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Encyclopedia > Formula Atlantic

The Toyota Atlantic Championship is an auto racing series with races throughout North America. The series is often considered the the top developmental open-wheel racing series in North America, typically the last series a driver will compete in before moving to Champ Car or the Indy Racing League. Current cars are a Swift Chassis powered by Toyota 4A-GE engines. The series is sanctioned by Champ Car, and most of its races are support races for Champ Car. Toyota is not expected to return as title sponsor in 2006, but the series may live on, possibly with a new chassis and Cosworth engines. World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... -1... The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the promoter of a predominantly oval based open-wheel racing series in the United States and more recently, Japan. ... The A Series engines can be considered as Toyotas most popular and finest internal combustion engines. ... -1... -1...


Former drivers in the series include legends such as Gilles Villeneuve and Michael Andretti, and many current IRL and Champ Car drivers including Jimmy Vasser, A.J. Allmendinger, Ryan Hunter-Raey, Andrew Ranger, Ronnie Bremmer, Danica Patrick, Patrick Carpantier, Buddy Rice, Dan Wheldon, and Roger Yasukawa. Gilles Villeneuve Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (January 18, 1950 – May 8, 1982) was a world-renowned Formula One racing driver. ... Michael Andretti (born October 5, 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a Formula One professional race car driver. ... Jimmy Vasser (born November 20, 1965 in Canoga Park, California ) is a an American racing driver. ... (born December 16, 1981 in Los Gatos, California) is an American racecar driver. ... Danica Patrick is the first woman driver to ever lead the field at the Indy 500 Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is a professional race car driver in the Indy Racing League. ... Buddy Rice (born January 31, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an auto racing driver best known for winning the 2004 Indianapolis 500 as part of Rahal Letterman Racing. ... Dan Wheldon (born June 22, 1978 in Emberton, England) is an IRL race car driver. ...


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Champ Car Atlantic Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (781 words)
Prior to Formula Atlantic, professional Formula B races were held in the United States from 1969 to 1972 as part of the SCCA Formula Continental Championship (along with the larger, more powerful Formula 5000 cars), although they were largely overshadowed by the V8-powered F5000 cars.
Formula Atlantic as a class evolved in England in 1971 from the US Formula B rules, with 1600cc production-based twin-cam engines (primarily Cosworth FVA, then Cosworth BDA and BDD, however other engines like Alfa-Romeo were also eligible).
As a result, Formula Atlantic typically used chassis similar to Formula Two and Formula Three cars -- with performance somewhere in between the two -- so most of the manufacturers were familiar from those classes, particularly the likes of Brabham, Lotus, March, Chevron early on, with Ralt and then Reynard later.
Champ Car Atlantic 101 - History (2505 words)
The new breed of Atlantic stars are hoping to one day follow in the footsteps of some of the biggest names in racing who honed their skills and matured both on and off the track in the Atlantic Championship.
Sprouting from the roots of Formula B, Atlantic began in 1974 with the advent of the four-valve-per-cylinder, 1600cc four-cylinder Cosworth BDA engine.
Atlantic graduates from the 2000s have already made their presence felt at the top levels of open-wheel racing.
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