The 1979 USAC Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Ontario, California on March 25 and concluding in West Allis, Wisconsin on...
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From 1956 to 1978, the United States Auto Club (USAC) sanctioned Championship Car class featured the top teams and drivers in U.S. open-wheel racing....
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The 1980 USAC Championship Car season consisted of five races, beginning in Ontario, California on April 13 and concluding in Lexington, Ohio on July 13...
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1978 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning at Phoenix on March 18 and concluding at the same location on October 28. The USAC National...
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United States Auto Club (redirect from USAC National Sprint Car Championship)
termed championship auto racing, the highest level of USAC racing. For a while there was a separate series of specifications for championship cars designed...
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The 1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series was the inaugural Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) American open wheel racing championship series. The season consisted...
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The 1979 Champ Car season may refer to: the 1979 USAC Championship Car season the 1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, sanctioned by CART, who would later...
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drivers from USAC's open wheel classes like Indy cars, Silver Crown, sprints, and midgets frequently competed in races and won championships. Several NASCAR...
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prestigious national championship. USAC ran a "rump" 1979 season, with few big name drivers — the only exception being A. J. Foyt. In 1979, USAC denied several...
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1979 until dissolving after the 2003 season. CART was founded in 1979 by United States Auto Club (USAC) Championship Division team owners who disagreed...
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Automobile Club (1956–1997) Championship Auto Racing Teams/Champ Car World Series (1979–2007) Indy Racing League/IndyCar Series (1996–present) Colton...
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The Triple Crown is a "championship" consisting of three 500 Mile Super Speedway races on the IndyCar calendar. Traditionally, the crown jewel races were...
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the USAC and CART under the banner of the Championship Racing League (CRL). However, USAC withdrew from the arrangement after five races. The season-opening...
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of Indy car racing, following the American Automobile Association's AAA Contest Board, the United States Auto Club (USAC), and Championship Auto Racing...
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May 1979 was filled with controversy on and off the track. The race was sanctioned by USAC, and was part of the 1979 USAC National Championship. USAC had...
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This list of 1979 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions...
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race in another car in a points-scoring position those points were not awarded. Between 1946 and 1977, AAA and USAC awarded the Championship points to the...
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sanctioned by USAC, and was part of the 1979 USAC National Championship. Many of the top teams in open-wheel racing were part of the inaugural 1979 SCCA/CART...
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Roger McCluskey (category USAC Stock Car drivers)
earned four USAC Midget Car wins, 23 USAC Sprint Car wins, 23 USAC Stock Car wins and five USAC Championship Car (national championship) wins (including...
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1979 USAC Mini Indy Series season Previous 1978 Next 1980 The 1979 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the third and final full season of the USAC sanctioned...
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following that season. Starting in 2012, the series was revived by Formula Race Promotions with SCCA Pro Racing sanctioning. FRP switched to USAC sanctioning...
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A. J. Foyt (category USAC Stock Car drivers)
Championship titles in history, winning seven. Foyt competed in United States Automobile Club (USAC) Championship cars, sprint cars and midget cars....
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Mario Andretti (category USAC Stock Car drivers)
exodus. Andretti won the Formula One World Championship in 1978, four IndyCar titles, including three under USAC sanctioning, and one in CART. He is the...
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sprint cars. Once dominant United States Automobile Club (USAC) became USAC/California Racing Association (USAC/CRA) after taking over the Sprint Car Racing...
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Howdy Holmes (category Champ Car drivers)
brand served as a sponsor for his cars. Holmes would make his indy car debut in the USAC National Championship during 1979 for AMI Racing in the No. 46 Jiffy...
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maintained loyalty to USAC. On March 25, USAC opened their season at Ontario with a 200-mile doubleheader of Indy cars and USAC Stock Cars. A. J. Foyt won both...
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why the Hall/Sharp cars are all named Chaparral 2s (models 2A through 2J for sports cars/CanAm cars, and the 2K which was the 1979–1982 Indycar). Despite...
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the days surrounding the Wisconsin State Fair. USAC sanctioned Championship car races from 1956 to 1979. In 1980, the race switched to a CART (later CCWS)...
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Butch Hartman (racing driver) (category USAC Stock Car drivers)
American stock car racing national champion in the United States Automobile Club (USAC) from Zanesville, Ohio. After winning the USAC Stock Car Rookie of the...
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Hatch. This was the first season where at least 22 cars started every championship race, except the Monaco Grand Prix, where 18 cars started. The following...
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