Rebuilding the American Dream
Having spent more than a decade tearing itself apart, the recent absorbing of Champ Car by the Indy Racing League means that open-wheel racing in the United States can now begin the rebuilding process. Matt Beer analyses a split that left no winners
When Gil de Ferran beat a full 26-car field to win the CART IndyCar World Series finale at Laguna Seca on 9 October 1995, no-one could have imagined that twelve-and-a-half years would elapse before all of America's open-wheel elite next shared a grid.
Back then the nascent breakaway Indy Racing League, created by Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George due to his discontent with CART's structure and direction, lacked quality venues, teams and drivers, and few believed it would last beyond 1996.
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