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Champ Car Timeline
By Gregg Leary
Category:Auto Racing -> Indy Car
June 12, 1909…first Champ Car race (Portland, OR)…99 Years Ago
1911…first Indy 500
1915 first board track race…Chicago
1970 Champ Cars run dirt and pavement for the last time
AAA sanctions 1909-1955
USAC sanctions 1956-1979
CART “ 1979-2003
Champ Car “ 2004-2007
1979 CART is formed
2003 CART goes bankrupt…Kevin Kalkhoven, Gerald Forsythe, Paul Gentilozzi resurrect CHAMP CAR
* all Champ Car races since 1971 have been won by turbocharged engines (except the 1981 Milwaukee 150)
Full Time Competitors
1989-93: 17.5
1994-98: 26.4
Final Champ Car race: The 2008 Long Beach Grand Prix