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Winners of Races for Championship Cars, 2000-2008



Driver of the Decade:
Sebastien Bourdais
31 Victories

Car of the Decade:
Lola/Ford
69 Victories



2008
Scott Dixon
Points Leader


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Turn One traffic at Milwaukee, June 1, 2008



Date Track Miles Driver Car
3.29.08 Homestead, Fla. 300 Scott Dixon Dallara/Honda
4.06.08 St. Petersburg, Fla. 149 Graham Rahal Dallara/Honda
4.20.08 Motegi, Japan 300 Danica Patrick Dallara/Honda
4.20.08 Long Beach, Calif. * 163 Will Power DP01/Cosworth
4.27.08 Kansas City, Kan. 300 Dan Wheldon Dallara/Honda
5.25.08 Indianapolis, Ind. 500 Scott Dixon Dallara/Honda
6.01.08 Milwaukee, Wis. 225 Ryan Briscoe Dallara/Honda
6.07.08 Fort Worth, Tex. 342 Scott Dixon Dallara/Honda
6.22.08 Newton, Iowa 250 Dan Wheldon Dallara/Honda
6.28.08 Richmond, Va. 225 Tony Kanaan Dallara/Honda
7.06.08 Watkins Glen, N.Y. 204 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara/Honda
7.12.08 Nashville, Tenn. 227 Scott Dixon Dallara/Honda
7.20.08 Lexington, Ohio 192 Ryan Briscoe Dallara/Honda
7.26.08 Edmonton, Alberta 189
8.09.08 Sparta, Ky. 300
8.24.08 Sonoma, Calif. 184
8.31.08 Detroit, Mich. 186
9.07.08 Joliet, Ill. 300
10.26.08 Queensland, Australia 170

* The last race conducted by the ChampCar orgainzation, which merged with Indy Car in February. The scheduling conflict with Motegi was resolved by letting points earned in either race count toward the season championship.


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Danica Patrick wins at Motegi, Japan, April 20, 2008, the first championship victory ever for a woman.






Danica Patrick on Indy pole qualifying day, 5.10.08



Photo by Jim Haines
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Graham Rahal at St. Petersburg, Fla., 4.5.08
Winner of his first race and the youngest winner in the history of championship racing.







2007
Dario Franchitti
National Champion
IRL
Sebastien Bourdais
National Champion
ChampCar

Date Track Miles Driver Car Organization
3.24.07 Homestead, Fla. 300 Dan Wheldon Dallara/Honda IRL
4.01.07 St. Petersburg, Fla. 180 Helio Castroneves Dallara/Honda IRL
4.08.07 Las Vegas, Nev. 165 Will Power DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
4.15.07 Long Beach, Calif. 153 Sebastien Bourdais DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
4.21.07 Motegi, Japan 300 Tony Kanaan Dallara/Honda IRL
4.22.07 Houston, Tex. 157 Sebastien Bourdais DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
4.29.07 Kansas City, Kan. 200 Dan Wheldon Dallara/Honda IRL
5.27.07 Indianapolis, Ind. 415 Dario Franchitti Dallara/Honda IRL
6.03.07 Milwaukee, Wis. 225 Tony Kanaan Dallara/Honda IRL
6.09.07 Fort Worth, Tex. 342 Sam Hornish Jr. Dallara/Honda IRL
6.10.07 Portland, Ore. 202 Sebastien Bourdais DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
6.24.07 Cleveland, Ohio 187 Paul Tracy DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
6.24.07 Newton, Iowa 250 Dario Franchitti Dallara/Honda IRL
6.30.07 Richmond, Va. 187 Dario Franchitti Dallara/Honda IRL
7.01.07 Mont Tremblant, Que. 164 Robert Doornbos DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
7.08.07 Toronto, Ont. 128 Will Power DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
7.08.07 Watkins Glen, N.Y. 204 Scott Dixon Dallara/Honda IRL
7.15.07 Nashville, Tenn. 266 Scott Dixon Dallara/Honda IRL
7.22.07 Lexington, Ohio 192 Scott Dixon Dallara/Honda IRL
7.22.07 Edmonton, Alberta 189 Sebastien Bourdais DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
7.29.07 San Jose, Calif. 155 Robert Doornbos DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
8.05.07 Brooklyn. Mich. 400 Tony Kanaan Dallara/Honda IRL
8.11.07 Sparta, Ky. 300 Tony Kanaan Dallara/Honda IRL
8.12.07 Elkhart Lake, Wis. 214 Sebastien Bourdais DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
8.26.07 Zolder, Belgium 186 Sebastien Bourdais DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
8.26.07 Sonoma, Calif. 184 Scott Dixon Dallara/Honda IRL
9.02.07 Assen, Netherlands 195 Justin Wilson DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
9.02.07 Detroit, Mich. 186 Tony Kanaan Dallara/Honda IRL
9.09.07 Joliet, Ill. 300 Dario Franchitti Dallara/Honda IRL
10.20.07 Queensland, Australia 170 Sebastien Bourdais DP01/Cosworth ChampCar
11.11.07 Mexico City, Mexico 177 Sebastien Bourdais DP01/Cosworth ChampCar



Photo by Michael L. Leavitt, USA LAT Photographic
Copyright 2007 C
hamp Car World Series, L.L.C
Robert Doorbos wins at Mont Tremblant, 7.1.07




2006
Sam Hornish Jr.
National Champion
IRL
Sebastien Bourdais
National Champion
ChampCar



IRL/Ron McQueeney Photo
Helio Castroneves after winning in Motegi, Japan, April 22, 2006


2005
Dan Wheldon
National Champion
IRL
Sebastien Bourdais
National Champion
ChampCar





Danica Patrick, 4th at Indianapolis, May 29, 2005



2004
Tony Kanaan
National Champion
IRL
Sebastien Bourdais
National Champion
ChampCar
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Daniel Ingham/Getty Images
Vitor Meira in practice for the July 4, 2004, IRL race at Kansas City, Kan. He finished 2nd.


Ryan Hunter-Reay, leader of every lap, is first out of the pits in Milwaukee, June 5, 2004.



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2003
Paul Tracy
National Champion
CART
Scott Dixon
National Champion
IRL
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Journal Sentinal Photo
Milwaukee, May 31, 2003. CART races at night.
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Cleveland, July 5, 2003. Patrick Carpentier on the way to a fourth place finish.



2002
Cristiano da Matta
National Champion
CART
Sam Hornish Jr.
National Champion
IRL


Sam Hornish Jr., by a nose at Texas Motor Speedway, Sept. 15, 2002


Sarah Fisher
Fastest woman qualifier ever at Indianapolis, 2002, 229.439 m.p.h.
First woman to start on pole, Kentucky Speedway, 2002
Until Danica Patrick won a championship race on April 20, 2008,
Fisher had scored the highest finish ever by a woman, 2nd, at Homestead, Fla. 2001


2001
Gil de Ferran
National Champion
CART
Sam Hornish Jr.
National Champion
IRL
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2000
Gil de Ferran
National Champion
CART
Buddy Lazier
National Champion
IRL





Indianapolis Motor Speedway Photo

Indianapolis, May 28, 2000. Juan Montoya wins.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Photo

Indianapolis, May 28, 2000. Buddy Lazier leads.





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