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2005 Hurricane Relief 400

2005 Las Vegas
Race details
Race 11 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
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)
Pole position
Driver Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time 26.381
Fastest lap
Driver Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time 26.336 (on lap 166 of 166)
Podium
First Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third Jimmy Vasser (PKV Racing)

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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