- 2008 Champ Car season
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2008 Champ Car season Champ Car World Series Season Races 14Start date April 20End date November 9Awards Drivers' champion Chronology Previous season Next season 2007 2009 (ICS) The 2008 Champ Car season was to have been the 30th season of the series. It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008 and end on November 9. The season, with the sole exception of the Long Beach Grand Prix (won by Will Power), was canceled February 21, 2008 because of the buyout of Champ Car by the rival Indy Racing League.[1] However, the Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton and the Gold Coast Indy 300 were retained and transferred to the Indy Car Series schedule.[1]
Contents
Grands Prix (prior to unification announcement)
Team and Driver Lineup (prior to unification announcement)
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) Sponsor(s) Test Drivers Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
1 Justin Wilson [2]
McDonald's N/A 2 Graham Rahal [2]
McDonald's Forsythe/Pettit Racing
3 Paul Tracy
INDECK N/A 7 Franck Montagny
INDECK Minardi Team USA
4 E. J. Viso
PDVSA N/A 14 Robert Doornbos
Muermans Group/Jumbo Supermarkets/OzJet Team Australia
5 Will Power
Aussie Vineyards N/A 15 Matt Halliday
Aussie Vineyards Rocketsports Racing
8 Enrique Bernoldi [3]
Sangari [4] N/A Dale Coyne Racing
11 Bruno Junqueira
TBA N/A 19 Mario Moraes
Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q KV Racing Technology
21 Alex Tagliani
TBA N/A 22 Oriol Servià [5]
TBA Pacific Coast Motorsports
29 Alex Figge
Imperial Capital Bank David Martínez
96 Mario Domínguez
Mexico City Tourism Board Conquest Racing
24 Franck Perera [6]
ARES [6] N/A 34 Nelson Philippe
Juniper Property Development Group - The driver line-up represents the entry list for the Sebring Test.
References
- ^ a b "2008 IRL IndyCar Series". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/2008.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ a b "Justin Wilson, Graham Rahal To Make Up Newman/Haas/Lanigan Lineup". champcarworldseries.com. 2008-01-29. http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12494. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ^ "Rocketsports Signs Former F1 Driver". champcarworldseries.com. 2008-01-28. http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12491. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ "Brazilian Company Sangari To Sponsor Enrique Bernoldi". champcarworldseries.com. 2008-02-01. http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12503. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Oriol Servià Signs With PKV". champcarworldseries.com. 2008-01-05. http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12462. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ a b "Conquest Racing Confirms Atlantic's 'Fearless' Franck Perera For 2008 Champ Car World Series Season". champcarworldseries.com. 2008-02-06. http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12520. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
See also
- 2008 Atlantic Championship season
- 2008 Indianapolis 500
- 2008 IndyCar Series season
- 2008 Indy Lights season
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