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2005 Hurricane Relief 400

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United States 2005 Las Vegas
Race details
Race 11 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
DateSeptember 24, 2005
Official nameChamp Car Hurricane Relief 400
LocationLas Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Course1.5 Mile Banked Oval
1.500 mi / 2.414 km
Distance166 laps
249.000 mi / 400.724 km
WeatherMostly Cloudy (night race)
Pole position
DriverSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time26.381
Fastest lap
DriverSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time26.336 (on lap 166 of 166)
Podium
FirstSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
SecondOriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)
ThirdJimmy Vasser (PKV Racing)

The 2005 Hurricane Relief 400 was the eleventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 24, 2005, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race victory. With the dissolution of the Champ Car World Series in 2008, this was the final Champ Car race to take place on a high-banked oval of more than a mile in length. Proceeds for the event were donated to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita relief efforts.

Qualifying results

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Pos Nat Name Team Best Lap Time
1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1 26.381
2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 2 26.388
3 United States Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 1 26.477
4 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 1 26.632
5 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 2 26.635
6 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 2 26.638
7 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 1 26.732
8 United States A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 1 26.800
9 United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1 26.860
10 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 1 26.974
11 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 2 26.985
12 Denmark Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 1 26.995
13 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1 27.026
14 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1 27.037
15 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 2 27.110
16 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 2 27.175
17 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1 27.250
18 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 1 27.423

Race

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Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 166 1:26:22.636 1 34
2 2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 166 +0.312 secs 2 28
3 12 United States Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 166 +3.604 secs 3 25
4 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 166 +7.169 secs 6 23
5 55 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 166 +7.538 secs 7 21
6 4 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 166 +7.555 secs 5 19
7 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 166 +8.162 secs 13 17
8 8 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 165 + 1 Lap 15 16
9 5 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 165 + 1 Lap 10 13
10 31 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 165 + 1 Lap 16 11
11 9 United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT 164 + 2 Laps 9 10
12 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 164 + 2 Laps 4 9
13 10 United States A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 163 + 3 Laps 8 8
14 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 162 + 4 Laps 17 7
15 11 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 161 + 5 Laps 18 6
16 34 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 127 Contact 11 5
17 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 123 Contact 14 5
18 19 Denmark Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 41 Pit Incident 12 3

Caution flags

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Laps Cause
124-139 Tracy (3) contact; Yellow Restart

Notes

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Laps Leader
1-6 Sébastien Bourdais
7-39 Paul Tracy
40-42 Oriol Servià
43-48 Paul Tracy
49 Sébastien Bourdais
50-81 Paul Tracy
82-83 Sébastien Bourdais
84-86 Oriol Servià
87-96 Paul Tracy
97 Sébastien Bourdais
98-123 Paul Tracy
124-166 Sébastien Bourdais
 
Driver Laps led
Paul Tracy 107
Sébastien Bourdais 53
Oriol Servià 6

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Sébastien Bourdais 310
2 Spain Oriol Servià 243
3 Canada Paul Tracy 216
4 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 214
1 5 Mexico Mario Domínguez 186
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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2005 Molson Indy Montreal
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2005 Lexmark Indy 300

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