2005 Infiniti Pro Series


The 2005 Menards IRL Infiniti Pro Series 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 chassis and Infiniti engines.

Race Summaries

Homestead-Miami 100

The Homestead-Miami 100 was held March 6 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Travis Gregg
  2. Jaime Camara
  3. Jon Herb
  4. Wade Cunningham
  5. Jay Drake

    Phoenix 100

The Phoenix 100 was held March 19 at Phoenix International Raceway. Travis Gregg won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Jon Herb
  2. Chris Festa
  3. Wade Cunningham
  4. Arie Luyendyk Jr.
  5. 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 won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Marco Andretti
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Nick Bussell
  4. Alfred Unser
  5. Arie Luyendyk Jr.

    Futaba Freedom 100">Freedom 100">Futaba Freedom 100

The Futaba Freedom 100 was held May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jaime Camara won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Jaime Camara
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Jay Drake
  4. Alfred Unser
  5. Marty Roth

    Firestone 100

The Firestone 100 was held June 11 at Texas Motor Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Travis Gregg
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Chris Festa
  4. Jay Drake
  5. Nick Bussell

    [Liberty Challenge]

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. It was the first IPS event that was not run in conjunction with an IRL race. Marco Andretti won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Marco Andretti
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Chris Festa
  4. Nick Bussell
  5. Jaime Camara

    Cleanevent 100

The Cleanevent 100 was held July 16 at Nashville Superspeedway. Jaime Camara won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Jaime Camara
  2. Jeff Simmons
  3. Jay Drake
  4. Wade Cunningham
  5. Nick Bussell

    Milwaukee 100

The Milwaukee 100 was held July 24 at the Milwaukee Mile. Jaime Camara won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Nick Bussell
  4. Jon Herb
  5. Jaime Camara

    Bluegrass 100

The Bluegrass 100 was held August 13 at Kentucky Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Travis Gregg
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Marco Andretti
  4. Jay Drake
  5. Jeff Simmons

    Pikes Peak 100

The Pikes Peak 100 was held August 21 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Travis Gregg won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Nick Bussell
  3. Travis Gregg
  4. Tom Wood
  5. Wade Cunningham

    Sonoma 100

The Sonoma 100 was held August 28 at Infineon Raceway. Marco Andretti won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Marco Andretti
  2. Wade Cunningham
  3. Jeff Simmons
  4. Nick Bussell
  5. Chris Festa

    Chicagoland 100

The Chicagoland 100 was held September 11 at Chicagoland Speedway. Sarah McCune won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Marty Roth
  3. Nick Bussell
  4. Jon Herb
  5. Travis Gregg

    Corning 100

The Corning 100 was held September 25 at Watkins Glen International. Wade Cunningham won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Jeff Simmons
  2. Marco Andretti
  3. Wade Cunningham
  4. Chris Festa
  5. Nick Bussell

    California 100

The California 100 was held October 16 at the California Speedway. Travis Gregg won the pole.
Top 5 Results
  1. Wade Cunningham
  2. Jeff Simmons
  3. Travis Gregg
  4. Chris Festa
  5. Nick Bussell

    Final standings

Pos.DriverPoints
1 Wade Cunningham504
2 Jeff Simmons474
3 Travis Gregg462
4 Nick Bussell430
5 Jaime Camara403
6 Chris Festa387
7 Jon Herb364
8 Marty Roth355
9 Jay Drake341
10 Marco Andretti250
11 Arie Luyendyk Jr.228
12 Alfred Unser106
13 Mishael Abbott83
14 Bobby Wilson82
15 Scott Mayer80
16 Tom Wood68
17 P. J. Chesson61
18 P. J. Abbott43
19 Taylor Fletcher41
20 Larry Connor40
21 Scott Mansell36
22 Phil Giebler28
23 Sarah McCune23
24 Jerry Coons Jr.22
25 Germán Quiroga20
26 Ed Carpenter19
27 Rocco DeSimone17
28 Imran Husain16
29 Geoff Dodge16
30 G. J. Mennen15
31 Rocky Moran, Jr.13
32 Cole Carter12