# 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.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No | Drivers | Races |
| Class 1 ||||
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Adam Pecorari | 2 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Leonardo Maia | 5-6 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Eric Jensen | 7-8, 12 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Ryan Spencer-Smith | 9-10 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Christopher Prey | 11 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 22 | Grant Ryley | 9 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 3 | Antoine Bessette | All |
| Polestar Racing Group | 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 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Fernando Rees | 1 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Memo Rojas | 2 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Al Unser III | 3-12 |
| Condor Motorsports | 11 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | All |
| Condor Motorsports | 41 | Phil Giebler | 9 |
| Norcold Dyson Racing | 16 | Chris Dyson | 1, 3-6 |
| McAtee Motorsports | 19 | Brian McAtee | 1, 3-4, 9-10 |
| McAtee Motorsports | 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 |
| Armsup Motorsports | 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 |
| Team Tonis | 9 | 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

| 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 | 2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 5 | June 25 | 2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 6 | June 26 | 2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 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

| Rd | Race name | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Race winner | Race winner | Class 2 Winner |
| Rd | Race name | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Class 2 Winner |
| 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 | Portland International Raceway | 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 | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | 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
### Drivers' Championship

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 | POR | CLE | 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 | POR | CLE | 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) |
| White | 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 |