# 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

The 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 14, 2005 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center. Paul Tracy sat on the pole and Sébastien Bourdais won the race.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| 1 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 59.759 | 59.432 | 59.432 |
| 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:00.347 | 59.541 | 59.541 |
| 3 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 1:00.213 | 59.644 | 59.644 |
| 4 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1:00.612 | 59.938 | 59.938 |
| 5 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 1:00.697 | 59.962 | 59.962 |
| 6 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1:01.389 | 59.995 | 59.995 |
| 7 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 1:01.257 | 1:00.156 | 1:00.156 |
| 8 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:01.043 | 1:00.331 | 1:00.331 |
| 9 | Cristiano da Matta | PKV Racing | 1:01.214 | 1:00.493 | 1:00.493 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Rocketsports Racing | 1:00.957 | 1:00.529 | 1:00.529 |
| 11 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:02.235 | 1:00.704 | 1:00.704 |
| 12 | Ricardo Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:01.745 | 1:00.732 | 1:00.732 |
| 13 | Rodolfo Lavín | HVM Racing | 1:01.029 | 1:00.766 | 1:00.766 |
| 14 | Björn Wirdheim | HVM Racing | 1:00.980 | 1:00.863 | 1:00.863 |
| 15 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:01.434 | 1:00.915 | 1:00.915 |
| 16 | Ronnie Bremer | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:01.630 | 1:01.093 | 1:01.093 |
| 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rocketsports Racing | 1:01.342 | 1:01.438 | 1:01.342 |
| 18 | Marcus Marshall | Team Australia | 1:02.651 | 1:02.064 | 1:02.064 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 97 | 1:49:45.135 | 2 | 33 |
| 2 | 7 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 97 | +15.269 secs | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 97 | +17.207 secs | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 97 | +35.775 secs | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | 55 | Rodolfo Lavín | HVM Racing | 97 | +37.629 secs | 13 | 21 |
| 6 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rocketsports Racing | 97 | +43.237 secs | 17 | 20 |
| 7 | 19 | Ronnie Bremer | Dale Coyne Racing | 97 | +47.487 secs | 16 | 17 |
| 8 | 11 | Ricardo Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 97 | +52.470 secs | 12 | 15 |
| 9 | 34 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 97 | +1:02.902 | 15 | 13 |
| 10 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 96 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | 4 | Björn Wirdheim | HVM Racing | 96 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | Marcus Marshall | Team Australia | 94 | + 3 Laps | 18 | 9 |
| 13 | 8 | Timo Glock | Rocketsports Racing | 88 | Gearbox | 10 | 8 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 82 | + 15 Laps | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 65 | In pits | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 62 | Contact | 1 | 8 |
| 17 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 0 | Contact | 5 | 4 |
| 18 | 21 | Cristiano da Matta | PKV Racing | 0 | Contact | 9 | 3 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1-5 | da Matta (21), Wilson (9), Tagliani (15) & Vasser (12) contact |
| 63-69 | Tracy (3) contact |