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|Events || [[Formula One]], [[Champ Car]] (2002-2006), [[NASCAR Busch Series]] (2007-on) ...leneuve]], father of [[Jacques Villeneuve]]. The venue hosted the [[Champ Car World Series]] [[Grand Prix of Montreal]] from 2002-2006.

...ut by a mechanical problem. He was killed in a crash during the only Champ Car race held at [[Del Mar Speedway]] in [[Del Mar, California]] in 1949. [[Category:Indy 500 drivers|Mays, Rex]]

| Events || [[Formula One]]; [[Champ Car|CART]]; [[Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am]] ...t Grand Prix|The 1984 race]] tied an F1 road course record by featuring 20 drivers that failed to finish, eventually setting the record when one finisher was

| Events || [[Can-Am]]<br>[[Champ Car World Series]]<br>[[Formula One]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Atlan ...ars, both near identical Lola T70s, launched themselves into the air. Both drivers emerged unhurt but were unable to compete in the race. The Canadian winters

|F1 car || Y |Drivers || {{flagiconITA}} [[Alberto Ascari]]<br>{{flagiconITA}} [[Lui

|Director || car designed by [[Simtek]] |Drivers || [[Alex Caffi]] <br /> [[Enrico Bertaggia]]<br /> [[Roberto Moren

| F1 car || Y | Drivers || {{flagiconITA}} [[Alberto Ascari]]<br>{{flagiconITA}} [[Lui

| Drivers || 14. {{flagicon|France}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]<br>15. {{fl | Cons champ ||

| Drivers || [[Mario Andretti]],<br>[[Niki Lauda]]<br>[[Clay Regazzoni]]<br>[[Ja | Cons champ || '''1''' ([[1970]])

|Drivers || 27. [[Gilles Villeneuve]], [[Patrick Tambay]], [[Michele Alboreto]] |Cons champ || '''2''' ([[1982 Formula One season|1982]],[[1983 Formula One season|19

| Drivers || [[Nanni Galli]], [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]], [[Chris A | Cons champ || 0

His first full year of Champ Car competition came in [[1993]] and he won five times with his first win comin ...His other victories came at [[Toronto]], [[Vancouver]], [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course|Mid-Ohio]] and [[Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez|Mexico City]]. He led

| Drivers || [[Niki Lauda]],<br>[[Clay Regazzoni]],<br>[[Gilles Villeneu | Cons champ || '''4''' ([[1975 Formula One season|1975]],[[1976 Formula One s

|Drivers || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Luigi Piotti]] |Cons champ || 0

|Drivers || 2007: 18. {{flagiconItaly}} [[Vitantonio Liuzzi]]<br>2007: |Cons champ ||

...strategically chosen positions along the course in order to communicate to drivers who cannot see the flagstand. This is especially common at [[road courses] Status flags are used to inform all drivers of the general status of a race.

The '''Maserati A6GCM''' is a single seater racing car from the Italian manufacturer [[Maserati]]. Only 12 cars were built between ...ich comprised many models from street cars to racing cars. The name of the car is derived as follows:

|Drivers || 27. [[Nigel Mansell]]<br>28. [[Gerhard Berger]] |Cons champ || 0

...of length)|ft]]) the thin air makes breathing more difficult for both the drivers and their cars. The circuit got its name shortly after it opened when [[Ri ...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

! colspan=2 |'''Champ Car''' | category || [[Open wheel car|Open wheel racing]]

...iation]], [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]], [[NASCAR]], CART/[[Champ Car World Series]]), and the [[Indy Racing League]]. There have also been many | [[Champ Car]]||Time Warner Cable 225 Pres. by U.S. Bank||[[Sebastien Bourdais|S. Bourda

The '''Las Vegas Grand Prix''' was a car race which was a [[Formula One]] World Championship event in 1981 and [[198 .... Its counter-clockwise direction, however, put a tremendous strain on the drivers' necks. When [[Nelson Piquet]] clinched his first World Championship by fin

...the current Champ Car World Series and the Indy Racing League see [[Champ Car]] and [[Indy Racing League|IRL]].'' ...e has been a United States national [[automobile]] racing championship for drivers of single seater (commonly referred to as [[open wheel]]) cars.

...le) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous racing drivers [[Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Ricardo]] and [[Pedro Rodríguez (raci ...285 m,(7,500 ft) the thin air makes breathing more difficult for both the drivers and their cars. The circuit got its name shortly after it opened when [[Ri

[[Image:Alfa-Romeo-159-(1951).jpg|thumb|300px|left|Alfa Romeo 159 Formula-1 car]] {{Racing car |

...he successor to the earlier dominant aerodynamic theory of streamlining. [[Champ Cars]] employed ground effect to some extent, but [[Formula One]] and most ...car so that incoming air is accelerated through a narrow slot between the car and the ground, lowering pressure by [[Bernoulli's principle]].

...ted the Formula 3000 championship to become the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter the [[Formula One]] championship. [[Formula Two]] had beco ...ted with a straight-six short-stroke BMW. This was converted into a sports car, however.

...wheeled]] circuits like the [[U.S. Ford Formula 2000 series]], the [[Champ Car Atlantic Championship|Toyota Atlantic series]] and the [[Indy Lights|Indy L * [http://www.indycar.com/drivers/driver.php?driver_id=112 IndyCar Profile]

...Sebring]], driving the UK-entered [[Audi R8 (race car)|Audi R8]], the same car he was supposed to race at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] if it had not ran ou ...h the [[Maserati MC12]] in the [[ALMS]] GTS-class, a competition where the car turned out to be not even half as competitive as in the [[FIA GT]] series.

| Car number || 91 | Prev series || [[Champ Car|CART]]

...2]], [[1979]] in [[Defiance, Ohio]]) is an [[United States|American]] race car driver and [[Indianapolis 500]] champion, currently driving in the [[Indy R ...ampion [[Buddy Lazier]]. In 2002 the [[Penske]] team switched from [[Champ Car]], and Sam was able to beat their top driver [[Hélio Castroneves]] to his

|Drivers || {{flagiconITA}} [[Gabriele Tarquini]]<br />{{flagiconBRA}} [[Roberto |Cons champ ||

|Drivers || 20. [[Vitantonio Liuzzi]] <br /> 21. [[Scott Speed]] |Test drivers || 40. [[Neel Jani]]

...Ironically, the series is now dominated by many of the same wealthy multi-car teams that once dominated CART. ...of mostly unknown drivers, even in the Indy 500. Eventually the caliber of drivers improved and IRL began to draw teams from CART, contributing to the latter'

'''[[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 ...|| [[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]][[Rolex Sports Car Series]]

...to be used by privateer teams until 1991. It was also the company's first car meeting [[Group C]] regulations, replacing the previous [[Lancia LC1|LC1]] ...tions, Lancia (under the direction of [[Cesare Fiorio]]) needed an all-new car to replace the open-cockpit LC1s that were no longer eligable for champions

|Drivers || 14. [[Olivier Grouillard]] |Cons champ || 0 (11th 1984)

...Championship|BTCC]]; [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]]; [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] ...Clark|Clark Curve]], whose off-camber, uphill approach tends to carry the car towards the outside. After the Clark Curve comes the pit straight, and anot

...he name [[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 ...ately after it was founded. [[Giuseppe Merosi]] built very advanced racing car in 1914, named as [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|Grand Prix]]. In 1920 [[Giuseppe

...that competitors represent their [[nation]] as opposed to a [[Formula One#Drivers and constructors|constructor]], which is traditional in most [[formula raci ...r the operation of international teams. Paul Cherry, formally of the Champ Car Racing Team, Sigma Autosport, was later brought in as the General Franchise

...ecord seventh and his final [[list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers' championship]]. [[Rubens Barrichello]] came in a solid second place, winni ...n, both privately owned teams, had engine-production agreements with major car companies, [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]] respectively, and [[Honda]] produc

...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 ...ich they did from 1913 to 1919. However, after [[World War I]], the native drivers and manufacturers regained their dominance of the race, with the engineer [

...has become an iconic figure in the history of the sport, renowned for his car control, aggressive driving style, and a 'never give up' attitude. His son, ...ing or driving, he was a risk-taker of classic proportions. Yet his fellow drivers said that on the track he was scrupulously fair and did not put anyone's sa

[[WilliamsF1|Williams]] drivers [[Ralf Schumacher]] and [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] would both score their maide ...o enough to also secure four wins. These were shared equally amongst their drivers; [[Mika Hakkinen|Hakkinen]] winning in [[2001 British Grand Prix|Britain]]

...ornia Speedway) - Sports Car.png|<center><font color=black> Primary sports car layout ...], with the JGTC race being unique as a night race. The GARRA Rolex Sports Car Series no longer races at Auto Club Speedway. The [[NASCAR West Series]] he

| Drivers || {{flagiconUSA}} [[Phil Hill]]<br/>{{flagiconItaly}} [[Giancarl | Cons champ || 0

| Drivers || {{flagiconUK}} [[Johnnie Wakefield]]<br>{{flagiconITA}} [[L ...iod, and the first two years of the Formula One category, the 4CLT was the car of choice for many privateer entrants, leading to numerous examples being i

|Drivers || 20. [[Christijan Albers]]<br>21. [[Robert Doornbos]] |Test drivers || [[Chanoch Nissany]]

...urney]]). He also won races in [[midget car racing|midget cars]], [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [[drag racing]]. ...|CART]]), the [[1978 Formula One season|1978]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Championship]], and [[IROC VI]]. To date, he r

|Car number || 4 ...(born [[September 20]], [[1975]], in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]) is a [[race car driver]] in [[NASCAR]] and a former [[Formula One]] and [[CART]] driver. He

...kkönen]], the [[2007 Formula One season|2007]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]], finished the season ranked 3rd.]] ...ed on 2 November after eighteen Grands Prix. [[Lewis Hamilton]] became the Drivers' World Champion while [[Scuderia Ferrari|Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro]] won th

...pion when he moved over to CART, being the first person to win the [[Champ Car|CART]] title in his debut season, making him the only person in history to ..., American sports television network [[ESPN]] ranked him 24th on their top drivers of all-time.

...g the [[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[2001 12 Hours of Sebring]] sports car races. Alboreto competed in [[Formula One]] from {{f1|1981}} until {{f1|199 ...he and a number of his friends had built in the Formula Monza series. The car, however, achieved very little success and two years later Alboreto moved u

[[File:Coulthard pacific f3000.JPG|thumb|left|Coulthard's [[Formula 3000]] car that he drove for [[Pacific Racing]] in the [[1993 International Formula 30 ...ig name in the second Williams, and Mansell, at that time reigning [[Champ Car|Indycar]] champion, fitted the bill. Coulthard showed flashes of speed, but

|Drivers || [[Luca Badoer]]<br />[[Pedro Diniz]]<br />[[Andrea Montermini]]<br /> |Cons champ || 0

...0px|[[Fernando Alonso]] qualifying in a [[Renault F1|Renault]] Formula One car at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...One World Champions|World Championships]], one for drivers and one for [[#Drivers and constructors|constructors]]. The cars race at speeds often in excess of

...Manuel Fangio]] and [[Michael Schumacher]] have won more Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles. From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most [ ...a collision at the [[1989 Japanese Grand Prix]] that gave Prost his third Drivers' Championship. A year later at the same venue they collided again, but this

[[Image:Kimi Raikkonen 2007 2b.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Kimi Räikkönen]], 2007 World Drivers' Champion]] ...at they would run with a new "Earth livery" on their [[Honda RA107|RA107]] car, the first time since [[1968 Formula One season|1968]], when sponsorship in

...Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]]'s) standardisation of rules. A World Drivers' Championship followed in 1950. The sport's history necessarily parallels t ...i, [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]] and [[Tazio Nuvolari]] end their careers, while drivers like [[Alberto Ascari|Ascari]] and [[Juan Manuel Fangio|Fangio]] rose to th