2005 Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series Explained

The 2005 Formula Ford Zetec Cooper Tires Championship Series was the fifth the USF2000 Ford Zetec championship. Aiken Racing driver Jay Howard took the title in a Van Diemen RF03. He was the second Brit to win the championship, after Dan Wheldon in 1999.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winner
1^[1]			April 16			Jay Howard
2^[2]			April 17			Jay Howard
3^[3]			May 22			Jay Howard
4^[4]			May 22			Jay Howard
5^[5]			June 25			Jay Howard
6^[6]			June 26			Jay Howard
7^[7]			August 6			Joey Foster
8^[8]			August 7			Jay Howard
9^[9]			August 27			Joey Foster
10^[10]			August 28			Jay Howard
11^[11]			October 9			Alan Sciuto
12^[12]			October 9			Jay Howard

Final standings

Rank	Driver													Points
1		1	1	1	1	1	1	26	1	2	1	22	1	307
2		32	3	2	2	33	2	1	2	1	2	21	21	215
3		28	5	5	24	3	4	7	5	4	4	6	4	180
4		5	9	24	13	6	6	2	3	8	5	8	6	164
5		10	8	25	6	8	7	10	8	9	12	4	9	133
6		6	11	9	5	9	11	23	9	10	10	7	5	132
7		9	29	3	3	7	8			3	3			128
8		11	13	8	16	30	12	3	6	11	24	9	11	116
9		4	4	27	14	36	13	25	25	7	6	5	7	116
10		26	30	7	11	10	16	29	15	5	9	3	8	113
11		12	14	26	19	11	10	6	27	12	8			79
12		3	7	6	4									72
13		16	19	11	8	34	34	15	14	16	25	15	14	64
14		7	10	10	28	18	17			27	11			56
15						37	20	4	4			18	10	54
16		30	12	31	15	13	9	13	13					54
17		2	2											51
18		15	21	14	26	38	32			29	26	10	12	41
19		19	16			16	35	8	7					40
20		33	18	28	17	15	15			15	17	20	20	34
21		14	15					12	16	30	29			28
22		34	6	12	27									27
23		8	20			17	38			18	16			27
24		31	DNS	DNS	DNS	25	36	28	17	24	15	11	DNS	25
25		21	28	DNS	DNS	21	25					12	13	21
26		24	25	17	17	31	22	24	21					15
27				18	25	32	29			19	19			11
28				15	DNS	19	23							10
29		36	17											4
30				18	25	32	29			19	19			3
31		35	DNS					27	28					2
32				22	DNS									1
		DNS	DNS
						23	28
		17	DNS					16	26
		23	26	20	21	27	33	22	19	20	23
										21	20	13	15
								20	22
								9	18
						35	14
								21	20	26	18
						24	24
				4	7	5	37
		25	31	19	20	DNS	DNS
		27	27	23	23	39	39			23	22
						2	3					17	3
						4	5
		18	DNS			22	30					14	18
		20	24	16	12	14	21			28	30	16	17
								19	10
										6	28
		DNS	DNS
												2	19
						26	26			22	21	19	16
						20	18
		29	DNS	21	22
				14	9	39	27
												1	2
		13	23	29	10	12	19	11	11	14	14
								18	23
						28	31
								17	29
		DNS	DNS

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cooper Championship Series Round One race . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135742/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/atlanta/race%20one%20results.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
2. Web site: Cooper Tires Championship Series, Round Two . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135636/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/atlanta/road%20atlanta%20race%20two%20results.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
3. Web site: PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR - F2A F2B Round Three . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316140036/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/midohio_alms/PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20Race1midohio.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
4. Web site: Mid Ohio Race 2 Racing Results . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135912/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/midohio_alms/Racetwo_midohio2.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
5. Web site: Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland on June 24-25 2005 Cooper Series Championship FF2000 . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135604/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/cleveland/SaturdayRESULTS1.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
6. Web site: Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland on June 24-25 2005 Cooper Series Championship FF2000 . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135853/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/cleveland/FINAL%20RESULTS%20FOR.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
7. Web site: Road America - Final Result Race One August 6,2005 . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135728/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/rdamerica/Race%20one%20results.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
8. Web site: Road America - Race 2 Results August 7,2005 . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135750/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/rdamerica/Racing_results_RA_race_2.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
9. Web site: Mid Ohio Sport Car Course Provisional Results Race One August 27, 2005 . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135804/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/mid-ohio/Results%20Race%20One%20MO%20Aug27.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
10. Web site: Mid Ohio Sport Car Course Provisional Results Race Two August 28, 2005 . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135930/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/mid-ohio/Racing_results_MO_race_two.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
11. Web site: VIR 400 with Grand Am on Oct 7-9 2005 Cooper Series Championship FF2000 . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316140029/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/vir/Race%20One%20VIR.pdf . March 16, 2006 .
12. Web site: VIR 400 with Grand Am on Oct 7-9 2005 Cooper Series Championship FF2000 . Cooper Series . 2 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135712/http://www.cooperseries.com/pdf/vir/Race%20Two%20VIR.pdf . March 16, 2006 .