2008_Champ_Car_World_Series

2008 Champ Car World Series season

The 2008 Champ Car World Series season was to have been the 30th season of the series. It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008 and end on November 9. The season, with the sole exception of the Long Beach Grand Prix (won by Will Power), was canceled February 21, 2008 due to the buy out of Champ Car by the rival Indy Racing League. However, the Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton and the Gold Coast Indy 300 were revived and transferred to the Indy Car Series schedule.

Schedule (prior to unification announcement)

Rd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	TV	Date
1	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	ESPN2	April 20
2	Grand Prix of Houston	JAGFlo Speedway	Houston, Texas	ESPN2	April 27
3	Champ Car Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	ESPN	May 18
4	Champ Car Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit Zolder	Zolder	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	ABC	June 1
5	Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain at Circuito Permanente de Jerez	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	Jerez, Spain	ABC	June 8
6	Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland	Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	ABC	June 22
7	Champ Car Mont-Tremblant	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec	ESPN	June 29
8	Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	ESPN	July 6
9	Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton	Blatchford Field Airport	Edmonton, Alberta	ESPN	July 20
10	Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	ESPN2	July 27
11	Road America Grand Prix	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	ABC	August 10
12	Champ Car Grand Prix of Holland at TT Circuit Assen	TT Circuit Assen	Assen, Netherlands	ESPN2	September 14
13	Gold Coast Indy 300	Streets of Surfers Paradise	Gold Coast, Queensland	ESPN2	October 26
14	Gran Premio Tecate Presentado por Banamex	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	Mexico City, Mexico	ESPN2	November 9

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.

Team	No #	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Test Drivers
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1	Justin Wilson ^[1]	McDonald's	N/A
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	2	Graham Rahal ^[1]	McDonald's	N/A
Forsythe/Pettit Racing	3	David Martínez	INDECK	N/A
Forsythe/Pettit Racing	7	Franck Montagny	INDECK	N/A
Minardi Team USA	4	Ernesto Viso	PDVSA	N/A
Minardi Team USA	14	Robert Doornbos	Muermans Group/Jumbo Supermarkets/OzJet	N/A
Team Australia	5	Will Power	Aussie Vineyards	N/A
Team Australia	15	TBA	Aussie Vineyards	N/A
Rocketsports	8	Enrique Bernoldi ^[2]	Sangari ^[3]	N/A
Dale Coyne Racing	18	Bruno Junqueira	TBA	N/A
Dale Coyne Racing	19	Mario Moraes	Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q	N/A
KV Racing Technology	21	Alex Tagliani	TBA	N/A
KV Racing Technology	22	Oriol Servià ^[4]	TBA	N/A
Pacific Coast Motorsports	29	Alex Figge	Imperial Capital Bank	N/A
Pacific Coast Motorsports	96	Mario Dominguez	TBA	N/A
Conquest Racing	24	Franck Perera ^[5]	ARES ^[5]	N/A
Conquest Racing	34	Nelson Philippe	Juniper Property Development Group	N/A

^ ^a ^b ""Justin Wilson, Graham Rahal To Make Up Newman/Haas/Lanigan Lineup"", champcarworldseries.com (2008-01-29). Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
^ ""Rocketsports Signs Former F1 Driver"", champcarworldseries.com (2008-01-28). Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
^ ""Brazilian Company Sangari To Sponsor Enrique Bernoldi"", champcarworldseries.com (2008-02-01). Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
^ ""Oriol Servià Signs With PKV"", champcarworldseries.com (2008-01-05). Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
^ ^a ^b ""Conquest Racing Confirms Atlantic's 'Fearless' Franck Perera For 2008 Champ Car World Series Season"", champcarworldseries.com (2008-02-06). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.