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2005 Atlantic Championship

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.

2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 10th
End dateAugust 28th
Awards
Drivers' championNetherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr.
← 2004
2006 →

Teams and drivers

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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

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Rd Date Race name Track Location
1 April 10   2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
2 May 22   2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico
3 June 18   2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
4 June 19
5 June 25   2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
6 June 26
7 July 10   2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
8 July 17   2005 NAPA Auto Parts Presents the Toyota Atlantic Challenge Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta
9 July 31   2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose Streets of San Jose San Jose, California
10 August 14   2005 BOSPoker.com Toyota Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado
11 August 21   2005 BOSPoker.com Toyota Atlantic Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
12 August 28   2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec

Race results

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Rd Race name Pole Position Fastest Lap Race winner Class 2 Winner
Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Streets of Long Beach   Antoine Bessette   Antoine Bessette   Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group   Justin Sofio
2 Fundidora Park   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports   Tom Nastasi
3 Portland International Raceway   Andreas Wirth   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis   Justin Sofio
4   Tõnis Kasemets   Tõnis Kasemets   Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis   Lee Atkins
5 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport   Tõnis Kasemets   Tõnis Kasemets   Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports   Justin Sofio
6   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports   Dan Cobb
7 Exhibition Place   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Antoine Bessette Polestar Racing Group   Justin Sofio
8 Edmonton City Centre Airport   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group   Justin Sofio
9 Streets of San Jose   Charles Zwolsman Jr.   David Martínez   Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group   Justin Sofio
10 Streets of Denver   Alan Sciuto   Tõnis Kasemets   Andreas Wirth Brooks Associates Racing   Justin Sofio
11 Road America   Tõnis Kasemets   Tõnis Kasemets   Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis   Daryl Leiski
12 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve   David Martínez   David Martínez   Antoine Bessette Polestar Racing Group   Daryl Leiski

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Scoring system

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 31 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • The fastest driver in a qualifying session was awarded one additional point. Only one qualifying session was held on doubleheader weekends.
  • The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
  • The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.
Pos Driver LBH MTY POR CLE 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 POR CLE 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

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References

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