2005 American Le Mans Series

The 2005 American Le Mans Series season was the 35th season for the IMSA GT Championship, with it being the seventh under the American Le Mans Series moniker. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 19, 2005 and ended October 16, 2005 after 10 races.

Schedule

The schedule change from 2004 to 2005 was minimal, with only one event being added to the existing schedule. The Grand Prix of Atlanta returned once more, once again shortly after the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring Raceway	March 19
2	Sportsbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta	Road Atlanta	April 17
3	American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio	May 22
4	New England Grand Prix	Lime Rock Park	July 4
5	Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma	Infineon Raceway	July 17
6	Portland Grand Prix	Portland International Raceway	July 30
7	Generac 500 at Road America	Road America	August 21
8	Grand Prix of Mosport	Mosport	September 4
9	Petit Le Mans	Road Atlanta	October 1
10	Monterey Sports Car Championships	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	October 16
Sources:^[1]^[2]

Entry list

Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1)

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rnds.
ADT/Champion Racing	Audi R8	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8	M	1	J.J. Lehto	All
					Marco Werner	All
					Tom Kristensen	1
				2	Emanuele Pirro	All
					Frank Biela	All
					Allan McNish	1
Autocon Motorsports	Riley & Scott Mk III C	Elan 6L8 6.0 L V8	D	12	Michael Lewis	1, 5–7, 9–10
					Bryan Willman	1, 5–7, 9–10
					Tomy Drissi	1
Zytek Engineering	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	M	15	Tom Chilton	3, 9–10
Zytek Engineering	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	M	15	Hayanari Shimoda	3, 9–10
Dyson Racing Team	MG-Lola EX257	MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4	M	16	James Weaver	All
					Butch Leitzinger	All
					Andy Wallace	1, 9
				20	Chris Dyson	All
					Guy Smith	1, 9
					Andy Wallace	2–8, 10
Rollcentre Racing	Dallara SP1	Nissan 3.6 L Turbo V8	M	88	Joăo Barbosa	1
					Didier Theys	1
					Michael Krumm	1

Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rnds.
Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8	M	6	Lucas Luhr	10
Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8	M	6	Sascha Maassen	10
BAT Competition	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6	Y	7	Bob Woodman	9
					Georges Forgeois	9
					Mike Johnson	9
B-K Motorsports	Courage C65	Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-Rotor	G	8	Guy Cosmo	2–10
					James Bach	2–10
					Elliot Forbes-Robinson	9
Miracle Motorsports	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	K	10	Jeff Bucknum	All
					Chris McMurry	All
					Ian James	1
					John Macaluso	2
					James Gue	9–10
Binnie Motorsports	Lola B05/40	Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8	P	15 41	William Binnie	1, 9
					Robert Julien	1
					Adam Sharpe	1
					Alan Timpany	9
					Sam Hancock	9
Van der Steur Racing	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6	D	19	Ben Devlin	2–4, 7–10
					Gunnar van der Steur	2–4, 7–10
					Eric van der Steur	2–3, 8–9
Kruse Motorsport	Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4 L V8	P	27	Harold Primat	1
					Phillip Bennett	1
					Ian Mitchell	1
Horag-Lista Racing	Lola B05/40	Nissan (AER) 3.0L V6	D	27	Eric van de Poele	9
					Didier Theys	9
					Thed Björk	9
Intersport Racing	Lola B2K/40	Judd KV675 3.4 L V8	P	30	Clint Field	1
					Liz Halliday	1
					Gareth Ridpath	1
	Lola B05/40	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	G	37	Jon Field	1–3, 9–10
					Gregor Fisken	1, 6
					Duncan Dayton	1
					Clint Field	2–3, 5–10
					Liz Halliday	5, 7–10
Barazi-Kruse Motorsport	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	P	30	Juan Barazi	9
					Phillip Bennett	9
					Elton Julian	9

Grand Touring 1 (GT1)

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rnds.
Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.r 7.0L V8	M	3	Ron Fellows	All
					Johnny O'Connell	All
					Max Papis	1, 9
				4	Oliver Gavin	All
					Olivier Beretta	All
					Jan Magnussen	1, 9
Pacific Coast Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet LS7.r 7.0L V8	Y	5	Ryan Dalziel	1–7
					Alex Figge	1–7
					David Empringham	1
Maserati Corse Risi Competizione	Maserati MC12	Maserati 6.0 L V12	P	35	Andrea Bertolini	1–5, 7–10
					Fabrizio de Simone	1–3, 5–10
					Fabio Babini	1, 4, 9
					Mika Salo	6
Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	M	57	Darren Turner	1, 9–10
					David Brabham	1, 9–10
					Stéphane Ortelli	1
					Jonny Kane	9
				58	Peter Kox	1, 9–10
					Pedro Lamy	1, 9–10
					Stephane Sarrazin	1
					Tomáš Enge	9
ACEMCO Motorsports	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	M	63	Johnny Mowlem	All
					Terry Borcheller	All
					Ralf Kelleners	1, 9
Carsport America	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0L V10	P	71	Tom Weickardt	All
					Michele Rugolo	All
					Jean-Philippe Belloc	1–2, 8–9
Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	P	83	Nigel Smith	1
					Ricky Cole	1
					Rick Sutherland	1
Care Racing - Larbre	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9 L V12	M	86	Christophe Bouchut	1
					Fabrizio Gollin	1
					Sébastien Bourdais	1

Grand Touring 2 (GT2)

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rnds.
Alex Job Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	M	23	Timo Bernhard	All
					Romain Dumas	All
					Sascha Maassen	1
				24	Ian Baas	All
					Randy Pobst	1–5
					Brian Cunningham	1
					Darren Law	6–8, 10
					Emmanuel Collard	9
					Marcel Tiemann	9
White Lightning Racing Petersen Motorsports	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	M	31	Jörg Bergmeister	All
					Patrick Long	All
					Lucas Lühr	1
					Craig Stanton	9*
ZIP Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	P	34	Spencer Pumpelly	1
					Andy Lally	1
					Steven Ivankovich	1
Team LNT - Magic	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6	D	40	Lawrence Tomlinson	1
					Jonny Kane	1
					Warren Hughes	1
				41	Richard Dean	1
					Patrick Pearce	1
					Marc Hynes	1
BAM!	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	Y	43	Tony Burgess	1–3
					Mike Rockenfeller	1, 3–5, 7–10
					Martin Jensen	1, 6, 9
					Sascha Maassen	2
					Wolf Henzler	4–10
Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	M	44	Lonnie Pechnik	All
					Seth Neiman	All
					David Murry	1, 8–9
				45	Jon Fogarty	All
					Johannes van Overbeek	All
					Darren Law	1
Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi (Mader) 3.8 L V8	D	47	Tom Coronel	1
					Marc Goossens	1
					Donny Crevels	1
				48	Peter Van Merksteijn	1
					Frans Munsterhuis	1
					Marino Franchitti	1
Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Elan) 5.0 L V8	P	50	Robin Liddell	All
					Bill Auberlen	1–5, 7–10
					Emanuele Naspetti	1
					Marino Franchitti	3
					Bryan Sellers	6
					Scott Maxwell	9
				51	Bryan Sellers	1–5, 7–10
					Scott Maxwell	1–3
					Gunnar Jeannette	1, 9
					Marino Franchitti	4–10
					Christophe Tinseau	6
TRG	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	M	66	Michael Cawley	1
					Marc Sluszny	1
					Tracy Krohn	1
				67	Pierre Ehret	1
					Kevin Buckler	1
					Andrew Davis	1
J-3 Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	P	78	Michael Cawley	2
					Rick Skelton	2
					Pierre Ehret	5
					David Murry	5
					Tony Burgess	9
					Leh Keen	9
					Marco Petrini	10
					Maurizio Fabris	10
	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		79	Justin Jackson	All
					Tim Sugden	1, 3–5, 7–10
					Niclas Jönsson	1–2, 9
					Michael Galati	6
IN2 Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	96	Michael Vergers	1
					Juan Barazi	1
					Andrew Thompson	1

* Was on the entry list but did not participate in the event.

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers	Results
1	Sebring	#1 ADT Champion Racing	#10 Miracle Motorsports	#57 Aston Martin Racing	#31 Petersen/White Lightning	Results
1	Sebring	JJ Lehto Marco Werner Tom Kristensen	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry Ian James	Darren Turner David Brabham Stéphane Ortelli	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Lucas Luhr	Results
2	Road Atlanta	#1 ADT Champion Racing	#37 Telesis Intersport Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#50 Panoz Motorsports	Results
2	Road Atlanta	JJ Lehto Marco Werner	Jon Field Clint Field	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Bill Auberlen Robin Liddell	Results
3	Mid-Ohio	#16 Dyson Racing	#8 B-K Motorsports^†	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
3	Mid-Ohio	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	James Bach Guy Cosmo	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Results
4	Lime Rock	#1 ADT Champion Racing	#10 Miracle Motorsports	#4 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
4	Lime Rock	JJ Lehto Marco Werner	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Results
5	Infineon	#2 ADT Champion Racing	#37 Intersport Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
5	Infineon	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Clint Field Liz Halliday	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Results
6	Portland	#2 ADT Champion Racing	#37 Intersport Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
6	Portland	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Gregor Fisken Clint Field	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Results
7	Road America	#2 ADT Champion Racing	#10 Miracle Motorsports	#4 Corvette Racing	#31 Petersen/White Lightning	Results
7	Road America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Results
8	Mosport	#16 Dyson Racing	#37 Intersport Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#31 Petersen/White Lightning	Results
8	Mosport	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Clint Field Liz Halliday	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Results
9	Road Atlanta	#2 ADT Champion Racing	#37 Intersport Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#31 Petersen/White Lightning	Results
9	Road Atlanta	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Jon Field Clint Field Liz Halliday	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Results
10	Laguna Seca	#15 Zytek Engineering	#6 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#31 Petersen/White Lightning	Results
10	Laguna Seca	Tom Chilton Hayanari Shimoda	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Results
Source:^[3]

† - The #8 B-K Motorsports entry failed to finish but completed enough laps to score points.

Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:^[4]

20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1

Exceptions were for the 4 Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order:

23-19-16-13-11-9-7-6-5-4

And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:

26-22-19-16-14-12-10-9-8-7

Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP1 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	ADT Champion Racing	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	26	20	13	20	20	20	20	16	26	19	200
2	Dyson Racing	MG-Lola EX257	MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4	19	16	20	13	16	16	16	20	22	16	174
3	Autocon Motorsports	Riley & Scott Mk III C	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8						10	10		16	9	45
4	Zytek Motorsports	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8			10							23	33

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Intersport Racing	Lola B2K/40 Lola B05/40	Judd KV675 3.4L V8 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		20	16		20	20		20	26	11	133
2	Miracle Motorsports	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	26			20	16		20	16		19	117
3	B-K Motorsports	Courage C65	Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor		16	20		13	16		13	22	16	116
4	Van der Steur Racing	Lola B2K/40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		13		16			16			13	58
5	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8										23	23
6	BAT Competition	Lola B2K/40	AER P14 3.0L V6									19		19

GT1 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	26	23	211
2	ACEMCO Motorsports	Saleen S7R	Ford 7.0L V8	16	10	13	13	13		6	13	19	11	114
3	Carsport America	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0L V10	10	6	6		8	8	10	8	10	9	75
4	Pacific Coast Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	12	8	10	8	6	13	8				65
5	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	26								22	16	64

Note - Although Maserati Corse was allowed to race the non-homologated Maserati MC12, it was not allowed to score championship points.

GT2 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Petersen/White Lightning	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	26	13	16	16	16	3	20	20	26	23	179
2	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		16	20	20	20	20	16	16	22	11	161
3	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	19	10	6	13	10	13	13	10	19	13	126
4	BAM!	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		4	8	2	13	16	10	13	14	16	96
5	J3 Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	22	6	13	8	6	6	2	8	12	9	92
6	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8		20	10	6	8	10	8	4		19	85
7	The Racer's Group (TRG)	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	16										16
8	IN2 Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	14										14
9	ZIP Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	12										12

References

^ "Slight Change To ALMS Schedule". DailySportsCar. November 18, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "American LeMans Series - 2005: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "American LeMans Series - Season 2005: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "American LeMans Series - 2005: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

External links

[1] "Slight Change To ALMS Schedule". DailySportsCar. November 18, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[2] "American LeMans Series - 2005: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[3] "American LeMans Series - Season 2005: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[2005Points-4] "American LeMans Series - 2005: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

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