2005 Atlantic Championship

2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 10th
End date	August 28th
Awards
Drivers' champion	Charles Zwolsman Jr.

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 and Results

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class 2 Winner
1	April 10	Long Beach	Antoine Bessette	Antoine Bessette	Katherine Legge	Polestar Racing Group	Justin Sofio
2	May 22	Monterrey	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Condor Motorsports	Tom Nastasi
3	June 18	Portland	Andreas Wirth	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Tõnis Kasemets	Team Tonis	Justin Sofio
4	June 19		Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Team Tonis	Lee Atkins
5	June 25	Cleveland	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Condor Motorsports	Justin Sofio
6	June 26		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Condor Motorsports	Dan Cobb
7	July 10	Toronto	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Antoine Bessette	Polestar Racing Group	Justin Sofio
8	July 17	Edmonton	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Katherine Legge	Polestar Racing Group	Justin Sofio
9	July 31	San Jose	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	David Martínez	Katherine Legge	Polestar Racing Group	Justin Sofio
10	August 14	Denver	Alan Sciuto	Tõnis Kasemets	Andreas Wirth	Brooks Associates Racing	Justin Sofio
11	August 21	Elkhart Lake	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Team Tonis	Daryl Leiski
12	August 28	Montréal	David Martínez	David Martínez	Antoine Bessette	Polestar Racing Group	Daryl Leiski

Final driver standings

Note:

Race 3, 4, 5 and 6 only one additional point awarded to the fastest qualifier, because only one session was held for each race.

In all races not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver LBH MTY PL1 PL2 CL1 CL2 TOR EDM SJO DEN ROA MTL Pts Class 1 1 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 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 PL1 PL2 CL1 CL2 TOR EDM SJO DEN ROA MTL Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did Not Start (DNS) Race abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate 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