2005 Atlantic Championship

2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 10th
End dateAugust 28th
Awards
Drivers' championNetherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr.
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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

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Team No Drivers Races
Class 1
Jensen MotorSport 2 United States Adam Pecorari 2
Brazil Leonardo Maia 5-6
Canada Eric Jensen 7-8, 12
United States Ryan Spencer-Smith 9-10
United States Christopher Prey 11
22 United States Grant Ryley 9
Polestar Racing Group 3 Canada Antoine Bessette All
12 United Kingdom Katherine Legge All
Team Tonis 6 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets All
US RaceTronics 7 Mexico David Martínez 2-12
Brooks Associates Racing 8 Germany Andreas Wirth 1-10
10 Brazil Fernando Rees 1
Mexico Memo Rojas 2
United States Al Unser III 3-12
Condor Motorsports 11 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. All
41 United States Phil Giebler 9
Norcold Dyson Racing 16 United States Chris Dyson 1, 3-6
McAtee Motorsports 19 United States Brian McAtee 1, 3-4, 9-10
24 United States Kyle Kelley 1-4, 9-12
Blackforest Motorsports 23 United States Tom Nastasi 5-7
PR1 Motorsports 27 United States Alan Sciuto 9-11
The Room Store 49 United States Dan Selznick 1, 3-6, 9-10, 12
Armsup Motorsports 54 Canada Daniel Di Leo 11
55 United States Chris Menninga 11
Bite Racing 56 Canada Chris Souliotis 3-12
Blackforest Motorsports 96 United States Ben Johnston 1-2
Class 2
P-1 Racing 5 Canada Rocky Moran Jr. 1
Team Tonis 9 United States Dan Cobb 1-10
United States Bobby Wilson 11
Binder Racing 15 United States Justin Sofio 1
Mathiasen Motorsports 15 United States Justin Sofio 3-10
RJS Motorsports 18 United States Bob Siska 1, 3-12
Blackjack Racing 21 United States Roger Glover 3-4, 8
Blackforest Motorsports 23 United States Tom Nastasi 1-2
Condor Motorsports 31 Canada Tim Hauraney 3-4, 7
US RaceTronics 32 United States Roby Feazell 1
Atkins Racing 48 United States Lee Atkins 1, 3-4, 9-12
Bite Racing 63 Canada Daryl Leiski 3-12
Comprent Motorsports 66 United States Rich Zober 5-6
Ishikawa Racing 71 United States Mark Ishikawa 1-4, 9

Schedule and Results

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Round Date Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Class 2 Winner
1 April 10 United States Long Beach Canada Antoine Bessette Canada Antoine Bessette United Kingdom Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group United States Justin Sofio
2 May 22 Mexico Monterrey Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports United States Tom Nastasi
3 June 18 United States Portland Germany Andreas Wirth Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis United States Justin Sofio
4 June 19 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis United States Lee Atkins
5 June 25 United States Cleveland Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports United States Justin Sofio
6 June 26 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Condor Motorsports United States Dan Cobb
7 July 10 Canada Toronto Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Canada Antoine Bessette Polestar Racing Group United States Justin Sofio
8 July 17 Canada Edmonton Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. United Kingdom Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group United States Justin Sofio
9 July 31 United States San Jose Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mexico David Martínez United Kingdom Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group United States Justin Sofio
10 August 14 United States Denver United States Alan Sciuto Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Germany Andreas Wirth Brooks Associates Racing United States Justin Sofio
11 August 21 United States Elkhart Lake Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Team Tonis Canada Daryl Leiski
12 August 28 Canada Montréal Mexico David Martínez Mexico David Martínez Canada Antoine Bessette Polestar Racing Group Canada Daryl Leiski

Final driver standings

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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).

Pos Driver LBH
United States
MTY
Mexico
PL1
United States
PL2
United States
CL1
United States
CL2
United States
TOR
Canada
EDM
Canada
SJO
United States
DEN
United States
ROA
United States
MTL
Canada
Pts
Class 1
1 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. 3 1 2 8 1 1 12 2 3 3 6 6 306
2 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 15 2 1 1 2 4 8 5 19 8 1 2 289
3 United Kingdom Katherine Legge 1 5 9 3 16 5 6 1 1 17 2 4 267
4 Canada Antoine Bessette 2 4 5 5 14 2 1 4 15 4 13 1 267
5 Mexico David Martínez 3 6 4 15 8 2 8 2 5 3 3 238
6 Germany Andreas Wirth 17 8 3 2 3 3 3 3 5 1 234
7 United States Al Unser III 7 6 4 7 4 6 6 7 4 5 198
8 United States Kyle Kelley 8 6 4 DSQ 18 6 5 13 122
9 Canada Chris Souliotis 19 15 12 14 13 12 13 13 10 9 115
10 United States Dan Selznick 7 10 18 17 10 10 9 7 106
11 United States Chris Dyson 4 8 7 5 6 95
12 United States Alan Sciuto 4 2 7 69
13 United States Brian McAtee 14 15 13 20 15 56
14 Canada Eric Jensen 5 7 8 54
15 United States Tom Nastasi 6 16 11 44
16 Brazil Leonardo Maia 11 9 30
17 United States Ryan Spencer-Smith 12 18 19
18 Mexico Memo Rojas 7 17
19 United States Grant Ryley 7 17
20 United States Phil Giebler 8 15
21 Canada Daniel Di Leo 8 15
22 United States Chris Menninga 9 13
23 United States Ben Johnston DNS 12 13
24 Brazil Fernando Rees 16 13
25 United States Adam Pecorari 13 11
26 United States Christopher Prey 15 9
Class 2
1 United States Justin Sofio 5 11 10 7 15 7 9 9 10 273
2 Canada Daryl Leiski 14 11 13 12 9 13 17 11 11 10 263
3 United States Bob Siska 11 13 16 10 17 10 14 11 14 14 11 257
4 United States Dan Cobb 6 10 18 19 9 11 14 10 14 16 240
5 United States Lee Atkins 12 16 9 Wth 12 12 12 153
6 United States Mark Ishikawa 9 11 DNS 17 16 90
7 Canada Tim Hauraney 12 12 15 71
8 United States Roger Glover 17 14 11 65
9 United States Rich Zober 8 13 52
10 United States Tom Nastasi DNS 9 33
11 United States Rocky Moran Jr. 10 25
12 United States Roby Feazell 13 17
Pos Driver LBH
United States
MTY
Mexico
PL1
United States
PL2
United States
CL1
United States
CL2
United States
TOR
Canada
EDM
Canada
SJO
United States
DEN
United States
ROA
United States
MTL
Canada
Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did Not Start
(DNS)
Race abandoned
(C)
Blank Did not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led race laps
Improved the most places
(RY) Rookie of the Year
(R) Rookie

See also

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References

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