| 2008 American Championship Car season | |
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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]
The Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton and the Gold Coast Indy 300 were retained and transferred to the Indy Car Series schedule.[1] The schedule included what would have been the first Monterey Grand Prix since 2004.
Later on, Toronto (2009) and Houston (2013) would also be revived by the unified series.
Grands Prix (prior to unification announcement)[]
| Rnd | Race Name | Circuit | City/Location | TV | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
|
Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California | ESPN2 | April 20 |
| 2 | Grand Prix of Houston
|
JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park | Houston, Texas | ESPN2 | April 27 |
| 3 | Champ Car Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
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Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | ESPN | May 18 |
| 4 |  Champ Car Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit Zolder
|
Circuit Zolder | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | ESPN on ABC | June 1 |
| 5 |  Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain at Circuito Permanente de Jerez
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Circuito de Jerez | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | ESPN on ABC | June 8 |
| 6 | Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland
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Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio | ESPN on ABC | June 22 |
| 7 |  Champ Car Mont-Tremblant
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Circuit Mont-Tremblant | Mont-Tremblant, Quebec | ESPN | June 29 |
| 8 | Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto
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Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario | ESPN | July 6 |
| 9 | Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton
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Edmonton City Centre Airport | Edmonton, Alberta | ESPN | July 20 |
| 10 | Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland
|
Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | ESPN2 | July 27 |
| 11 | Road America Grand Prix
|
Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | ESPN on ABC | August 10 |
| 12 |  Champ Car Grand Prix of Holland at TT Circuit Assen
|
TT Circuit Assen | Assen, Netherlands | ESPN2 | September 14 |
| 13 |  Gold Coast Indy 300
|
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Australia | ESPN2 | October 26 |
| 14 |  Gran Premio Tecate Presentado por Banamex
|
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | Mexico City, Mexico | ESPN2 | November 9 |
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.
See also[]
- 2008 Atlantic Championship season
- 2008 Indianapolis 500
- 2008 IndyCar Series season
- 2008 Indy Lights season
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Justin Wilson, Graham Rahal To Make Up Newman/Haas/Lanigan Lineup". champcarworldseries.com. 2008-01-29. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080206021046/http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12494. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ↑ "Rocketsports Signs Former F1 Driver". champcarworldseries.com. 2008-01-28. Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080304112543/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. Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080205113955/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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Conquest Racing Confirms Atlantic's 'Fearless' Franck Perera For 2008 Champ Car World Series Season". champcarworldseries.com. 2008-02-06. Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080304113757/http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12520. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
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