2005 IndyCar Series

The 2005 IndyCar Series consisted of 17 races, held at 16 circuits across the United States of America and 1 in Japan. Dan Wheldon won the Drivers’ Championship.

2005 Races

Round	Date	Event	Circuit	Track Type	Winner	Car/Engine	Avg. Speed
1	6 March 2005	Toyota Indy 300	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	143.033
2	19 March 2005	XM Satellite Radio Indy	Phoenix Raceway	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Toyota	137.753
3	3 April 2005	Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	Street Circuit	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	83.14
4	30 April 2005	Indy Japan 300	Twin Ring Motegi	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	133.365
5	29 May 2005	89th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	164.825
6	11 June 2005	Bombardier Learjet 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Oval	Tomas Scheckter	Dallara/Chevrolet	165.047
7	25 June 2005	SunTrust Indy Challenge	Richmond Raceway	Oval	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Toyota	114.153
8	3 July 2005	Argent Mortgage Indy 300	Kansas Speedway	Oval	Tony Kanaan	Dallara/Honda	180.504
9	16 July 2005	Firestone Indy 200	Nashville Superspeedway	Oval	Dario Franchitti	Dallara/Honda	133.089
10	24 July 2005	ABC Supply Company/A.J. Foyt Indy 225	The Milwaukee Mile	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Honda	122.733
11	31 July 2005	Firestone Indy 400	Michigan International Speedway	Oval	Bryan Herta	Dallara/Honda	167.197
12	14 August 2005	AMBER Alert Portal Indy 300	Kentucky Speedway	Oval	Scott Sharp	Panoz/Honda	175.981
13	21 August 2005	Honda Indy 225	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	153.79
14	28 August 2005	Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix	Sonoma Raceway	Road Course	Tony Kanaan	Dallara/Honda	91.04
15	11 September 2005	Peak Antifreeze Indy 300	Chicagoland Speedway	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	169.16
16	25 September 2005	Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix	Watkins Glen International	Road Course	Scott Dixon	Panoz/Toyota	114.771
17	16 October 2005	Toyota Indy 400	Auto Club Speedway	Oval	Dario Franchitti	Dallara/Honda	168.567

2005 Driver Standings

Pos.	Driver	MIA	PHX	STP	JPN	IND	TEX	RICH	KAN	NAS	MIL	MIS	KEN	PIK	SON	CHI	WGI	FON	Points
1	Dan Wheldon	53	31	50	50	50	28	30	43	12	30	40	38	50	12	53	30	28	628
2	Tony Kanaan	35	35	40	28	24	35	12	50	15	32	32	12	35	53	30	40	40	548
3	Sam Hornish Jr.	40	50	15	26	15	40	12	18	40	53	30	26	43	13	35	26	30	512
4	Dario Franchitti	12	32	35	16	28	24	40	32	50	40	24	12	26	24	18	35	50	498
5	Scott Sharp	17	30	12	40	26	32	13	28	32	20	26	50	22	18	24	22	32	444
6	Helio Castroneves	30	40	12	19	22	30	53	24	30	14	12	30	32	12	40	18	22	440
7	Vitor Meira	32	19	30	15	40	22	12	35	14	22	16	40	30	22	26	12	35	422
8	Bryan Herta	16	26	32	30	35	20	24	15	12	28	53	12	18	17	16	24	19	397
9	Tomas Scheckter	19	13	13	20	12	53	32	30	13	35	35	12	16	14	32	12	29	390
10	Patrick Carpentier	26	22	24	17	12	14	35	16	35	26	22	18	20	32	22	20	15	376
11	Alex Barron	24	17	20	12	17	16	28	17	15	24	19	32	12	35	12	13	16	329
12	Danica Patrick	15	15	18	32	32	17	20	22	26	12	12	14	24	12	28	14	12	325
13	Scott Dixon	14	18	28	12	12	19	12	12	28	17	12	12	14	26	12	53	20	321
14	Kosuke Matsuura	18	20	17	22	13	26	22	12	16	19	14	24	17	28	12	28	12	320
15	Buddy Rice	12	12	26	35	0	12	19	20	12	13	12	16	19	40	17	12	18	295
16	Tomas Enge	12	12	14	12	12	12	26	19	12	0	0	19	28	30	12	17	24	261
17	Roger Yasukawa	13	12	19	12	12	15	14	12	19	15	12	13	15	19	15	15	14	246
18	Ed Carpenter	12	14	12	14	19	12	18	13	20	18	12	12	12	15	13	16	12	244
19	Ryan Briscoe	12	12	19	18	20	18	12	12	24	12	20	17	12	12	12	0	0	232
20	A.J. Foyt IV	22	16	12	16	10	12	16	14	18	12	18	22	12	0	19	0	12	231
21	Darren Manning	28	24	22	24	10	13	15	26	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	186
22	Jimmy Kite	0	0	0	0	10	12	17	12	17	16	17	20	13	0	12	0	17	163
23	Buddy Lazier	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	22	12	28	28	0	0	20	0	0	140
24	Jaques Lazier	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	13	15	12	0	14	0	13	81
25	Jeff Bucknum	0	0	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	19	0	63
26	Giorgio Pantano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	32	0	48
27	Paul Dana	20	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
28	Sebastien Bourdais	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18
29	Adrian Fernandez	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
30	Townsend Bell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
31	Felipe Giaffone	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
32	Thiago Medeiros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
33	Kenny Brack	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
34	Larry Foyt	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
35	Richie Hearn	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
36	Bruno Junqueira	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
37	Marty Roth	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
38	Jeff Ward	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10

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