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As of 2024, 67 drivers from 11 different countries have won a national American open-wheel championship. [a] [15] The first national American open-wheel champion was Barney Oldfield in the 1905 AAA Championship Car season, and the current national title holder is Álex Palou in the 2024 IndyCar Series. A. J.
American open-wheel car racing, generally known as Indy car racing, or more formally Indianapolis car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2024 , the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar .
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The 2000 FedEx Championship Series season was the twenty-second in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) era of American open-wheel car racing. It consisted of 20 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 26, 2000 and concluding in Fontana, California on October 30, 2000. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion was Gil de Ferran.
An open-wheel car is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have their wheels below the body or inside fenders. Open-wheel cars are built both for road racing and oval track racing.
Alsup Racing expanded to a two-car team, with Bill Alsup joined in most races by Phil Caliva. After running a full season in 1979, All American Racers and driver Mike Mosley only ran three races in 1980. Hoffman Racing once again fielded a variety of drivers, with Lee Kunzman, Joe Saldana, and Bob Frey splitting the year.
WikiProject American Open Wheel Racing is a project to better organize information in articles related to Open Wheel Racing based in the United States, with an emphasis on the Indy Racing League, Champ Car, and Indy/Championship racing under the AAA and USAC banner dating to approximately 1902, the first year of AAA sanctioning. Primary topics ...
The 1969 SCCA Continental Championship was the third annual running of the Sports Car Club of America's professional open wheel racing series. [1] It was the first to carry the SCCA Continental Championship name as the previous two series had both been staged as the Grand Prix Championship. [1] The 1969 championship was open only to Formula A ...