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2005 Hurricane Relief 400
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United States Las Vegas Las Vegas Motor Speedway diagram.svg September 24 2005 Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 11 13 Champ Car Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas, Nevada, United States 1.5 Mile Banked Oval 1.500 2.414 166 249.000 400.724 Mostly Cloudy (night race) Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 26.381 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 26.336 166 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing Spain Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing USA
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
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 US 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 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 1 26.800 9 UK 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 USA 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
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 US 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 US Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 165 + 1 Lap 16 11 11 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 164 + 2 Laps 9 10 12 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 164 + 2 Laps 4 9 13 10 US 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
Laps Cause124-139 Tracy (3) contact; Yellow Restart
Notes
Laps Leader1-6 Sébastien Bourdais7-39 Paul Tracy40-42 Oriol Servià43-48 Paul Tracy49 Sébastien Bourdais50-81 Paul Tracy82-83 Sébastien Bourdais84-86 Oriol Servià87-96 Paul Tracy97 Sébastien Bourdais98-123 Paul Tracy124-166 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 107Sébastien Bourdais 53Oriol Servià 6
New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:26:22.636
Average Speed 172.962 mph
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 310 10px 2 Spain Oriol Servià 243 10px 3 Canada Paul Tracy 216 10px 4 UK Justin Wilson 214 10px 1 5 Mexico Mario Domínguez 186
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
External links
https://archive.today/20130129004327/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=200749&FS=INDYCAR Champ Car launches hurricane relief initiative el
https://archive.today/20130129070513/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=201611&FS=INDYCAR Qualifying Results el
Race Results
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