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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 .
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.
In late January, the yearly topic on a potential re-unification between Champ Car and the IndyCar Series was reignited, as it emerged that the Indy Racing League's CEO Tony George had offered free cars and free engines to the Champ Car teams, as well as the addition of five Champ Car races to the IndyCar schedule, during talks held in the fall. [5]
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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 Stats. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008 "FedEx Renews Title Sponsorship Agreement with Championship Auto Racing Teams; FedEx Championship Series Roars into 2002" (Press release). FedEx Corporation. November 7, 2001. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009 "Standings after Mexico City". Champ Car World Series.
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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 ...