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...esars Palace Grand Prix]], a [[Formula 1]] race from 1981-1982 and [[Champ Car]] race from 1983-1984 *[[Vegas Grand Prix]], a [[Champ Car]] and [[Indy Racing League]] race held sporadically between 1996-2007

...[[Champ Car]] and Panoz officially unveiled the 2007 [[Panoz DP01]] Champ Car on Friday, July 28, 2006 at the [[San Jose Grand Prix]] in San Jose, Califo [[Category:Champ Car]]

...erleague Formula]], [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft|DTM]]<br> [[Champ Car]] | Record_year = [[2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix|2007]]

| Record_class = [[Champ Car]] ...d a round]] of the [[Champ Car World Series]], marking the series' [[Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 07|first race]] at the circuit since Indy cars competed ther

| Events = [[Formula One]], [[Champ Car|CART]], [[Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am]] ...f '''Detroit, Michigan''' hosted [[Formula One]] racing, and later [[Champ Car|CART]] racing, between the 1982 and 1991 seasons. The [[street circuit|cour

...= [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] (1978-1989), [[Stock Car Brasil]], [[Champ Car|CART]] (1996-2000) | Record_class2 = [[Champ Car World Series|Cart FedEx Championship Series]]

...io Andretti]] as the team’s driver. Since then, the team has won 105 Champ Car races, as well the drivers championship in 1984 with Mario Andretti, 1991 w == Champ Car World Series ==

'''Eric Bachelart''' (born February 28, 1961 in Brussels) is a former [[race car driver]] and current team owner, born in Belgium. ...s in the 1988 F3000 season. Although he was a star in the national touring car championship, Belgian Procar, driving for Audi and Peugeot, his heart seeme

...0, [[Formula Vauxhall Lotus]], [[Formula 3]], [[Formula 3000]] and [[Champ Car]]. ...mula Ford 2000 in the late seventies) to progress in March 1994 to [[Champ Car]] racing and even collaborate with [[British American Racing]] from 1999 in

...ere in [[2008 Champ Car World Series season]]<ref>{{cite news |title=CHAMP CAR: 2008 Schedules Confirmed| url=http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/champca

...gets, sports cars, [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], [[IndyCar|Indy cars (champ cars)]], and [[Formula 1]] cars. He was the founder of [[Kurtis-Kraft]]. ...hired by Willet Brown and Tommy Lee to rework Don Lee Racing Team's midget car bodies.

...br />'''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]''' ...[Nationwide Series]] and [[Rolex Sports Car Series|Grand-Am Rolex Sports]] Car Series.

...aseball stadium was built on the innerpart of this curve. When the [[Champ Car]] series began using the track in 2002, the ''peraltada'' curve was partial ...ifying: [[Will Power]], 1:23.558 (119.601mph), November 10th, [[2007 Champ Car season|2007]]

...s car racing|sports car]]s, [[stock car racing|stock car]]s, and [[touring car racing|touring cars]], which have their wheels below the body or fenders. O ...ndertray]] that helps achieve additional aerodynamic downforce pushing the car on to the road.

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The '''Lotus''' type '''96T''' was [[Team Lotus]]'s last [[Champ Car|Indycar]]. ...ut with one significant design alteration. Ducarouge had foreseen that the car stood the very real possibility of hitting a concrete retaining wall at ove

...pressured the Brazilian world champion in a [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]], a car that was average at best compared to the McLaren. Alesi's teammate, [[Sator *[[Grand Prix Arizona]] - a planned [[Champ Car]] race to be held on a different street circuit in Phoenix

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...Formula Two Championship]]<br>[[A1 Grand Prix|A1GP]]<br>[[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]<br>[[Pickup Truck Racing]]<br>[[Deutsche Tourenwagen Ma ...or higher-profile series such as [[A1 Grand Prix]] and the [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]]).

...ed to race snowmobile events throughout his career. He moved into [[sedan (car)|saloon]] racing in Canada, winning a [[Honda Civic]] series and many races [[List of Canadians in Champ Car]]

The '''Caesars Palace Grand Prix''' was a car race which was a [[Formula One]] World Championship event in 1981 and 1982. {{Champ Car tracks}}

== Car == ...gines were based on the [[Cosworth]] XB engines previously used in [[Champ car|IndyCar]] racing, and according to the series organisers produced more than

|Operator = Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula |Events = United States motorcycle Grand Prix<br>[[Champ Car World Series|CART]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Monterey Historic A

...ame [[Alfa Corse]] or [[Autodelta]]) and private entries. The first racing car was made in 1913, three years after the foundation of A.L.F.A., the [[A.L.F ...with an [[Alfa Romeo RL|RL]] and [[Antonio Ascari]] took second. Sivocci's car was painted with the green cloverleaf on a white background that was to bec

'''Formula racing''' is a term that refers to various forms of [[Open wheel car|open wheeled]] single seater [[Auto racing|motorsport]]. Its origin lies in ====Car manufacturers====

| car number = 14 ...a Brazilian racing driver who has raced in [[Formula One]] and the [[Champ Car World Series]].

...gets, sports cars, [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], [[IndyCar|Indy cars (champ cars)]], and [[List of Formula One constructors|Formula 1]] cars. Kurtis Kraft was started when Kurtis built his own [[midget car racing|midget car]] chassis in the late 1930s. <ref name=NMARHoF>[http://www.worthyofhonor.co

...oval, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) infield Road Course used by [[SCCA]] and various car clubs, and also has a quarter-mile drag strip that hosts an annual [[Nation The first major event held at the facility was a [[Champ Car|CART]] series held on Saturday May 24, 1997, the day before the Indy Racing

...to accommodate several different configurations, depending on the type of car and race length. The three options on Riverside Raceway were the long cours ...Angeles Times Grand Prix, although the long course was also used for Indy car racing in the mid-1980s. When the 1969 version was built, the dogleg was ad

The '''Carrera Panamericana''' was (and is again) a [[sports car racing]] event on open roads in Mexico, similar to the [[Mille Miglia]] and ...ompete in 10 classes, sorted regarding age and authenticity; virtually any car with a classic bodyshell is eligible. The bulk of entries are provided by 1

...A]] [[Trans-Am Series]] races. Hall came back to prominence in the [[Champ Car|Championship Auto Racing Teams]] series, including two wins in the [[Indian

...><br>'''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''<br>[[6 Hours of Watkins Glen|Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen]]<b ...lass2 = [[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]][[Rolex Sports Car Series]]

...(born Barnet, London, 8 April 1966) is a former [[Formula One]], [[sports car]], and [[CART]] racing driver. He was a Formula One presenter for the Briti ...ormula 3000]]. Despite having to cope with an underfunded and underpowered car, he showed incredible talent and strung together a series of promising resu

...ngine, the vehicle will have the power to weight ratio of a Formula 1 race car. Two prototypes were constructed, the second suggests a center seating posi ...rson point of view'''''. This section should include information about the car's '''acceleration figures''', '''handling''', '''braking''', etc.

...[Franz Tost]], formerly of [[BMW]]'s motor sport division. Its {{F1|2009}} car, the [[Toro Rosso STR4|STR4]] was nearly identical to the [[Red Bull RB5]], ...and [[Sébastien Bourdais]], the four-time winner of the [[Champ Car|Champ Car World Series]]. [[Sébastien Buemi]] replaced Vettel for the 2009 season, w

...] series owned and operated by the [[NASCAR|National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing]]. It is the only series in all of NASCAR to race modified prod ...d Cup and Busch events concurrently, but some races were held with [[Champ Car]] and [[Indy Racing League]] events. In mid-1998, at [[Pikes Peak Internat

...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. ...i)_in_practice_at_USGP_2005.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern [[Formula One]] car: [[Michael Schumacher]]'s [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] at the [[2005 United

...y pioneer [[Carl G. Fisher]], an Indiana native who was both a former race car driver and one of the principal investors in the track, the safety concerns ...lost a five lap lead with five laps to go when his car broke down. As his car was being pushed around the circuit, [[Joe Dawson (racecar driver)|Joe Daws

...n, both privately owned teams, had engine-production agreements with major car companies, [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]] respectively, and [[Honda]] produc ...not race for [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] again and in 2005 he returned to [[Champ Car]] racing claiming that F1 was not competitive enough.

[[Image:Studebaker1920.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Studebaker's Big Six Touring Car, from a 1920 magazine ad.]] ...mong the highest paid in the industry), quality control issues and the new car sales war between [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[General Motors Corporat

...'', or '''car racing''') is a [[motorsport]] involving the [[racing]] of [[car]]s. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports. .... It was won by [[Georges Bouton]] of the [[De Dion-Bouton]] company, in a car he had constructed with [[Jules-Albert de Dion|Albert, the Comte de Dion]],

...founder [[William France Sr.|Bill France]] took to the track himself in a car and drove around it at high speeds. NASCAR also ran a successful support ra ...dega Superspeedway has the record for the fastest recorded time in a stock car - 212.809 mph (342.483 km/h) set by Bill Elliott on April 30, 1987. Elliott

...to the "[[IndyCar]]" class of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed in it. It has been broadcast liv ...h the first race was won by an American driver at the wheel of an American car, European makers such as the Italian [[Fiat]] or French [[Peugeot]] compani

...Birmingham to construct aircraft. This factory was now empty but starting car production there from scratch would not be financially viable. Several plan ...Jeep chassis and used the engine and gearbox out of a [[Rover P3]] saloon car. The bodywork was hand-made out of surplus aircraft grade aluminium, mainly

...Sexton Gurney''' (born April 13, 1931) is an American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. ..., New York, but moved to California as a teenager. He has been a driver, a car manufacturer, and a team owner at racing's highest levels since 1958.

...' Champions|Drivers' title]] with the team. After Senna died in a Williams car in a crash at the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]], Frank Williams, Patrick H ...Formula One season|1978 season]], Patrick Head designed his first Williams car: the FW06. Williams signed Australian [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jon

...' Champions|Drivers' title]] with the team. After Senna died in a Williams car in a crash at the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]], Frank Williams, Patrick H ...Formula One season|1978 season]], Patrick Head designed his first Williams car: the FW06. Williams signed Australian [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jon

...ing testing at Valencia, Super Aguri turned up to test their SA07B interim car for the first time.<ref name="2008 Testing 5, Day 2">{{cite news|title=Jere ...1.com/news/headlines/2008/1/7299.html|title=Vettel: Starting ’08 with ’07 car has advantages|publisher=formula1.com|date=2008-01-28|accessdate=2008-02-0

...rgia. It was started by John Bishop, a former employee of [[SCCA]] (Sports Car Club of America), and his wife Peggy in 1969 with help from [[William Franc ...ame involved in motorsport in the 1950s when he met Dave Allen, a [[Sports Car Club of America]] (SCCA) staff member. Allen offered Bishop a management po

The period was dominated by teams run by road car manufacturers—Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, [[Mercedes-Benz motorsport|Mercedes Be The first major technological development, [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper's]] re-introduction of [[Mid-engine design|mid-engined]] car