The 2005 Menards
IRL Infiniti Pro Series
Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the Road to Indy, a program ...
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
Dallara is an Italian race car manufacturer, founded by its current President, Gian Paolo Dallara. After working for Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and De Tomaso, in 1972 in his native village of Varano de' Melegari (Parma), Italy he created ...
chassis and
Infiniti
is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Nissan. Infiniti officially started selling vehicles on November 8, 1989, in North America. The marketing network for Infiniti-branded vehicles included dealers in over 50 countries in ...
engines.
Race Summaries
Homestead-Miami 100
The Homestead-Miami 100 was held March 6 at
Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
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Jaime Camara
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Jon Herb
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Wade Cunningham
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Jay Drake
Phoenix 100
The Phoenix 100 was held March 19 at
Phoenix International Raceway.
Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Jon Herb
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Chris Festa
Chris Festa, born in Atlanta on September 5, 1985, is an American auto racing driver.
Festa raced the #9 Dallara for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. He also served as Target Chip Ganassi Racing's development driver where he ...
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Wade Cunningham
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Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Arie Luyendyk Jr. (; ; born September 18, 1981) is a Dutch-American auto racing driver, television personality, and son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk. He has competed mostly in North America where his father lives and made ...
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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
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racing family. He is the 20 ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racing family. He is the 20 ...
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Wade Cunningham
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Nick Bussell
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Alfred Unser
Alfred Richard Unser (born October 23, 1982) is an American former professional race car driver. Unser has competed in the Indy Lights series and Toyota Atlantics Championship. He is the fourth generation of the famous Unser family.
Al Richard U ...
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Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Arie Luyendyk Jr. (; ; born September 18, 1981) is a Dutch-American auto racing driver, television personality, and son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk. He has competed mostly in North America where his father lives and made ...
Futaba Freedom 100
The Futaba Freedom 100 was held May 27 at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Jaime Camara won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Jaime Camara
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Wade Cunningham
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Jay Drake
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Alfred Unser
Alfred Richard Unser (born October 23, 1982) is an American former professional race car driver. Unser has competed in the Indy Lights series and Toyota Atlantics Championship. He is the fourth generation of the famous Unser family.
Al Richard U ...
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Marty Roth
Marty Roth (born December 15, 1958) is a Canadian former race car driver who last competed in 2008 in the IndyCar Series where he owned his own team, Roth Racing.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Roth was a successful land developer in the Tor ...
Firestone 100
The Firestone 100 was held June 11 at
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The reconfigured track measures with banked 20° in turns 1 and 2 and banked 24 ...
.
Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
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Wade Cunningham
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Chris Festa
Chris Festa, born in Atlanta on September 5, 1985, is an American auto racing driver.
Festa raced the #9 Dallara for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. He also served as Target Chip Ganassi Racing's development driver where he ...
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Jay Drake
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Nick Bussell
Liberty Challenge
The Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis is a pair of twin races in the Cooper Tire Indy Lights Series, held on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is held as a support race to the Brickyard 400 of the NASCAR Cup Series.
T ...
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
The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event that has been held on and off since 1908, when it was known as the American Grand Prize. The Grand Prix later became part of the Formula One World Championship. , the Grand Prix has been held ...
. It was the first IPS event that was not run in conjunction with an IRL race.
Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racing family. He is the 20 ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racing family. He is the 20 ...
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Wade Cunningham
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Chris Festa
Chris Festa, born in Atlanta on September 5, 1985, is an American auto racing driver.
Festa raced the #9 Dallara for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. He also served as Target Chip Ganassi Racing's development driver where he ...
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Nick Bussell
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Jaime Camara
Cleanevent 100
The Cleanevent 100 was held July 16 at
Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee, United States (though the track has a Lebanon postal address), about southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently hosting the Ally 400, ...
.
Jaime Camara won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Jaime Camara
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Jeff Simmons
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Jay Drake
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Wade Cunningham
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Nick Bussell
Milwaukee 100
The Milwaukee 100 was held July 24 at the
Milwaukee Mile
The Milwaukee Mile is a oval race track in the central United States, located on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Its grandstand and bleachers seats approximately 37,000 spectato ...
.
Jaime Camara won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Jeff Simmons
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Wade Cunningham
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Nick Bussell
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Jon Herb
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Jaime Camara
Bluegrass 100
The Bluegrass 100 was held August 13 at
Kentucky Speedway.
Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
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Wade Cunningham
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Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racing family. He is the 20 ...
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Jay Drake
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Jeff Simmons
Pikes Peak 100
The Pikes Peak 100 was held August 21 at
Pikes Peak International Raceway
Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) is a racetrack in the Colorado Springs area within the city limits of Fountain, Colorado, that by October 12, 1997, was "the fastest 1-mile paved oval anywhere". The speedway hosted races in several serie ...
.
Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Jeff Simmons
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Nick Bussell
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Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
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Tom Wood
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Wade Cunningham
Sonoma 100
The Sonoma 100 was held August 28 at
Infineon Raceway
Sonoma Raceway (originally known as Sears Point Raceway from 1967 to 1980 and 1982 to 2002, Golden State International Raceway in 1981 and Infineon Raceway from 2002 to 2012) is a road course and dragstrip located at Sears Point in the southern ...
.
Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racing family. He is the 20 ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racing family. He is the 20 ...
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Wade Cunningham
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Jeff Simmons
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Nick Bussell
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Chris Festa
Chris Festa, born in Atlanta on September 5, 1985, is an American auto racing driver.
Festa raced the #9 Dallara for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. He also served as Target Chip Ganassi Racing's development driver where he ...
Chicagoland 100
The Chicagoland 100 was held September 11 at
Chicagoland Speedway
Chicagoland Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and actively hosted NASCAR racing including the NASCAR Cup Series until 2019. Until 2010, the speedway has also hosted the Indy ...
.
Sarah McCune won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Jeff Simmons
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Marty Roth
Marty Roth (born December 15, 1958) is a Canadian former race car driver who last competed in 2008 in the IndyCar Series where he owned his own team, Roth Racing.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Roth was a successful land developer in the Tor ...
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Nick Bussell
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Jon Herb
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Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
Corning 100
The Corning 100 was held September 25 at
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International, nicknamed "The Glen", is an automobile race track located in the town of Dix just southwest of the village of Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the hom ...
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Wade Cunningham won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Jeff Simmons
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Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racing family. He is the 20 ...
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Wade Cunningham
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Chris Festa
Chris Festa, born in Atlanta on September 5, 1985, is an American auto racing driver.
Festa raced the #9 Dallara for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. He also served as Target Chip Ganassi Racing's development driver where he ...
#
Nick Bussell
California 100
The California 100 was held October 16 at the
California Speedway
Auto Club Speedway, originally opened as California Speedway, is a , low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in unincorporated San Bernardino County, California, near Fontana. It has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. It was also previo ...
.
Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
won the pole.
Top 5 Results
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Wade Cunningham
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Jeff Simmons
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Travis Gregg
Travis Gregg (born March 28, 1978) is an American racing driver from Camden, Ohio.
After karting, Gregg began in cars in amateur SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1998 and 1999 while attending Miami University. He graduated in 2000 and ventured into spr ...
#
Chris Festa
Chris Festa, born in Atlanta on September 5, 1985, is an American auto racing driver.
Festa raced the #9 Dallara for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. He also served as Target Chip Ganassi Racing's development driver where he ...
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Nick Bussell
Final standings
References
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Indy Lights seasons
Indy Pro Series
Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the Road to Indy, a program ...
Infiniti Pro Series
Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the Road to Indy, a program ...