2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen Last updated December 23, 2025 Background The layout of Watkins Glen International NASCAR uses. Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake . It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix , which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship , Trans-Am , Can-Am , NASCAR Sprint Cup Series , the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series .
Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen . The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix . The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.
The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation .
Entry list # Driver Team Make Sponsor 0 Mike Bliss Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet NetZero , Best Buy 1 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Kraft , Ritz 01 Joe Nemechek MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet U. S. Army 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge Sirius , Miller Lite 4 P. J. Jones Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Lucas Oil Stadium 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Viagra 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Chevrolet Jim Bean 07 Dave Blaney Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Budweiser 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers , UAW 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet Valvoline 11 Terry Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet FedEx Kinko's 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge Alltel 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford Subway , National Guard 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford DeWalt 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers , UAW 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet The Home Depot 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Motorcraft Genuine Parts 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge Caterpillar 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet ditech.com , GMAC 27 Tom Hubert Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford Freddie B's 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 32 Ron Fellows PPI Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 36 Boris Said MB Sutton Motorsports Chevrolet Centrix Financial 37 Anthony Lazzaro R&J Racing Dodge Patrón Tequila , BosPoker 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford M&M's 39 Scott Pruett Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Target 40 Sterling Marlin * Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Coors Light 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Target 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Home123 Corp. 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge Cheerios , Betty Crocker 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge Georgia-Pacific Brawny 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge Schwan's Home Service 50 Jorge Goeters Arnold Motorsports Dodge CU National Mortgage 52 José Luis Ramírez ** Rick Ware Racing Dodge Pro30 77 Travis Kvapil Penske Racing Dodge Kodak , Jasper Engines & Transmissions 87 Chris Cook NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Trade Portal 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford UPS 89 Morgan Shepherd ** Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge Racing with Jesus , Red Line Oil 92 Johnny Miller Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet Oak Glove Company 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford Irwin Industrial Tools 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford Office Depot Official entry list
* Marlin would have to sit the weekend out due to attending his father's funeral. While David Stremme would drive the #40 in pre-race activities, he was eventually switched to Scott Pruett for the race after Pruett did not qualify due to qualifying being cancelled. [ 2]
Practice Originally, two practices were scheduled to occur during race weekend. However, rain would cancel Happy Hour, so only one practice would be run. [ 3]
First and final practice The first and final practice was held on 1:20 PM EST , and would last one hour and 20 minutes. [ 3] Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 1:12.264 and an average speed of 122.052 miles per hour (196.424 km/h) . [ 4]
Starting lineup Qualifying would occur on Saturday, August 13, at 11:10 AM EST . Drivers would each have two laps to set a fastest lap- whichever lap was fastest would be their official lap time. [ 3]
However, rain would pour on the track during Anthony Lazzaro 's run. After continuous downpour, NASCAR decided to scrap qualifying and make the starting lineup based on the current 2005 owner's points. As a result, Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole. [ 5]
Race results Fin [ 6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 1 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 92 83 running 190 $269,006 2 39 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Chevrolet 92 2 running 175 $151,345 3 41 36 Boris Said MB Sutton Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 165 $116,460 4 25 40 Scott Pruett Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 92 0 running 160 $129,858 5 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 2 running 160 $136,596 6 4 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge 92 0 running 150 $115,923 7 6 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 92 0 running 146 $94,960 8 22 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 142 $83,060 9 17 01 Joe Nemechek MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 138 $99,638 10 16 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 92 0 running 134 $117,948 11 8 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 92 0 running 130 $97,325 12 12 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 92 0 running 127 $105,641 13 11 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 92 0 running 124 $76,675 14 14 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 2 running 126 $111,121 15 13 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 118 $109,331 16 26 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 92 0 running 115 $92,589 17 21 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 92 0 running 112 $96,630 18 15 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 92 0 running 109 $108,471 19 10 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 92 0 running 106 $78,280 20 29 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 92 0 running 103 $81,993 21 34 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge 92 0 running 100 $85,618 22 9 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 92 0 running 97 $97,298 23 24 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 92 0 running 94 $83,428 24 32 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge 92 0 running 91 $91,496 25 37 32 Ron Fellows PPI Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 88 $72,272 26 27 0 Mike Bliss Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 85 $62,065 27 42 1 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 92 0 running 82 $58,755 28 38 37 Anthony Lazzaro R&J Racing Dodge 92 0 running 79 $61,595 29 40 92 Johnny Miller Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 76 $58,375 30 7 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 92 1 running 78 $103,266 31 31 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 70 $69,615 32 28 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 92 0 running 67 $60,425 33 20 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 64 $68,225 34 30 07 Dave Blaney Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 61 $65,640 35 43 50 Jorge Goeters Arnold Motorsports Dodge 91 1 running 63 $57,500 36 23 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 86 0 engine 55 $91,900 37 35 11 Terry Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 86 0 running 52 $57,200 38 3 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 84 0 running 49 $75,050 39 5 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 80 0 crash 46 $109,350 40 33 77 Travis Kvapil Penske Racing Dodge 76 0 running 43 $64,775 41 19 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 71 1 crash 45 $83,839 42 36 4 P. J. Jones Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 41 0 crash 37 $56,505 43 18 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 0 crash 34 $83,058 Failed to qualify or withdrew 44 39 Scott Pruett Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 45 87 Chris Cook NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 46 27 Tom Hubert Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford WD 52 José Luis Ramírez Rick Ware Racing Dodge WD 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge Official race results
References ↑ "The Daily Reporter from Greenfield, Indiana on August 15, 2005 · Page 16" . June 23, 2020. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2021 . ↑ "Nextel notes: Pruett ends tiring weekend in style" . ESPN.com . August 14, 2005. Retrieved November 16, 2021 . 1 2 3 "Jayski'sฎ Silly Season Site - Race Info / Rundown Page" . March 15, 2006. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2021 . ↑ "NASCAR.com - Races - Practice Results" . December 21, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2005. Retrieved November 16, 2021 . ↑ "www.stockcarfans.com" . June 19, 2006. Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2021 . ↑ "2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen - The Third Turn" . www.thethirdturn.com . Retrieved November 16, 2021 .
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