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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.
Chassis close-up. The Reynard 02I is an open-wheel racing car chassis designed and built by Reynard Racing Cars that competed in the 2002 IndyCar season. [1] [2] Development continued and its life was extended, and it saw competition in the Champ Car series, between 2003 and 2004.
In February 2008, the sale of Champ Car to the Indy Racing League (IRL) was consummated. Since the IRL used its own spec formula based around a chassis made by Italian manufacturer Dallara , the DP01 was retired from championship racing after approximately one year of racing service.
The Champ Car World Series merged into the IndyCar Series prior to the 2008 season, and Cosworth does not currently provide engines to any American open-wheel racing series. In mid-2003, Cosworth provided the 3.5 L V8 XG badged as a Chevrolet Gen 4 engine to IRL IndyCar Series teams after the proprietary Ilmor-built Chevrolet Gen 3 engine ...
Champ cars (typically referred to as "Indy cars" before 1997) were single-seat, open-wheel racing cars, with mid-mounted engines. Champ cars had sculpted undersides to create ground effects and prominent wings to create downforce. The cars would use different aerodynamic kits depending on whether they were racing on an oval or a road-course.
Gerald (Jerry) R. Forsythe (born in Marshall, Illinois in 1942) is an American businessman and auto racing magnate, best known for being one of the three men (Kevin Kalkhoven and Paul Gentilozzi are the other two) that owned the Champ Car World Series. Forsythe also owned a racing team, Forsythe Championship Racing, that competed in the Champ ...
Bourdais won four Champ Car titles with the team. 2003 was a season of upheaval for CART as a whole. Following the lead of Team Penske the year before, several of the top teams in CART defected to the Indy Racing League. Newman/Haas did not and remained loyal to what was now called the Champ Car World Series.
The Reynard 2KI is an open-wheel racing car chassis designed and built by Reynard Racing Cars that competed in the 2000 IndyCar season.It was extremely competitive and dominant, winning 13 out of the 20 races that season, including the season-opener at Miami.