The 2008 Champ Car World Series season would have been the 30th and final season of the series and the fifth instance of the Champ Car World Series. It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008, and end on November 9 had the open-wheel unification not occurred. The season, with the sole exception of the Long Beach Grand Prix (won by Will Power), was canceled on February 21, 2008, because of the buyout of Champ Car by the rival IndyCar.[1]
The Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton and the Gold Coast Indy 300 were retained and transferred to the IndyCar Series schedule.[1] The schedule included what would have been the first Monterey Grand Prix since 2004 and the supposed debut of the Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain. Some of the Champ Car races were scrapped.
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2008, champ, season, 2008, champ, world, series, season, would, have, been, 30th, final, season, series, fifth, instance, champ, world, series, scheduled, begin, april, 2008, november, open, wheel, unification, occurred, season, with, sole, exception, long, be. The 2008 Champ Car World Series season would have been the 30th and final season of the series and the fifth instance of the Champ Car World Series It was scheduled to begin on April 20 2008 and end on November 9 had the open wheel unification not occurred The season with the sole exception of the Long Beach Grand Prix won by Will Power was canceled on February 21 2008 because of the buyout of Champ Car by the rival IndyCar 1 2008 Champ Car seasonChamp Car World SeriesSeasonRaces14Start dateApril 20End dateNovember 9Awards 20072009 ICS The Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton and the Gold Coast Indy 300 were retained and transferred to the IndyCar Series schedule 1 The schedule included what would have been the first Monterey Grand Prix since 2004 and the supposed debut of the Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain Some of the Champ Car races were scrapped Later on Toronto 2009 Houston 2013 Road America 2016 Portland 2018 and Laguna Seca 2019 would also be revived by the unified series Contents 1 Races 2 Team and driver lineup 3 See also 4 ReferencesRaces EditThe 2008 Champ Car schedule was announced in November 2007 before the unification announcement Rnd Date Race Name Circuit City Location1 April 20 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach California2 April 27 Grand Prix of Houston JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park Houston Texas3 May 18 Champ Car Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey California4 June 1 Champ Car Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit Zolder Circuit Zolder Heusden Zolder Belgium5 June 8 Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain at Circuito Permanente de Jerez Circuito de Jerez Jerez de la Frontera Spain6 June 22 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland Ohio7 June 29 Champ Car Mont Tremblant Circuit Mont Tremblant Mont Tremblant Quebec8 July 6 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto Ontario9 July 20 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton Alberta10 July 27 Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland Oregon11 August 10 Road America Grand Prix Road America Elkhart Lake Wisconsin12 September 14 Champ Car Grand Prix of Holland at TT Circuit Assen TT Circuit Assen Assen Netherlands13 October 26 Gold Coast Indy 300 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise Australia14 November 9 Gran Premio Tecate Presentado por Banamex Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Mexico City MexicoAll 2008 Champ Car races were going to be run on road courses and street circuits The Champ Car Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was set to return on May 18 The Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain was going to debut on June 8 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez in Spain Team and driver lineup EditThe 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 Primary Sponsors Newman Haas Lanigan Racing 1 Justin Wilson 2 McDonald s2 Graham Rahal 2 Hole in the Wall Camps Forsythe Pettit Racing 3 Paul Tracy Indeck7 Franck Montagny Minardi Team USA 4 E J Viso PDVSA14 Robert Doornbos OzJet Team Australia 5 Will Power Aussie Vineyards15 Matt Halliday Walker Racing Rocketsports Racing 8 Enrique Bernoldi 3 Sangari Dale Coyne Racing 11 Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing19 Mario Moraes Sonny s BBQ KV Racing Technology 21 Alex Tagliani PKV Racing22 Oriol Servia 4 Pacific Coast Motorsports 29 Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports96 Mario Dominguez Visit Mexico City Conquest Racing 24 Franck Perera 5 ARES34 Nelson PhilippeThe driver line up represents the entry list for the Sebring Test David Martinez was a test driver for Pacific Coast Motorsports See also Edit2008 Atlantic Championship 2008 Indianapolis 500 2008 IndyCar Series 2008 Indy Lights seasonReferences Edit a b 2008 IRL IndyCar Series Champ Car Stats Archived from the original on 2009 05 02 Retrieved 2009 05 19 a b Justin Wilson Graham Rahal To Make Up Newman Haas Lanigan Lineup champcarworldseries com 2008 01 29 Archived from the original on 6 February 2008 Retrieved 2008 01 29 Rocketsports Signs Former F1 Driver champcarworldseries com 2008 01 28 Archived from the original on 4 March 2008 Retrieved 2008 01 28 Oriol Servia Signs With PKV champcarworldseries com 2008 01 05 Retrieved 2008 01 10 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 Retrieved 2008 02 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Champ Car season amp oldid 1128390206, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
