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The XB was replaced by the XD in the CART series for 1996. The XB, however, was used by several teams in the 1996 Indy Racing League season, and won the 1996 Indianapolis 500. The XF was developed for the 2000 season to replace the XD, and was chosen as the spec engine for the Champ Car World Series in 2003. The most recent derivative of the XF ...
Champ Car eventually moved into a 'de facto' all road-course format. The series would experiment with dramatic rule changes, including special compound tires that were to be used for a fixed portion of the race, standing starts, and timed races. Both Champ Car and the IRL continued to suffer from reduced fields, sponsorship, and television ratings.
The 2004 Champ Car World Series season was the 26th overall season in the CART/Champ Car genealogy, and the first under the ownership of Open-Wheel Racing Series (OWRS) as the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 18, 2004, and ended on November 7 after 14 races.
The Panoz DP01 is an open-wheel race car that was produced by Élan Motorsport Technologies at Braselton, Georgia, United States.It was developed for use in the 2007 Champ Car World Series season, replacing the aging de facto-spec Lola chassis.
[5] [6] The CCWS and the IRL merged in February 2008 to unify American open-wheel car racing and the merged body has run the sport under the IndyCar Series name since then. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The season consists of a series of races held variously on permanent road courses , closed city streets and oval tracks , usually in the United States and in a ...
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The Mercedes-Benz Indy V8 engine, known as the Ilmor 265-D (1994), [5] and later the Mercedes-Benz IC108 (1995-2000), is a powerful, turbocharged, 2.65-liter, Indy car racing V-8 engine, specially designed, developed, and built by Ilmor, in partnership and collaboration with Mercedes-Benz, to compete in the CART series; between 1994 and 2000.