Glock wraps up rookie-of-the-year honors in Australia, McDowell finishes first Champ Car event in 12th position source: Rocketsports Racing With two events left on the 2005 Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford schedule, rookie Timo Glock had the chance to wrap up the Roshfrans Rookie-of-the-Year this afternoon, and did so with a six place finish as his new teammate, Michael McDowell, made his Champ Car debut finishing successfully in the twelfth spot. The green flag dropped this afternoon for the start of the Lexmark Indy 300, and an early incident moved Glock up to the seventh spot after starting tenth on the grid and McDowell up to 13th after starting 16th. When the track went green again, McDowell found himself out of luck, as the car ahead of him kicked out the tires in the chicanes causing him to hit them and lose his front wing. He had to make his first pit on lap five, causing him to be off sequence with the rest of the 19-car field. The second yellow of the day caused a problem for Glock in the #8 DHL Global Mail Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone. On the restart the German was sitting P5 when he had some troubles heading into Turn Four and lost three positions, moving him back down to eighth with 24 laps to go. His consistency on track allowed him to move up two positions by the drop of the checkered flag to finish the day in the sixth spot. Earning 19 championship points, Glock was able to clinch the 2005 Rookie-of-the-Year title, despite one race left in the season. The total amount of points that one driver could possibly earn during a race weekend is 35, so Glock had to be 35 points ahead of Ronnie Bremer in order to clinch the title. He leaves Australia 43 points ahead of Bremer, and will go down in Champ Car history as the 2005 Rookie-of-the-Year. McDowell's first Champ Car race may not have produced the results he was hoping for, but was a success none-the-less. He managed his way around the challenging 2.795-temporary street circuit of Surfers Paradise rather smoothly considering this marked the first time the 20-year-old competed on a temporary street course surface. He showed he has what it takes to run with the competitive drivers that run in the Champ Car World Series and did so in a very tasteful manner, bring home the #31 Commercial Defeasance Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone 12th , earning nine championship points in his debut. The Champ Car season finale will take place in two weeks, down in Mexico City, November 4-6. Glock will be awarded his trophy during the last event for his top-notch accomplishments during his rookie season in Champ Car with Rocketsports Racing.
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