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Line 1: {{short description\|Former single-seater racing championship}} {{use mdy dates\|date=February 2024}} {{Redirect\|Champ Car\|the predecessor series that ran between 1979 and 2003\|Championship Auto Racing Teams}} {{Infobox motorsport championship \| logo = Champ Car logo.svg \| caption = \| category = [[Open wheel car\|Open-wheel]] \| country/region = International (mostly in [[United States]]) \| inaugural2 = 2004 \| folded = 2008 \| drivers = \| teams = \| ~~engines~~chassis = [[Lola Cars\|Lola]] (2004-2006) later [[~~Cosworth~~Panoz]] (2007) \| engines = [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] (2004-2006) later [[Cosworth]] (2007) \| champion driver = {{Flagicon\|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]] ~~<small>~~(2007)~~</small>~~ \| current_season = \| pixels = 200px \| merged = 2008 ~~\|constructor={{Flagicon\|USA}} [[Panoz]] <small>(2007)</small>~~ }} '''Champ Car World Series''' ('''CCWS''') was the series sanctioned by Open-Wheel Racing Series Inc.~~, or '''Champ Car'''~~, a [[Governing body\|sanctioning body]] for [[American open-wheel car racing]] that operated from 2004 to 2008. It was the successor to ~~'''~~[[Championship Auto Racing Teams]]~~'''~~ (~~'''~~CART~~'''~~), which sanctioned ~~the~~open-wheel ~~'''PPG Indy Car World Series'''~~racing from 1979 until dissolving after the 2003 season. ==Vehicles== [[File:Sebastien_Bourdais_2005_Long_Beach.jpg\|thumb\|[[Sebastien Bourdais]] at the [[Long Beach Grand Prix~~\|Long Beach~~]] in 2005.]] Champ Cars were single-seat, [[open-wheel]] [[racing cars]], with [[Mid-engine design\|mid-mounted]] engines. Champ cars had sculpted undersides to create [[ground effect in cars\|ground ~~effects~~effect]] and prominent wings to create [[downforce]]. The cars would use a different aerodynamic kit on the occasions they raced on an oval. With funds low, development was effectively frozen with a focus on developing a universal chassis, and the series generally ran on CART-spec 2002 [[Lola ~~Cars~~B02/00\|Lola]] chassis from 2003 to 2006. The new chassis was developed by [[Panoz]] and debuted in 2007 as the [[Panoz DP01]]. The chassis was well received by drivers and fans. The series leased 750hp [[Ford-Cosworth~~#Other~~ ~~IndyCar~~Indy ~~and~~V8 ~~Champ Car engines~~engine\|2.~~65L~~65 L V-8 turbocharged Cosworth XFE engines]] to teams, which had been purchased by CART for the 2003 season. ==History== {{Further\|Championship Auto Racing Teams}} CART, ~~after~~following the departure of a number of top teams and engine manufacturers to the rival [[Indy Racing League]] (IRL), declared bankruptcy after the 2003 season. [[Gerald Forsythe]], [[Kevin Kalkhoven]], and [[Paul Gentilozzi]] founded Open-Wheel Racing Series LLC (OWRS) to bid on CART's assets and continue the series as its own entity. The IRL intended to bid a higher amount but had only committed to purchasing the series' Cosworth engines and the sanctioning contract for the [[Long Beach Grand Prix]], effectively to make the series untenable and allow a ~~rival~~takeover ~~series~~on their ~~impossible~~terms. OWRS was successful, as its bid allowed the highest probability CART vendors would get paid. Once CART's assets were secured, the series began a major push to be able to field enough cars and drivers for the April Long Beach Grand Prix, with the final drivers announced just before practice began. The series featured three longtime CART teams, [[Forsythe Championship Racing]], [[Newman/Haas Racing]], and [[Dale Coyne Racing]]. OWRS also became owners of the [[Trans-Am Series]] and the [[Atlantic Championship]]. Champ Car was able to maintain a full field and most of CART's street circuit sanctioning agreements for 2004. Line 36 ⟶ 38: Champ Car eventually moved into a 'de facto' all road-course format. The series would experiment with dramatic rule changes, including special compound tires that were to be used for a fixed portion of the race, standing starts, and timed races. Both Champ Car and the IRL continued to suffer from reduced fields, sponsorship, and television ratings. Merger talks in 2006 were halted after disagreements regarding ~~the~~Champ Car's upcoming Panoz chassis and leaked details of a shared new series upset IMS.{{sfn\|Whitaker\|p=123}} The [[2007 Champ Car season\|2007 season]] saw the withdrawal of Bridgestone and Ford as presenting sponsors{{sfn\|Whitaker\|p=123}} and some race cancellations. By January 2008, both the IRL and Champ Car feared they did not have enough participating cars to maintain their TV and sanctioning contract minimums.{{sfn\|Whitaker\|p=126}} After successful merger negotiations, in mid-February 2008, Champ Car authorized bankruptcy to facilitate a February 22 agreement in principle to merge with the IRL.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=10557\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313085154/http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=10557\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2008-03-13\|title=Done deal :: IndyCar® Series\|date=2008-03-13\|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref> The IRL purchased the CCWS's sanctioning contracts, the Champ Car Mobile Medical Unit, the series history, and [[Goodwill (accounting)\|goodwill]] for $6 million, with Forsythe and Kalkhoven signing a [[non-compete agreement]] in exchange for $2 million each.{{sfn\|Whitaker\|p=132}} Line 45 ⟶ 47: [[Paramount Network\|Spike TV]] aired all races in 2004, with select races aired on high definition channel [[AXS TV\|HDNet]]. In 2005 and 2006, coverage was split among NBC, CBS, and Speed Channel. In 2007, coverage was split among [[NBC]], [[CBS]], [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]], [[ESPN]], [[ESPN2]], and [[ESPN Classic]]. ==Champions== Line 61 ⟶ 63: \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]] \| [[Newman/Haas Racing]] \| [[Lola Cars\|Lola]]/[[Cosworth]]–[[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| {{flagicon\|USA}} [[A. J. Allmendinger]] \|- Line 67 ⟶ 69: \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]] \| [[Newman/Haas Racing]] \| [[Lola Cars\|Lola]]/[[Cosworth]]–[[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| {{flagicon\|GER}} [[Timo Glock]] \|- Line 73 ⟶ 75: \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]] \| [[Newman/Haas Racing]] \| [[Lola Cars\|Lola]]/[[Cosworth]]–[[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} [[Will Power]] \|- Line 81 ⟶ 83: \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]] \| [[Newman/Haas Racing\|Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing]] \| [[Panoz]]/[[~~Cosworth~~Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| {{flagicon\|NED}} [[Robert Doornbos]] \|- Line 95 ⟶ 97: [[Category:Organizations disestablished in 2008]] [[Category:Defunct auto racing series]] [[Category:2004 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:2008 disestablishments in the United States]]