2005 - Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford (OWRS) - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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2005 - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Results

Race Name - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Date - 6/4/2005
Race Track - Streets of St. Petersburg
Number of Starting Cars - 17
Laps Run - 221
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Jimmy Vasser / 176.235 mph
Cautions - 3 cautions for 30 laps
Average Race Speed - 130.301 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 6 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Paul Tracy
Race Number - 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Paul Tracy	Indeck	Lola	Ford	174.685
2	2	AJ Allmendinger	Beijing 06/Red Bull	Lola	Ford	176.001
3	9	Oriol Servi	PacifiCare	Lola	Ford	171.928
4	3	Justin Wilson	Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland	Lola	Ford	175.867
5	1	Jimmy Vasser	Gulfstream	Lola	Ford	176.235
6	6	Sbastien Bourdais	McDonalds	Lola	Ford	173.965
7	10	Mario Domnguez	Indeck	Lola	Ford	171.746
8	16	Ronnie Bremer	Ansan Korea	Lola	Ford	165.68
9	14	Timo Glock	DHL Global Mail	Lola	Ford	166.743
10	11	Alex Tagliani	Aussie Vineyards	Lola	Ford	171.034
11	4	Cristiano da Matta	Bell Micro	Lola	Ford	174.742
12	12	Nelson Philippe	Wellbox Body Optimizer	Lola	Ford	169.776
13	15	Marcus Marshall	Aussie Vineyards	Lola	Ford	166.728
14	17	Ricardo Sperafico	American Medical Response	Lola	Ford	158.912
15	8	Bjrn Wirdheim	Eurosport	Lola	Ford	172.128
16	13	Andrew Ranger	MiJack/Tide	Lola	Ford	169.227
17	7	Ryan HunterReay	Briggs Stratton	Lola	Ford	173.171