The 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the sixth season of the

Rolex Sports Car Series The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...

run by the

Grand American Road Racing Association Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America. Its primary focus was the Rolex Sports Car Series, an Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance ...

. The format was reduced to two classes,

Daytona Prototype A Daytona Prototype was a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand-Am Road Racing, Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, which replaced their main prototype rac ...

s (DP) and

Grand Touring A grand tourer (GT) is a type of car that is designed for high speed and long-distance driving with performance and luxury. The most common format is a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive two-door coupé with either a two-seat or a 2+2 arrangement ...

(GT). 14 races were run from February 5, 2005 to November 5, 2005. Laguna-Seca and Hermanos Rodríguez were added. It set the record for the longest Rolex season.

Schedule

† - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races at Phoenix.

Results

Overall winners in bold. † - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races for DP and GT.

Championship standings

Source:2005 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - Driver Point Standings

Daytona Prototypes

Drivers (Top 20)

Grand Touring

Drivers (Top 10)

References

External links

The official website of Grand-Am

Grand American Road Racing Association
- 2005 season archive

- Rolex Sports Car Series 2005 {{IMSA GT Championships Rolex Sports Car Series