Date September 24, 2005 | ||
Official name Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 Location Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Course 1.5 Mile Banked Oval
1.500 mi / 2.414 km Distance 166 laps
249.000 mi / 400.724 km Weather Mostly Cloudy (night race) | ||
The 2005 Hurricane Relief 400 was the eleventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 24, 2005 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race victory. With the dissolution of the Champ Car World Series in 2008, this was the final Champ Car race to take place on a high-banked oval of more than a mile in length. Proceeds for the event were donated to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita relief efforts.
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