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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 ...
The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in open wheel American Championship car racing. The list recognizes IndyCar or Champ Car victories under the following auspices: American Automobile Association Contest Board (1905, 1916, and 1920–1955) United States Automobile Club (1956–1997)
The controversy over the first "split" in Indy car racing came to its first climax at the 1979 Indianapolis 500, when USAC rejected entries by certain CART owners. The owners won a court injunction to be allowed to race, and later, another controversy erupted, this time involving illegal wastegate exhaust pipes.
The controversial ending to the 107th running of the Indy 500 gave Josef Newgarden the win, and Newgarden drives for Roger Penske, who owns the race and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1933 Ford Indy Car 24.4 10 PW June 13 Unnamed (4th race this date) Travis Engen 2005 Audi R8: 34.1 14 11 June 13 Unnamed (5th race this date) Patrick Ryan 1967 Triumph Spitfire: 24.4 10 1, FJr, 3.2 June 13 Unnamed (6th race this date) Ike Keeler 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass: 34.1 14 10 June 13 Indy Legends Charity Pro/Am Bob Lazier Jim Caudle
This win was controversial because his car (nicknamed "Calhoun") spewed oil from a cracked overflow tank for many laps, which allegedly caused at least one driver to spin and crash. USAC officials put off black-flagging Jones after car owner J. C. Agajanian ran down pit lane and convinced them that the oil leak was below the level of a known ...
Parnelli Jones, a hard-bitten, hard-charging race driver who came out of Torrance and won the controversial Indianapolis 500 in 1963, then was the hard-luck loser four years later, died Tuesday at ...
Canapino has an average finish of 17.7 through the first six IndyCar races of the season and finished 22nd in the Indianapolis 500. Siegel was the only driver who failed to qualify for the 500 as ...