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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:American Championship Car season The 2008 Champ Car World Series season would have been the 5th season of the Champ Car World Series and 30th season of the series dating back to the 1979 formation of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008, and end on November 9. The season was canceled on February 21, 2008, because of the buyout of Champ Car by the rival IndyCar Series, resulting in the reunification of American open-wheel racing.[1]

As the IndyCar Series was already scheduled for a race in Japan the same weekend, the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, which also could not be moved, was run as originally planned, with teams that had been part of Champ Car in 2007 participating in Long Beach using the same Champ Car rules and vehicles as the previous season but still receiving IndyCar rankings points. The race was treated as a farewell to the Champ Car World Series, and won by Will Power. The following year, the event fully became part of the IndyCar schedule.

The Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton and the Gold Coast Indy 300 in Australia were also retained and added to the IndyCar Series schedule.[1] The schedule originally included what would have been the first Monterey Grand Prix since 2004 and the planned debut of the Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain.

Later on, Vancouver (2004), Toronto (2009), Houston (2013), Road America (2016), Portland (2018), and Laguna Seca (2019) would also be revived by the unified series.

Races

The 2008 Champ Car schedule was announced in November 2007 before the unification announcement

Rnd Date Race Name Circuit City/Location
1 April 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
2 April 27 Шаблон:Flagicon Grand Prix of Houston JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park Houston, Texas
3 May 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Champ Car Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
4 June 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Champ Car Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit Zolder Circuit Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
5 June 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain at Circuito Permanente de Jerez Circuito de Jerez Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
6 June 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
7 June 29 Шаблон:Flagicon Champ Car Mont-Tremblant Circuit Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
8 July 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
9 July 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta
10 July 27 Шаблон:Flagicon Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
11 August 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Road America Grand Prix Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
12 September 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Champ Car Grand Prix of Holland at TT Circuit Assen TT Circuit Assen Assen, Netherlands
13 October 26 Шаблон:Flagicon Gold Coast Indy 300 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia
14 November 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Gran Premio Tecate Presentado por Banamex Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico

Team and driver lineup

The following teams and drivers were expected to compete for the 2008 Champ Car season. All teams would have used a Cosworth 2.65-litre turbocharged V8 engine, a Panoz DP01 chassis, and Bridgestone tires.

Team No. Driver(s) Primary Sponsors
Шаблон:Flagicon Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Justin Wilson[2] McDonald's
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Graham Rahal[2] Hole in the Wall Camps
Шаблон:Flagicon Forsythe/Pettit Racing 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Tracy Indeck
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Franck Montagny
Шаблон:Flagicon Minardi Team USA 4 Шаблон:Flagicon E. J. Viso PDVSA
14 Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Doornbos OzJet
Шаблон:Flagicon Team Australia 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Will Power Aussie Vineyards
15 Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Halliday Walker Racing
Шаблон:Flagicon Rocketsports Racing 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Enrique Bernoldi[3] Sangari
Шаблон:Flagicon Dale Coyne Racing 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing
19 Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Moraes Sonny's BBQ
Шаблон:Flagicon KV Racing Technology 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Tagliani PKV Racing
22 Шаблон:Flagicon Oriol Servià[4]
Шаблон:Flagicon Pacific Coast Motorsports 29 Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports
96 Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Domínguez Visit Mexico City
Шаблон:Flagicon Conquest Racing 24 Шаблон:Flagicon Franck Perera[5] ARES
34 Шаблон:Flagicon Nelson Philippe

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:American Championship Car seasons Шаблон:Champ Car Seasons