# 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series

The 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the sixth season of the Rolex Sports Car Series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. The format was reduced to two classes, Daytona Prototypes (DP) and Grand Touring (GT). 14 races were run from February 5, 2005 to November 5, 2005. Laguna-Seca and Hermanos Rodríguez were added. It set the record for the longest Rolex season.

## Schedule

| Rnd | Race | Length/Duration | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Rolex 24 at Daytona | 24 Hours | Daytona International Speedway | February 5 February 6 |
| 2 | Grand Prix of Miami | 250 Miles | Homestead-Miami Speedway | March 5 |
| 3 | Ferrari Maserati 400 | 400 km | California Speedway | April 3 |
| 4 | Road & Track 250 | 250 Miles | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | May 1 |
| 5 | 6 Hours of Mont-Tremblant | 6 Hours | Circuit Mont-Tremblant | May 21 |
| 6 | Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen | 6 Hours | Watkins Glen International | June 12 |
| 7 | Brumos Porsche 250 | 250 Miles | Daytona International Speedway | June 30 |
| 8 | Porsche 250 | 400 km | Barber Motorsports Park | July 31 |
| 9 | CompUSA 200 at the Glen | 200 Miles | Watkins Glen International | August 12 |
| 10 | EMCO Gears Classic | 400 km | Mid-Ohio | August 27 |
| 11 | Phoenix 250$^†$ | 250 Miles | Phoenix International Raceway | September 9 (GT) September 10 (DP) |
| 12 | Crown Royal 250 at the Glen | 250 Miles | Watkins Glen International | September 24 |
| 13 | VIR 400 | 400 km | Virginia International Raceway | October 9 |
| 14 | Mexico City 250 | 250 Miles | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | November 5 |
† - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races at Phoenix.

## Results

Overall winners in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | DP Winning Teams | GT Winning Teams |
| Rnd | Circuit | DP Winning Drivers | GT Winning Drivers |
| 1 | Daytona | #10 SunTrust Racing | #71 Farnbacher Racing USA |
| 1 | Daytona | Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard | Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Shawn Price |
| 2 | Homestead | #10 SunTrust Racing | #65 Auto Gallery/TRG |
| 2 | Homestead | Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor | Marc Bunting Andy Lally |
| 3 | California | #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates | #21 Prototype Technology Group |
| 3 | California | Luis Díaz Scott Pruett | Bill Auberlen Joey Hand |
| 4 | Laguna Seca | #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates | #16 Prototype Technology Group |
| 4 | Laguna Seca | Luis Díaz Scott Pruett | Bill Auberlen Tom Milner Justin Marks |
| 5 | Mont-Tremblant | #2 CITGO Howard-Boss Motorsports | #22 Prototype Technology Group |
| 5 | Mont-Tremblant | Milka Duno Andy Wallace Jan Lammers | Ian James Joey Hand |
| 6 | Watkins Glen | #67 Krohn Racing/TRG | #14 Autometrics Motorsports |
| 6 | Watkins Glen | Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson | Wolf Henzler Leh Keen Cory Friedman |
| 7 | Daytona | #4 Howard-Boss Motorsports | #16 Prototype Technology Group |
| 7 | Daytona | Elliot Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger | Bill Auberlen Justin Marks |
| 8 | Barber | #10 SunTrust Racing | #16 Prototype Technology Group |
| 8 | Barber | Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor | Bill Auberlen Justin Marks |
| 9 | Watkins Glen | #10 SunTrust Racing | #64 TRG |
| 9 | Watkins Glen | Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor | Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen |
| 10 | Mid-Ohio | #4 Howard-Boss Motorsports | #21 Prototype Technology Group |
| 10 | Mid-Ohio | Elliot Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger | Kelly Collins Tom Milner |
| 11$^†$ | Phoenix | #66 Krohn Racing/TRG | #64 TRG |
| 11$^†$ | Phoenix | Jörg Bergmeister Christian Fittipaldi | Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen |
| 12 | Watkins Glen | #10 SunTrust Racing | #65 TRG |
| 12 | Watkins Glen | Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor | Marc Bunting Andy Lally |
| 13 | Virginia | #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates | #21 Prototype Technology Group |
| 13 | Virginia | Luis Díaz Scott Pruett | Bill Auberlen Tom Milner |
| 14 | Mexico City | #19 Finlay Motorsports | #64 TRG |
| 14 | Mexico City | Michael McDowell Memo Gidley | Paul Edwards Jan Magnussen |
† - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races for DP and GT.

## Championship standings

Source:

### Daytona Prototypes
#### Drivers (Top 20)

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Max Angelelli | 439 |
| 1 | Wayne Taylor | 439 |
| 2 | Scott Pruett | 405 |
| 2 | Luis Díaz | 405 |
| 3 | Butch Leitzinger | 360 |
| 3 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | 360 |
| 4 | Jorg Bergmeister | 350 |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | 340 |
| 5 | Cort Wagner | 340 |
| 6 | Memo Gidley | 309 |
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 307 |
| 8 | Milka Duno | 285 |
| 9 | Niclas Jönsson | 272 |
| 10 | Mike Borkowski | 268 |
| 11 | Matteo Bobbi | 268 |
| 11 | Fabrizio Gollin | 268 |
| 12 | David Donohue | 267 |
| 12 | Darren Law | 267 |
| 13 | Andy Wallace | 261 |
| 14 | Darius Grala | 256 |
| 14 | Shane Lewis | 256 |
| 15 | Tracy Krohn | 247 |
| 16 | Terry Borcheller | 243 |
| 17 | Brian Frisselle | 227 |
| 17 | Burt Frisselle | 227 |
| 18 | Hurley Haywood | 223 |
| 18 | J.C. France | 223 |
| 19 | Doug Goad | 207 |
| 20 | Christian Fittipaldi | 199 |

### Grand Touring
#### Drivers (Top 10)

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Craig Stanton | 377 |
| 2 | Marc Bunting | 376 |
| 2 | Andy Lally | 376 |
| 3 | David Murry | 359 |
| 4 | Joey Hand | 337 |
| 8 | Leh Keen | 333 |
| 8 | Cory Friedman | 333 |
| 6 | Tommy Milner | 323 |
| 7 | Justin Marks | 323 |
| 8 | Bill Auberlen | 321 |
| 9 | Jim Tafel Jr. | 307 |
| 9 | Andrew Davis | 307 |
| 10 | Ian James | 282 |