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2005 in IPS 

The 2005 Menards IRL Infiniti Pro Series Season was the series' fourth. It consisted of 14 races and the champion was Wade Cunningham. It was the first IPS season to include road course races. All teams used Dallara chassis and Infiniti engines.

Contents

Race Summaries

Homestead-Miami 100

The Homestead-Miami 100 was held March 6 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Travis Gregg
  2. Jaime Camara
  3. Jon Herb
  4. Wade Cunningham
  5. Jay Drake

Phoenix 100

The Phoenix 100 was held March 19 at Phoenix International Raceway. Travis Gregg won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Jon Herb
  2. Chris Festa
  3. Wade Cunningham
  4. Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
  5. Nick Bussell

Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

The Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was held April 3 on the Streets of St. Petersburg. This was the series' first race not held on an oval. Marco Andretti won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Marco Andretti
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Nick Bussell
  4. Alfred Unser
  5. Arie Luyendyk, Jr.

Freedom 100

The Futaba Freedom 100 was held May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jaime Camara won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Jaime Camara
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Jay Drake
  4. Alfred Unser
  5. Marty Roth

Firestone 100

The Firestone 100 was held June 11 at Texas Motor Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Travis Gregg
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Chris Festa
  4. Jay Drake
  5. Nick Bussell

Liberty Challenge

The inaugural Liberty Challenge was held June 18 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course as a support race to the United States Grand Prix. It was the first IPS event that was not run in conjunction with an IRL race. Marco Andretti won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Marco Andretti
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Chris Festa
  4. Nick Bussell
  5. Jaime Camara

Cleanevent 100

The Cleanevent 100 was held July 16 at Nashville Superspeedway. Jaime Camara won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Jaime Camara
  2. Jeff Simmons
  3. Jay Drake
  4. Wade Cunningham
  5. Nick Bussell

Milwaukee 100

The Milwaukee 100 was held July 24 at the Milwaukee Mile. Jaime Camara won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Nick Bussell
  4. Jon Herb
  5. Jaime Camara

Bluegrass 100

The Bluegrass 100 was held August 13 at Kentucky Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Travis Gregg
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Marco Andretti
  4. Jay Drake
  5. Jeff Simmons

Pikes Peak 100

The Pikes Peak 100 was held August 21 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Travis Gregg won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Nick Bussell
  3. Travis Gregg
  4. Tom Wood
  5. Wade Cunningham

Sonoma 100

The Sonoma 100 was held August 28 at Infineon Raceway. Marco Andretti won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Marco Andretti
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Jeff Simmons
  4. Nick Bussell
  5. Chris Festa

Chicagoland 100

The Chicagoland 100 was held September 11 at Chicagoland Speedway. Sarah McCune won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Marty Roth
  3. Nick Bussell
  4. Jon Herb
  5. Travis Gregg

Corning 100

The Corning 100 was held September 25 at Watkins Glen International. Wade Cunningham won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Marco Andretti
  3. Wade Cunningham
  4. Chris Festa
  5. Nick Bussell

California 100

The California 100 was held October 16 at the California Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.

Top 5 Results

  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Travis Gregg
  4. Chris Festa
  5. Nick Bussell

Final Standings

  1. Flag of New Zealand Wade Cunningham 504 pts.
  2. Flag of the United States Jeff Simmons 474
  3. Flag of the United States Travis Gregg 462
  4. Flag of the United States Nick Bussell 430
  5. Flag of Brazil Jaime Camara 403
  6. Flag of the United States Chris Festa 387
  7. Flag of the United States Jon Herb 364
  8. Flag of Canada Marty Roth 355
  9. Flag of the United States Jay Drake 341
  10. Flag of the United States Marco Andretti 250
  11. Flag of the Netherlands Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
  12. Flag of the United States Alfred Unser
  13. Flag of the United States Mishael Abbott
  14. Flag of the United States Bobby Wilson
  15. Flag of the United States Scott Mayer
  16. Flag of Canada Tom Wood
  17. Flag of the United States P.J. Chesson
  18. Flag of the United States P.J. Abbott
  19. Flag of the United States Taylor Fletcher
  20. Flag of the United States Larry Connor
  21. Flag of the United Kingdom Scott Mansell
  22. Flag of the United States Phil Giebler
  23. Flag of the United States Sarah McCune
  24. Flag of the United States Jerry Coons, Jr.
  25. Flag of Mexico Germán Quiroga
  26. Flag of the United States Ed Carpenter
  27. Flag of the United States Rocco DeSimone
  28. Flag of India Imran Husain
  29. Flag of the United States Geoff Dodge
  30. Flag of the United States G.J. Mennen
  31. Flag of the United States Rocky Moran, Jr.
  32. Flag of the United States Cole Carter


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