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...1988, 1989, 1991). Mears is also a three-time [[CART]] national champion (1979, 1981 and 1982). ...T-eligible races won Mears his first championship. His worst finish in the season was fifth. In 1980 the [[ground effect]] Chaparral was technologically more

...e]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. His penchant for consistently finishing in the points earned hi ...asaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]] Superbike team and won the AMA Superbike Series 1981 and 1982. He also won the AMA 250cc road racing National Championship

==Current Champ Car World Series Drivers (2006 season)== ===CCWS (Champ Car World Series) Era (2004-Present)===

...r 1983 the event returned as the [[Long Beach Grand Prix]] of the [[CART]] series. ...d country (after [[Italy]]) to host two Championship F1 events in the same season. The street circuit was an immediate success from its first race in [[1976]

...is a race car driver and three-time defending [[Champ Car|Champ Car World Series]] champion. ...l sports car appearances at Le Mans and in the [[Grand American|Grand Am]] series.

...], and was immediately used on the Chaparral Champ Car in [[1979 in sports|1979]]. F1 banned ground effects for safety reasons in [[1982 in sports|1982]]. * While F1 and [[GP2 Series|GP2]] use grooved tires to limit performance, Champ Cars remain using tread

...nship Racing League]], the [[Indy Racing League]], and the Champ Car World Series (CCWS). ...''. The series merged into the [[IndyCar Series]] before its planned 2008 season.

...cing championship, for specific information on the current Champ Car World Series and the Indy Racing League see [[Champ Car]] and [[Indy Racing League|IRL]] ...the CART championship became the de-facto championship. USAC ran a "rump" season, with few cars and fewer name drivers - the only exception being [[A.J. Foy

...dominated by many of the same wealthy multi-car teams that once dominated CART. ...inence of [[road course|road]] and [[street racing|street courses]] on the CART schedule. In the fall of [[2004 in IRL|2004]] the IRL announced two road co

...Canada]] since [[1961]]. It has been part of the [[Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] since 1967. It was first staged at [[Mosport]] Park in [[Bo In 2005, the Canadian Grand Prix was the most watched Formula One GP in the world. The race was also the third most watched sporting event on the planet, beh

**'''International 500-Mile Sweepstakes''' ([[1911]]-[[1915]], [[1920]]-[[1979]]) ...o try to win the event, which they did from 1913 to 1919. However, after [[World War I]], the native drivers and manufacturers regained their dominance of t

|Years:||[[1977 Formula One season|1977]] - [[1982 Formula One season|1982]] |Championships:||0 (2nd in [[1979 Formula One season|1979]])

...races in [[Formula One]], [[American Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]], [[World Sportscar Championship]] and [[NASCAR]] (the other being [[Dan Gurney]]). H ...ntoya]], the only driver to have won a race in the [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One

...ula One season|1992]], [[1994 Formula One season|1994]]–[[1995 Formula One season|1995]] | Championships || 1 ([[1992 Formula One season|1992]])

...ace]] was introduced, the Daytona Continental, which counted towards the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. The first Continental was won by [[Dan Gurney]], ...[[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] [[IMSA GT Championship|GT series]].

...five victories that season that would make him France’s first Formula One world champion. © Schlegelmilch]] ...ula One season|1980]]–[[1991 Formula One season|1991]], [[1993 Formula One season|1993]]

...ne regulations]] for a summary of the technical rule changes. Although the world championship has always been the main focus of the category, non-championsh ...reality the cars were no different to those that had raced earlier in the season. Indeed Varzi's car was built before the war. Championships for drivers or

...|road cycling]]. It was run first in [[1896]] and has stopped only for two world wars. It was created by two Roubaix textile manufacturers, [[Theo Vienne|Th ...f the North''. The term was used to describe the route of the race after [[World War I]]. Organisers and journalists set off from Paris in [[1919]] to see h