2005 Grand Prix of Sonoma

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The 2005 Grand Prix of Sonoma was the fifth race for the 2005 American Le Mans Series season, held at Infineon Raceway. It took place on July 17, 2005. It was the last ALMS race held at Infineon. It was the last ALMS race held at Sonoma, the event being transferred to the Rolex Sports Car Series the following year.

Official results[]

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2 United States ADT Champion Racing Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Audi R8 M 111
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2 LMP1 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
MG-Lola EX257 M 111
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
3 LMP1 1 United States ADT Champion Racing Germany Marco Werner
Finland JJ Lehto
Audi R8 M 110
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
4 LMP2 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Clint Field
United Kingdom Liz Halliday
Lola B05/40 G 105
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
5 LMP1 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom James Weaver
MG-Lola EX257 M 105
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
6 LMP2 10 United States Miracle Motorsports United States Jeff Bucknum
United States Chris McMurry
Courage C65 K 105
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
7 GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 104
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8 GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 104
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
9 GT1 63 United States ACEMCO Motorsports United States Terry Borcheller
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Saleen S7-R M 104
Ford 7.0L V8
10 LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsport United States Guy Cosmo
United States James Bach
Courage C65 G 102
Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-Rotor
11 GT1 35 Italy Maserati Corse
United States Risi Competizione
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Italy Fabrizio de Simone
Maserati MC12 P 102
Maserati 6.0L V12
12 GT2 23 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 100
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13 GT2 31 United States Petersen Motorsports
United States White Lightning Racing
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 99
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 GT2 43 United States BAM! Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Y 99
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Jon Fogarty
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 98
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16 GT2 50 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bill Auberlen
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 98
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
17 GT2 79 United States J3 Racing United States Justin Jackson
United Kingdom Tim Sugden
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR P 97
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Lonnie Pechnik
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19 GT2 24 United States Alex Job Racing United States Ian Baas
United States Randy Pobst
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20
DNF
GT1 71 United States Carsport America Italy Michele Rumolo
United States Tom Weickardt
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 80
Dodge 8.0L V10
21
DNF
GT1 5 United States Pacific Coast Motorsports United States Alex Figge
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Y 78
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
22
DNF
GT2 78 United States J3 Racing Germany Pierre Ehret
United States David Murry
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR P 47
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23
DNF
GT2 51 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bryan Sellers
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 39
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
24
DNF
LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Bryan Willman
United States Michael Lewis
Riley & Scott Mk III C D 5
Elan 6L8 6.0L V8

Statistics[]

  • Pole Position - #20 Dyson Racing - 1:21.688
  • Fastest Lap - #1 ADT Champion Racing - 1:22.041
  • Distance - 280.83 miles (451.95 km)
  • Average Speed - 101.395 mph (163.179 km/h)

External links[]

  • "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2006-11-03. (50.9 KiB)


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2005 New England Grand Prix
2005 season Next race:
2005 Portland Grand Prix
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