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    The 199697 Indy Racing League was the second season contested by the Indy Racing League. Tony Stewart was the champion, while Arie Luyendyk won the Indianapolis...
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    The 1996 Indy Racing League was the first season in the history of the series, which was created and announced on March 11, 1994 by the Indianapolis Motor...
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  • 2009-05-19. 1996 Toyota Atlantic Championship season 1996 Indianapolis 500 1996 Indy Racing League 199697 Indy Racing League 1996 Indy Lights season...
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  • Sports Indy Racing is a racing computer game made in 1997. It was officially licensed by the Indy Racing League. The game is based on 199697 Indy Racing League...
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  • formation of the Indy Racing League, which launched the rival IndyCar Series in 1996. From that point on, the popularity of open wheel racing in the U.S. declined...
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    Michael Shank (category IndyCar Series drivers)
    he ran one race in the 199697 Indy Racing League season, the 1997 Las Vegas 500K at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He started racing in 1989, winning SCCA...
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    Lola T95/00 (category Open wheel racing cars)
    Indy engine. It was also used by many teams in the inaugural 1996 Indy Racing League season and the first two races of the 1996-97 Indy Racing League...
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    Reynard 94I (category American Championship racing cars)
    CART race it entered. The car continued to be raced in the 1996 and 1996-97 Indy Racing League seasons, and holds the unofficial and official lap records...
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    Reynard 95I (category American Championship racing cars)
    the 1996 and 1996-97 Indy Racing League seasons. "Reynard Racing Cars – Adrian Reynard". Retrieved 24 May 2022. "1995 Reynard 95I Ford Cosworth Indy Car...
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    The 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League was one of relative stability compared to the previous two seasons. For the first time the season consisted of a single...
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  • Greg Ray (category Indy Lights drivers)
    series in 1994. In 1997 he made his Indy Racing League debut driving for Thomas Knapp in an unsponsored black #97 car. He made his mark on the series...
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  • 1960 – December 29, 2020) was an American racing driver. He competed in CART and the Indy Racing League competitions, but primarily in IMSA GT Championship...
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    Corporation, and was designed primarily as a venue for the Indy 200 at Walt Disney World, an Indy Racing League event. The circuit's primary use was as a venue for...
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    America. Following the split between CART and the newly formed Indy Racing League (IRL) in 1996, CART continued to sanction the event until it folded after...
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    1997 CART PPG World Series (category 1997 in formula racing)
    Toyota Atlantic Championship season 1997 Indianapolis 500 199697 Indy Racing League 1997 Indy Lights season Super Speedway CART World Series "Cart 1997"...
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    rebranded as IndyCar in 1992 and a compromise board formed, failed. In 1996, an open wheel "split" saw the newly created Indy Racing League (IRL) take full...
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    open-wheel car racing, generally known as Indy car racing, or more formally Indianapolis car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United...
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    Indianapolis 500 held as part of the USAC-sanctioned Indy Racing League, and was part of the 1996-97 Indy Racing League season. It marked the introduction of a new...
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    until 1995, switching to the Indy Racing League for the 199697 season. On June 21, 2010, it was announced that the IndyCar Series would return to New...
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    Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 26, 1996. This was the first Indy 500 contested as part of the new Indy Racing League, under the overall sanctioning umbrella...
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    Sam Schmidt (category IndyCar Series drivers)
    1964) is a former Indy Racing League driver and current NTT IndyCar Series and Indy Lights series team owner. Schmidt's brief IndyCar career included...
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    sanctioning, the race ended. In 1996, Las Vegas Motor Speedway was announced as a venue for the newly formed Indy Racing League. The facility was still under...
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    Billy Boat (category Indy Lights drivers)
    2, 1966) is an American former open-wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League. Boat began his career in USAC where he won 11 straight Western Series...
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    president Tony George resulted in the establishment of the Indy Racing League (IRL) in 1996 and the series rivalled CART before the latter went bankrupt...
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  • 199697 Indy Racing League season. Byrd-Cunningham driver John Paul Jr. won in the 1998 Lone Star 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Jonathan Byrd's Racing...
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    Eddie Cheever (category IndyCar Series drivers)
    is an American former racing driver who raced for almost 30 years in Formula One, sports cars, CART, and the Indy Racing League. Cheever participated...
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  • CART and the Indy Racing League in 1996. A dominant victory with Montoya would foresee the team's permanent switch to the IRL (now IndyCar Series), where...
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  • designed for the newly formed Indy Racing League by John Menard, the owner of Team Menard. The engine only lasted through 1996, the IRL's only season without...
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    Michele Alboreto (category IndyCar Series drivers)
    1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 August 2023. "Michele Alboreto – 1997 Indy Racing League Results"...
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  • Gadsden, Alabama) is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He debuted in the Indy Racing League in 1996 with moderately successful results. When the...
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