2005 Rolex Sports Car Series

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 CircuitLocation Date 1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hours Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida February 5–6 2 Grand Prix of Miami 250 miles Homestead–Miami SpeedwayHomestead, Florida March 5 3 Ferrari Maserati 400 400 km California SpeedwayFontana, California April 3 4 Road & Track 250 250 miles Mazda Raceway Laguna SecaMonterey, California May 1 5 6 Hours of Mont-Tremblant 6 hours Circuit Mont-TremblantMont-Tremblant, Quebec May 21 6 Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen 6 hours Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York June 12 7 Brumos Porsche 250 250 miles Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida June 30 8 Porsche 250 250 miles Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama July 31 9 CompUSA 200 at the Glen 200 miles Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York August 12 10 EMCO Gears Classic 250 miles Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio August 27 11 Phoenix 250† 250 miles Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona September 9 (GT)September 10 (DP) 12 Crown Royal 250 at the Glen 250 miles Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York September 24 13 VIR 400 400 km Virginia International RacewayAlton, Virginia October 9 14 Mexico City 250 250 miles Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezMexico City, Mexico November 5 † - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races at Phoenix.

Entries

Daytona Prototype (DP) TeamChassisEngineDriversRounds CITGO - Howard-Boss Motorsports Howard-Boss MotorsportsCrawford DP03Pontiac2 Milka DunoAll Andy Wallace2–6, 8, 10–14 Jan Lammers5–7, 9 Dario Franchitti1 Marino Franchitti1 Dan Wheldon14 Elliott Forbes-RobinsonAll Butch LeitzingerAll Jimmie Johnson120 Tony Stewart1, 7, 9 Andy Wallace1, 7, 9 Jan Lammers1 Paul Edwards3 Chris Dyson3066, 9, 12–13 Harrison Brix6–7, 9, 12–13 Rob Dyson6–7, 12 Cegwa Sports / Southard Motorsports Southard MotorsportsFabcar FDSC/03 (round 1)Riley MkXILexus (round 1)BMW3 Darius GralaAll Shane LewisAll Bohdan Kroczek1 Mark Patterson1 Quentin Wahl1 Essex RacingCrawford DP03Ford5 James Gue1, 7, 11 Harrison Brix1 Chris Dyson1 Rob Dyson1 Joe Pruskowski2–5 Justin Pruskowski2–5 Ross Bentley5 Dominic Cicero6–7 Jorge Goeters6, 9 Tom Nastasi6 Colin Braun8, 13 Brad Coleman8, 13 Eduardo Goeters9 Rob Morgan10–11 Charles Morgan10 Patrick Flanagan12 Patrick Long12 Rob Finlay14 Michael Valiante14 Michael Shank RacingRiley MkXIPontiac6 Mike BorkowskiAll Paul Mears Jr.1–3, 6–7, 10, 12–13 Ken Wilden4–5, 8–9, 14 Duncan Dayton1, 5–6 Larry Connor1 Oswaldo Negri Jr.11Lexus604, 10, 12–14 Mark Patterson4, 10, 12–14 Tuttle Team Racing / SAMAXRiley MkXIPontiac7 Brian Tuttle7–10, 12–14 Kyle Petty7, 9 Tony Ave7 Jonathan Cochet8, 10 Bas Leinders12 Bryan Sellers13 Mário Haberfeld14 Synergy RacingDoran JE4BMW8 Brian FrisselleAll Burt FrisselleAll Thomas Erdos1 Mike Newton1Picchio DP286 Steve Marshall1 Peyton Sellers1 Arthur Urciuoli1 Jason Workman1 Hyper SportDoran JE4Infiniti9 Joe Foster1–2, 4 Rick Skelton1–2, 4 David Donner1 Blake Rosser1 B. J. Zacharias1 Suntrust RacingRiley MkXIPontiac10 Max AngelelliAll Wayne TaylorAll Emmanuel Collard1 Chase Competition Engineering/CB Motorsports CB MotorsportsRiley MkXILexus (rounds 3–7)Pontiac15 Hugo Guenette3–7, 9–13 Chris Bingham3–7, 9–11, 13 Jacques Guenette5–6Pontiac Terry Borcheller12–13Chase CCE-00118 Chris Bingham1–2 Johnny Miller1, 13 Tony Burgess1 Steven Ivankovich1 Vic Rice1 Hugo Guenette2 Zach Arnold13 Ten Motorsports Finlay MotorsportsRiley MkXIBMW19 Michael McDowell1–11, 13–14 Memo Gidley1–2, 4–14 Michael Valiante1, 3, 12 Jonathan Bomarito1 Westernesse RacingCrawford DP03Ford25 Dominic Cicero2–4 Chad McQueen2–4 Brumos Racing Red Bull Brumos RacingFabcar FDSC/03Porsche29 Brady Refenning1 Jake Vargo1 Josh Vargo1 Tim Vargo158 David DonohueAll Darren LawAll Sascha Maassen1, 5 Lucas Luhr1, 6595 J. C. FranceAll Hurley HaywoodAll Timo Bernhard1, 6 Romain Dumas1 Mike Rockenfeller1 Margraf RacingRiley MkXIPontiac31 Charles Morgan4 Rob Morgan4 Tony Ave13 Skip Cummins13 Orbit RacingRiley MkXIPontiac39 Guy Smith1–7 Jim Matthews1–5, 7 Marcel Tiemann5–6 Marc Goossens1 Scott Sharp1 ADI MotorsportsPicchio DP2BMW40 Shawn Bayliff13 Derek Hill13 Doran Racing Doran Labonte RacingDoran JE4Pontiac44 Bobby Labonte1, 7–9 Terry Labonte1, 7, 9 Bryan Herta1 Jan Magnussen1 Roberto Moreno8Lexus (rounds 1–7)Ford77 Matteo BobbiAll Fabrizio GollinAll Didier Theys1 Multimatic MotorsportsMultimatic MDP1Ford49 Greg Biffle1 Kurt Busch1 Matt Kenseth1 Scott Maxwell1 Blackforest MotorsportsMultimatic MDP1Ford50 Jeff Bucknum1 Travis Duder1 Tom Nastasi1 Doug Peterson1 Henri Zogaib1 Kodak-Bell MotorsportsDoran JE4Pontiac54 Terry Borcheller1–11 Ralf Kelleners1, 3–11 Christian Fittipaldi1–2 Forest Barber1, 6 Paul Tracy1 Krohn Racing/TRGRiley MkXIPontiac66 Jörg BergmeisterAll Max Papis1–2, 4, 7, 10, 12–14 Christian Fittipaldi3, 5–6, 8–9, 11 Oliver Gavin167 Niclas JönssonAll Tracy Krohn1–10, 12–14 Jimmy Morales1 Buddy Rice1 Boris Said1 Max Papis11 Robinson RacingRiley MkXILexus74 Wally Dallenbach Jr.1 Paul Dallenbach1 George Robinson1 Johnny Unser1 Newman/Haas Racing / Silverstone RacingCrawford DP03Ford79 Mike Brockman1 Sébastien Bourdais1 Cristiano da Matta1 Paul Newman1 Pacific Coast MotorsportsRiley MkXIPontiac89 Ryan Dalziel14 Alex Figge14 Gainsco/Blackhawk RacingRiley MkXIPontiac99 Alex Gurney4, 7–14 Bob Stallings4, 7–14 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesRiley MkXILexus01 Luis DíazAll Scott PruettAll Ryan Briscoe1 New Century Mtg / Chip Ganassi with Sabates02 Stefan JohanssonAll Cort WagnerAll Jamie McMurray1 Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates03 Scott Dixon1 Darren Manning1 Casey Mears1 Spirit of Daytona RacingCrawford DP03Pontiac07 Roberto Moreno2, 5–7, 11 Bob Ward2, 5–7, 11 Henri Zogaib5–609 Doug GoadAll Stéphan Grégoire1–8 Marc-Antoine Camirand5, 9–14 Roberto Moreno1 Bob Ward1

Results Overall winners in bold. RndCircuitDP Winning TeamsGT Winning TeamsDP Winning DriversGT Winning Drivers1Daytona #10 SunTrust Racing #71 Farnbacher Racing USA Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Shawn Price2Homestead #10 SunTrust Racing #65 Auto Gallery/TRG Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Marc Bunting Andy Lally3California #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates #21 Prototype Technology Group Luis Díaz Scott Pruett Bill Auberlen Joey Hand4Laguna Seca #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates #16 Prototype Technology Group Luis Díaz Scott Pruett Bill Auberlen Tom Milner Justin Marks5Mont-Tremblant #2 CITGO Howard-Boss Motorsports #22 Prototype Technology Group Milka Duno Andy Wallace Jan Lammers Ian James Joey Hand6Watkins Glen #67 Krohn Racing/TRG #14 Autometrics Motorsports Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Wolf Henzler Leh Keen Cory Friedman7Daytona #4 Howard-Boss Motorsports #16 Prototype Technology Group Elliot Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger Bill Auberlen Justin Marks8Barber #10 SunTrust Racing #16 Prototype Technology Group Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Bill Auberlen Justin Marks9Watkins Glen #10 SunTrust Racing #64 TRG Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen10Mid-Ohio #4 Howard-Boss Motorsports #21 Prototype Technology Group Elliot Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger Kelly Collins Tom Milner11†Phoenix #66 Krohn Racing/TRG #64 TRG Jörg Bergmeister Christian Fittipaldi Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen12Watkins Glen #10 SunTrust Racing #65 TRG Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Marc Bunting Andy Lally13Virginia #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates #21 Prototype Technology Group Luis Díaz Scott Pruett Bill Auberlen Tom Milner14Mexico 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.2005 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - Driver Point Standings Position123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930+Points353230282625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

Drivers' Championships

Standings: Daytona Prototypes (DP)