2005 Atlantic Championship Explained

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

TeamNoDriversRaces
Class 1
Jensen MotorSport2 Adam Pecorari2
Leonardo Maia5-6
Eric Jensen7-8, 12
Ryan Spencer-Smith9-10
Christopher Prey11
22 Grant Ryley9
Polestar Racing Group3 Antoine BessetteAll
12 Katherine LeggeAll
Team Tonis6 Tõnis KasemetsAll
US RaceTronics7 David Martínez2-12
Brooks Associates Racing8 Andreas Wirth1-10
10 Fernando Rees1
Memo Rojas2
Al Unser III3-12
Condor Motorsports11 Charles Zwolsman Jr.All
41 Phil Giebler9
Norcold Dyson Racing16 Chris Dyson1, 3-6
McAtee Motorsports19 Brian McAtee1, 3-4, 9-10
24 Kyle Kelley1-4, 9-12
Blackforest Motorsports23 Tom Nastasi5-7
PR1 Motorsports27 Alan Sciuto9-11
The Room Store49 Dan Selznick1, 3-6, 9-10, 12
Armsup Motorsports54 Daniel Di Leo11
55 Chris Menninga11
Bite Racing56 Chris Souliotis3-12
Blackforest Motorsports96 Ben Johnston1-2
Class 2
P-1 Racing5 Rocky Moran Jr.1
Team Tonis9 Dan Cobb1-10
Bobby Wilson11
Binder Racing15 Justin Sofio1
Mathiasen Motorsports15 Justin Sofio3-10
RJS Motorsports18 Bob Siska1, 3-12
Blackjack Racing21 Roger Glover3-4, 8
Blackforest Motorsports23 Tom Nastasi1-2
Condor Motorsports31 Tim Hauraney3-4, 7
US RaceTronics32 Roby Feazell1
Atkins Racing48 Lee Atkins1, 3-4, 9-12
Bite Racing63 Daryl Leiski3-12
Comprent Motorsports66 Rich Zober5-6
Ishikawa Racing71 Mark Ishikawa1-4, 9

Schedule and Results

RoundDateCircuitPole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning TeamClass 2 Winner
1April 10 Long Beach Antoine Bessette Antoine Bessette Katherine LeggePolestar Racing Group Justin Sofio
2May 22 Monterrey Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr.Condor Motorsports Tom Nastasi
3June 18 Portland Andreas Wirth Charles Zwolsman Jr. Tõnis KasemetsTeam Tonis Justin Sofio
4June 19 Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis KasemetsTeam Tonis Lee Atkins
5June 25 Cleveland Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Charles Zwolsman Jr.Condor Motorsports Justin Sofio
6June 26 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr.Condor Motorsports Dan Cobb
7July 10 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Antoine BessettePolestar Racing Group Justin Sofio
8July 17 Edmonton Charles Zwolsman Jr. Charles Zwolsman Jr. Katherine LeggePolestar Racing Group Justin Sofio
9July 31 San Jose Charles Zwolsman Jr. David Martínez Katherine LeggePolestar Racing Group Justin Sofio
10August 14 Denver Alan Sciuto Tõnis Kasemets Andreas WirthBrooks Associates Racing Justin Sofio
11August 21 Elkhart Lake Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis KasemetsTeam Tonis Daryl Leiski
12August 28 Montréal David Martínez David Martínez Antoine BessettePolestar Racing Group Daryl Leiski

Final driver standings

Note:

Race 3, 4, 5 and 6 only one additional point awarded to the fastest qualifier, because only one session was held for each race.

In all races not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).

See also: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems.

PosDriverLBH
MTY
PL1
PL2
CL1
CL2
TOR
EDM
SJO
DEN
ROA
MTL
Pts
Class 1
1 3128111223366306
2 15211248519812289
315931656111724267
4 Antoine Bessette245514214154131267
5 David Martínez364158282533238
6 Andreas Wirth17832333351234
7 Al Unser III7647466745198
8 Kyle Kelley864DSQ186513122
9 Chris Souliotis1915121413121313109115
10 Dan Selznick 7101817101097106
11 Chris Dyson4875695
12 Alan Sciuto42769
13 Brian McAtee141513201556
14 Eric Jensen57854
15 Tom Nastasi6161144
16 Leonardo Maia11930
17 Ryan Spencer-Smith121819
18 Memo Rojas717
19 Grant Ryley717
20 Phil Giebler815
21 Daniel Di Leo815
22 Chris Menninga913
23 Ben JohnstonDNS1213
24 Fernando Rees1613
25 Adam Pecorari1311
26 Christopher Prey159
Class 2
1 Justin Sofio5111071579910273
2 Daryl Leiski1411131291317111110263
3 Bob Siska1113161017101411141411257
4 Dan Cobb610181991114101416240
5 Lee Atkins12169Wth121212153
6 Mark Ishikawa911DNS171690
7 Tim Hauraney12121571
8 Roger Glover1714 1165
9 Rich Zober81352
10 Tom NastasiDNS933
11 Rocky Moran Jr.1025
12 Roby Feazell1317
PosDriverLBH
MTY
PL1
PL2
CL1
CL2
TOR
EDM
SJO
DEN
ROA
MTL
Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid Not Start
(DNS)
Race abandoned
(C)
BlankDid not
participate
In-line notation
BoldPole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
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