2005 Rolex Sports Car Series

Last updated November 28, 2025

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.

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	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Rolex 24 at Daytona	24 hours	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	February 5–6
2	Grand Prix of Miami	250 miles	Homestead–Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 5
3	Ferrari Maserati 400	400 km	California Speedway	Fontana, California	April 3
4	Road & Track 250	250 miles	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	May 1
5	6 Hours of Mont-Tremblant	6 hours	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec	May 21
6	Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen	6 hours	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 12
7	Brumos Porsche 250	250 miles	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	June 30
8	Porsche 250	250 miles	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	July 31
9	CompUSA 200 at the Glen	200 miles	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 12
10	EMCO Gears Classic	250 miles	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 27
11	Phoenix 250^†	250 miles	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	September 9 (GT) September 10 (DP)
12	Crown Royal 250 at the Glen	250 miles	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	September 24
13	VIR 400	400 km	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	October 9
14	Mexico City 250	250 miles	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexico City, Mexico	November 5

† - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races at Phoenix.

Entries

Daytona Prototype (DP)

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
CITGO - Howard-Boss Motorsports Howard-Boss Motorsports	Crawford DP03	Pontiac	2	Milka Duno	All
				Andy Wallace	2–6, 8, 10–14
				Jan Lammers	5–7, 9
				Dario Franchitti	1
				Marino Franchitti	1
				Dan Wheldon	1
			4	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	All
				Butch Leitzinger	All
				Jimmie Johnson	1
			20	Tony Stewart	1, 7, 9
				Andy Wallace	1, 7, 9
				Jan Lammers	1
				Paul Edwards	3
				Chris Dyson	3
			06	Chris Dyson	6, 9, 12–13
				Harrison Brix	6–7, 9, 12–13
				Rob Dyson	6–7, 12
Cegwa Sports / Southard Motorsports Southard Motorsports	Fabcar FDSC/03 (round 1) Riley MkXI	Lexus (round 1) BMW	3	Darius Grala	All
				Shane Lewis	All
				Bohdan Kroczek	1
				Mark Patterson	1
				Quentin Wahl	1
Essex Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	5	James Gue	1, 7, 11
				Harrison Brix	1
				Chris Dyson	1
				Rob Dyson	1
				Joe Pruskowski	2–5
				Justin Pruskowski	2–5
				Ross Bentley	5
				Dominic Cicero	6–7
				Jorge Goeters	6, 9
				Tom Nastasi	6
				Colin Braun	8, 13
				Brad Coleman	8, 13
				Eduardo Goeters	9
				Rob Morgan	10–11
				Charles Morgan	10
				Patrick Flanagan	12
				Patrick Long	12
				Rob Finlay	14
				Michael Valiante	14
Michael Shank Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	6	Mike Borkowski	All
				Paul Mears Jr.	1–3, 6–7, 10, 12–13
				Ken Wilden	4–5, 8–9, 14
				Duncan Dayton	1, 5–6
				Larry Connor	1
				Oswaldo Negri Jr.	11
		Lexus	60	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	4, 10, 12–14
		Lexus	60	Mark Patterson	4, 10, 12–14
Tuttle Team Racing / SAMAX	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	7	Brian Tuttle	7–10, 12–14
				Kyle Petty	7, 9
				Tony Ave	7
				Jonathan Cochet	8, 10
				Bas Leinders	12
				Bryan Sellers	13
				Mário Haberfeld	14
Synergy Racing	Doran JE4	BMW	8	Brian Frisselle	All
				Burt Frisselle	All
				Thomas Erdos	1
				Mike Newton	1
	Picchio DP2		86	Steve Marshall	1
				Peyton Sellers	1
				Arthur Urciuoli	1
				Jason Workman	1
Hyper Sport	Doran JE4	Infiniti	9	Joe Foster	1–2, 4
				Rick Skelton	1–2, 4
				David Donner	1
				Blake Rosser	1
				B. J. Zacharias	1
Suntrust Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	10	Max Angelelli	All
				Wayne Taylor	All
				Emmanuel Collard	1
Chase Competition Engineering/CB Motorsports CB Motorsports	Riley MkXI	Lexus (rounds 3–7) Pontiac	15	Hugo Guenette	3–7, 9–13
				Chris Bingham	3–7, 9–11, 13
				Jacques Guenette	5–6
		Pontiac		Terry Borcheller	12–13
	Chase CCE-001		18	Chris Bingham	1–2
				Johnny Miller	1, 13
				Tony Burgess	1
				Steven Ivankovich	1
				Vic Rice	1
				Hugo Guenette	2
				Zach Arnold	13
Ten Motorsports Finlay Motorsports	Riley MkXI	BMW	19	Michael McDowell	1–11, 13–14
				Memo Gidley	1–2, 4–14
				Michael Valiante	1, 3, 12
				Jonathan Bomarito	1
Westernesse Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	25	Dominic Cicero	2–4
Westernesse Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	25	Chad McQueen	2–4
Brumos Racing Red Bull Brumos Racing	Fabcar FDSC/03	Porsche	29	Brady Refenning	1
				Jake Vargo	1
				Josh Vargo	1
				Tim Vargo	1
			58	David Donohue	All
				Darren Law	All
				Sascha Maassen	1, 5
				Lucas Luhr	1, 6
			59	Lucas Luhr	5
				J. C. France	All
				Hurley Haywood	All
				Timo Bernhard	1, 6
				Romain Dumas	1
				Mike Rockenfeller	1
Margraf Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	31	Charles Morgan	4
				Rob Morgan	4
				Tony Ave	13
				Skip Cummins	13
Orbit Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	39	Guy Smith	1–7
				Jim Matthews	1–5, 7
				Marcel Tiemann	5–6
				Marc Goossens	1
				Scott Sharp	1
ADI Motorsports	Picchio DP2	BMW	40	Shawn Bayliff	13
ADI Motorsports	Picchio DP2	BMW	40	Derek Hill	13
Doran Racing Doran Labonte Racing	Doran JE4	Pontiac	44	Bobby Labonte	1, 7–9
				Terry Labonte	1, 7, 9
				Bryan Herta	1
				Jan Magnussen	1
				Roberto Moreno	8
		Lexus (rounds 1–7) Ford	77	Matteo Bobbi	All
				Fabrizio Gollin	All
				Didier Theys	1
Multimatic Motorsports	Multimatic MDP1	Ford	49	Greg Biffle	1
				Kurt Busch	1
				Matt Kenseth	1
				Scott Maxwell	1
Blackforest Motorsports	Multimatic MDP1	Ford	50	Jeff Bucknum	1
				Travis Duder	1
				Tom Nastasi	1
				Doug Peterson	1
				Henri Zogaib	1
Kodak-Bell Motorsports	Doran JE4	Pontiac	54	Terry Borcheller	1–11
				Ralf Kelleners	1, 3–11
				Christian Fittipaldi	1–2
				Forest Barber	1, 6
				Paul Tracy	1
Krohn Racing/TRG	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	66	Jörg Bergmeister	All
				Max Papis	1–2, 4, 7, 10, 12–14
				Christian Fittipaldi	3, 5–6, 8–9, 11
				Oliver Gavin	1
			67	Niclas Jönsson	All
				Tracy Krohn	1–10, 12–14
				Jimmy Morales	1
				Buddy Rice	1
				Boris Said	1
				Max Papis	11
Robinson Racing	Riley MkXI	Lexus	74	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	1
				Paul Dallenbach	1
				George Robinson	1
				Johnny Unser	1
Newman/Haas Racing / Silverstone Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	79	Mike Brockman	1
				Sébastien Bourdais	1
				Cristiano da Matta	1
				Paul Newman	1
Pacific Coast Motorsports	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	89	Ryan Dalziel	14
Pacific Coast Motorsports	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	89	Alex Figge	14
Gainsco/Blackhawk Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	99	Alex Gurney	4, 7–14
Gainsco/Blackhawk Racing	Riley MkXI	Pontiac	99	Bob Stallings	4, 7–14
CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates	Riley MkXI	Lexus	01	Luis Díaz	All
				Scott Pruett	All
				Ryan Briscoe	1
New Century Mtg / Chip Ganassi with Sabates			02	Stefan Johansson	All
				Cort Wagner	All
				Jamie McMurray	1
Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates			03	Scott Dixon	1
				Darren Manning	1
				Casey Mears	1
Spirit of Daytona Racing	Crawford DP03	Pontiac	07	Roberto Moreno	2, 5–7, 11
				Bob Ward	2, 5–7, 11
				Henri Zogaib	5–6
			09	Doug Goad	All
				Stéphan Grégoire	1–8
				Marc-Antoine Camirand	5, 9–14
				Roberto Moreno	1
				Bob Ward	1

Results

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	DP Winning Teams	GT Winning Teams
Rnd	Circuit	DP Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#10 SunTrust Racing	#71 Farnbacher Racing USA
1	Daytona	Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard	Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Shawn Price
2	Homestead	#10 SunTrust Racing	#65 Auto Gallery/TRG
2	Homestead	Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Marc Bunting Andy Lally
3	California	#01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates	#21 Prototype Technology Group
3	California	Luis Díaz Scott Pruett	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand
4	Laguna Seca	#01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates	#16 Prototype Technology Group
4	Laguna Seca	Luis Díaz Scott Pruett	Bill Auberlen Tom Milner Justin Marks
5	Mont-Tremblant	#2 CITGO Howard-Boss Motorsports	#22 Prototype Technology Group
5	Mont-Tremblant	Milka Duno Andy Wallace Jan Lammers	Ian James Joey Hand
6	Watkins Glen	#67 Krohn Racing/TRG	#14 Autometrics Motorsports
6	Watkins Glen	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Wolf Henzler Leh Keen Cory Friedman
7	Daytona	#4 Howard-Boss Motorsports	#16 Prototype Technology Group
7	Daytona	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger	Bill Auberlen Justin Marks
8	Barber	#10 SunTrust Racing	#16 Prototype Technology Group
8	Barber	Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Bill Auberlen Justin Marks
9	Watkins Glen	#10 SunTrust Racing	#64 TRG
9	Watkins Glen	Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen
10	Mid-Ohio	#4 Howard-Boss Motorsports	#21 Prototype Technology Group
10	Mid-Ohio	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger	Kelly Collins Tom Milner
11^†	Phoenix	#66 Krohn Racing/TRG	#64 TRG
11^†	Phoenix	Jörg Bergmeister Christian Fittipaldi	Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen
12	Watkins Glen	#10 SunTrust Racing	#65 TRG
12	Watkins Glen	Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Marc Bunting Andy Lally
13	Virginia	#01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates	#21 Prototype Technology Group
13	Virginia	Luis Díaz Scott Pruett	Bill Auberlen Tom Milner
14	Mexico City	#19 Finlay Motorsports	#64 TRG
14	Mexico City	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.^[1]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30+
Points	35	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championships

Standings: Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)

Pos.	Drivers	DAY	HMS	FON	LGA	MTR	WGL	DAY	BAR	WGL	MDO	PHX	WGL	VIR	MEX	Points
1	Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	1	1	2	4	6	6	2	1	1	3	2	1	4	2	439
2	Scott Pruett Luis Díaz	7	5	1	1	3	3	6	4	4	2	16	2	1	3	405
3	Butch Leitzinger Elliott Forbes-Robinson	2	2	16	2	11	7	1	11	5	1	3	15	14	5	360
4	Jorg Bergmeister	10	3	10	10	5	2	3	9	3	5	1	17	11	9	350
5	Stefan Johansson Cort Wagner	4	7	6	17	2	5	13	7	7	13	4	6	5	4	340
6	Memo Gidley	19	10		7	4	4	4	2	20	4	6	5	20	1	309
7	Michael McDowell	19	10	7	7	4	4	4	2	20	4	6		20	1	307
8	Milka Duno	16	9	4	13	1	12	5	20	6	20	9	21	2	20	285
9	Niclas Jönsson	11	4	5	16	18	1	8	19	23	6	19	10	21	7	272
10	Mike Borkowski	22	13	3	5	13	19	16	3	9	21	5	7	16	8	268
11	Matteo Bobbi Fabrizio Gollin	5	11	14	11	17	14	22	10	10	8	14	19	3	10	268
12	David Donohue Darren Law	8	8	9	14	7	21	7	6	8	19	8	18	18	16	267
13	Andy Wallace	3	9	4	13	1	12	18	20	21	20	9	21	2	20	261
14	Darius Grala Shane Lewis	14	12	11	8	15	11	14	17	22	10	11	13	6	14	256
15	Tracy Krohn	11	4	5	16	18	1	8	19	23	6		10	21	7	247
16	Terry Borcheller	23	6	8	3	10	17	25	5	12	12	15	4	23		243
17	Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle	17	15	18	23	9	9	19	16	11	7	17	14	19	13	227
18	Hurley Haywood J. C. France	21	14	15	21	12	16	11	15	15	15	10	12	17	17	223
19	Doug Goad	28	19	19	19	8	15	10	18	13	16	13	16	15	18	207
20	Christian Fittipaldi	23	6	10		5	2		9	3		1				199
21	Max Papis	10	3		10			3			5	19	17	11	9	196
22	Bob Stallings				6			9	8	2	11	18	11	24	8	182
23	Ralf Kelleners	23		8	3	10	17	25	5	12	12	15				176
24	Alex Gurney				6			9	8	2	11	18	11	24	8	175
25	Hugo Guenette		16	13	20	14	18	20		16	18	7	4	23		173
26	Chris Bingham	24	16	13	20	14	18	20		16	18	7		23		144
27	Jan Lammers	3				1	12	5		6						135
28	Paul Mears Jr.	22	13	3			19	16			21		7	16		133
29	Oswaldo Negri Jr.				9						17	5	3	10	19	125
30	Brian Tuttle							17	12	19	9		8	12	15	125
31	Marc-Antoine Camirand					8				13	16	13	16	15	18	118
32	Mark Patterson	14			9						17		3	10	19	116
33	Stéphan Grégoire	28	19	19	19	8	15	10	18							112
34	Harrison Brix	13					13	21		17			20	7		95
35	Ken Wilden				5	13			3	9					8	89
36	Guy Smith	26	20	20	12	19	8	23								89
37	Chris Dyson	13		21			13			17			20	7		84
38	Michael Valiante	19		7									5		12	81
39	Roberto Moreno	28	18			16	10	24	14			28				80
40	Bobby Labonte	9						15	14	14						72
41	Dominic Cicero		17	12	22		20	12								72
42	Bob Ward	28	18			16	10	24				28				70
43	Rob Dyson	13					13	21					20			57
44	James Gue	13						12				12				56
45	Terry Labonte	9						15		14						55
46	Jim Matthews	26	20	20	12	19		23								54
47	Tony Stewart	3						18		21						53
48	Lucas Luhr	8				12	21									52
49	Rob Morgan				15						14	12				52
50	Sascha Maassen	8				7										47
51	Chad McQueen		17	12	22											42
52	Jonathan Cochet								12		9					41
53	Colin Braun Brad Coleman								13					9		40
54	Henri Zogaib	27				16	10									40
55	Duncan Dayton	22				13	19									39
56	Joe Pruskowski Justin Pruskowski		22	17	18	DNS										36
57	Emmanuel Collard	1														35
58	Charles Morgan				15						14					33
59	Jimmie Johnson	2														32
60	Tony Ave							17						13		32
61	Johnny Miller	24												8		30
62	Jacques Guenette					14	18									30
63	Jamie McMurray	4														28
64	Didier Theys	5														26
65	Kyle Petty							17		19						26
66	Scott Dixon Darren Manning Casey Mears	6														25
=	Ryan Dalziel Alex Figge														6	25
67	Timo Bernhard	21					16									25
68	Ryan Briscoe	7														24
69	Jorge Goeters						20			18						24
70	Marcel Tiemann						8									23
=	Bas Leinders												8			23
=	Zach Arnold													8		23
71	Joe Foster Rick Skelton	18	21		DNS											23
72	Bryan Herta Jan Magnussen	9														22
=	Patrick Flanagan Patrick Long												9			22
73	Oliver Gavin	10														21
74	Jimmy Morales Buddy Rice Boris Said	11														20
75	Wally Dallenbach Jr. Paul Dallenbach George Robinson Johnny Unser	12														19
=	Bryan Sellers													12		19
=	Rob Finlay														12	19
76	Skip Cummins													13		18
77	Bohdan Kroczek Quentin Wahl	14														17
78	Greg Biffle Kurt Busch Matt Kenseth Scott Maxwell	15														16
=	Mário Haberfeld														15	16
79	Dario Franchitti Marino Franchitti Dan Wheldon	16														15
80	Tom Nastasi	27					20									15
81	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton	17														14
82	David Donner Blake Rosser B. J. Zacharias	18														13
=	Eduardo Goeters									18						13
83	Jonathan Bomarito	19														12
84	Brady Refenning Jake Vargo Josh Vargo Tim Vargo	20														11
85	Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	21														10
=	Paul Edwards			21												10
86	Larry Connor	22														9
=	Shawn Bayliff Derek Hill													22		9
87	Forest Barber	23					17									8
=	Paul Tracy	23														8
88	Tony Burgess Steven Ivankovich Vic Rice	24														7
89	Mike Brockman Sébastien Bourdais Cristiano da Matta Paul Newman	25														6
90	Marc Goossens Scott Sharp	26														5
91	Jeff Bucknum Travis Duder Doug Peterson	27														4
92	Steve Marshall Peyton Sellers Arthur Urciuoli Jason Workman	29														2
Pos.	Drivers	DAY	HMS	FON	LGA	MTR	WGL	DAY	BAR	WGL	MDO	PHX	WGL	VIR	MEX	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

Grand Touring

Drivers (Top 10)

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Craig Stanton	377
2	Marc Bunting	376
2	Andy Lally	376
3	David Murry	359
4	Joey Hand	337
8	Leh Keen	333
8	Cory Friedman	333
6	Tommy Milner	323
7	Justin Marks	323
8	Bill Auberlen	321
9	Jim Tafel Jr.	307
9	Andrew Davis	307
10	Ian James	282

References

↑ 2005 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - Driver Point Standings Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine

External links

The official website of Grand-Am
Grand American Road Racing Association - 2005 season archive
World Sports Racing Prototypes - Rolex Sports Car Series 2005

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[1] 2005 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - Driver Point Standings Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine

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