The 2005 Formula Ford Zetec Cooper Tires Championship Series was the fifth the USF2000 Ford Zetec championship. Aiken Racing driver Jay Howard took the title in a Van Diemen RF03. He was the second Brit to win the championship, after Dan Wheldon in 1999.
Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia April 16 Jay Howard Jason Bowles Jay Howard 2 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia April 17 Jason Bowles Jay Howard Jay Howard 3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 22 Jay Howard Joey Foster Jay Howard 4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 22 Joey Foster Joey Foster Jay Howard 5 Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio June 25 Mike Forest Jay Howard Jay Howard 6 Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio June 26 Jay Howard Jay Howard Jay Howard 7 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 6 Jay Howard Joey Foster Joey Foster 8 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 7 Joey Foster Joey Foster Jay Howard 9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 27 Joey Foster Jay Howard Joey Foster 10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 28 Joey Foster Jay Howard Jay Howard 11 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia October 9 Jay Howard Alan Sciuto Alan Sciuto 12 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia October 9 Alan Sciuto Alan Sciuto Jay Howard
Final standings Rank Driver ATL1 ATL2 MOH1 MOH2 CLE1 CLE2 ROA1 ROA2 MOH3 MOH4 VIR1 VIR2 Points 1 Jay Howard 1 1 1 1 1 1 26 1 2 1 22 1 307 2 Joey Foster 32 3 2 2 33 2 1 2 1 2 21 21 215 3 Chris Guerrieri 28 5 5 24 3 4 7 5 4 4 6 4 180 4 Jason Byers 5 9 24 13 6 6 2 3 8 5 8 6 164 5 Chris Meredith 10 8 25 6 8 7 10 8 9 12 4 9 133 6 Doug Smith 6 11 9 5 9 11 23 9 10 10 7 5 132 7 Matt McDonough 9 29 3 3 7 8 3 3 128 8 Gerry Kraut 11 13 8 16 30 12 3 6 11 24 9 11 116 9 Nick Haye 4 4 27 14 36 13 25 25 7 6 5 7 116 10 Nicholas Boulle 26 30 7 11 10 16 29 15 5 9 3 8 113 11 John Lombardo 12 14 26 19 11 10 6 27 12 8 79 12 Enzo Potolicchio 3 7 6 4 72 13 Chuck Lessick 16 19 11 8 34 34 15 14 16 25 15 14 64 14 Scott Rubenzer 7 10 10 28 18 17 27 11 56 15 Noah Bystrom 37 20 4 4 18 10 54 16 Brian Graham 30 12 31 15 13 9 13 13 54 17 Jason Bowles 2 2 51 18 Dwight Rider 15 21 14 26 38 32 29 26 10 12 41 19 Chris Hundley 19 16 16 35 8 7 40 20 Ira Fierberg 33 18 28 17 15 15 15 17 20 20 34 21 Fiorenzo Tirinnanzi 14 15 12 16 30 29 28 22 Franklin Futrelle 34 6 12 27 27 23 Cole Morgan 8 20 17 38 18 16 27 24 David Clarke 31 DNS DNS DNS 25 36 28 17 24 15 11 DNS 25 25 Rich Zober 21 28 DNS DNS 21 25 12 13 21 26 John Gluckin 24 25 17 17 31 22 24 21 15 27 Dick Rose 18 25 32 29 19 19 11 28 Chris Dona 15 DNS 19 23 10 29 Slade Miller 36 17 4 30 Scott Dick 18 25 32 29 19 19 3 31 Brian Tomasi 35 DNS 27 28 2 32 Kevin Hartwig 22 DNS 1 Jim Belay DNS DNS Bryan Blair 23 28 Dan Bruggeman 17 DNS 16 26 Brian Burke 23 26 20 21 27 33 22 19 20 23 Craig Clawson 21 20 13 15 Brian Cleary 20 22 Olivier Comeau 9 18 Mark Defer 35 14 Dan Denison 21 20 26 18 Mark Dickens 24 24 Mike Forest 4 7 5 37 Peter Gonzalez 25 31 19 20 DNS DNS Barry Haynie 27 27 23 23 39 39 23 22 J.R. Hildebrand 2 3 17 3 Brad Jaeger 4 5 Bill Jordan 18 DNS 22 30 14 18 Doug Kniffin 20 24 16 12 14 21 28 30 16 17 Philip Metzger 19 10 Adam Pecorari 6 28 Greg Pizzo DNS DNS Robert Podlesni 2 19 Brendan Puderbach 26 26 22 21 19 16 Seth Ravndal 20 18 Glennon Reidler 29 DNS 21 22 Al Salvo 14 9 39 27 Alan Sciuto 1 2 Ricardo Vassmer 13 23 29 10 12 19 11 11 14 14 Walter Vollrath 18 23 William Wald 28 31 Mike Wettstein 17 29 Browning Williams DNS DNS
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