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[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 ...
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 .
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.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... American open-wheel car racing; American Racing Drivers Club; B. Board track racing; D. Dirt track racing; F. FIA ...
Danny Ongais (May 21, 1942 [a] – February 26, 2022) was an American racing driver. [1] Ongais was the only Hawaiian born driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500. He competed professionally in motorcycle, sports car, CART, IndyCar, Formula One, and drag racing. A fearless figure on the racing circuit, Ongais was nicknamed "On-the-Gas" and ...
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.
Bowsher and Foyt were among the first drivers to test stock cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the late 1960s. Bowsher's Ford won the 1976 24 Hours of Daytona in the stock car class. [1] Bowsher was the first person to build a down-tube open-wheel modified race car, which became a standard in modern open-wheel racing.
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 ...