links

• The official website of Grand-Am
• Grand American Road Racing Association - 2005 season archive
• World Sports Racing Prototypes - Rolex Sports Car Series 2005