2005 Infiniti Pro Series

February 2025 Infiniti Pro Series Infiniti Pro Series 2005 14 March 6 October 16 NZL Wade Cunningham USA Brian Stewart Racing NZL Wade Cunningham 2004 2006 thumb|right|250px|Champion Wade Cunningham at St. Petersburgthumb|right|Infiniti Pro Series logo. The 2005 Menards Infiniti Pro Series was the fourth season of the series under the Indy Racing League ownership, and the 20th in Indy NXT combined history, as officially recognized by IndyCar. All teams used Dallara IL-02 chassis and Infiniti engines, a combination that was raced for the first time on road courses.Henry N. https://books.google.com/books?id=pffMCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 Motorsport Going Global: The Challenges Facing the World's Motorsport Industry Angus T. Jenkins M. 2007 978-0230593381 23 In a consistent, and almost winless, rookie year, Wade Cunningham became the champion by scoring his only win of the year in the final round at California Speedway. Driving for the storied Brian Stewart Racing, Cunningham led the championship from the sixth round, despite not scoring a win or a pole position in the first 12 races. At the end of the year, he had a total of 10 podium finishes, seven of those in second place. Jeff Simmons returned to the series full-time, and recovered from a bad first half of the season to score four wins. He repeated his second place finish in the standings from 2003 by beating Travis Gregg, who scored a field-record six pole positions and won three races with defending champions Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Jaime Camara, also driving for Schmidt, won the Freedom 100 from pole position ahead of Cunningham, adding another win at Nashville to finish fifth behind fellow rookie Nick Bussell. With the introduction of road course racing in the IRL IndyCar Series, the Infiniti Pro Series followed suit with four road course races, including his first race outside of the IndyCar bill, the Liberty Challenge held at the Indianapolis road course during the controversial U. S. Grand Prix weekend. Driving a partial schedule, 18-year old Marco Andretti set the standard at the road course races with three wins, being only beaten by Simmons at Watkins Glen. These results, along with a podium finish at Kentucky, were enough to finish 10th in the standings before his IndyCar promotion. Five years after Team Green left Indy Lights, Andretti Green Racing entered the Infiniti Pro Series for the first time at selected rounds. Newly formed IndyCar team Vision Racing also entered the series, while Roth Racing and Racing Professionals went on to contest the full season. Genoa Racing returned and J. L. West Motorsports also entered from the beginning with both teams downsizing halfway through the year, while Michael Crawford Motorsports also debuted with a partial schedule. On the other hand, Mo Nunn Racing's Pro Series operation was disbanded along with the main team, and both Keith Duesenberg Racing and Roquin Motorsports left the series. The series had at least 11 drivers at each round, with 15 competitors at Phoenix and 18 drivers in the Freedom 100. Eight drivers competed in every race, plus Jay Drake at all but one race. At Chicagoland, Sarah McCune became the first woman in series history to score a pole, this being the only start of her career. Marty Roth competed again in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Freedom 100, where he was one of three starters with previous IndyCar experience along with Simmons and Jon Herb, the winner at Phoenix earlier in the year. Team and driver chart TeamNo. Car numberDriversRoundsSam Schmidt Motorsports1BRA Jaime CamaraAll7USA Travis GreggAll8USA Sarah McCune1211CAN Tom Wood4USA P. J. Abbott5, 14USA Rocco DeSimone1319USA Chris FestaAllBrian Stewart Racing3USA Alfred Unser1–4NED Arie Luyendyk Jr.5–10USA Bobby Wilson11–1433NZL Wade CunninghamAllRoth Racing4CAN Marty RothAllAFS Racing5NED Arie Luyendyk Jr.2–3251427USA G. J. Mennen2USA Rocky Moran Jr.4USA Geoff Dodge14Racing Professionals6USA Jon HerbAllVision Racing9USA Ed Carpenter6USA Nick Bussell7–1420USA Jay Drake1–12, 14USA Phil Giebler13Michael Crawford Motorsports11USA Scott Mayer2, 8, 11–12J. L. West Motorsports21USA Nick Bussell1–6Dave McMillan Racing22GBR Scott Mansell11, 13Bullet-Team Motorsports23USA Taylor Fletcher4, 14Kenn Hardley Racing24USA Jeff SimmonsAll42MEX Germán Quiroga4CAN Tom Wood7, 10Andretti Green Racing26USA Marco Andretti3–4, 6, 9, 11, 13Genoa Racing36USA P. J. Chesson1–3IND Imran Husain4USA Larry Connor6, 13Hemelgarn Racing42USA Mishael Abbott1912, 4, 6USA Jerry Coons Jr.7American Revolution Racing77USA Cole Carter4 Schedule thumb|right|250px|Chris Festa, Arie Luyendyk Jr., and Marty Roth The Infiniti Pro Series accompanied the new IndyCar road course events at St. Petersburg, Sonoma and Watkins Glen, while also adding a fourth road course event in Indianapolis as part of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix bill. The oval races at Kansas and Michigan were removed from the schedule, which grew from 12 events to 14. The Texas date was moved to June after the fall event was discontinued by IndyCar, with California Speedway serving as the venue for the season finale. Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation1March 6Homestead-Miami 100 white O silver Homestead–Miami SpeedwayHomestead, Florida2March 19Phoenix 100 white O silver Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona3April 3Grand Prix of St. Petersburg lightblue R silver Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida4May 27Futaba Freedom 100 white O silver Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana5June 11Firestone 100 white O silver Texas Motor SpeedwayFort Worth, Texas6June 18Liberty Challenge lightblue R silver Indianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana7July 16Cleanevent 100 white O silver Nashville SuperspeedwayLebanon, Tennessee8July 24Milwaukee 100 white O silver Milwaukee MileWest Allis, Wisconsin9August 13Bluegrass 100 white O silver Kentucky SpeedwaySparta, Kentucky10August 21Pikes Peak 100 white O silver Pikes Peak International RacewayFountain, Colorado11August 28Sonoma 100 lightblue R silver Infineon RacewaySonoma, California12September 11Chicagoland 100 white O silver Chicagoland SpeedwayJoliet, Illinois13September 25Corning 100 lightblue R silver Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York14October 16California 100 white O silver California SpeedwayFontana, California #FFFFFF O Oval/Speedway solid 1px #AAAAAA lightblue R Road/Street course solid 1px #AAAAAA Race results RoundRacePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam1Homestead–Miami SpeedwayUSA Travis GreggNZL Wade CunninghamUSA Travis GreggUSA Travis GreggSam Schmidt Motorsports2Phoenix International RacewayUSA Travis GreggUSA Chris FestaUSA Jon HerbUSA Jon HerbRacing Professionals3Streets of St. PetersburgUSA Marco AndrettiNZL Wade CunninghamUSA Marco AndrettiUSA Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing4Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayBRA Jaime CamaraUSA Jon HerbBRA Jaime CamaraBRA Jaime CamaraSam Schmidt Motorsports5Texas Motor SpeedwayUSA Travis GreggUSA Nick BussellUSA Travis GreggUSA Travis GreggSam Schmidt Motorsports6Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseUSA Marco AndrettiUSA Marco AndrettiUSA Marco AndrettiUSA Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing7Nashville SuperspeedwayBRA Jaime CamaraNED Arie Luyendyk Jr.BRA Jaime CamaraBRA Jaime CamaraSam Schmidt Motorsports8Milwaukee MileBRA Jaime CamaraUSA Jay DrakeNZL Wade CunninghamUSA Jeff SimmonsKenn Hardley Racing9Kentucky SpeedwayUSA Travis GreggUSA Jay DrakeUSA Travis GreggUSA Travis GreggSam Schmidt Motorsports10Pikes Peak International RacewayUSA Travis GreggUSA Travis GreggUSA Jeff SimmonsUSA Jeff SimmonsKenn Hardley Racing11Infineon RacewayUSA Marco AndrettiUSA Jeff SimmonsUSA Marco AndrettiUSA Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing12Chicagoland SpeedwayUSA Sarah McCuneUSA Jon HerbUSA Jeff SimmonsUSA Jeff SimmonsKenn Hardley Racing13Watkins Glen InternationalNZL Wade CunninghamNZL Wade CunninghamUSA Marco AndrettiUSA Jeff SimmonsKenn Hardley Racing14California SpeedwayUSA Travis GreggUSA Jeff SimmonsNZL Wade CunninghamNZL Wade CunninghamBrian Stewart Racing Championship standings Drivers' Championship Scoring systemIRL Infiniti Pro Series – 2005: Point standings https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/indylights-irl-pro-series/2005-points.html Speedsport Magazine April 2, 2024 Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th Points50403532302826242220191817161514131211 The driver who starts on pole is awarded one point. The driver who leads the most laps in a race is awarded two additional points. PosDriverHOMPHXSTPINDYTXSIMSNSHMILKENPIKSONCHIWGLFONPoints1NZL Wade Cunningham yellow RY darkgray43222242*2521031*50415 point deduction for reckless and overly-aggressive driving at California Cunningham California2USA Jeff Simmons9121278132151*31*124743USA Travis Gregg orange R darkgray1*6661*71081*3651234624USA Nick Bussell orange R darkgray6531554536243554305BRA Jaime Camara orange R darkgray211131*951*5891267104036USA Chris Festa102883371096511443877USA Jon Herb31*111379641111941193648CAN Marty Roth710956811977721073559USA Jay Drake orange R darkgray5131034103648871234110USA Marco Andretti orange R darkgray1*161*31*2*25011NED Arie Luyendyk Jr.45106871010622812USA Alfred Unser1284410613USA Mishael Abbott orange R darkgray891112 8314USA Bobby Wilson orange R darkgray1189138215USA Scott Mayer orange R darkgray71113128016CAN Tom Wood121246817USA P. J. Chesson 111476118USA P. J. Abbott orange R darkgray1184319USA Taylor Fletcher9114120USA Larry Connor orange R darkgray 1484021GBR Scott Mansell orange R darkgray10143622USA Phil Giebler62823USA Sarah McCune orange R darkgray92324USA Jerry Coons Jr. orange R darkgray92225MEX Germán Quiroga orange R darkgray102026USA Ed Carpenter111927USA Rocco DeSimone orange R darkgray131728IND Imran Husain orange R darkgray141629USA Geoff Dodge orange R darkgray141630USA G. J. Mennen151531USA Rocky Moran Jr.171332USA Cole Carter orange R darkgray1812PosDriverHOMPHXSTPINDYTXSIMSNSHMILKENPIKSONCHIWGLFONPointsColorResultGoldWinnerSilver2nd placeBronze3rd placeGreen4th & 5th placeLight Blue6th–10th placeDark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)PurpleDid not finishRedDid not qualify (DNQ)BrownWithdrawn (Wth)BlackDisqualified (DSQ)WhiteDid not start (DNS)BlankDid not participate (DNP)Not competing In-line notationBoldPole position (1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race laps (2 points)1Qualifying cancelled Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes. Footnotes N References Category:Indy Lights seasons Indy Pro Series Infiniti Pro Series