Races 14 Start date 2008 | End date November 9 Race 14 | |
Similar 2007 Champ Car season, 2004 Champ Car season, 1981 CART PPG Indy Car, 1983–84 USAC Champio, 1986 CART PPG Indy Car | ||
The 2008 Champ Car World Series season would have been the 30th season of the series and the fifth instance of the Champ Car World Series. It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008 and end on November 9 had the open wheel unification not occurred. The season, with the sole exception of the Long Beach Grand Prix (won by Will Power), was canceled on February 21, 2008 because of the buyout of Champ Car by the rival Indy Racing League.
Contents
The Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton and the Gold Coast Indy 300 were retained and transferred to the Indy Car Series schedule. The schedule included what would have been the first Monterey Grand Prix since 2004 and the supposed debut of the Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain. Some of the Champ Car races were scrapped.
Later on, Toronto (2009), Houston (2013) and Road America (2016) would also be revived by the unified series.
Races
The 2008 Champ Car schedule was announced in November 2007 before the unification announcement
Team and driver lineup
The following teams and drivers were expected to compete for the 2008 Champ Car season. All teams would have used a Cosworth 2.65-litre turbocharged V8 engine, a Panoz DP01 chassis, and Bridgestone tires.