The 2005 Trans-Am Series was the fortieth season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. This would be the final complete season until the series returned in 2009. (Two events were held in Topeka in 2006, [1] but are considered to be exhibition and thus no championship was awarded.)
Round | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning vehicle |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Long Beach | Randy Ruhlman | Chevrolet Corvette |
2 | Portland | Klaus Graf | Jaguar XKR |
3 | Cleveland | Randy Ruhlman | Chevrolet Corvette |
4 | Toronto | Paul Gentilozzi | Jaguar XKR |
5 | Edmonton | Greg Pickett | Jaguar XKR |
6 | San Jose | Boris Said | Ford Mustang |
7 | Denver | Klaus Graf | Jaguar XKR |
8 | Road America | Klaus Graf | Jaguar XKR |
9 | Montreal | Klaus Graf | Jaguar XKR |
Place | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Klaus Graf | 246 |
2 | Randy Ruhlman | 226 |
3 | Greg Pickett | 219 |
4 | Tomy Drissi | 195 |
5 | Joey Scarallo | 188 |
6 | Paul Gentilozzi | 176 |
7 | Hima Maher | 143 |
8 | John Baucom | 129 |
9 | Moneca Kolvyn | 127 |
10 | Paul Fix II | 105 |
11 | Tom Cowen | 92 |
12 | Max Lagod | 73 |
13 | Mike Davis | 70 |
14 | Michael Lewis | 58 |
15 | Philip Simms | 55 |
16 | Boris Said | 54 |
17 | Tor Krueger | 29 |
18 | Charlie Webster | 23 |
19 | Kevin Nielsen | 18 |
20 | Jeff Emery | 17 |
21 | Tom Sherrill | 17 |
22 | Cliff Ebben | 17 |
24 | Amy Ruman | 16 |
25 | James Bradley | 14 |
26 | Blaise Csida | 13 |
27 | Csaba Bujdoso | 12 |
28 | Gordon Vipond | 11 |
29 | John Schaller | 9 |
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