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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 = \| chassis = [[Lola Cars\|Lola]] (2004-2006) later [[Panoz]] (2007) \| engines = [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] (2004-2006) later [[Cosworth]] (2007) \| champion driver = {{Flagicon\|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]] (2007) \| current_season = Line 18 ⟶ 19: }} '''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 effect]] and prominent wings to create [[downforce]]. The cars would use a different aerodynamic kit on the occasions they raced on an oval. Line 31 ⟶ 32: {{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 takeover on their 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 46 ⟶ 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==