2005 IIHF World Championship Division II
The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II  was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 4 to April 16, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Zagreb, Croatia. Group B's games were played in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Croatia and Israel finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2006. While Turkey finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2006.


2005 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World Championship Division III
The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested on March 7–13, 2005 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico won the championship and gained promotion, along with South Africa, into the 2006 Division II tournament.


2005 IIHF World Championship Division III, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten players sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World Championship Division III, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2005 IIHF World Championship Final was an ice hockey match that took place on 15 May 2005 at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, to determine the winner of the 2005 IIHF World Championship. The Czech Republic defeated Canada 3–0 to win its fifth championship.


2005 IIHF World Championship Final, Background
The game marked the second time that Canada and the Czech Republic would meet in the World Championship finals. The previous time was in the 1996 tournament, also in Vienna, Austria. In that game the Czech Republic defeated Canada by a score of 4–2 on 5 May 1996. The Czech Republic were finalists for the first time since 2001, the end of their dominance of the late 1990s and early 2000s, where they won 4 World Championships in the span of 6 years (1996–2001). Canada, however, had a more recent hot streak and were clear favorites, as they were looking for their third consecutive title after winning in 2003 and 2004.


2005 IIHF World Championship Final, Venue
The Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna was determined to host the final of the championship. Previously at the tournament, the venue hosted both semifinals, as well as the bronze medal match. In the final, the attendance was 7,999.


2005 IIHF World Championship Final, The match, Summary
Václav Prospal opened the scoring for the Czech Republic at 4:13 minutes into the game, assisted by Martin Ručinský and Jaromír Jágr. This ended up to be the game winning goal, the fastest in IIHF finals history.


2005 IIHF World Championship Final, The match, Summary
A deadlock second period saw Canada go on the powerplay twice and outshoot the Czechs 11–7. Czech goaltender Tomáš Vokoun displayed a dominant performance however, facing some of Canada's stars such as Dany Heatly, Rick Nash and Ryan Smyth. Vokoun, who entered the tournament in the shadow of the legendary Czech goalie Dominik Hašek, ended with a stellar performance and a shutout in the final, the first time this was achieved in a single game final.


2005 IIHF World Championship Final, The match, Summary
3:12 into the third period, Martin Ručinský received a fast saucer pass from Jágr, off of Petr Čajánek, while rushing the offensive zone and fired a wrist shot which beat Martin Brodeur low on the glove side. With less than a minute remaining in the match, Josef Vašíček scored an empty net goal, which brought the final score to 3–0 for the Czech republic.


2005 IIHF World Championship Final, The match, Summary
The Czechs were overall more agile and had more speed, more than likely because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout, which left 12 players of Canada's without a club team in close to a calendar year, while almost every member of the Czech roster was playing in the Czech Extraliga, or other European leagues.


2005 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters
Typically, the World Championships are played at the same time as the Stanley Cup Playoffs are in the NHL. This causes NHL player selections to be limited to those whose seasons has ended. The 2005 Tournament had rosters made up of more top end talent, as players were available due to the NHL Lockout in 2005, which saw the season cancelled and the Stanley Cup vacated.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 3 April and 9 April 2005 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament took place between 2 April and 8 April 2005 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Belarus and Norway won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Great Britain finished last in Group A and Italy last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2006.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament
The Group A tournament began on 3 April 2005 in Maribor, Slovenia. Austria, France, Kazakhstan,  and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Great Britain gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and Belarus was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament
Belarus won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Slovenia finished in second place and Kazakhstan finished third after only losing to Belarus and Slovenia. Great Britain finished in last place, managing only to win one game and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Anže Kopitar of Slovenia finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 11 points, including six goals and five assists. France's Mickael Gasnier and Belarus' Dzmitry Zhurauski finished as the tournaments leading goaltenders with a save percentage of 90.57.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have at least played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament
The Group B tournament began on 2 April 2005 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Italy, Japan, Latvia and Poland all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Ukraine gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group A tournament and Norway was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament
Norway won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Latvia finished second after losing only to Norway and Poland and Ukraine finished in third place. Italy finished in last place, managing only to tie two of their games and lose the other three and were relegated to Division II for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Grzegorz Pasiut of Poland finished as the top scorer of the tournament with seven points including six goals and one assist. Norways' Lars Simon Paulgaard fished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 92.50.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 14 and 20 March 2005 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia and the Group B tournament took place between 21 and 27 March 2004 in Bucharest, Romania. South Korea and Hungary won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While South Africa finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2006.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament
The Group A tournament began on 14 March 2005 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia. Estonia, the Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro and Spain returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships. South Korea entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and South Africa entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament
South Korea won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Estonia finished in second place, losing only to South Korea and the Netherlands finished in third. South Africa finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division III for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Cho Min Ho of South Korea finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 20 points including 12 goals and eight assists. South Korea's Kim Dong Wook finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 95.41.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament
The Group B tournament began on 21 March 2005 in Bucharest, Romania. Croatia, Hungary, Iceland and Lithuania all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championship. Romania entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Mexico entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament
Hungary won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Lithuania finished second after losing only to Hungary  and Croatia finished in third place. Romania finished in last place after losing four of their five games and finishing last in the group standings and were relegated to Division III for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Donatas Kumeliauskas of Lithuania finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 16 points including eight goals and eight assists. Hungary's Tamas Gyomber finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 91.11.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournament made up the fourth level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships and took place between 7 and 13 March 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The tournament was won by Australia who upon winning gained promotion, along with Belgium who finished in second place, to Division II of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Overview
The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III began on 7 March 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgaria, Israel and New Zealand returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships. Australia and Belgium entered the Division III competition after being relegated from the Division II tournaments of the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships and Turkey returned to Division III after winning the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification tournament that was held the previous month in Ankara, Turkey.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Overview
Australia finished first after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division II of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Belgium who finished in second placed also gained promotion to Division II and Israel finished in third place after losing only to Australia and Belgium. Oren Zamir of Israel finished as the tournaments top scorer after recording 17 points including ten goals and seven assists. Australia's Dahlen Phillips finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 94.37.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification
The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III Qualification fifth level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships and took place between 18 and 20 February 2005 in Ankara, Turkey. The tournament was won by Turkey who upon winning qualified to compete in the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III that was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification, Overview
The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification began on 18 February 2005 in Ankara, Turkey. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey entered the Division III Qualification tournament after being relegated from the Division III tournament of the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships, while Armenia made their debut at the World U18 Championships.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification, Overview
Turkey finished first after winning both of their games and qualified to compete in the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III that was set to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria the following month. Bosnia and Herzegovina finished in second place after winning their game against Armenia. Muamer Dzamalija of Bosnia and Herzegovina finished as the tournaments top scorer after recording eight points including three goals and five assists. Turkey's Baris Ucele finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 89.19.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification, Leading goaltenders
Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in České Budějovice and Plzeň, Czech Republic. The championships began on April 14, 2005 and finished on April 24, 2005. Games were played at Budvar Arena in České Budějovice and ČEZ Aréna in Plzeň. The United States of America defeated Canada 5–1 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Sweden defeated Czech Republic 4–2 to capture the bronze medal.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Relegation round
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:


2005 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Final round
Sweden beat  Czech Republic for the bronze medal 4–2. Russia beat  Slovakia for 5th place 5–2.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Final standings
Switzerland and  Denmark are relegated to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I
Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 3 and 9 April 2005 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament was held between 2 and 8 April 2005 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Belarus and Norway won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Great Britain finished last in Group A and Italy last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2006.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II
Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 14 and 20 March 2005 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia and the Group B tournament was held between 21 and 27 March 2005 in Bucharest, Romania. South Korea and Hungary won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While South Africa finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2006.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III
The Division III tournament was held between 7 and 13 March 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Australia and Belgium finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2005 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III, Division III Qualification
The Division III Qualification tournament was held between 18 and 20 February 2005 in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey won the tournament and qualified for the Division III tournament after winning both of their games against Armenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2005 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships
The first IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships was held between April 10, 2005 and April 16, 2005 in the eastern Moravian city of Zlín, Czech Republic. Participating 80 athletes from six nations: Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Sweden. The best European team joined the already qualified teams from Canada, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the USA and host country Italy to the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games.


2005 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships, Final Rankings
Germany emerged as the winner of the tournament on goal difference, following a tie with Sweden in both the total number of ranking points and a tie game between the two teams. The final result was based on the total goals 'scored' less the total goals 'scored against'. As a result, the German team qualified for the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games.


2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XIV held in Guayaquil, Ecuador was the 14th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. Once again, Eric Grauffel took the Open title. He was now an 18-year-old student and had already won many European titles, and after the 2005 World Championship, also three World Shoots.


2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Open
The Open division had the largest match participation with 300 competitors (33.8 %).


2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Standard
The Standard division had the second largest match participation with 294 competitors (33.1 %).


2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Production
The Production division had the third largest match participation with 213 competitors (24.0 %).


2005 ISSF World Cup
For the 2005 ISSF World Cup in the fifteen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in August 2005 in Munich, Germany for the rifle and pistol events, and in November 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the shotgun events.


2005 ISSF World Cup, Rifle and pistol
The rifle and pistol World Cup Final in Munich, held from August 23 to August 28, was heavily dominated by Russia and China. Two world records were set during the competitions: Sergei Alifirenko's 589 in 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol was the best result of the year and hence also world record, as the rules were changed at the turn of the season, and Sergei Martynov achieved the maximum 600 in the qualification round of the Prone position event for a fourth time (although he was unable to retain his two-point lead through the final). The winners were:


2005 ISSF World Cup, Shotgun
The shotgun competitions were held in Dubai from November 19 to November 25. Haley Dunn beat her own junior world record in the Skeet qualification round and went on to equal the final world record. In the men's Skeet competitions, two Cypriots equalled the qualification record, one of them proceeding with a perfect final and equalling the final record as well. The winners were:


2005 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2005 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2005 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit included satellite events and 404 'Futures' tournaments played year round across six continents, with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $15,000.


2005 ITF Roller Open – Singles
Stanislava Hrozenská was the defending champion, but decided not to participate that year.


2005 ITF Roller Open – Singles
Victoria Azarenka won her first singles title here, beating Viktoriya Kutuzova 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2005 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2005, the ITF Women's Circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $75,000.


2005 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF world champions in 2005 were Kim Clijsters (senior singles), Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (senior doubles) and Victoria Azarenka (combined junior ranking).


2005 ITF Women's Circuit, Singles titles by nation
This list displays only the top 22 nations in terms of singles titles wins.


2005 ITU Triathlon World Championships
The 2005 ITU Triathlon World Championships were held in Gamagōri, Aichi (Japan) on September 10 and September 11, 2005.


2005 Ibaraki gubernatorial election
Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan held a gubernatorial on September 11, 2005. Incumbent governor Masaru Hashimoto was re-elected. All candidates stood as independents but were backed by different parties.


2005 Icelandic Cup
The Visa-Bikar 2005 was the forty-sixth season of the Icelandic national football cup. It started on May 17, 2005 and concluded with the Final held on September 24, 2005. The winners qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2006–07.


2005 Icelandic Cup, First round
1 Match awarded 3–0 to Augnablik. Originally 4–2 to Africa.


2005 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 2005 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the tenth staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The competition started on 19 February 2005  and concluded on 5 May 2006 with KR beating Þróttur 3-2 in the final.


2005 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2005 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Idaho competed as a first-year member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Nick Holt, and finished their first season in the WAC with a 2–9 overall record and 2–6 in conference play, the sixth consecutive season with a losing record.


2005 Idaho Vandals football team
The Vandals played the previous four seasons (2001–2004) as a "football only" member of the Sun Belt Conference, following the discontinuation of football by the Big West. Other new teams in the WAC in 2005 were New Mexico State and Utah State.


2005 Idaho Vandals football team
After the 2005 season, Holt departed for an assistant's position in the NFL in February 2006, joining the staff of the St. Louis Rams as defensive line coach under first-year head coach Scott Linehan, a former Vandal player and assistant coach. Holt and Linehan had coached together as assistants at both Idaho and Louisville under John L. Smith. Days later Holt changed his mind and accepted a higher-paying offer as defensive coordinator at USC under head coach Pete Carroll. Dennis Erickson was hired to replace Holt as head coach for the 2006 season.


2005 Idaho Vandals football team, Schedule
Idaho's reported home attendance for 2005 was 60,700 for four games. The maximum was 15,635 for the Hawaii game on September 24,the minimum was 15,006 for the Utah State game on October 1.


2005 Idea Prokom Open
The 2005 Idea Prokom Open was the eighth edition of this men's tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place in Sopot, Poland from 1 August through 7 August 2005. Gaël Monfils won the singles title.


2005 Idea Prokom Open, Finals, Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski defeated  Lucas Arnold Ker /  Sebastián Prieto, 7–6(9–7), 6–4


2005 Idea Prokom Open – Singles
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but did not participate.


2005 Idea Prokom Open – Singles
Gaël Monfils won the title, defeating Florian Mayer 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 7–5 in the final.


2005 Iditarod
The ceremonial start of the 33rd annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the US state of Alaska began in Anchorage on March 5, 2005 at 10 am AKST (19:00 UTC), and restarted in Willow the next day at 2 pm (23:00 UTC). After covering 1,161 miles (1,868 km) of wilderness, musher Robert Sørlie, an airport firefighter from Norway, crossed the finish line under the "burled arch" in Nome on March 16 at 8:39 am AKST (17:39 UTC).


2005 Iditarod
After taking care of his dogs, and an inspection to make sure all the mandatory equipment was in his sled, Sørlie was declared the winner by Race Marshal Mark Norman, with a time of 9 days, 18 hours, 39 minutes, and 31 seconds and won US$72,066.67 and a new truck. When asked how it felt to win a second time, Sørlie said "it feels good, I'm ready for breakfast." His team of dogs averaged 4.65 mi/h (7.58 km/h). The Red Lantern in last was Phil Morgan, an Alaska Airlines pilot, and when he crossed the finish line on March 21 at 8:02 pm AKST (March 22, 5:02 UTC), the Widow's Lantern hanging on the burled arch was extinguished, which signaled the end of the race.


2005 Iditarod
Sørlie became the first non-U.S. resident to win the race in 2003, and the similarities between his two victories are striking. In both races he was plagued by insomnia, pulled ahead by the halfway point of the race, managed to hold on to a sizeable but diminishing lead, and was reduced to 8 of 16 dogs by the finish. Both races were also slowed by poor trail conditions, which was caused by unseasonably warm weather with daily highs that hovered just above freezing.


2005 Iditarod
The finishers banquet was held on March 20, and 62 of 63 mushers had crossed the finish line and were able to attend. Bjørnar Andersen won the Rookie of the Year Award, with the best place by a rookie since 1976. Martin Buser, who lost part of a finger in a table-saw accident less than a week before the race and had exposed nerves trimmed by a veterinarian, finished 12th, winning both the Sportsmanship and the Most Inspirational Musher awards. The Golden Harness was given to Whitestock, one of Sørlie's lead dogs. (ITC, March 21, 2005)


2005 Iditarod
Sixteen other mushers scratched, including the only five-time champion of the Iditarod, Rick Swenson, and the legally blind Rachael Scdoris, who caused a media sensation at the start of the race. The top 30 arrived in Nome by the end of March 17 AKST. By the end of March 20 all but one musher had arrived in Nome. Note: All times are Alaska Standard Time/AKST (UTC-9).


2005 Iditarod, March 5: Ceremonial start
Anchorage to Campbell Airstrip: The ceremonial start of the 33rd annual Iditarod race began at 10 am Alaska Standard Time on March 5, 2005 in Anchorage. The first "bib" position out of the starting chute on Fourth Avenue and D Street was reserved for honorary musher Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last known survivor of the children who were saved from a diphtheria epidemic by the historic 1925 serum run to Nome.


2005 Iditarod, March 5: Ceremonial start
Baxter rode out of the starting chute on Fourth Avenue and D Street in the sled of 15-year-old Melissa Owens, who won the 138-mile (222 km) Junior Iditarod on February 27, with a time of 1 day, 51 minutes, and 27 seconds. Earlier in the year, Owens also placed second in the Junior Yukon Quest.


2005 Iditarod, March 5: Ceremonial start
Separated by intervals of at least two minutes, the competitors departed starting at 10:02 am. The last team left at 12:53 pm. In addition to the musher and the team of 12 dogs, each dog sled also carried a family member or friend, and an "Idita-Rider". The Idita-Riders seats were auctioned off in January, and raised a total of US$140,021, with an average bid of US$1,918.09. The auction was held entirely online for the first time in 2005.


2005 Iditarod, March 5: Ceremonial start
The teams passed through 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of city streets lined with an estimated 100,000 people. The temperature was 32 °F (0 °C). Due to the warm weather and poor trail conditions, the first leg of the race was shortened by the Iditarod Trail Committee on February 27, and ended at Campbell Airstrip 11 miles (18 km) from Anchorage, instead of the traditional checkpoint 20 miles (32 km) away at Eagle River.


2005 Iditarod, March 6: Restart in Willow
Restart at Willow: From the Airstrip the teams were shipped by truck to the restart point, which is normally at the Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla. Due to inclement weather the restart was moved 30 miles (48 km) north to Willow, and the checkpoint at Knik was skipped.


2005 Iditarod, March 6: Restart in Willow
The time to Nome is calculated from Sunday, March 6, at 2 pm when the first team departed from Willow Lake. The remaining teams left, staggered by two-minute intervals, until the last departed at 4:36 pm. Each departing team had up to the maximum of 16 dogs, and no more can be added during the race.


2005 Iditarod, March 6: Restart in Willow
In 2004, the starting time of the race was pushed back from 10 am. Sled dogs perform better in temperatures close to 0 °F (−18 °C), and this allows mushers to run their teams through the cold of the night until they cross the Alaska Range into the Interior. Among the last three to leave were previous Iditarod winners Martin Buser and Jeff King, who entered the race at the last minute in order to secure a late starting position.


2005 Iditarod, March 6: Restart in Willow
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 fans watched the restart, and the area was thronged by snowmobiles (snowmachines, in Alaska), bonfire parties, and between 4,000 and 5,000 cars. The chaos is hard on the dogs, who are accustomed to the wilderness; Kelly Griffin's team ran into the crowd before steering back on course.


2005 Iditarod, March 6: Restart in Willow
Yentna: Jessie Royer was the first to arrive at Yetna Station on March 6 at 5:37 pm, and Rachael Scdoris was the last at 9:34 pm. The top 10 mushers departed within an hour of each other, and the top 30 within two hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 6: Restart in Willow
Skwentna: An early lead pack developed as Jessica Henricks, the 2003 Rookie of the Year, became the first to arrive at Skwentna on March 6 at 8:59 pm, followed by DeeDee Jonrowe almost 30 minutes later, and then Phil Morgan, Rick Swenson, and Mike Williams. Scdoris was the last to arrive at 7:31 am the next day. Hans Gatt departed first, at 10:28 pm. The top 10 departed within 2 hours of each other, and the top 30 within 6 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 6: Restart in Willow
G. B. Jones became the first musher to scratch from the race, on March 7 in Skwentna. The Iditarod veteran indicated he had problems with sled quality, his lead dogs, and personal health ever since the restart in Willow.


2005 Iditarod, March 7: Alaska Range
The heat and soft snow slowed the race, and the glare off the snow was blinding during the day.


2005 Iditarod, March 7: Alaska Range
Finger Lake: Melanie Gould arrived first at Finger Lake on March 8 at 5:38 am, followed by Hendricks at 5:50 am, and then Swenson and Jonrowe an hour later. Dallas Seavey was the last to arrive at 6:59 pm. Jonrowe was the first depart, at 7:02 am, followed by Swenson a minute later, and Lance Mackey, Mike Williams, Robert Sørlie, and Buser within the hour. The top 10 (15) departed within 2 hours, and the top 30 within four hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 7: Alaska Range
Happy Valley Gorge leading up to Rainy Pass is hazardous in regular years, but in 2005 the trail conditions were miserable, especially for the mushers at the back. Snowmachines left frozen wakes, and the leading dogsleds riddled the trail with potholes, some more than 3-foot (0.914 m) deep.


2005 Iditarod, March 7: Alaska Range
Rainy Pass: While making the long climb to the Rainy Pass Lodge on Puntilla Lake, DeeDee Jonrowe hit a snowmobile sitting on the trail, and sheared off a bolt connecting the runner to her sled. She still arrived first, on March 7 at 10:27 am. Dallas Seavey, the last to arrive at 10:53 am the next day, lost two runners on the way in. Former runner-up Ramy Brooks was the first to depart, at 12:11 pm. The top 10 all left within 6 hours, and the top 30 within 8 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 7: Alaska Range
From the lodge, the route crosses through Rainy Pass in the Alaska Range, then descends into the Interior. A helicopter observed a woman crashing multiple times along the steep descent known as the Dalzell Gorge.


2005 Iditarod, March 7: Alaska Range
Rohn: Sørlie starts to set the pace across the Interior. He is the first to arrive in Rohn, on March 7 at 7:08 pm, followed by Buser almost two hours later. Brooks is again the first to depart, at 10:42 pm, as the early leaders start to pull away from the pack. The top 10 depart in 6 hours, and the top 30 in about 9 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 7: Alaska Range
On the way to Nikolai, Swingley broke a runner and lost a pad on his sled while negotiating the wildfire badlands of the Farewell Burn. Scdoris suffered scratches and a large bruise on her hip after crashing into a tree, after her snow hook snagged on the ground.


2005 Iditarod, March 7: Alaska Range
Sonny Lindner from Michigan became the third to scratch on March 8, citing health problems. Lindner was the 1984 winner of the Yukon Quest.


2005 Iditarod, March 8
Nikolai: Sørlie continues to set the pace by arriving first at Nikolai on March 8 at 11:16 am, followed by Brooks and Jonrowe about an hour later. Sørlie is also the first to depart, at 5:09 pm. The 10 fastest mushers follow quickly, in just over 3 hours, but the top 30 now lag up to 11 hours apart. Sørlie has insomnia, just like he did when he won in 2003, though his dogs are resting well.


2005 Iditarod, March 8
McGrath:. Sørlie wins the Spirit of Alaska Award when he arrives at the hub of the Interior first, on March 8 at 10:40 pm. He continued on just four minutes later. The top 10 are stretched over about 6+1⁄2 hours, and the top 30 over about 21 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 8
On March 10 Rick Swenson, the only five-time winner of the race, scratched for the first time, citing concern for his dogs. He had left McGrath, arrived at Taknotna, and was on his way to Ophir when he returned all the way to McGrath, the central hub for dropped dogs in the Interior. Swenson reported he was down to 11 dogs, and needed to drop two, which would have left him with only 9 dogs in harness.


2005 Iditarod, March 8
Swenson was first "King of the Iditarod", with a string of three victories in five years in the 1970s, and wins in both the 1980s and the 1990s. From his first race, he has only missed two races in 31 years. Five dogs were injured when he arrived in McGrath before turning back.


2005 Iditarod, March 8
Gary McKellar scratched at McGrath on March 12, after resting his team overnight. McKellar cited concerns about his team's performance and their well being. McKellar was the Red Lantern in last place.


2005 Iditarod, March 9
When arguing for stricter emission limits during the debate over the "Clear Skies" bill, Senator Tom Carter (D-DE) used the northerly shift of the restart location as an example of global warming.


2005 Iditarod, March 9
Takotna: Sørlie became the first to arrive at Takotna on March 9 at 0:42 am, followed by Brooks, Jonrowe, and Ally Zirkle. Sørlie is the first to depart at 6:54 am. The top 10 follow within 8 hours, and the top 30 within 28 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 9
Andersen from Norway and Swingley from Montana began to travel together. Andersen was Swingley's dog handler in 2000, after meeting at a Norway convention.


2005 Iditarod, March 9
Ophir: Sørlie again was the first to arrive, on March 9 at 9:midnight, followed by Buser, then Brooks. Sørlie departs 13 minutes later. The top 10 follow within 11 hours, and the top 30 within 22 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 9
After leaving Ophir in 8th place, Zack Steer became the fifth musher to scratch when he returned on March 9for undisclosed personal reasons. Steer's wife is pregnant and due later this month. Scott Smith from Wyoming scratched at Ophir on March 12, citing concerns for his team which only had nine dogs left.


2005 Iditarod, March 9
The trail between Ophir and Iditarod was in poor shape, and efforts to improve it were too late for the front runners.


2005 Iditarod, March 10: Halfway point at Iditarod
The checkpoint closest to the middle of the race on odd-numbered years is the trail's namesake, the historic gold rush ghost town of Iditarod (meaning "far distant place"). Cliff Wang from Montana scratched at Takotna on March 11, citing concerns for his team after unseasonably warm weather in Montana impact their training.


2005 Iditarod, March 10: Halfway point at Iditarod
Iditarod: Sørlie wins the Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award and US$4,000 in gold nuggets when he arrives at Iditarod on March 10 at 1:41 am. While the Halfway Award is sometimes considered a jinx, Sørlie also won it before his victory in 2003. He was followed by Brooks an hour later, then Buser. Paul Gebhardt becomes the first musher to depart the midpoint at 5:59 pm. The top 10 stretched over 14 hours, and the top 30 over 24 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 10: Halfway point at Iditarod
Standings through the Interior can be deceptive because all mushers are required to take one mandatory 24-hour layover during the race, usually at Takotna, McGrath, or Iditarod. The differential in starting times is adjusted during this period, and most of the racers were on a level playing field after Iditarod.


2005 Iditarod, March 11: Yukon River
Shageluk: Most of the other teams stopped at McGrath, Takotna, or Iditarod for their mandatory 24-hour layover, allowing Gebhardt to arrive at Shageluk more than 7 hours ahead of the next musher on March 11 at 2:45 am. Gebhardt left 10 minutes later, followed by the top 10 within 19 hours, and the top 30 within 33 hours. Cliff Wang from Montana scratched at Takotna on March 11, citing concerns for his team after unseasonably warm weather in Montana impact their training.


2005 Iditarod, March 11: Yukon River
Anvik: Gebhardt won the First Musher to Reach the Yukon Award when he arrived at Anvik on March 11 at 7:14 am, and was served a 7-course meal prepared by a chef from the Millennium Hotel Anchorage. Sørlie retakes the lead when he departs at 9:31 pm. The top 10 are within just over 6 hours, and the top 30 within 19 hours. After his 24-hour rest, Gebhardt dropped to 15th place.


2005 Iditarod, March 11: Yukon River
Conditions were relatively good at this stage, but the highs remained above freezing. This favored teams trained in warmer areas, like Swingley from Montana, and Sørlie and Andersen from Norway. Some teams even faced rain on the way to Anvik. Andersen breaks into the top 10, and remains there until at least Kaltag. He is at least 10 hours ahead of the next rookie, and is set to take the Rookie of the Year Award. Sørlie's nephew, he and may follow his uncle's pattern of placing in the top 10 in his first race.


2005 Iditarod, March 11: Yukon River
Mushers are required to stop at a checkpoint along the Yukon River before leaving the Interior, but only for 8 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 11: Yukon River
Charlie Boulding scratched at Anvik on March 12. Boulding is a former winner of the Yukon Quest (1991, 1993), and finished in the top 10 in eight of thirteen Iditarods, placing 3rd in 1998. Boulding planned to retire this year. Bill Cotter scratched on March 13, because his team was sick.


2005 Iditarod, March 12
Grayling: Jonrowe was the first to arrive at Grayling on March 12 at 0:21 am, and took her mandatory 8-hour break. Sørlie arrived within 15 minutes, and continued to Eagle Island 5 minutes later, followed by Buser an hour and a half later. The top 10 followed within 12 hours, and the top 30 within 24 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 12
King reported that the warm fresh snow was sticking the runners of the sleds. Above freezing temperatures hindered the dogs. On March 15, Robert Greger scratched because the dogs were not performing to his expectations, and so did Sandy McKee.


2005 Iditarod, March 12
Eagle Island: Sørlie is the first to arrive at the Eagle Island on March 12 at 11:30 am, after a 14-hour run from Grayling. Buser was the second to arrive on March 13, 3:25 pm, after losing two hours backtracking to find Quebec, who slipped from the gangline during a snowstorm. Quebec had a habit of eating heavily, and then backing up and stepping to the side before relieving himself. According to Buser's wife Kathy Chapoton, "at this point, that's a huge lead". Brooks, Mitch Seavey, and Jonrowe followed. Sørlie was the first to depart at 7:31 pm, followed by Lance Mackey 17 minutes later, then Brooks, Buser, and Jonrowe. The top 10 are within 7 hours, and the top 30 are within 21 hours. At this stage, all the pacesetters have taken their mandatory 24- and 8-hour layovers.


2005 Iditarod, March 12
The temperatures are just above freezing, and a freezing rain advisory has been issued for Kaltag. On March 16, Scdoris scratched after several of her dogs came down with a viral diarrhea, saying "it was not an eye thing. It was a my-dogs-are-sick thing". Another concern was weight loss: her dogs were fed canned dog food, with some kibble, salmon and fat, which did not help maintain their weight as well as the heavy meat diet most dogs are fed.


2005 Iditarod, March 12
Her guide Paul Ellering scratched shortly after, saying "I'm just the kind of guy who leaves with the girl he came to the dance with". Scdoris had navigated the most treacherous portions of the race, including Happy Valley, Dazell Gorge, and the Farewell Burn before she withdrew, and plans to return next year. "All the tough spots were tough, but I now know I can do it".


2005 Iditarod, March 13: Bering Sea
Kaltag: Sørlie was the first to arrive at Kaltag on March 13 at 3:43 am. He left Kaltag in first place at 8:44 am, followed by Brooks about an hour later, Buser another hour later, and John Baker yet another hour later. The top 10 are within slightly more than 6 hours, and the top 30 are within 26 hours. On March 16, Karen Ramstead scratched here, citing concerns for her team and trail conditions. Her teams is composed of Siberian huskies, instead of the more common mixed-breed Alaska huskies.


2005 Iditarod, March 13: Bering Sea
Unalakleet: Sørlie won the Alaska Gold Coast Award for reaching Unalakleet in first place on March 13, at 20:45 pm. Sørlie was the first to depart on March 14 at 0:11 am. The top 10 departed within 8 hours, and the top 30 within 27 hours. Sørlie said, "it's still a long way to Nome".


2005 Iditarod, March 13: Bering Sea
The trail normally runs down the Unalakleet River into town, but shifted 7 miles (11 km) due to water overflowing the ice. The xtrail markers led through a 1-foot (0.30 m) deep over flow, which several teams went through. Temperatures are expected to hit the 40s (F, or 5–10 °C) through March 16. Unalakleet is on the shore of the Norton Sound, and the race normally picks up pace and intensity as the leaders start the long final dash north and west along the shore of the Bering Sea to Nome.


2005 Iditarod, March 14
Shaktoolik: Sørlie was the first to arrive on March 14 at 7 am, followed by Brooks an hour and a half later. Sørlie remained in the lead as he left Shaktoolik on March 14 at 12:05 pm (UTC 21:05), but his lead diminished to less than an hour as he was followed by Mitch Seavey, then Buser, and a strong pack including Brooks, Lance Mackey, King, Ed, Jonrowe, and Baker, who are consistently averaging 1 to 1.5 mi/hr (1.5 to 2.5 km/h) faster between checkpoints. The top 10 departed within 5+1⁄2 hours, and the top 30 in about 29 hours. Sørlie's teammate Andersen is now trailing Swingley by 26 minutes and has slipped from the top 10, but he is still more than a checkpoint ahead of Louis Nelson, Sr., the next rookie.


2005 Iditarod, March 14
The teams are getting smaller as fatigued and poorly performing dogs are left behind. The top 10 are running with between 9 and 12 dogs, down from 16, and the majority have either 10 or 11. A fair number of dogs have been dropped with fatigue or sprains caused by the poor conditions of the trail. Teams with less than 9 dogs lack power. There has been a fair amount of rain, which helps keep the dogs cool in the high temperatures.


2005 Iditarod, March 14
The winds as the teams cross the exposed ice of the Norton Sound on the way to Koyuk may reach 40 mi/h (65 km/h). This is the stretched covered by Leonhard Seppala and his lead dog Togo during the 1925 serum run. Teams may press through to Koyuk to catch Sørlie.


2005 Iditarod, March 14
Koyuk: Sørlie arrived first on March 14 at 5:57 pm, and was the first to depart three minutes later. The top 10 departed within 8+1⁄2 hours, and the top 30 spread out 38 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 15
Elim: Sørlie arrived first on March 15 at 1:17 am, and departed three hours later. John Baker was the second musher to arrive, 7 minutes after Sørlie's departure. The top 10 stretched out 10 hours, and the top 30 are now 39 hours apart. Sørlie and Buser left dogs behind, dropping their teams to just 8. Lance Mackey is in 11th place, which is the best position a winner of the Yukon Quest has held in a same-year Iditarod. The trail follows the coast then crosses inland over the Kwitalik Mountains.


2005 Iditarod, March 15
White Mountain: Sørlie again was slow, taking almost 9 hours to arrive on March 15 at 12:59 pm, and may have gotten lost on Little McKinley. Normally a 5- to 7-hour trip, the slushy, soppy snow or just fatigue have slowed the top 10, though Iten rocketed in to arrive second, followed by a very fast Mitch Seavey, and a quick Brooks. Andersen, after hovering around 10th place, jumped to 6th. The remainder of the front-runners are more than four hours behind, and will start jockeying for position; slipping just one place in the final standings can cost several thousand dollars (US$) in prize money. The top 10 left within 9 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 15
Sørlie departed in exactly 8 hours, and the rest are taking their mandatory 8-hour rests. The parallels between the current race and his victory in 2003 are striking: in both races, he pulled ahead early and held onto a sizeable lead, dropped to a mere 8 dogs, and faced soft sticky snow. On March 14 to 15, a storm along the southern shore of the Seward Peninsula grounded most airplanes, which prevented the small aircraft of the Iditarod Air Force from flying veterinarians and race officials into White Mountain before the leaders arrived, though local volunteers were present.


2005 Iditarod, March 15
The whiteout conditions and open water on the trail made snowmobile travel unsafe. This is the first time since at least 1988 that veterinarians were present to check teams arriving at a checkpoint, and the single veterinarian at Elim was overworked. Flights began again on March 16, but gusts of winds remained high (30 to 35 mph). The top 10 departed within 9 hours. After two scratches, Scdoris and Ellering are in last place. It normally takes about 10 hours from White Mountain to Nome.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Safety: Robert Sørlie of Norway was the first to leave Safety on March 16 at 4:52 pm AKST (March 16, 13:52 UTC), with only 22 miles (35 km) from the finish line. Ed Iten cut his lead to just one hour and five minutes, but is unlikely to catch up. Mitch Seavey left 42 minutes later, then Sørlie's teammate Bjørnar Andersen, just 18 minutes later. Barring a catastrophe Andersen will win the Rookie of the Year Award. The top 10 departed within 8 hours.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
The rest of the top 15 are two-time runner up Ramy Brooks, John Baker, Paul Gebhardt, this year's winner of the Yukon Quest Lance Mackey, Jessie Royer, three-time winner Jeff King, four-time winner Martin Buser, DeeDee Jonrowe, Aliy Zirkle, four-time winner Doug Swingley, and Jessica Hendricks. The front-runners are jockeying for position, because slipping just one place in the final standings can cost several thousand dollars (US$) in prize money. Legally blind Rachael Scdoris and her "visual interpreter" Paul Ellering are in last place, and are en route from Grayling to Eagle Island.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Nome: Robert Sørlie of Norway crossed the finish line under the "burled arch" in Nome on March 16 at 8:39 am AKST, winning the race with a time of 9 days, 18 hours, 39 minutes, and 31 seconds. The top 10 finished in just over 7 hours. This was a relatively close race; in 33 Iditarods the race has been won by less than an hour only nine times, the last time in 1993 when Jeff King beat DeeDee Jonrowe.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Ed Iten made a hard push at the end of the race, and finished 26 minutes later in second place, beating his previous best of 5th in 2004. Last year's champion Mitch Seavey's bid to take the lead came up a little short, but he successfully fended off Sørlie's teammate and nephew, Bjørnar Andersen, to place third. Andersen's 4th-place finish with Team Norway's second string of dogs makes him the highest placed rookie since 1976, and wins him the Rookie of the Year Award.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Two-time runner up Ramy Brooks took 5th place more than an hour and a half later than Andersen, and he was followed by John Baker just 11 minutes later. Lance Mackey arrived 2+1⁄2 hours later, in 7th place, which is the best anyone has ever done in the Iditarod after winning the Yukon Quest in the same year, followed by Jesse Royer, Paul Gebhardt, and DeeDee Jonrowe. The remaining racers jockeyed for position, because slipping just one place in the final standings can cost several thousand US$ in prize money.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Former winners Buser and King pushed hard toward the end of the race, but ended up in 12th and 13th place. Buser credits the delay in turning and picking up Quebec as the primary factor.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Royer in 8th place was the first of the young female mushers who took the lead early in the race to cross the finish line, passing Jessica Hendricks at Koyuk, and then catching up with Buser, King, Swingley, and Jonrowe at Elim and passed all but Mackey as they crossed Little McKinley before reaching Golovin. Royer even passed Gebhardt, just outside Nome, though King was close behind. Former Yukon Quest winner Aliy Zirkle placed 11th, and Tustumena 300 winner Jessica Hendricks placed 15th.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Sørlie said, "I think this win is better than the 2003. This year, the dogs are better." Sørlie is first non-U.S. resident to win the race, and the second foreign citizen, after four-time winner Martin Buser who was a Swiss citizen who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2002.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Sørlie also said, "I have proved that I can do the ordinary race". The 2003 race was restarted in Fairbanks, due to weather, and followed a heavily modified route. "People said I won the last one because the course was so different. This year we were back to the original route, starting in Anchorage. The course from Fairbanks was much easier."


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
While the weather this year favored mushers who trained in warmer climates (Swingley from Montana placed higher than expected with an inexperienced team), the victory by Sørlie over a normal route, and the impressive rookie showing by Andersen is already leading to speculation that other mushers will copy their training techniques. Andersen's place is the best since 1976, just a few years after the first race in 1973 when all the mushers were rookies.


2005 Iditarod, March 16: Burled arch in Nome
Sørlie races the Iditarod every other year, alternating with his teammate Backen, but after Andersen's finish he indicated the team may push Andersen instead and said, "I haven't decided whether I'll run in 2007". The three have a team of 50 dogs, and according to Sørlie "this year was my time to take the best team. Next year will be for Bjornar." At 47, Sørlie is also the oldest winner of the Iditarod.


2005 Iditarod, March 21
The Red Lantern in last was Phil Morgan, an Alaska Airlines pilot, and when he crossed the finish line on March 21 at 8:02 pm AKST (March 22, 5:02 UTC), the Widow's Lantern hanging on the burled arch was extinguished, which signalled the end of the race. The Christmas lights and banners were also taken down. He took 15 days, 6 hours, 2 minutes, and 57 seconds and completed the race with 8 dogs, becoming the only musher unable to attend the Finisher's Banquet the night before. Many mushers scratched because of poor conditions, and the Red Lantern signifies "stick-to-itiveness". Morgan is a 737-200 pilot.


2005 Iditarod, March 21
Trailing the pack, Morgan became the only musher to blizzard en route from White Mountain. Three of his dogs were in heat at the start of the race, and he had to drop his lead dogs at Iditarod. Morgan has been a volunteer with the Iditarod Airforce since 1995. According to Morgan, "we lived through some crazy experiences".


2005 Iditarod, March 21
According to Nome Mayor Leo Rasmussen, the race brought a total of US$23 million in business to the state of Alaska in the 1990s. Nome and other areas in Alaska had a financial slump during the winter due to high fuel prices.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors
There are a total of 79 mushers entered in the race, including 19 from the continental United States (the "Lower 48"), 9 from outside the U.S., 16 women, and 28 rookies, who are competing in their first Iditarod. A total of 23 entrants withdrew before the start of the race. The entry fee was US$1,850.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors
The 2005 race has competitors from four countries. Norway is represented by Trine Lyrek, Bjørnar Andersen, and the 2003 winner, Robert Sørlie. Canada is represented by Hans Gatt from British Columbia, Karen Ramstead from Alberta, Aaron Peck from Ontario, and Sebastian Schunelle and Michael "Longway" Salvisberg from the Yukon Territory. Dodo Perri from Italy, and another competitor from Italy, and one each from Germany and South Africa withdrew before the start of the race.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors
Nineteen competitors are from other states in the U.S., with the most (seven) from Montana: Harmony Barron, Jason Barron, John Barron, Robert Greger, Melanie Shirilla, four-time winner Doug Swingley, and Cliff Wang. In addition, Gregg Hickman, Andrew Letzring, and Ed Stielstra are from Michigan; Perry Solomonson and Mark Stamm are from Washington; Bill Pinkham and Lachlan Clarke are from Colorado; Steve Rasmussen and Paul Ellering are from Minnesota; Rachael Scdoris is from Oregon, Scott Smith is from Wyoming, and Bryan Mills is from Wisconsin. Greg Paulsen from New Mexico withdrew. The remainder are Alaskan.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors
The field is extremely competitive, with no clear favorites. As of March 5, 2005, every winner since 1990 is scheduled to race. These include


2005 Iditarod, Competitors
The relatively warm conditions may favor dogs trained in the Lower 48 states. The mixed breed huskies favored by mushers perform best in sub-zero weather, and dogs trained in relatively warm conditions will be more acclimated. Until reaching the cold of the Alaska Interior, most mushers prefer to run their teams during the night and sleep during the day, to take advantage of the colder temperatures. On the other hand, unseasonably warm temperatures made is more difficult to train sled dogs in Montana and other locations. Sørlie, Buser, Jonrowe, and Seavey trained in warmer climates, while Boulding trained his dogs in the cold Interior.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors, Dogs
Gebhardt's dog Rita dropped dead while in harness en route from Anvik on March 12. According to the veterinarians there were no signs of abuse, so Gebhardt was allowed to continue and left the checkpoint. Reports indicate he was "downcast" or "devastated", and according to veterinarian Bill Daly he was crying. A preliminary necropsy indicates the cause of death was anemia, from gastric ulcers. This was the first canine fatality of the race. Despite the weather, there are few cases of hyperthermia (overheating). Two dogs died during the 2004 Iditarod.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors, Dogs
Nellie, Doug Swingley's dog died in Anchorage on March 17, after being dropped off in Elim at March 15 with pneumonia. The gross necropsy indicated an intestinal abnormality (a double intussusception), and more tests are pending.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors, Dogs
Oakley, Jason Barron's dog died on March 17 on the way to Nome from Safety. The gross necropsy revealed no cause of death, and more tests are pending.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors, Dogs
Tyson, Michael Salvisberg's dog died on March 18. Tyson was dropped in White Mountain and transported to Nome. The dog was tied to the ski of the plane but the lead came loose and Tyson ran onto the ice of the Bering Sea, fell into open water, and drowned.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors, Dogs
Both sides in the controversy about whether the race constitutes dog abuse weigh in fringe news sources


2005 Iditarod, Competitors, Dogs
A team of veterinarians from Oklahoma State University are studying the dogs of the Iditarod as part of a Department of Defense grant to determine how dogs can run up to 10 hours without fatigue.


2005 Iditarod, Competitors, Dogs
Dogs dropped at the checkpoints during the race were flown to one of the regional hubs at Unalakleet, McGrath, or Anchorage and then to Hiland Mountain-Meadow Creek Correctional Center in Eagle River, where they were cared for by minimum security inmates who volunteered for the responsibility.


2005 Iditarod, Awards
A purse of $750,107 was split among the finishers. The winner received $72,066.67, and a new truck, and the top 30 shared $705,000. The rest of the finishers shared the remaining $45,107.


2005 If Stockholm Open
The 2005 If Stockholm Open was an ATP men's tennis tournament played on hard courts and held at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the 37th edition of the event and part of the ATP International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from 10 October through 16 October 2005. Sixth-seeded James Blake won the singles title.


2005 If Stockholm Open, Finals, Doubles
Wayne Arthurs /  Paul Hanley defeated  Leander Paes /  Nenad Zimonjić, 5–3, 5–3


2005 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2005 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley won the title, defeating Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić 5–3, 5–3 in the final.


2005 If Stockholm Open – Singles
Thomas Johansson was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.


2005 If Stockholm Open – Singles
James Blake won the tournament, beating Paradorn Srichaphan in the final, 6–1, 7–6(8–6).


2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Zook, who was in his first season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 2–9.


2005 Imola GP2 Series round
The 2005 San Marino GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 23 April and 24 April 2005 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. It was the first race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix.


2005 Imola GP2 Series round
The first race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for Arden International, with José María López second for DAMS and Scott Speed finishing third for iSport International. Polesitter Nicolas Lapierre did not start.


2005 Imola GP2 Series round
The second race was won by Adam Carroll for Super Nova Racing, with Alexandre Prémat for ART Grand Prix and Heikki Kovalainen also on the podium.


2005 Indaiatuba tornado
The 2005 Indaiatuba Brazil tornado was a violent F3 multi-vortex tornado that struck Indaiatuba, in São Paulo, Brazil. The tornado caused damage estimated at R$97.2 million (BRL), which caused the government to declare a state of public calamity. This was the first multi-vortex tornado to be recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.


2005 Indaiatuba tornado, Event
A cold front that hit the state of São Paulo since Tuesday has caused a tornado in the city. The tornado was classified as F1, but shortly afterwards it was reclassified as F3 after the damage counts. The tornado occurred around a Tuesday afternoon leaving a huge destruction trail in the city. The winds surpassed 125 mph.


2005 Indaiatuba tornado, Damage
Three high-voltage towers were destroyed by the tornado in the region near the Toyota building. In all, 220 electric power poles were toppled and damaged; and schools, health posts and part of the city hall were also destroyed. At least 400 houses were damaged; and strong winds knocked down walls, roofs, metal structures, poles, sheds, and trees.


2005 Indaiatuba tornado, Damage
There were at least 400 companies in the industrial district, of which 15 were totally destroyed. In addition, all 720 companies that exist in the region have stood by the lack of electricity. The force of the wind knocked down and derailed 18 wagons that were empty and parked on the Ferroban lines in the Pimenta neighborhood, each wagon weighing approximately 25 tons. The buildings of the National Industrial Service (Senai) were destroyed by the tornado, which dismantled the gate, caused smashing, broke windows, ripped trees and knocked down the fences.


2005 Indaiatuba tornado, Damage
Following a destructive trail through the city, the tornado hit the neighborhoods Esplanada, Pau Preto, Remulo Zoppi, Cecap, Jardim Renata, Mercedes, Oliveira Camargo and Pimenta. However, the Industrial District was the hardest hit neighborhood. The wind tossed parts of the roofs of several sheds, which were found at a distance of up to three kilometers. Some structures have even crossed the Santos Dumont highway.


2005 Indaiatuba tornado, Victims
At least 60 people were left homeless, of which 35 were sent by the City Hall to the Maria Benedita Municipal School in Jardim Morada do Sol. The rest went to relatives' homes.


2005 Independence Bowl
The 2005 Independence Bowl, the 30th in the history of the College Football bowl game,  saw the Missouri Tigers of the Big 12 overcome a 21–0 deficit late in the first quarter to defeat the SEC's South Carolina Gamecocks, 38–31 in the 30th edition of the bowl game. Quarterback Brad Smith and cornerback Marcus King, both of Missouri, were named the offensive and defensive players of the game.


2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting
The December 2005 IISc shooting  occurred on Wednesday, 28 December 2005 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in the Indian city of Bangalore, killing Prof. Munish Chandra Puri of IIT Delhi and injuring four, after two or more unidentified gunmen fired at Puri and others. The state government of Karnataka declared the shooting to be a terrorist attack, making it the first such attack in Bangalore.


2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting, Shooting
At around 7:00 pm local time (1:30 pm GMT), two people entered the IISc campus in a white Ambassador car. At around 7:20 pm, delegates attending the International Conference on Operations Research: Applications in Infrastructure Development, organised by the Operations Research Society of India at the JN Tata Auditorium on the IISc campus, were heading to dinner when the shooting began. A gunman, wearing black mask and army uniform, started firing indiscriminately from a rifle, thought to be a Chinese Type 56, outside the auditorium.


2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting, Shooting
Munish Chandra Puri, a Professor Emeritus at the mathematics department of the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, was wounded by bullets. He died en route to hospital. Three other scientists and a lab assistant were among the injured. One of the injured was a pregnant woman, who sustained injuries to her eye. The other three injured had serious bullet injuries and underwent emergency surgeries.


2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting, Investigation and trial
The police later recovered a Chinese made Type 56 military rifle, twelve empty cartridges, one empty magazine, five live magazines (one half-spent), two grenades, and one live hand-grenade which they defused. The police surmise that the gunmen had escaped by scaling the boundary wall of the campus. No organisation claimed responsibility.


2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting, Investigation and trial
The Karnataka police identified the attackers as belonging to a cell of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Six people were convicted in December 2011 and several others are at large including the shooter.


2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting, Investigation and trial
In 2007, possible links arose between the shooting and Bilal Abdullah and Kafeel Ahmed, the perpetrators of two terrorist incidents that occurred in the United Kingdom that same year. Investigations were carried out to unearth these purported links.


2005 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2005, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. One member from Goa, three members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal were elected.


2005 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2005. They are members for the term 2005-2011 and retire in year 2011, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.


2005 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 2005.


2005 Indiana Fever season
The 2005 WNBA season was the 6th for the Indiana Fever. The Fever achieved their first playoff series victory, but their road to the WNBA Finals ended when the Connecticut Sun swept the Fever in the next round.


2005 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 2005 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers were coached by Terry Hoeppner, who was in his first season.


2005 Indianapolis 500
The 89th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 29, 2005. It was the premier event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season and the tenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Dan Wheldon won the race, his first of two Indy victories (2005, 2011). Wheldon became the first British-born winner since Graham Hill in 1966. It was the second-consecutive Indy victory for Honda, and the first victory for the Dallara chassis since 2002. It was also the long-awaited first Indianapolis 500 victory for car owner Michael Andretti of Andretti-Green Racing. After many years of failing to win the race as a driver ("Andretti Curse"), Andretti finally achieved victory at Indianapolis as an owner. As of 2020, it is the first of his five Indy victories as an owner.


2005 Indianapolis 500
Rookie Danica Patrick, who qualified and finished fourth, became the first female driver in Indy history to lead laps during the race. Patrick led three times for a total of 19 laps and won the Rookie of the Year award. Considerable media hype and attention was focused on the race and on Patrick in particular during the month, giving birth to the term "Danica Mania." Her 4th place starting position broke the record set by Lyn St. James (6th in 1994) and her 4th-place finishing position broke record set by Janet Guthrie (9th in 1978).


2005 Indianapolis 500
The increased attention going into the race helped register a 6.5 Nielsen rating, the highest since 1996. Also making headlines during the month of May was the return of 1999 winner Kenny Bräck. After suffering a horrendous crash at Texas in October 2003, Bräck sat out the 2004 season, recovering from serious injuries. Bräck, in what would be his final Indy car race, drove in substitute for Buddy Rice, who had suffered a concussion in a practice crash. Bräck was the overall fastest qualifier during time trials but dropped out of the race near the halfway point due to mechanical problems.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Background
Over the offseason, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was milled and repaved in asphalt. Selective diamond grinding was done in an effort to smooth out bumps in the turns. On April 5, 2005, a private test session saw four teams (AGR, Ganassi, Rahal, and Panther) test for Firestone. The session was canceled, however, when the inconsistent pavement in the turns created an unsuitable dual level of grip in the corners. A week later, the entire track was diamond ground to cure the problem.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Background
The schedule for the month of May was slightly retooled for 2005. The annual rookie orientation program was moved to opening day, as well as the second day of official activity. Previously, in most cases, rookie orientation was held prior to the traditional "opening day" of practice, often in April. Veteran practice would commence on Tuesday, the third day overall.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Background
Carb Day, the traditional last day of practice before the race, was moved from its familiar Thursday slot to Friday of the race weekend. After four years of having three days of time trials scheduled (2001–2004), time trials reverted to four days, and a new format (dubbed "11/11/11") was introduced.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Background
After they were first allowed in 2004, single-point refueling rigs were made mandatory for 2005.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Background
After several decades of the race traditionally starting at 11:00 a.m. local time (EST), the start time was moved to 12:00 p.m. EST (1:00 p.m. EDT).


2005 Indianapolis 500, Background, Team and driver changes
Among the numerous team/driver changes for 2005 included Rahal Letterman Racing. Defending Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice returned, and was joined by rookie Danica Patrick. Newman/Haas Racing returned to the Indy 500, entering Sébastien Bourdais and Bruno Junqueira.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Background, Team and driver changes
Two-time winner Al Unser, Jr. took a brief retirement from driving for 2005 and did not enter. With him along with others such as Michael Andretti, and Arie Luyendyk on the sidelines, no participants from the 1980s would qualify for the field, the first time ever.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race schedule
* Includes days where track activitywas significantly limited due to rain


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 1), Sunday May 8
Opening day of practice focused on rookie orientation. The coveted first driver on the track was Danica Patrick. Among the top drivers of the day were Patrick (221.463 mph), Ryan Briscoe, and Patrick Carpentier. Seven out of the nine drivers participating completed their required rookie test.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 1), Monday May 9
The second day of rookie orientation saw Danica Patrick again set the pace. She set the fast lap of the month thus far at 222.741 mph. Sébastien Bourdais completed his rookie test, while Jeff Ward completed a refresher test.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 1), Tuesday May 10
The first full day of veteran practice saw heavy activity. Dan Wheldon led the speed chart at 226.808 mph, and no incidents were reported.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 1), Wednesday May 11
Defending Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice suffered a significant crash at 12:16 p.m. The car spun in turn 2 and made heavy contact to the rear of the car. Kosuke Matsuura spun to avoid the crash, but received minimal damage. Rice was transported to Methodist Hospital with a concussion.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 1), Wednesday May 11
Rain ended the day about a half hour early, with Tony Kanaan fastest of the day, and fastest of the month thus far, at 227.453 mph.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 1), Thursday May 12
Darren Manning and Paul Dana both suffered single-car crashes during the session, but neither were seriously injured. Tony Kanaan led the pace early over 227 mph, but late in the day, Danica Patrick upped the speed to 227.633 mph. It marked the fastest lap thus far during the month, and the first time a female driver had led the speed chart on a full day of practice (without a rain delay) since 1977.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 1), Friday May 13
"Fast Friday" practice saw cloudy skies, and warm temperatures. Paul Dana wrecked his backup car, the second day in a row crashing. Exiting turn two, Dana spun and hit the outside wall, and slid down the back stretch. Sam Hornish, Jr. hit a piece of debris from the wreck on the back stretch, and did a full flip. The car came down upright, but continued to spin and came to a rest overturned. Hornish was uninjured, but Dana was taken to the hospital for further evaluation.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 1), Friday May 13
Tomas Scheckter turned the fastest lap thus far around 1 p.m., at 227.804 mph. Rain began to fall shortly after 2 p.m., and closed the track for the day.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 1), Saturday May 14
Rain fell overnight and into the morning, preventing any track activity. A new qualifying format was put into place for 2005, providing that only the top 11 cars would secure positions on pole day, and bumping would then occur. Track officials decided to cancel activities for the day at 12:15 p.m., and postpone pole qualifying until Sunday.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 1), Saturday May 14
Shortly after the official postponement, the rain stopped and blue skies emerged. Some complained that qualifying could have been held after all, but head official Brian Barnhart still felt there would not be sufficient time to finish the qualifying order.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 1), Sunday May 15 (Pole day)
Cool temperatures in the mid-50s were observed for morning practice. Danica Patrick set the fastest lap of the entire month during the morning session at 229.880 mph. The lap made her a favorite for the front row. Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan were close behind on the speed chart.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 1), Sunday May 15 (Pole day)
Due to the rainout on Saturday, 22 positions were to be filled on Sunday. After the field filled to 22 cars, bumping would begin.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 1), Sunday May 15 (Pole day)
At noon, Scott Sharp was the first car to make a qualifying attempt. He placed himself in the field with a speed of 227.126 mph. Moments later, Tony Kanaan put himself on the provisional pole position with a speed of 227.566 mph.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 1), Sunday May 15 (Pole day)
At 12:45 Danica Patrick took to the track. On her first lap, midway through turn 1, the back end of the car wiggled a bit, and slowed her exit from the turn. The first lap was a disappointing 224.920 mph. The second lap, however, increased to 227.638 mph. her fourth and final lap was run at 227.860 mph, the fastest single lap of the day. The final four-lap average of 227.004 mph put her in the fourth starting position. Many feel that if not for the mistake on the first lap, her speed would have been sufficient to secure the pole position.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 1), Sunday May 15 (Pole day)
Later in the day, Sam Hornish, Jr. bumped his way onto the front row. Hélio Castroneves withdrew his earlier speed, but ended up losing a position when he requalified. The field filled to 22 cars, and the day ended as Jaques Lazier was "bumped."


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 2), Wednesday May 18
Rahal Letterman Racing named Kenny Bräck as the replacement for injured Buddy Rice. Brack was the 1999 winner, but sat out the 2004 season recovering from a massive crash in October 2003 at Texas.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 2), Wednesday May 18
Nearly 2,500 laps were run during the afternoon, with Dan Wheldon fastest at 227.320 mph. The fastest non-qualified car was Kenny Bräck, already up to 225.774 mph.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 2), Friday May 20
Another busy day of practice saw 2,228 laps completed incident-free. Dan Wheldon remained on top of the speech chart at 226.399 mph, until Tony Kanaan (226.490 mph) bumped him off in the final hour.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Practice (week 2), Friday May 20
Arie Luyendyk Jr., attempting to complete his rookie test, suffered gearbox trouble, then later blew an engine.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 2), Saturday May 21
The third day of time trials saw the field fill to 32 cars. In the first hour, Ryan Briscoe, Marty Roth and Kenny Bräck completed runs. Bräck qualified at 227.598 mph, the fastest qualifier in the field. Though he qualified faster than polesitter Tony Kanaan, as a third day qualifier, Bräck would be required to start 22nd.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 2), Saturday May 21
After blowing an engine earlier, A. J. Foyt IV put a car in the field, and the field finished the day with one grid position open.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 2), Sunday May 22 (Bump day)
With one position open, very few teams in the garage area were prepared to make a qualifying attempt. Most teams used the morning and afternoon sessions for practice. Arie Luyendyk Jr. was the only entry going into the day confirming an intent to qualify.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 2), Sunday May 22 (Bump day)
At 3:10 p.m., Luyendyk, Jr. completed a run at 215.039 mph, and filled the field to 33 cars. Luyendyk, Jr. was the slowest car in the field, and on the bubble. However, it appeared that Luyendyk would be safe, with no other teams preparing to qualify.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 2), Sunday May 22 (Bump day)
Shortly after the run, A. J. Foyt Racing announced that they had signed veteran Felipe Giaffone, and he would attempt to qualify. Giaffone had been shopping with his wife at Babies "Я" Us when he got a telephone call to run over to the Speedway. Within two hours of being at the store, Giaffone was suited up and ready to drive. In less than 45 minutes, he was up to speed and ready to qualify.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Time trials (weekend 2), Sunday May 22 (Bump day)
At 5:36 p.m., with less than 25 minutes left in the day, Giaffone took to the track and easily bumped Luyendyk, Jr. from the field. Luyendyk's team quickly scrambled his car to go out one final time. With one minute remaining before the 6 o'clock gun, Luyendyk entered the track. His speed was slow, and he fell more than 7 mph shy of bumping his way into the field.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Starting grid
W  = former Indianapolis 500 winner;  R  = Indianapolis 500 rookie


2005 Indianapolis 500, Carb day
For the first time modern scheduling, Carb Day was moved to the Friday before the race (May 27). Previously it was held on a Thursday. The final practice session was also trimmed back to one hour.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Carb day
All 33 qualified cars took to the track. Nine minutes into the session, Buddy Lazier wrecked coming out of turn four, sliding along the outside wall down the front stretch. Lazier was not seriously injured, but the car would have to be repaired before Sunday.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Carb day
Danica Patrick led the speed chart at 225.597 mph, and no other serious issues were reported.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Carb day
Later in the afternoon, Penske Racing with driver Sam Hornish, Jr. won the Checker's/Rally's Pit Stop Challenge. They defeated Andretti Green Racing (Bryan Herta) in the final round.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
Race dawn emerged warm and sunny, with temperatures in the mid 70s (°F), and no chance of rain. Speedway chairperson Mari Hulman George gave the command to start engines at 11:58 a.m. (EST). The field assembled for two parade laps and one pace lap behind the Chevrolet Corvette C6 pace car, driven by Colin Powell.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
At the start, a very well-aligned field saw polesitter Tony Kanaan take the lead into turn 1. The field circulated safely through the first lap. In the third turn, Sam Hornish, Jr. passed Kanaan for the lead, and led the first lap. Kanaan re-took the lead on lap 3. The duo traded the lead once more before Larry Foyt crashed on lap 18, bringing out the first caution.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
Most of the leaders pit under the yellow, and Kanaan won the race off of pit road.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
Sam Hornish, Jr. took the lead on lap 38, and the race began to settle into a pace. On lap 55, a series of green flag pit stops shuffled the field momentary. Hornish ducked into the pits first, followed by Kanaan. The shuffle brought Danica Patrick to the lead on lap 56. It marked the first time in Indy 500 history that a female driver led a lap in competition. She pitted the next time around, and Hornish emerged once again as the leader.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
On lap 78, Bruno Junqueira went to pass the lap car of A. J. Foyt IV in turn 2. The two cars touched, and Junqueira crashed hard into the outside wall. He suffered a concussion and fractured vertebrae.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
Kenny Bräck headed for the pits on lap 82 with mechanical trouble. The car eventually dropped out due to a broken wishbone suspension.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
As they approached the halfway point, Hornish and Kanaan again battled back and forth for the lead.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
On lap 114, Richie Hearn and Scott Dixon tangled and crashed in turn one. On the restart, Kanaan and Dario Franchitti passed Hornish on the front stretch, and pulled away from the field.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
On lap 147, Sam Hornish, Jr. went to pass Sébastien Bourdais on the outside of turn one. He slid high, and smacked the outside wall. The leaders pit on lap 149, which meant that only one more fuel stop would be required for each car. Exiting the pits, Bryan Herta was penalized for speeding on pit road, and was moved to the rear of the field for the upcoming restart.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
On 155, the field prepared to go back to green. Accelerating in the north short chute, Danica Patrick, running 8th, did a half-spin, and tagged Tomáš Enge. Tomas Scheckter spun to avoid the crash, and wrecked into the inside wall. Jeff Bucknum, Patrick Carpentier, and Jaques Lazier also got caught up in the melee. Patrick damaged her nosecone, and ducked immediately into the pits. The team replaced the nose of the car, then a second pit stop (lap 159) saw her change tires and top off the fuel. Patrick dropped to 11th, the last car on the lead lap. Just before the restart on lap 161, Bryan Herta ducked into the pits, and topped off the fuel. The team intended to go the distance without another pit stop.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
With 30 laps to go, Dan Wheldon led Vitor Meira. Roger Yasukawa brought out the yellow when his car blew an engine down the front stretch. All of the leaders except Patrick and Herta went to the pits. Staying out, Patrick and Herta shuffled up to the front of the field. Patrick took the lead for the second time of the day on lap 172, and led Herta on the lap 173 restart. To the delight of the crowd, Patrick pulled out to a 1-second lead.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
Her crew instructed her to dial down the fuel mixture (in an effort to make it to the finish), and her lead began to dwindle. Dan Wheldon caught her on lap 186, and took the lead. At the same time, Kosuke Matsuura hit the wall in the exit of turn four.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
With ten laps to go, the green flag came back out. Patrick darted around Wheldon, and took the lead into turn 1. She held the lead for three laps. With seven laps to go, Wheldon passed her once again, and pulled out to a lead. With less than three laps to go, Vítor Meira and Bryan Herta managed to get by Patrick, while Wheldon continued to pull away. Down the back stretch with less than 1½ laps to go, Buddy Lazier passed Sébastien Bourdais on the outside for 5th place. Bourdais got loose in turn 3, and crashed into the outside wall. The yellow and white flag were displayed, and one lap later, Dan Wheldon won the race under caution.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
Bryan Herta's fuel strategy worked out, and he came home third. Danica Patrick held on to 4th place, beating Janet Guthrie's Indy 500 record (9th place in 1978) for the best finish by a female driver. Buddy Lazier finished a strong 5th, despite nursing a broken front wing after contact by Scott Sharp.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Box score
W  = former Indianapolis 500 winner;  R  = Indianapolis 500 rookie


2005 Indianapolis 500, Box score
All cars in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 used Firestone tires.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Race leaders
Seven drivers led the race, with a total of twenty-seven lead changes.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Aftermath
The massive media attention going into the race delivered a high television rating, and brought the IndyCar Series back into the limelight after several slumping years. Dan Wheldon rode the wave of success to six total victories in 2005, and clinched the 2005 IndyCar Series championship.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Aftermath
Danica Patrick, however, emerged from the race as the biggest star. She was interviewed on Good Morning America the morning after the race, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Patrick became a household name nearly overnight, and became a "watercooler" topic.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Aftermath
Two weeks after the race, other drivers in the series started to embrace and make light of the attention. Race winner Dan Wheldon wore a t shirt stating "I actually 'won' the Indy 500." Buddy Rice, the 2004 Indy 500 winner sported a shirt saying "Danica's teammate," while Vítor Meira, who finished second wore a shirt with "Danica's other teammate."


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The race was carried live on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network. Mike King served as chief announcer. Pancho Carter served as "driver expert," a role he also participated as in 1988.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The four turn reporters remained the same from the previous year. In the pit area Kim Morris and Jim Murphy departed. Joining the crew were Nicole Manske and USAC Midget champion Kevin Olson. During the pre-race, Olson interviewed David Letterman, a segment of the broadcast that would become a fixture in subsequent years.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Among the special guests interviewed in the booth were former Secretary of State Colin Powell and the recently elected Governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels. Sponsor guests interviewed in the booth included Tim Manganello (BorgWarner), Keith Sirios (Checkers and Rally's), Al Spire (Firestone), John Middlebrook (GM), and Keith Newman (Jim Beam).


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chief Announcer: Mike KingDriver expert: Pancho CarterHistorian: Donald DavidsonColor analyst: Dave WilsonCommentary: Chris Economaki


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: Jerry BakerTurn 2: Adam AlexanderTurn 3: Mark JaynesTurn 4: Chris Denari


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
For 2005, ABC Sports replaced veteran announcer Paul Page with Todd Harris. Harris had previously covered the World's Strongest Man competitions, and worked as a sideline–pit reporter. However, he was inexperienced in anchoring live sports, and did not personally pursue the role. Harris was joined by analyst Scott Goodyear in the booth. Gone from the broadcast was veteran Paul Page, who had covered the 500 on television or radio dating back to 1974.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
Also new to the broadcast was Brent Musburger, who took over the host role.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The "Wide World of Sports" telecast opened with the pre-race billed as "Firestone Race Day." The opening teaser entitled "Speed City," created by Brice Bowman of Earshot Audio Post, would eventually earn a Sports Emmy for "Outstanding post-produced audio/sound."


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Controversy
Going into the race broadcast, one of the most significant stories of the month was Danica Patrick qualifying 4th, and having a legitimate chance to win the race. ABC Sports planned to focus considerably on Patrick during the pre-race and race running. Many felt that ABC was ignoring the other drivers, including polesitter Tony Kanaan and eventual winner Dan Wheldon. In the days after the race, ABC, and Harris in particular, were largely criticised by columnists and bloggers for poor coverage, and for biased and subjective coverage of Patrick.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Controversy
It was pointed out that despite the close attention, neither Harris nor Goodyear noticed that Patrick had taken the lead during a sequence of pit stops on lap 56. Nine laps later, as ABC returned from commercial, Harris mentioned Patrick having taken the lead for the first time.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Controversy
His comments were criticised as he said she "...turned the trick..." (usually a sexual reference), and that "Fifty years from now you will remember where you were when Danica Patrick made not only motorsports history, but she joined the likes of Amelia Earhart and Sally Ride in a barrier-breaking performance..." Of which Jerry Greene of the Orlando Sentinel wrote "I seriously doubt it, Todd." Greene also wrote that Harris "said many stupid things Sunday because of Ms. Patrick's efforts."


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Controversy
Richard Sandomir wrote that Harris and Goodyear faltered in three distinct instances late in the race. With 13 laps to go, they closely examined Dan Wheldon taking the lead by the nose of the car at the line repeatedly when a caution came out. It was portrayed as if they were racing back to the caution. However, such was not allowed under Indy Racing League rules. It was later observed that the caution light did not turn on until the cars were in turn 1 (well after Wheldon had completed the pass), and the attention focused at the start–finish line was misguided, misleading, and irrelevant.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Controversy
Three laps later, Harris awkwardly waited ten seconds before noting that Patrick had re-taken the lead on the restart. When Wheldon took the lead for good on lap 193, Harris again hesitated, and waited 20 seconds to report the move, and another 30 seconds to report that Patrick had dropped to 4th place. Sandomir also criticized a perceived "softball" post-race interview of Patrick by Jerry Punch.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Controversy
Houston Chronicle writer David Barron said during the pre-race show and the race's first 90 minutes, he "counted an average of one Patrick reference every five minutes, and each reference went on for some time." Others blogged that ABC was intentionally bringing attention to Patrick's looks, at the same time trying to downplay them.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Controversy
With all the hoopla regarding Danica Patrick it was also seen as interesting by some that the song that was played during the closing credits of the broadcast was a song by the title "Luckiest Man Alive" by the Finn Brothers. Some felt that while jumping on the Danica hype for all it was worth this pointed to ABC never really taking the idea seriously that she might actually win. Of course there could've been another version of the closing credits with another song available if she had won but no one at ABC has ever commented on it.


2005 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Controversy
At the end of the 2005 season, Todd Harris was removed from the booth, and replaced with veteran Marty Reid.


2005 Indianapolis Colts season
The 2005 Indianapolis Colts season was the franchise's 53rd season in the National Football League, the 32nd in Indianapolis and the fourth season under head coach Tony Dungy. The Colts improved on their 12–4 record from 2004 and finished the season 14–2. Indianapolis started the season with a 13-game winning streak and were heavily favored to go to and win Super Bowl XL. The Colts' rival, the New England Patriots, lost to the Denver Broncos in the Divisional round of the playoffs. The following night the Colts were favored over the Steelers because they had easily beaten them in their previous meeting. However the Colts lost their first playoff game to the eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, when Placekicker Mike Vanderjagt missed a crucial field goal.


2005 Indianapolis Colts season
The 2005 Colts set an NFL record by winning twelve games in which they never trailed at any point in the contest and still stands as of 2019.


2005 Indianapolis Colts season
The 2005 Colts were the first team opening with 13 or more wins to lose a playoff game, although this would be repeated by the 2007 New England Patriots who went 16–0 in the regular season, the Colts again in the 2009 season when they started 14–0 and lost their final two games, the 2011 Green Bay Packers who started 13–0 and went 15–1, and by the 2015 Carolina Panthers, who began the season 14–0 and went 15–1.


2005 Indianapolis Colts season
The Colts would, however, win the Super Bowl the next year with a 12–4 record over the Chicago Bears with a score of 29–17.


2005 Indianapolis Colts season, Offseason
The Colts had a busy offseason with the main focus to sign star running back Edgerrin James to a new contract. However, that did not happen, and the Colts decided to take the initiative of sticking him with the franchise tag . (The franchise tag is a way to keep a player on the roster for one more year, but for a much larger salary than specified on the contract.) The Colts also signed RT Ryan Diem to a seven-year contract that included a $12  million signing bonus, which made him one of the highest-paid tackles in the league.


2005 Indianapolis Colts season, Offseason
The Colts were not able to re-sign TE Marcus Pollard (Detroit Lions, free-agent) or DE Brad Scioli (free-agent) during the offseason.


2005 Indianapolis Colts season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens
In the first Sunday night football game of the 2005 NFL regular season, the Colts came into town to face the Baltimore Ravens. This game was a game of mistakes by Baltimore, and taking advantage of miscues for Indianapolis. Baltimore QB Kyle Boller threw an interception for a touchdown before being injured, and his replacement, Anthony Wright ended up throwing two more interceptions. Baltimore kicker Matt Stover missed three field goals, and gave the Colts more opportunities to score.