2006 CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES SEASON

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Mazda:CHAMP CAR ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP TO HOST POST-SEASON TEST FOR 2006 STAR MAZDA SERIES CHAMPION

  • Thursday, Jun 22, 2006 For downloadable video go to CHAMP CAR ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP TO HOST POST-SEASON TEST FOR 2006 STAR MAZDA SERIES CHAMPION HOUSTON, Texas (May 12, 2006) – Helping to define an even clearer developmental path for the world’s top up-and-coming open-wheel drivers, officials from the Champ Car Atlantic Championship and Mazda North American Operations jointly announced today that the champion of the 2006 Star Mazda Championship will receive a full test session with a top team in the Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda.
  • . In addition to earning a new Mazda RX-8 passenger car and a $100, 000 cash award for winning the series title, the top point-earner in this season’s Star Mazda open-wheel championship will get a chance to prove what they can do in a 300-horsepower Champ Car Atlantic machine.
  • . The test session with a current Atlantic team will take place after completion of both the Atlantic and Star Mazda 2006 seasons.



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  • CHAMP CAR ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP TO HOST POST-SEASON TEST FOR 2006 STAR MAZDA SERIES CHAMPION HOUSTON, Texas (May 12, 2006) – Helping to define an even clearer developmental path for the world’s top up-and-coming open-wheel drivers, officials from the Champ Car Atlantic Championship and Mazda North American Operations jointly announced today that the champion of the 2006 Star Mazda Championship will receive a full test session with a top team in the Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda.
  • . In addition to earning a new Mazda RX-8 passenger car and a $100, 000 cash award for winning the series title, the top point-earner in this season’s Star Mazda open-wheel championship will get a chance to prove what they can do in a 300-horsepower Champ Car Atlantic machine.
  • . The test session with a current Atlantic team will take place after completion of both the Atlantic and Star Mazda 2006 seasons.
  • . Many of this season’s top Atlantic racers helped refine their skills in Star Mazda competition.



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  • . You can check that one off the list after the series leader dominated the field on the Milwaukee Mile to win his fourth race in as many starts to open the season.
  • . Bourdais has won all three Champ Car races this season.



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  • . USAC's competing championship was dominated by Foyt, but it would be the last National Championship for both the driver and the sanctioning body, as USAC relented at the end of the season and folded its National Championship Trail.
  • . This, combined with CART's move to include more road racing on the schedule, led to a split of the series after the season due to a dispute between egos at CART and, owner of the .
  • . During the offseason, CART went, and shares of the stock were worth only 25 cents.
  • . In the end, a judge ruled that the OWRS group should be the purchaser of CART, which ensured a 25th anniversary season in, running as Champ Car.
  • . In the past two seasons, several traditional circuit venues have been dropped in favor of street courses, which some fans view as counterproductive and damaging to the health of the sport.
  • . 2007 Champ Car Season In 2007 Champ Car will undergo some major changes.
  • . The new formula is expected to lower the costs of competing in the series, which in turn is expected to increase car counts for the 2007 Champ Car season.

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  • . Reflections from afar on Long Beach Rather than write a race report about the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season opener at Long Beach almost a week after the race, we’ll just tell you what we thought about a couple of things.


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  • . Allmendinger and replaced him for the remainder of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season with former champion Cristiano da Matta.
  • . to grow even faster, and so we have made this very difficult decision." Da Matta, who won the Champ Car title in 2002 before leaving the series for Formula One, returned to the American open-wheel series last year and was driving for the underfinanced Dale Coyne Racing team this season.
  • . The 32-year-old Brazilian has 12 Champ Car victories, while Allmendinger, a 24-year-old American in his third season in the series, was considered a rising star even though he's still looking for his first win.
  • . At RuSport, Da Matta will team with Englishman Justin Wilson, who is second to Sebastien Bourdais of France in the season points race.
  • . Bourdais, who drives for Newman/Haas Racing, has won all four races this season and leads Wilson by 31 points.
  • . "This is my sixth season in Champ Car.
  • . Only in two of the previous five seasons have I felt like I could fight for a race victory every time I went to the track.


    Champ Car Atlantic 101 - Overview
  • . Thanks to the creative ownership group of the Champ Car World Series and the remarkable cooperation of the Atlantic sponsors, teams and suppliers, the series has undergone a dynamic transformation this off-season.
  • . Now fully under the Champ Car banner, the Atlantic Championship bid farewell to longtime sponsor and engine supplier Toyota at the end of the 2005 season.
  • . The all-new, made in the USA Atlantic Swift 016.a chassis powered by a 2.3-liter Mazda-Cosworth engine capable of producing 300-horsepower while riding on Yokohama tires will raise the level of competition this season.
  • . Atlantic graduates also accounted for 176 Champ Car victories through the end of the 20045 season, or 41 percent of all Champ Car races have been won by drivers who used Atlantic as their stepping stone.
  • . Heading into its 33rd season in 2006, the series is poised to continue churning out top-level prospects for racing team owners.


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  • . Mondaca Assistant Editor In the past few weeks, there has been much speculation coming out of the Phoenix area in regards to a proposed Champ Car World Series event next season.
  • . Allmendinger's win ends Sebastien Bourdais' four race winning streak, dating back to the beginning of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season.
  • . Junqueira Fastest in Portland Junqueira earned his first pole since the 2004 season opener.
  • . RacingOne Report PORTLAND - Bruno Junqueira has had more than his share of bad luck through the first four races of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, so the Brazilian decided to take luck out of the equation in today's final qualifying for the G.I.
  • . The Champ Car World Series finishes its season this weekend in Mexico City.

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  • . • The Champ Car World Series finishes its season this weekend in Mexico City.


    Bourdais runs away with fourth Champ Car win of season
  • Search canada.com web Powered by Google canada.com searchword > > Bourdais runs away with fourth Champ Car win of season Driver Tony Stewart is dragged from his car during a caution lap after he was unable to finish his NASCAR race at Dover because of a broken shoulder.
  • . The ugly, ever-changing weather made the fifth race of the 14-race IRL season a guessing game right from the start.


    Allmendinger replaced by da Matta at RuSport - Champ Car Series - Yahoo! Sports
  • . (AP) -- The RuSport team has fired driver and replaced him for the remainder of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season with former champion .
  • . to grow even faster, and so we have made this very difficult decision.'' Da Matta, who won the Champ Car title in 2002 before leaving the series for Formula One, returned to the American open-wheel series last year and was driving for the underfinanced Dale Coyne Racing team this season.
  • . The 32-year-old Brazilian has 12 Champ Car victories, while Allmendinger, a 24-year-old American in his third season in the series, was considered an up and coming star but is still looking for his first win.
  • . At RuSport, Da Matta will team with Englishman, who is second to in the season points.
  • . Bourdais, who drives for Newman/Haas Racing, has won all four races this season and leads Wilson by 31 points.
  • . ``This is my sixth season in Champ Car.
  • . Only in two of the previous five seasons have I felt like I could fight for a race victory every time I went to the track.


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  • This Section Latest Pictures [20 June 2006] Englishman Justin Wilson finished second for the fourth time in five races this season but despite being beaten to the top step of the podium the Sheffield based racer was happy with his performance in Sunday's Grand Prix of Portland.
  • . [20 June 2006] Englishman Dan Clarke put on one of the performances of his career at the Portland International Raceway on Sunday, finally showing the American audience why he has acquired the nickname of ‘Speedy Dan.' [20 June 2006] After one of its best opening qualifying results on Friday, Team Australia faced one of its toughest race days of the season in the fifth round of the Champ Car World Series at the Portland International Raceway on Sunday.
  • . Joes Grand Prix of Portland propping up the bottom of the running order but gained solace in the fact that both were able to complete the fifth round of the 2006 season in one piece.
  • . [18 June 2006] Bruno Junqueira has targeted Portland as a turning point in his Champ Car World Series season after securing pole position in his Newman/Haas Lola.

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  • . Unser III, the grandson of racing icon Al Unser and the son of former Champ Car champion Al Unser Jr., will join the Mi-Jack Conquest Racing Atlantic team this season.
  • . After finishing seventh in the Atlantic championship standings last season, the 23-year-old Unser returns to the series in '06 with the first-year Mi-Jack Conquest squad.
  • . "I'm definitely excited about the upcoming season, joining Mi-Jack Conquest Racing, and I think the Atlantic series is going to be so competitive and fun to watch, " said Unser III, a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • . "I want to thank (team co-owner) Eric Bachelart for giving me this chance and it's going to be great to work with Graham, especially considering that his dad and my dad were teammates in the early 90s." Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 May 2006 ) Final Test Session of Preseason Written by Champ Car Thursday, 30 March 2006 JUSTIN WILSON LEADS FINAL TEST SESSION OF CHAMP CAR PRESEASON FONTANA, Calif.


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  • . AFP via KeepMedia.com | Apr 10, 2006 Sebastien Bourdais, the Champ Car series titlist in 2004 and 2005, launched his bid for a three-peat with a triumph in the season-opener.
  • . Crash.Net via KeepMedia.com | Apr 10, 2006 Sebastien Bourdais was almost apologetic to the capacity Long Beach crowd after 'stinking up the show' with an utterly dominant display through the Champ Car World Series season opening weekend.
  • . Crash.Net via KeepMedia.com | Apr 10, 2006 Team Australia made a promising start to their second season in the Champ Car World Series under their current guise as Alex Tagliani grabbed the final step on the race podium while rookie Will Power also ran in the top five.
  • . Crash.Net via KeepMedia.com | Mar 31, 2006 Justin Wilson marked himself out as a potential title contender in the final Champ Car World Series test session before the start of the 2006 season, by proving comfortably fastest for RuSport at the California Speedway.
  • . Crash.Net via KeepMedia.com | Mar 29, 2006 Dale Coyne Racing has announced the signing of former Champ Car World Series title winner Cristiano da Matta for the 2006 season.

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