1994 Indianapolis 500, a National Championship race

Since 1916 there has been a United States national automobile racing championship for drivers of single seater (commonly referred to as open wheel) cars. Indianapolis 500, 1994, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Indianapolis 500, 1994, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Open-wheel racing refers to a type of motor racing in which the wheels of the cars are not housed inside fenders, as in stock car or touring car racing, but rather out in the open at the end of readily-visible axles and suspension systems. ...

This championship has been run by several different sanctioning bodies since 1909.

The Indianapolis 500 has been a round of the National Championship since its inception in 1911. “Indy 500” redirects here. ...

Sanctioning Bodies

• From 1909 to 1955 the national championship was sanctioned by the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association. The AAA introduced the first championship for racing cars as early as 1905 but it was cancelled after a couple of serious incidents. Barney Oldfield was leading the championship at the point it was cancelled. AAA ceased racing participation after 1955 following the fatal accident of Bill Vukovich and the Le Mans disaster.

• From 1956 to 1978 the national championship was sanctioned by USAC, a sanctioning body formed by the then-owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tony Hulman. Hulman would die in 1977, and several USAC officials were killed in a plane crash in 1978.

• In 1979, Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) was formed by most of the existing team-owners. Therefore, there were two national championships run each by USAC and CART. The Indianapolis 500 remained under USAC sanction. The top teams allied to CART, and the CART championship became the de-facto national championship. USAC ran a "rump" season, with few cars and fewer name drivers - the only exception being A.J. Foyt.

• In 1980 USAC and CART jointly formed the Championship Racing League (CRL) to run the national championship, but IMS management disliked the idea. The CRL was abandoned before any races were run. USAC remained as sanctioning body for the Indianapolis 500, but the field was composed of CART-based teams and CART exclusively sanctioned the remainder of the season, and the national championship.[1]

• In 1981-1982, the Indianapolis 500 remained an independent race sanctioned by USAC and composed of CART teams, but was not included as a points-paying round of the CART national championship. One further race was run by USAC at Pocono. This race was not supported by many CART teams, and featured a mixed field filled out by converted dirt track cars. USAC ultimately withdrew from sanctioning championship races outside of the Indianapolis 500. USAC ceremonially created the 'Gold Crown Championship', an essentially meaningless title as the season consisted of only one paved championship-level round (the Indy 500) after 1981.

• From 1983 to 1995 stability returned and the national championship was run by CART. The Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but points were paid towards the CART championship. USAC's Gold Crown Championship continued, but comprised only one race (Indianapolis).

• In 1996, Tony Hulman's grandson, Tony George, president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway created the Indy Racing League (IRL), a separate championship that featured the Indianapolis 500 as a round. The IRL's results are either listed alongside the existing national championship [2] or treated as an entirely separate entity and not included. [3] [4]

• CART continued running the existing national championship until the organization went bankrupt at the end of 2003. Tracks that defected to the IRL, including Indianapolis, were no longer part of the CART series.

• The rights to CART's assets were purchased by a consortium called Open Wheel Racing Series (OWRS) in 2004 and the former-CART series was renamed the Champ Car World Series.

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Retrospectively Awarded Champions

Vanderbilt Cup race start, 1908

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In 1951 racing historian Russ Catlin officially revised AAA records with championship results based on all AAA races from 1902-1915 and 1916-1919. This had the effect of retroactively creating seven newly credited champions and changing the 1909 champion from Bert Dingley to George Robertson and the 1920 champion from Gaston Chevrolet to Tommy Milton. Bert Dingley (21 August 1885 Oakdale, California – 7 April 1966 Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American racecar driver. ... Lord Robertson of Port Ellen For the Olympic athlete, see George S. Robertson. ... Gaston Chevrolet (October 26, 1892 – November 25, 1920) was an Swiss-born American racecar champion driver and automobile manufacturer. ... First two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 - 1921, 1923. ...

Although the 1909-1919 races were not considered to be part of a championship at the time, they are included in statistics by most historians.

Names

Marlboro Penske PC-23 Indy/Champ car

National Championship cars have variously been called 'Championship (or 'Champ') Cars', 'IndyCars' (after the Indianapolis 500) or simply 'Big Cars', a term that reflected the cars being larger than junior formulae such as midgets or sprint cars, and that has largely disappeared from use. Download high resolution version (951x565, 131 KB) Penske PC-23 Mercedes, 1994 Indianapolis 500 winning car. ... Download high resolution version (951x565, 131 KB) Penske PC-23 Mercedes, 1994 Indianapolis 500 winning car. ...

From 1998 to 2003 'ChampCar' was a trademark of CART, and is now owned by OWRS.

The 'IndyCar' name was incorporated by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1992. CART was licensed to use the term until 1997. When a 6-year non-use agreement with CART expired in 2003, the IRL series was rebranded the 'IndyCar Series', with the IRL name remaining as the sanctioning body. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest surviving automobile racing track in the world (after the Milwaukee Mile), having existed since 1909, and the original Speedway, the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word. ...

Types of Circuits

The American National Championship is notable for the wide variety of racetracks it has used compared to other series, such as Formula One and the various forms of Endurance sports car racing. The mainstays of the championship are paved oval speedway tracks, road courses and closed public road/street circuits. Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... IMSA GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels. ...

Until 1970 the championship frequently raced on dirt and clay tracks, but all such tracks were removed permanently by the USAC before the 1971 season.

From 1915 to 1931 wooden speedways were frequently used for championship races, however they were too expensive to maintain and nearly all were demolished in the 1930s.

The Pikes Peak Hillclimb was a round of the championship in the years 1947 to 1955 and 1965 to 1969. Suzuki Escudo at the 2006 Race to the Clouds The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb also known as the The Race to the Clouds is an annual tarmac/gravel automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of 19. ...

In 1909 a point-to-point race from Los Angeles, California to Phoenix, Arizona was included in the championship. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country State Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area  - City  515. ...

Non-US Races

For the majority of the National Championship, the races have been held inside the United States. First championship event outside of US took place in 1967. American championship cars raced in Monza oval in 1957 and 1958 in a non-championship "Race of two worlds". Also, in 1966 there was a non-championship USAC race in Japan. Since the 1980s the CART/CCWS championship has increasingly raced outside the US.

Vanderbilt Cup

Main article: Vanderbilt Cup

The 1916, 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup races were included in the National Championship. The 1909-1915 races were retrospectively added to the championship in 1926. CART resurrected the Cup in 1996 as the winner's trophy for the US500 race. When that race was discontinued in 2000, the Cup changed roles and became the championship trophy. As OWRS bought all of CART's assets in 2004 they have kept rights to use the Cup. Vanderbilt Cup race start, 1910 The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing. ...

Indianapolis 500 and 'The Split'

From its inception in 1911, to creation of the Indy Racing League in 1996, the Indianapolis 500 was a round of the National Championship. The exceptions are the 1981 and 1982 races, which were removed from the CART championship for political reasons by the USAC. However, when the race still attracted all of the regular teams despite its lack of championship status USAC relented and allowed CART to run at Indianapolis. The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ... “Indy 500” redirects here. ... USAC Logo The United States Automobile Club (USAC) is an open-wheel auto racing sanctioning body. ...

Winning the Indianapolis 500 has always had at least an equal profile with the winning the National Championship, although direct comparisons are difficult as many of the National Champions also won the Indy 500. 1993 is a good example of a year when the winners of each title received the same amount of attention. That year former Formula One champion Emerson Fittipaldi won the 500 but the current F1 champion Nigel Mansell won the National Championship, becoming the only driver to win both titles consecutively. Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART, and the Indianapolis 500 twice. ... Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born August 8, 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver from England who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ...

The creation of the IRL in 1996 with the Indianapolis 500 as its centerpiece race removed the race from the existing National Championship. This of course was a hugely controversial move in racing circles, with opinions at the time ranging from praise to ridicule - in 2004 the US Sports Illustrated magazine named the IRL's formation as one of the 'Ten Dumbest Moments in Sports'. [5] This assessment was based on the notable decline in the number of television viewers, car entries and estimated grandstand ticket sales (the Speedway does not officially announce sales figures), since the impasse began in 1996. [6] The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ...

Today most commentators seem to agree that both the Champ Car World Series and the Indy Racing League hold an equal claim to the legacy of the National Championship and that a merger is the only logical move. [7] Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ...

Further details of the 'Split' can be found here [8] and under Indy Racing League and Champ Car The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ... “CART” redirects here. ...

Notable Drivers

• The driver with the most championship titles and race wins is A.J. Foyt. From 1959 to 1981 Foyt won 67 USAC championship races and seven USAC titles (including 1979). Although Foyt retired in 1993 he never won a CART-sanctioned race.

• Ralph DePalma won the most AAA-sanctioned races (24).

• Michael Andretti won the most CART-sanctioned races (42).

• As of the end of the 2006 season Sam Hornish, Jr. has the most IRL wins (18) and Sébastien Bourdais has the most CCWS wins (23).

• Mario Andretti is the most successful driver born outside the United States with 52 wins and 4 titles.

• Canada's Paul Tracy is the most successful non-US citizen (28 wins, 1 title).

• Four drivers have held the crowns of CART Champion and Formula One World Driving Champion. They are Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Nigel Mansell and Jacques Villeneuve.

• Five other drivers have won both a National Championship race as well as at least one Formula One race. They are as follows:
  • Peter Revson
  • Dan Gurney
  • Jim Clark
  • Graham Hill
  • Juan Pablo Montoya

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Notable Fatalities in Competition

• 1920 Indianapolis 500 winner Gaston Chevrolet was killed in a crash later the same year at the Beverly Hills Speedway in Beverly Hills, California.

• 1919 Indianapolis 500 winner Howdy Wilcox died after a crash at Altoona in 1923. Altoona also claimed the lives of 1924 Indy winner Joe Boyer in 1924, and 1929 Indy winner Ray Keech in 1929.

• Ted Horn, champion in 1946, 1947 and 1948 died after crashing at the DuQuoin dirt track in late 1948.

• Indy 500 winners Floyd Roberts and Bill Vukovich were killed during the 1939 and 1955 500's respectively.

• Four-time race winner Jack McGrath was killed in a crash at Phoenix in 1955.

• 1951 and 1958 champion Tony Bettenhausen was killed in a crash at Indianapolis in May 1961.

• Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were killed during the 1964 Indianapolis 500.

• Art Pollard was killed during practice for the 1973 Indianapolis 500.

• On July 2, 1973, Swede Savage died of injuries suffered during the 1973 Indianapolis 500.

• In 1982, Gordon Smiley was killed while attempting to qualify for the 1982 Indianapolis 500.

• 1996 Indianapolis 500 polesitter Scott Brayton was killed May 17, 1996 during a practice session for the Indianapolis 500.

• Rookie Jeff Krosnoff was killed in a crash at the Molson Indy Toronto in July, 1996.

• Five-time race winner Greg Moore died on Oct. 31, 1999 after a crash in the Marlboro 500 at Fontana.

• Tony Renna (26) was killed on October 22, 2003 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a tire test.

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National Champions

Ralph DePalma, National Champion in 1912 and 1914

Juan Pablo Montoya, 1999 CART Champion

Cristiano da Matta, 2002 CART Champion

Jacques Villeneuve, 1995 National Champion

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• 1902 - Harry Harkness
• 1903 - Barney Oldfield
• 1904 - George Heath
• 1905 - Victor Hemery
• 1906 - Joe Tracy
• 1907 - Eddie Bald
• 1908 - Louis Strang
• 1909 - Bert Dingley Revised to George Robertson in 1951.
• 1910 - Ray Harroun
• 1911 - Ralph Mulford
• 1912 - Ralph DePalma
• 1913 - Earl Cooper
• 1914 - Ralph DePalma
• 1915 - Earl Cooper
• 1917 - Earl Cooper
• 1918 - Ralph Mulford
• 1919 - Howard Wilcox

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• 1916 - Dario Resta
• 1920 - Gaston Chevrolet Revised to Tommy Milton in 1951
• 1921 - Tommy Milton
• 1922 - Jimmy Murphy
• 1923 - Eddie Hearne
• 1924 - Jimmy Murphy
• 1925 - Pete DePaolo
• 1926 - Harry Hartz
• 1927 - Pete DePaolo
• 1928 - Louis Meyer
• 1929 - Louis Meyer
• 1930 - Billy Arnold
• 1931 - Louis Schneider
• 1932 - Bob Carey
• 1933 - Louis Meyer
• 1934 - Bill Cummings
• 1935 - Kelly Petillo
• 1936 - Mauri Rose
• 1937 - Wilbur Shaw
• 1938 - Floyd Roberts
• 1939 - Wilbur Shaw
• 1940 - Rex Mays
• 1941 - Rex Mays
• 1942-1945 No auto racing held due to WWII
• 1946 - Ted Horn
• 1947 - Ted Horn
• 1948 - Ted Horn
• 1949 - Johnnie Parsons
• 1950 - Henry Banks
• 1951 - Tony Bettenhausen
• 1952 - Chuck Stevenson
• 1953 - Sam Hanks
• 1954 - Jimmy Bryan
• 1955 - Bob Sweikert

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This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pete DePaolo (born April 15, 1898 in Roseland, New Jersey - died November 26, 1980) was an American race car driver. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Hartz (December 24, 1896 Pomona, California – September 26, 1974 Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American racecar driver active in the 1920s. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... First three time winner of the Indianapolis 500 - 1928, 1933, 1936. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Billy Arnold (December 16, 1905 - November 10, 1976) won the 1930 Indianapolis 500. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis Schneider (April 29, 1805 - December 16, 1878), German actor and author, was born at Berlin, the son of George Abraham Schneider (1770-1839). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bob Carey (28 September 1904 Anderson, Indiana – 16 April 1933 Gardena, California) was an American racecar driver. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bill Cummings (November 11, 1906 - February 8, 1939) won the 1934 Indianapolis 500. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Winner of the 1935 Indianapolis 500. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mauri Rose ( May 26, 1906 - January 1, 1981) was an American race car driver. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wilbur Warren Shaw (1902 - 1954), U.S. automobile racer; won Indianapolis 500 race 1937, 1939, 1940; died in airplane crash. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Floyd Roberts won the Indianapolis 500 in 1938 with a record speed of 117. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rex Mays (born March 10, 1913 - died November 6, 1949) is a former AAA Championship Car race driver from Riverside, California. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ted Horn (February 27, 1910–October 10, 1948), born Eylard Theodore Von Horn, was an American race car driver. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnnie Parsons was a Formula One driver (Indy 500 only) from the United States. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Banks was a Formula One driver (Indy 500 only) from the United States. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tony Bettenhausen was an American racing driver, who won the National Championship in 1951 and 1958. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chuck Stevenson was a Formula One driver (Indy 500 only) from the United States. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sam Hanks (born July 13, 1914, died June 27, 1994) was an American race car driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1957. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jimmy Bryan was a Formula One driver (Indy 500 only) from the United States. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Robert Charles Bob Sweikert (born May 20, 1926, Los Angeles, CA, died June 17 1956) was an American racing driver, best known as the winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 and 1955 National Championship. ...

• 1956 - Jimmy Bryan
• 1957 - Jimmy Bryan
• 1958 - Tony Bettenhausen
• 1959 - Rodger Ward
• 1960 - A.J. Foyt
• 1961 - A.J. Foyt
• 1962 - Rodger Ward
• 1963 - A.J. Foyt
• 1964 - A.J. Foyt
• 1965 - Mario Andretti
• 1966 - Mario Andretti
• 1967 - A.J. Foyt
• 1968 - Bobby Unser
• 1969 - Mario Andretti
• 1970 - Al Unser
• 1971 - Joe Leonard
• 1972 - Joe Leonard
• 1973 - Roger McCluskey
• 1974 - Bobby Unser
• 1975 - A.J. Foyt
• 1976 - Gordon Johncock
• 1977 - Tom Sneva
• 1978 - Tom Sneva

The 2003 Indy Racing League season brought some of the biggest changes in its history. ... Scott Ronald Dixon (born July 22, 1980) is a New Zealand motor racing driver who won the Indy Racing League (IRL) championship in 2003 at his first attempt. ... The 2004 Indy Racing League season was dominated by two teams, Andretti Green Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing. ... Practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho (born December 31, 1974) is a Brazilian race car driver of Lebanese Christian heritage from Salvador, Brazil. ... The 2005 Indy Racing League season began on Sunday, March 6 and ended on Sunday, October 16. ... Dan Wheldon in Gasoline Alley at Indianapolis 2007 Dan Wheldon at Indianapolis during week 2 qualifications 2007 Dan Wheldon signs autographs for fans following Pole Day qualifications for the 2007 Indianapolis 500. ... The 2006 Indy Racing League season began on March 26 and concluded on September 10. ... Practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 Hornish competing in a 2006 International Race of Champions race at Texas Motor Speedway Sam Hornish, Jr. ... IndyCar Series Logo The 2007 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series season began with a night race on Saturday March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ... Dario at the 2007 Long Beach Gran Prix Darios car being pushed up to qualify for the 2006 Indianapolis 500 Dario waiting to qualify, May 12, 2007 at Indy Dario Franchitti (b. ...

External links

• Rumbledrome history of National Championship races.
• ChampCarStats.com complete AAA, USAC, CART, CCWS and IRL race results.