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After the split from IndyCar World Series, the Indy Racing League began as a pure oval race series. Alongside the prestigious Indy 500, the 1-mile oval tracks of Phoenix and Loudon were added to the schedule. In addition, the Hulman family oversaw the planning for the construction of a new track at Walt Disney World in Florida.
The 1996 Indy Racing League was the first season in the history of the series, which was created and announced on March 11, 1994 by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as a supplementary series to the established Indy Car World Series sanctioned by Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) since 1979.
The 1996–97 Indy Racing League was the second season contested by the Indy Racing League.Tony Stewart was the champion, while Arie Luyendyk won the Indianapolis 500.The lengthy season was a result of the league abandoning the concept of ending each season with the Indianapolis 500.
Currently, Palou (who starts 12th Race 1; 10th Race 2) holds a 54-point cushion on Power, a 67-point lead on Colton Herta (10th Race 1; 18th Race 2) and 88 on McLaughlin (1st Race 1; 2nd Race 2).
The sanctioning body was formed in 1994 under the name Indy Racing League by Hulman & Company, which also owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex, and began competition in 1996. The trademark name INDYCAR was officially adopted on January 1, 2011. The sport of open-wheel car racing, also historically referred to as championship car racing ...
2025 IndyCar race schedule. This is the 2025 IndyCar schedule with day of week, date, location, course type and TV: Sunday, March 2: Streets of St. Petersburg (street course), Fox.
The 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series saw the addition of five races and loss of one to bring the total to 13. Chip Ganassi Racing returned to the Indy 500 with four cars and were joined on the grid by Penske Racing and Team Kool Green .
Attempts at reform, which saw the company rebranded as IndyCar in 1992 [2] and a compromise board formed, failed. In 1996, an open wheel "split" saw the newly created Indy Racing League (IRL) take full control over the Indianapolis 500 and start a competing oval-based open-wheel series. CART ceased using the IndyCar name but continued its ...