The 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 14, 2005 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center. Paul Tracy sat on the pole and Sébastien Bourdais won the race.

Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.759 59.432 59.432 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.347 59.541 59.541 3 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 1:00.213 59.644 59.644 4 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 1:00.612 59.938 59.938 5 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:00.697 59.962 59.962 6 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 1:01.389 59.995 59.995 7 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:01.257 1:00.156 1:00.156 8 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 1:01.043 1:00.331 1:00.331 9 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 1:01.214 1:00.493 1:00.493 10 Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 1:00.957 1:00.529 1:00.529 11 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:02.235 1:00.704 1:00.704 12 Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.745 1:00.732 1:00.732 13 Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 1:01.029 1:00.766 1:00.766 14 Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 1:00.980 1:00.863 1:00.863 15 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.434 1:00.915 1:00.915 16 Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.630 1:01.093 1:01.093 17 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 1:01.342 1:01.438 1:01.342 18 Marcus Marshall Team Australia 1:02.651 1:02.064 1:02.064

Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 97 1:49:45.135 2 33 2 7 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 97 +15.269 secs 3 27 3 10 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 97 +17.207 secs 4 25 4 2 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 97 +35.775 secs 8 23 5 55 Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 97 +37.629 secs 13 21 6 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 97 +43.237 secs 17 20 7 19 Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 97 +47.487 secs 16 17 8 11 Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 97 +52.470 secs 12 15 9 34 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 97 +1:02.902 15 13 10 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 96 + 1 Lap 11 11 11 4 Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 96 + 1 Lap 14 10 12 5 Marcus Marshall Team Australia 94 + 3 Laps 18 9 13 8 Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 88 Gearbox 10 8 14 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 82 + 15 Laps 7 7 15 12 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 65 In pits 6 6 16 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 62 Contact 1 8 17 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 0 Contact 5 4 18 21 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 0 Contact 9 3

Caution flags Laps Cause1-5 da Matta (21), Wilson (9), Tagliani (15) & Vasser (12) contact63-69 Tracy (3) contact

Notes Laps Leader1-39 Paul Tracy40-42 Sébastien Bourdais43-62 Paul Tracy63-97 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 59Sébastien Bourdais 38

New Track Record Paul Tracy 59.432 (Qualification Session #2) New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:00.574 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:49:45.135 Average Speed 87.868 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 249 2 Paul Tracy 196 1 3 Oriol Servià 183 1 4 Justin Wilson 179 1 5 Mario Domínguez 152

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

External links Full Weekend Times & Results Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Box Score