The 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose was the eighth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 31, 2005 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais swept both the pole and the race win. The race was notable for the large bump on the main straight where a light rail track crossed the course, the bump being large enough to cause the cars to catch air.

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2005 San Jose

Race details
Race 8 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
San Jose Track Layout
Date	July 31, 2005
Official name	Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose
Location	Streets of San Jose San Jose, California, United States
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.448 mi / 2.330 km
Distance	93 laps 134.664 mi / 216.690 km
Weather	Partly Cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 84 °F (29 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 10.1 miles per hour (16.3 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	54.243
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	55.083 (on lap 90 of 93)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Third	Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)

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Because of circuit construction issues on Friday, the Qualification 1 session was canceled. Only times from Saturday's Qualification 2 session were used to set the grid for the race.

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Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Time
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	54.243
2		Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	54.305
3		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	54.570
4		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	54.604
5		Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	54.654
6		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	54.878
7		Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	54.895
8		Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	55.054
9		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	55.093
10		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	55.414
11		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	55.434
12		Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	55.449
13		Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	55.773
14		Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	55.972
15		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	56.019
16		Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	56.452
17		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	56.616
18		Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	57.687

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• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 54.243 (Qualification Session)
• New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 55.083
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:42.889
• Average Speed 76.431 mph

Drivers' Championship standings

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	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	216
	2	Paul Tracy	188
	3	Justin Wilson	175
	4	Oriol Servià	160
	5	A. J. Allmendinger	126

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• Note: Only the top five positions are included.