2005 Hurricane Relief 400
# 2005 Hurricane Relief 400

The 2005 Hurricane Relief 400 was the eleventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 24, 2005, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race victory. With the dissolution of the Champ Car World Series in 2008, this was the final Champ Car race to take place on a high-banked oval of more than a mile in length. Proceeds for the event were donated to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita relief efforts.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Best Lap | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1 | 26.381 |
| 2 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 2 | 26.388 |
| 3 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1 | 26.477 |
| 4 | Cristiano da Matta | PKV Racing | 1 | 26.632 |
| 5 | Björn Wirdheim | HVM Racing | 2 | 26.635 |
| 6 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 2 | 26.638 |
| 7 | Rodolfo Lavín | HVM Racing | 1 | 26.732 |
| 8 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1 | 26.800 |
| 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 1 | 26.860 |
| 10 | Marcus Marshall | Team Australia | 1 | 26.974 |
| 11 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 2 | 26.985 |
| 12 | Ronnie Bremer | Dale Coyne Racing | 1 | 26.995 |
| 13 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 1 | 27.026 |
| 14 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1 | 27.037 |
| 15 | Timo Glock | Rocketsports Racing | 2 | 27.110 |
| 16 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rocketsports Racing | 2 | 27.175 |
| 17 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1 | 27.250 |
| 18 | Ricardo Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 1 | 27.423 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 166 | 1:26:22.636 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 2 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 166 | +0.312 secs | 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 166 | +3.604 secs | 3 | 25 |
| 4 | 7 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 166 | +7.169 secs | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | 55 | Rodolfo Lavín | HVM Racing | 166 | +7.538 secs | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | Björn Wirdheim | HVM Racing | 166 | +7.555 secs | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 166 | +8.162 secs | 13 | 17 |
| 8 | 8 | Timo Glock | Rocketsports Racing | 165 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 16 |
| 9 | 5 | Marcus Marshall | Team Australia | 165 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 13 |
| 10 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rocketsports Racing | 165 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 11 |
| 11 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 164 | + 2 Laps | 9 | 10 |
| 12 | 21 | Cristiano da Matta | PKV Racing | 164 | + 2 Laps | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 163 | + 3 Laps | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 162 | + 4 Laps | 17 | 7 |
| 15 | 11 | Ricardo Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 161 | + 5 Laps | 18 | 6 |
| 16 | 34 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 127 | Contact | 11 | 5 |
| 17 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 123 | Contact | 14 | 5 |
| 18 | 19 | Ronnie Bremer | Dale Coyne Racing | 41 | Pit Incident | 12 | 3 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 124-139 | Tracy (3) contact; Yellow Restart |
