2005 Atlantic Championship

2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 10th
End date	August 28th
Awards
Drivers' champion	Charles Zwolsman Jr.
	← 2004 2006 →

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

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

Schedule

Rd	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	April 10	2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
2	May 22	2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey	Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico
3	June 18	2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
4	June 19	2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
5	June 25	2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
6	June 26	2005 BOSPoker.com Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
7	July 10	2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
8	July 17	2005 NAPA Auto Parts Presents the Toyota Atlantic Challenge	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Edmonton, Alberta
9	July 31	2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose	Streets of San Jose	San Jose, California
10	August 14	2005 BOSPoker.com Toyota Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver	Streets of Denver	Denver, Colorado
11	August 21	2005 BOSPoker.com Toyota Atlantic Grand Prix of Road America	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
12	August 28	2005 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Quebec

Race results

Rd	Race name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race winner		Class 2 Winner
Rd	Race name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Class 2 Winner
1	Streets of Long Beach	Antoine Bessette	Antoine Bessette	Katherine Legge	Polestar Racing Group	Justin Sofio
2	Fundidora Park	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Condor Motorsports	Tom Nastasi
3	Portland International Raceway	Andreas Wirth	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Tõnis Kasemets	Team Tonis	Justin Sofio
4	Portland International Raceway	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Team Tonis	Lee Atkins
5	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Condor Motorsports	Justin Sofio
6	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Condor Motorsports	Dan Cobb
7	Exhibition Place	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Antoine Bessette	Polestar Racing Group	Justin Sofio
8	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Katherine Legge	Polestar Racing Group	Justin Sofio
9	Streets of San Jose	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	David Martínez	Katherine Legge	Polestar Racing Group	Justin Sofio
10	Streets of Denver	Alan Sciuto	Tõnis Kasemets	Andreas Wirth	Brooks Associates Racing	Justin Sofio
11	Road America	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Tõnis Kasemets	Team Tonis	Daryl Leiski
12	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	David Martínez	David Martínez	Antoine Bessette	Polestar Racing Group	Daryl Leiski

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	31	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

The fastest driver in a qualifying session was awarded one additional point. Only one qualifying session was held on doubleheader weekends.
The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.

Pos	Driver	LBH	MTY	POR		CLE		TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	ROA	MTL	Pts
Class 1
1	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	3	1	2	8	1	1	12	2	3	3	6	6	306
2	Tõnis Kasemets	15	2	1	1	2	4	8	5	19	8	1	2	289
3	Katherine Legge	1	5	9	3	16	5	6	1	1	17	2	4	267
4	Antoine Bessette	2	4	5	5	14	2	1	4	15	4	13	1	267
5	David Martínez		3	6	4	15	8	2	8	2	5	3	3	238
6	Andreas Wirth	17	8	3	2	3	3	3	3	5	1			234
7	Al Unser III			7	6	4	7	4	6	6	7	4	5	198
8	Kyle Kelley	8	6	4	DSQ					18	6	5	13	122
9	Chris Souliotis			19	15	12	14	13	12	13	13	10	9	115
10	Dan Selznick	7		10	18	17	10			10	9		7	106
11	Chris Dyson	4		8	7	5	6							95
12	Alan Sciuto									4	2	7		69
13	Brian McAtee	14		15	13					20	15			56
14	Eric Jensen							5	7				8	54
15	Tom Nastasi					6	16	11						44
16	Leonardo Maia					11	9							30
17	Ryan Spencer-Smith									12	18			19
18	Memo Rojas		7											17
19	Grant Ryley									7				17
20	Phil Giebler									8				15
21	Daniel Di Leo											8		15
22	Chris Menninga											9		13
23	Ben Johnston	DNS	12											13
24	Fernando Rees	16												13
25	Adam Pecorari		13											11
26	Christopher Prey											15		9
Class 2
1	Justin Sofio	5		11	10	7	15	7	9	9	10			273
2	Daryl Leiski			14	11	13	12	9	13	17	11	11	10	263
3	Bob Siska	11		13	16	10	17	10	14	11	14	14	11	257
4	Dan Cobb	6	10	18	19	9	11	14	10	14	16			240
5	Lee Atkins	12		16	9					Wth	12	12	12	153
6	Mark Ishikawa	9	11	DNS	17					16				90
7	Tim Hauraney			12	12			15						71
8	Roger Glover			17	14				11					65
9	Rich Zober					8	13							52
10	Tom Nastasi	DNS	9											33
11	Rocky Moran Jr.	10												25
12	Roby Feazell	13												17
Pos	Driver	LBH	MTY	POR		CLE		TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	ROA	MTL	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)
White	Race abandoned (C)
Blank	Did not participate