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2005 PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE WORLD CHAMPION ANDREW HINES

  • Won second consecutive championship
  • Became fourth in class history with multiple titles
  • Won two times in five final rounds
  • Earned 10 low-qualifier honors
  • Compiled a 25-3 win-loss record

Top Fuel world champion
Tony Schumacher

Funny Car world champion
Gary Scelzi

Pro Stock world champion
Greg Anderson

Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion
Andrew Hines

Top Alcohol Dragster world champion
Steve Torrence

Top Alcohol Funny Car world champion
Bob Newberry

Comp eliminator world champion
Jeff Taylor

Super Stock world champion
Hugh Meeks III

Stock eliminator world champion
Peter Biondo

Super Comp world champion
Gary Stinnett

Super Gas world champion
Ray Sawyer

2005

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

ENDERS MAKES PRO STOCK HISTORY

Erica Enders became the first woman in NHRA history to advance to a Pro Stock final round, reaching the deciding round in Chicago, where she lost to Jason Line.

SCELZI’S NITRO DOUBLE

Funny Car champ Gary Scelzi became only the second driver in NHRA history to win world championship titles in both Top Fuel and Funny Car (with Kenny Bernstein).

INDY FINAL REVERSED

Although the win light in the NHRA U.S. Nationals Pro Stock Motorcycle final shined in Matt Smith’s lane, video replays showed that Steve Johnson reached the finish line first, and the outcome was reversed a day later.

W.J. UN-RETIRES

After initially proclaiming the 2005 season to be his last behind the wheel, Warren Johnson changed his mind and “the Professor of Pro Stock” went on to race through 2014.

2005

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

2005 rookie

Robert Hight

Hight drove the Automobile Club of Southern California Funny Car to two national event victories, the No. 1 qualifier a category-leading six times, and led the points standings for five races before finishing fifth. A former crewmember on team owner John Force’s Castrol GTX Ford Mustang, Hight never had driven competitively in any category, in any racing discipline, before the season began.

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