The 2005 IndyCar and Champ car series combined for 30 races. It started March 6th with IndyCar at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and ended November 6th with the Champ Car series at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico City. 2005 marked the first year that IRL ran on Road Courses. When the Indy Racing League formed in 1996, and up until 2004 it was an Oval Series only.


Here are the race results:
Date          League       Location          # of cars               Winner

3/6/2005	IRL	Homestead	22	Dan Wheldon
3/19/2005	IRL	Phoenix	22	Sam Hornish, Jr.
4/3/2005	IRL	St. Petersburg	21	Dan Wheldon
4/10/2005	CHAMP	Long Beach	19	Sebastien Bourdais
4/30/2005	IRL	Motegi	23	Dan Wheldon
5/22/2005	CHAMP	Monterrey	19	Bruno Junqueira
5/29/2005	IRL	Indianapolis	33	Dan Wheldon
6/4/2005	CHAMP	Milwaukee	17	Paul Tracy
6/11/2005	IRL	Fort Worth	22	Tomas Scheckter
6/19/2005	CHAMP	Portland	18	Cristiano da Matta
6/25/2005	IRL	Richmond	22	Helio Castroneves
6/26/2005	CHAMP	Cleveland	18	Paul Tracy
7/3/2005	IRL	Kansas	22	Tony Kanaan
7/10/2005	CHAMP	Toronto	18	Justin Wilson
7/16/2005	IRL	Nashville	23	Dario Franchitti
7/17/2005	CHAMP	Edmonton	18	Sebastien Bourdais
7/24/2005	IRL	Milwaukee	22	Sam Hornish, Jr.
7/31/2005	IRL	Michigan	23	Bryan Herta
7/31/2005	CHAMP	San Jose	18	Sebastien Bourdais
8/14/2005	IRL	Kentucky	23	Scott Sharp
8/14/2005	CHAMP	Denver	18	Sebastien Bourdais
8/21/2005	IRL	Pikes Peak	22	Dan Wheldon
8/28/2005	IRL	Sonoma	21	Tony Kanaan
8/28/2005	CHAMP	Montreal	18	Oriol Servia
9/11/2005	IRL	Chicago	23	Dan Wheldon
9/24/2005	CHAMP	Las Vegas	18	Sebastien Bourdais
9/25/2005	IRL	Watkins Glen	20	Scott Dixon
10/16/2005	IRL	Fontana	22	Dario Franchitti
10/23/2005	CHAMP	Queensland	19	Sebastien Bourdais
11/6/2005	CHAMP	Mexico City	19	Justin Wilson

Final points standings:
IRL

	IRL
	Driver	Races	Win	Podium	Pole	Laps	Led	Points	Diff
1	Dan Wheldon	17	6	9	0	3007	752	628
2	Tony Kanaan	17	2	9	1	2854	375	548	-80
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	17	2	7	3	2960	367	512	-116
4	Dario Franchitti	17	2	6	1	2843	448	498	-130
5	Scott Sharp	17	1	2	0	2985	60	444	-184
6	Helio Castroneves	17	1	3	2	2906	230	440	-188
7	Vitor Meira	17	0	4	0	2945	55	422	-206
8	Bryan Herta	17	1	2	3	2911	248	397	-231
9	Tomas Scheckter	17	1	3	3	2777	365	390	-238
10	Patrick Carpentier	17	0	2	0	3081	30	376	-252
11	Alex Barron	17	0	1	0	2772	6	329	-299
12	Danica Patrick	17	0	0	3	2850	63	325	-303
13	Scott Dixon	17	1	1	0	2347	25	321	-307
14	Kosuke Matsuura	17	0	0	0	2743	2	320	-308
15	Buddy Rice	16	0	2	0	2228	17	295	-333
16	Tomas Enge	14	0	0	0	1928	20	261	-367
17	Roger Yasukawa	17	0	0	0	2716	0	246	-382
18	Ed Carpenter	17	0	0	0	2510	0	244	-384
19	Ryan Briscoe	14	0	0	1	1775	59	232	-396
20	A.J. Foyt IV	15	0	0	0	2208	0	231	-397
21	Darren Manning	10	0	0	0	1567	3	186	-442
22	Jimmy Kite	11	0	0	0	1920	0	163	-465

Champ Car:

	CHAMPCAR
	Driver	Races	Win	Podium	Pole	Laps	Led	Points	Diff
1	Sebastien Bourdais	13	6	7	5	1300	358	348
2	Oriol Servia	13	1	7	1	1284	29	288	-60
3	Justin Wilson	13	2	3	2	1151	123	265	-83
4	Paul Tracy	13	2	7	3	1143	512	246	-102
5	A.J. Allmendinger	13	0	5	1	1211	59	227	-121
6	Jimmy Vasser	13	0	2	1	1231	27	217	-131
7	Alex Tagliani	13	0	2	0	1188	5	207	-141
8	Timo Glock	13	0	1	0	1285	19	202	-146
9	Mario Dominguez	13	0	1	0	1174	2	198	-150
10	Andrew Ranger	13	0	1	0	1030	0	140	-208
11	Cristiano da Matta	13	1	1	0	982	71	139	-209
12	Ronnie Bremer	12	0	0	0	988	31	139	-209
13	Nelson Philippe	13	0	0	0	1168	23	117	-231
14	Bjorn Wirdheim	11	0	0	0	1054	29	115	-233
15	Ryan Hunter-Reay	11	0	0	0	780	0	110	-238
16	Marcus Marshall	12	0	0	0	1142	0	104	-244
17	Ricardo Sperafico	13	0	0	0	1041	0	92	-256

Wins by team:
1. Andretti Green 11 wins (Dan Wheldon #26 Klein Tools Dallara/Honda 6 wins, Tony Kanaan #11 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda 2 wins, Dario Franchitti #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda 2 wins, Bryan Herta #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda 1 win)
2. Newman Haas 8 wins (Sebastien Bourdais #1 McDonald's Lola/Ford 6 wins, Oriol Servia #2 PacifiCare Lola/Ford 1 win, Bruno Junqueira #2 PacifiCare Lola/Ford 1 win)
3. Team Penske 3 wins (Sam Hornish #6 Marlboro Dallara/Toyota 2 wins, Helio Castroneves #3 Marlboro Dallara/Toyota 1 win)
4. Team RuSport 2 wins (Justin Wilson #9 CDW/Intel Lola/Ford)
5. Team Forsythe 2 wins (Paul Tracy #3 Indeck Lola/Ford)
6. Team Fernandez 1 win (Scott Sharp #8 Delphi Panoz/Honda)
7. Panther Racing 1 win (Tomas Scheckter #4 Pennzoil Dallara/Chevy)
8. Chip Ganassi 1 win (Scott Dixon #9 Target Panoz/Toyota)
9. PKV Racing 1 win (Cristiano da Matta #21 Bell Mirco Lola/Ford)


Races won from the pole:
Tomas Scheckter Texas
Paul Tracy Cleveland
Sam Hornish Milwaukee
Bryan Herta Michigan
Sebastien Bourdais San Jose
Sebastien Bourdais Las Vegas
Dario Franchitti California
Justin Wilson Mexico City


Farthest back a driver started and won: 16th Dan Wheldon Indianapolis 500
Most cautions: 9 Monterrey Mexico
Fewest cautions: 1 Portland, Pikes Peak
Fastest average speed: 180.504 Kansas
Slowest average speed: 76.431 San Jose
Most lead changes: 27 Indianapolis 500
Fewest lead changes: 2 Montreal, Australia, and Mexico City
Longest race by time: 3 hours 10 minutes Indianapolis 500
Shortest race by time: 1 hour 26 minutes Las Vegas.