| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 11 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season | |
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| Date | September 24, 2005 |
| Official name | Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 |
| Location | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Course | 1.5 Mile Banked Oval 1.500 mi / 2.414 km |
| Distance | 166 laps 249.000 mi / 400.724 km |
| Weather | Mostly Cloudy (night race) |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Time | 26.381 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Time | 26.336 (on lap 166 of 166) |
| Podium | |
| First | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Second | Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Third | Jimmy Vasser (PKV Racing) |
The 2005 Hurricane Relief 400 was the eleventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 24, 2005, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race victory. With the dissolution of the Champ Car World Series in 2008, this was the final Champ Car race to take place on a high-banked oval of more than a mile in length. Proceeds for the event were donated to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita relief efforts.
