2005 Elite Racing League season

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2005 Elite Racing League season
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The 2005 Elite Racing League season was the 2nd Elite Racing League season, competed over 8 races in 8 rounds. It is a non canon season (Like all Elite Racing League Seasons.) Drivers and teams throughout the season battled for the Drivers and Manufacturer Championships. It started on the 6th March in Miami, Florida at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and ended on the 16th October in Fontana, California at California Speedway. It was simulated using IndyCar Series 2005. Between this season and the 2009 season the series acted as an IndyCar support series meaning IndyCar drivers could (and did) participate to improve track knowledge and experience. Dan Wheldon is the defending Drivers Champion with Toyota being the defending Manufacturers Championship. David Land won his first Elite Racing League championship at the penultimate race at Gateway. Toyota won their second Manufacturers Championship at the season finale in Fontana at California Speedway.

Drivers and Manufacturers

Drivers Champion	Manufacturers Champion
Template:USA David Land	Toyota

Manufacturar	Driver
Chevrolet
	Template:USA Buddy Lazier
	Template:USA Buddy Rice
	Template:USA David Land
	Template:USA Ed Carpenter
	Template:USA Eddie Cheever Jr
	Template:GBR Mark Taylor
	Template:USA Robbie Buhl
	Template:USA Sam Hornish Jr
	Template:USA Sarah Fisher
	Vitor Meira
	Honda
Template:USA Bryan Herta
Template:GBR Dan Wheldon
Template:GBR Dario Franchitti
Template:USA Greg Ray
Kenny Brack
Roger Yasukawa
Tony Kanaan
Toyota
	Template:USA AJ Foyt IV
	Template:USA Al Unser Jr
	Template:USA Alex Barron
	Felipe Giaffone
	Gil de Farran
	Helio Castroneves
	Scott Dixon
	Template:USA Scott Sharp
	Tomas Sheckter
	Template:USA Tony Renna
	Toranosuke Takagi

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other Classified	Pole	Fastest Lap
Points	50	45	40	35	30	25	20	15	12	10	5	2	1

Standings (After Round 7)

Round	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning manufacturer
1	Template:USA Toyota ERL Race of Miami	Homestead-Miami Speedway	6 March	Tony Kanaan	Template:USA David Land	Template:USA David Land	Template:USA Chevrolet
2	Honda ERL Race of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi	30 April	Template:USA David Land	Felipe Giaffone	Template:USA Sarah Fisher	Template:USA Chevrolet
3	Template:USA SunTrust ERL Race of Richmond	Richmond International Raceway	25 June	Scott Dixon	Template:USA David Land	Template:USA David Land	Template:USA Chevrolet
4	Template:USA Firestone ERL Race of Nashville	Nashville Superspeedway	16 July	Scott Dixon	Template:USA AJ Foyt IV	Tony Kanaan	Honda
5	Template:USA Honda ERL Race of Colorado	Pikes Peak International Raceway	21 August	Template:USA David Land	Tony Kanaan	Tony Kanaan	Honda
6	Template:USA ERL Chicago Classic	Chicagoland Speedway	11 September	Scott Dixon	Template:USA Sam Hornish Jr	Template:USA Bryan Herta	Honda
7	Template:USA Red Bull ERL Race of Gateway	Gateway Motorsports Park	2 October	Gil de Ferran	Template:GBR Dan Wheldon	Helio Castroneves	Toyota
8	Template:USA Toyota ERL Race of California	California Speedway	16 October	Scott Dixon	Gil de Ferran	Helio Castroneves	Toyota

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Template:USA David Land	340
2	Tony Kanaan	278
3	Helio Castroneves	220
4	Scott Dixon	208
5	Gil de Ferran	193
6	Template:USA Sam Hornish Jr	151
7	Tomas Scheckter	150
8	Template:USA Alex Barron	125
9	Toranosuke Takagi	114
10	Template:USA Sarah Fisher	100
11	Kenny Brack	87
12	Felipe Giaffone	87
13	Template:USA Al Unser Jr	85
14	Template:USA Bryan Herta	85
15	Vitor Meira	75
16	Roger Yasukawa	72
17	Template:USA Scott Sharp	70
18	Template:USA Greg Ray	60
19	Template:GBR Dan Wheldon	57
20	Template:USA Robbie Buhl	47
21	Template:USA Buddy Rice	45
22	Template:USA AJ Foyt IV	41
23	Template:GBR Dario Franchitti	40
24	Template:USA Ed Carpenter	35
25	Template:USA Buddy Lazier	25
26	Template:GBR Mark Taylor	20
27	Template:USA Eddie Cheever Jr	5
28	Template:USA Tony Renna	5

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Toyota	363
2	Template:USA Chevrolet	357
3	Honda	339