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Toyota achieved 2nd place in the 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans. Toyota started recruiting staff for their Le Mans efforts in 1997, with an aim to start a Formula One team. Toyota's efforts for a Le Mans car was the Toyota GT-One. Driver line-up included ex-Formula One drivers Martin Brundle, Thierry Boutsen and Ukyo Katayama. The 3.6-litre twin ...
The Toyota Indy V8 is an all-new engine designed from a "clean sheet of paper" for competition in the Indy Racing League (IRL) IndyCar Series beginning in 2003 although not closely resembled to Toyota RV8 series engines. The 3.5-liter, naturally aspirated power plant would make its racing debut in the 2003 season-opening Toyota Indy 300 at ...
As Toyota confirmed defection from CART Champ Car to IRL IndyCar Series, the team switched to Toyota engines from 2003 season onwards as it was announced on April 2, 2002. [9] The team's partnership with Toyota engines started well in 2003 including winning the 2003 Indianapolis 500 in the hands of Gil de Ferran. However, Team Penske's Toyota ...
In 2008, the IndyCar Series merged with CART's successor, the Champ Car World Series and the history and statistics of both series, as well as those from its predecessors, were unified. The series' premier event is the Indianapolis 500, which was first held in 1911. Historically, open-wheel racing was one of the most popular types of U.S ...
This award was first introduced during the 1979 CART Indy Car Series season. The Engine Manufacturer Cup winners came under the following auspices: Championship Auto Racing Teams (1979-2007) Indy Racing League/IndyCar Series (1997–present)
The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline is an IndyCar Series race held at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, United States.The event was first held as a CART series race from 1997 to 2000, initially on Memorial Day weekend.
IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization sanctions two racing series : the premier IndyCar Series with the Indianapolis 500 as its centerpiece, and the developmental series Indy NXT .
The first two races of the 2012 IndyCar Series season were held in St. Petersburg and Barber.The races were dominated by Team Penske with two poles and two wins in a row. In St. Petersburg, Will Power took the pole and Hélio Castroneves won the victory, but at Barber things were reversed.