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
RoundDateEventCircuitTrack TypeWinnerCar/EngineAvg. Speed
16 March 2005Toyota Indy 300Homestead-Miami SpeedwayOvalDan WheldonDallara/Honda143.033
219 March 2005XM Satellite Radio IndyPhoenix RacewayOvalSam Hornish Jr.Dallara/Toyota137.753
33 April 2005Honda Grand Prix of St. PetersburgStreets of St. PetersburgStreet CircuitDan WheldonDallara/Honda83.14
430 April 2005Indy Japan 300Twin Ring MotegiOvalDan WheldonDallara/Honda133.365
529 May 200589th Indianapolis 500Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayOvalDan WheldonDallara/Honda164.825
611 June 2005Bombardier Learjet 500Texas Motor SpeedwayOvalTomas ScheckterDallara/Chevrolet165.047
725 June 2005SunTrust Indy ChallengeRichmond RacewayOvalHelio CastronevesDallara/Toyota114.153
83 July 2005Argent Mortgage Indy 300Kansas SpeedwayOvalTony KanaanDallara/Honda180.504
916 July 2005Firestone Indy 200Nashville SuperspeedwayOvalDario FranchittiDallara/Honda133.089
1024 July 2005ABC Supply Company/A.J. Foyt Indy 225The Milwaukee MileOvalSam Hornish Jr.Dallara/Honda122.733
1131 July 2005Firestone Indy 400Michigan International SpeedwayOvalBryan HertaDallara/Honda167.197
1214 August 2005AMBER Alert Portal Indy 300Kentucky SpeedwayOvalScott SharpPanoz/Honda175.981
1321 August 2005Honda Indy 225Pikes Peak International RacewayOvalDan WheldonDallara/Honda153.79
1428 August 2005Argent Mortgage Indy Grand PrixSonoma RacewayRoad CourseTony KanaanDallara/Honda91.04
1511 September 2005Peak Antifreeze Indy 300Chicagoland SpeedwayOvalDan WheldonDallara/Honda169.16
1625 September 2005Watkins Glen Indy Grand PrixWatkins Glen InternationalRoad CourseScott DixonPanoz/Toyota114.771
1716 October 2005Toyota Indy 400Auto Club SpeedwayOvalDario FranchittiDallara/Honda168.567
2005 Driver Standings
Pos.DriverMIAPHXSTPJPNINDTEXRICHKANNASMILMISKENPIKSONCHIWGIFONPoints
1Dan Wheldon5331505050283043123040385012533028628
2Tony Kanaan3535402824351250153232123553304040548
3Sam Hornish Jr.4050152615401218405330264313352630512
4Dario Franchitti1232351628244032504024122624183550498
5Scott Sharp1730124026321328322026502218242232444
6Helio Castroneves3040121922305324301412303212401822440
7Vitor Meira3219301540221235142216403022261235422
8Bryan Herta1626323035202415122853121817162419397
9Tomas Scheckter1913132012533230133535121614321229390
10Patrick Carpentier2622241712143516352622182032222015376
11Alex Barron2417201217162817152419321235121316329
12Danica Patrick1515183232172022261212142412281412325
13Scott Dixon1418281212191212281712121426125320321
14Kosuke Matsuura1820172213262212161914241728122812320
15Buddy Rice121226350121920121312161940171218295
16Tomas Enge12121412121226191200192830121724261
17Roger Yasukawa1312191212151412191512131519151514246
18Ed Carpenter1214121419121813201812121215131612244
19Ryan Briscoe12121918201812122412201712121200232
20A.J. Foyt IV22161216101216141812182212019012231
21Darren Manning282422241013152612120000000186
22Jimmy Kite0000101217121716172013012017163
23Buddy Lazier00003000022122828002000140
24Jaques Lazier0000140000013151201401381
25Jeff Bucknum00012120000000020019063
26Giorgio Pantano000000000000016032048
27Paul Dana2012012000000000000044
28Sebastien Bourdais00001800000000000018
29Adrian Fernandez00001600000000000016
30Townsend Bell00000000001500000015
31Felipe Giaffone00001500000000000015
32Thiago Medeiros00000000000000001212
33Kenny Brack00001000000000000010
34Larry Foyt00001000000000000010
35Richie Hearn00001000000000000010
36Bruno Junqueira00001000000000000010
37Marty Roth00001000000000000010
38Jeff Ward00001000000000000010

2005 IndyCar Series