The 2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. 14 different teams and 27 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Swift chassis and Toyota engines. This season also saw a C2-class running older Swift chassis and Toyota engines. In C2-class 12 different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season. The Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama Drivers' Champion was Charles Zwolsman Jr. driving for Condor Motorsports.
Teams and drivers
Team No Drivers Races Class 1 Jensen MotorSport 2 Adam Pecorari 2 Leonardo Maia 5–6 Eric Jensen 7–8, 12 Ryan Spencer-Smith 9–10 Christopher Prey 11 22 Grant Ryley 9 Polestar Racing Group 3 Antoine Bessette All 12 Katherine Legge All Team Tonis 6 Tõnis Kasemets All US RaceTronics 7 David Martínez 2–12 Brooks Associates Racing 8 Andreas Wirth 1–10 10 Fernando Rees 1 Memo Rojas 2 Al Unser III 3–12 Condor Motorsports 11 Charles Zwolsman Jr. All 41 Phil Giebler 9 Norcold Dyson Racing 16 Chris Dyson 1, 3–6 McAtee Motorsports 19 Brian McAtee 1, 3–4, 9–10 24 Kyle Kelley 1–4, 9–12 Blackforest Motorsports 23 Tom Nastasi 5–7 PR1 Motorsports 27 Alan Sciuto 9–11 The Room Store 49 Dan Selznick 1, 3–6, 9–10, 12 Armsup Motorsports 54 Daniel Di Leo 11 55 Chris Menninga 11 Bite Racing 56 Chris Souliotis 3–12 Blackforest Motorsports 96 Ben Johnston 1–2 Class 2 P-1 Racing 5 Rocky Moran Jr. 1 Team Tonis 9 Dan Cobb 1–10 Bobby Wilson 11 Binder Racing 15 Justin Sofio 1 Mathiasen Motorsports 15 Justin Sofio 3–10 RJS Motorsports 18 Bob Siska 1, 3–12 Blackjack Racing 21 Roger Glover 3–4, 8 Blackforest Motorsports 23 Tom Nastasi 1–2 Condor Motorsports 31 Tim Hauraney 3–4, 7 US RaceTronics 32 Roby Feazell 1 Atkins Racing 48 Lee Atkins 1, 3–4, 9–12 Bite Racing 63 Daryl Leiski 3–12 Comprent Motorsports 66 Rich Zober 5–6 Ishikawa Racing 71 Mark Ishikawa 1–4, 9
Schedule
Rd Date Race name Track Location 1 April 10 2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 2 May 22 2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico 3 June 18 2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 4 June 19 5 June 25 2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio 6 June 26 7 July 10 2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 8 July 17 2005 NAPA Auto Parts Presents the Toyota Atlantic Challenge Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 9 July 31 2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose Streets of San Jose San Jose, California 10 August 14 2005 BOSPoker.com Toyota Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado 11 August 21 2005 BOSPoker.com Toyota Atlantic Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 12 August 28 2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec
Race results
RdRace namePole PositionFastest LapRace winnerClass 2 Winner Winning driver Winning team 1 Streets of Long Beach Antoine Bessette Antoine Bessette Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group Justin Sofio 2 Fundidora Park Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports Tom Nastasi 3 Portland International Raceway Andreas Wirth Charles Zwolsman Jr. Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis Justin Sofio 4 Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis Lee Atkins 5 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports Justin Sofio 6 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports Dan Cobb 7 Exhibition Place Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Antoine Bessette Polestar Racing Group Justin Sofio 8 Edmonton City Centre Airport Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group Justin Sofio 9 Streets of San Jose Charles Zwolsman Jr. David Martínez Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group Justin Sofio 10 Streets of Denver Alan Sciuto Tõnis Kasemets Andreas Wirth Brooks Associates Racing Justin Sofio 11 Road America Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis Daryl Leiski 12 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve David Martínez David Martínez Antoine Bessette Polestar Racing Group Daryl Leiski
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points3127252321191715131110987654321
The fastest driver in a qualifying session was awarded one additional point. Only one qualifying session was held on doubleheader weekends. The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.
Pos Driver LBH MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN ROA MTL Pts Class 1 1 3 1 2 8 1 1 12 2 3 3 6 6 306 2 Tõnis Kasemets 15 2 1 1 2 4 8 5 19 8 1 2 289 3 Katherine Legge 1 5 9 3 16 5 6 1 1 17 2 4 267 4 Antoine Bessette 2 4 5 5 14 2 1 4 15 4 13 1 267 5 David Martínez 3 6 4 15 8 2 8 2 5 3 3 238 6 Andreas Wirth 17 8 3 2 3 3 3 3 5 1 234 7 Al Unser III 7 6 4 7 4 6 6 7 4 5 198 8 Kyle Kelley 8 6 4 DSQ 18 6 5 13 122 9 Chris Souliotis 19 15 12 14 13 12 13 13 10 9 115 10 Dan Selznick 7 10 18 17 10 10 9 7 106 11 Chris Dyson 4 8 7 5 6 95 12 Alan Sciuto 4 2 7 69 13 Brian McAtee 14 15 13 20 15 56 14 Eric Jensen 5 7 8 54 15 Tom Nastasi 6 16 11 44 16 Leonardo Maia 11 9 30 17 Ryan Spencer-Smith 12 18 19 18 Memo Rojas 7 17 19 Grant Ryley 7 17 20 Phil Giebler 8 15 21 Daniel Di Leo 8 15 22 Chris Menninga 9 13 23 Ben Johnston DNS 12 13 24 Fernando Rees 16 13 25 Adam Pecorari 13 11 26 Christopher Prey 15 9 Class 2 1 Justin Sofio 5 11 10 7 15 7 9 9 10 273 2 Daryl Leiski 14 11 13 12 9 13 17 11 11 10 263 3 Bob Siska 11 13 16 10 17 10 14 11 14 14 11 257 4 Dan Cobb 6 10 18 19 9 11 14 10 14 16 240 5 Lee Atkins 12 16 9 Wth 12 12 12 153 6 Mark Ishikawa 9 11 DNS 17 16 90 7 Tim Hauraney 12 12 15 71 8 Roger Glover 17 14 11 65 9 Rich Zober 8 13 52 10 Tom Nastasi DNS 9 33 11 Rocky Moran Jr. 10 25 12 Roby Feazell 13 17 Pos Driver LBH MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN ROA MTL Pts Color Result GoldWinner Silver2nd place Bronze3rd place Green4th & 5th place Light Blue6th–10th place Dark BlueFinished(Outside Top 10) PurpleDid not finish RedDid not qualify(DNQ) BrownWithdrawn(Wth) BlackDisqualified(DSQ)White Did Not Start(DNS) Race abandoned(C) BlankDid notparticipate In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led race laps ↑ Improved the most places (RY) Rookie of the Year (R) Rookie
See also 2005 Champ Car season 2005 Indianapolis 500 2005 IndyCar Series season 2005 Infiniti Pro Series season
External links ChampCarStats.com
References