The Indy Car Wars
The 30-Year Fight for Control of American Open-Wheel Racing
Seiten
2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9832-1 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9832-1 (ISBN)
The world of Champ Car auto racing had changed. As cars became more sophisticated, the cost of supporting a team had skyrocketed, making things difficult for team owners. In an effort to increase purses paid by racing promoters and win lucrative television contracts, a group of owners formed Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) in 1978. Soon after, CART split from its sanctioning body, the United States Auto Club (USAC).
Though champ cars ran on numerous tracks, the Indianapolis 500 was the payday that supported most teams through the season. From the beginning, CART had most of the successful teams and popular drivers, and they focused on driving a wedge between the track owners and the USAC. Over the next 30 years, the tension between CART and USAC ebbed and flowed until all parties realized that reunification was needed for the sake of the sport. This book details the fight over control of Champ Car racing before reunification in 2008.
Though champ cars ran on numerous tracks, the Indianapolis 500 was the payday that supported most teams through the season. From the beginning, CART had most of the successful teams and popular drivers, and they focused on driving a wedge between the track owners and the USAC. Over the next 30 years, the tension between CART and USAC ebbed and flowed until all parties realized that reunification was needed for the sake of the sport. This book details the fight over control of Champ Car racing before reunification in 2008.
A native of Indianapolis, USA, Sigur E. Whitaker, is the great great niece of James Allison, one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A retired banker, she lives in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
1. CART Is Born
2. CART Goes Racing
3. An Attempt at Reconciliation
4. The Short-Lived Championship Racing League
5. The Truce
6. A New Era Begins
7. Armageddon
8. A New Normal
9. CART Implodes
10. Phoenix Rising?
11. Reunification
12. Putting Open-Wheel Racing Together
13. Turmoil at the Brickyard
14. A New Start
15. Riding the Bucking Bull
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Zusatzinfo | 15 photographs |
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Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9832-3 / 0786498323 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9832-1 / 9780786498321 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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