CART/Champ Car/IRL Champions Who Left For Another Series after Their Championship Season
By Gregg Leary
Category:Auto Racing

2007 CCar: Sebastien Bourdais (4 Straight Titles): To F1
2007 IRL: Dario Franchitti: To NASCAR
2002 CART: Cristiano da Matta: To F1
1999 CART: Juan Pablo Montoya: To F1
1998 CART: Alex Zanardi: To F1
1995 CART: Jacques Villeneuve: To F1

Other Champions who left their series after their championship years
2006 IRL: Sam Hornish (3 Time IRL Champ) to NASCAR
1997 IRL: Tony Stewart to NASCAR
1991 CART: Michael Andretti to F1

Champions from Other Series who came to CART/Champ Car/IRL
1993: Nigel Mansell: From F1 to CART
Emerson Fittipaldi was an F1 Champion who came out of retirement and won the CART Title in 1989

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