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The rookie of the year was John Jones. The 1988 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Rick Mears won the Indy 500, his third victory at Indy. The 1988 season was the breakout year for the Ilmor Chevrolet Indy V-8 engine. After being introduced in 1986, and earning its first victory in 1987 ...
The 1992 PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 14th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART (d.b.a "IndyCar"). The season consisted of 16 races. The season consisted of 16 races.
The winner of the first race was American racer Ray Harroun in 1911, and the most recent winner is American racer Josef Newgarden in 2024. [3] Two editions of the Indianapolis 500, in 1924 and 1941 , were won by two drivers sharing a car; [ 15 ] relief drivers were used in the winning entries in 1911, 1912 , 1923 , and 1925 , but they are not ...
Born: Robert Woodward Rahal January 10, 1953 (age 72)Medina, Ohio, U.S.: Championship titles; CART Championship Car (1986, 1987, 1992) Major victories 24 Hours of Daytona ...
Bobby Rahal was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Chip Robinson. The 1986 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Bobby Rahal won the Indy 500, and would later become the first driver since 1980 to win Indy and the CART championship in the same season.
Four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves gets a crash course in stock cars at Daytona. MARK LONG. February 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM. 1 / 5. NASCAR Daytona 500 Auto Racing.
Al Unser won the Indy 500, his record-tying fourth victory at Indy. Defending series champion and defending Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal and his Truesports team made a highly publicized switch from the March chassis to the up-and-coming Lola chassis. [1] Truesports, however, stayed with the proven Cosworth engine.
The 1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season, the fourth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 11 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 6. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Rick Mears. Rookie of the Year was Bobby Rahal.