The Indy Car Wars

The 30-Year Fight for Control of American Open-Wheel Racing

Sigur E. Whitaker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9832-1 (ISBN)

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The world of Champ Car auto racing was changing in the 1970s. 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.

A native of Indianapolis, 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.

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 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
ISBN-10	0-7864-9832-3 / 0786498323
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9832-1 / 9780786498321
Zustand	Neuware