2005 Hurricane Relief 400

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.

2005 Las Vegas

Race details
Race 11 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
Date	September 24, 2005
Official name	Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Course	1.5 Mile Banked Oval 1.500 mi / 2.414 km
Distance	166 laps 249.000 mi / 400.724 km
Weather	Mostly Cloudy (night race)
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	26.381
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	26.336 (on lap 166 of 166)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Jimmy Vasser (PKV Racing)

Qualifying results

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

Race

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

Caution flags

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

Notes

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

• 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
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	310
	2	Oriol Servià	243
	3	Paul Tracy	216
	4	Justin Wilson	214
1	5	Mario Domínguez	186

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Champ Car launches hurricane relief initiative
• Qualifying Results
• Race Results

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