Indy Car Series - Seasons

Seasons

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Following the merger of CART/Champ Car into the Indy Racing League in 2008, the IRL acquired all intellectual property and historic records.

Season Champion Rookie of the Year Most Popular Driver
Driver Team Chassis Engine
19961 Scott Sharp
Buzz Calkins		 A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Bradley Motorsports		 Lola
Reynard		 Ford-Cosworth
Ford-Cosworth		 not awarded not awarded
1996-97 Tony Stewart Team Menard G-Force Oldsmobile Jim Guthrie Arie Luyendyk
1998 Kenny Bräck A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Oldsmobile Robby Unser Arie Luyendyk
1999 Greg Ray Team Menard Dallara Oldsmobile Scott Harrington Scott Goodyear
2000 Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Airton Daré Al Unser, Jr.
2001 Sam Hornish, Jr. Panther Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Felipe Giaffone Sarah Fisher
2002 Sam Hornish, Jr. Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet Laurent Rédon Sarah Fisher
2003 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force Toyota Dan Wheldon2 Sarah Fisher
2004 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda Kosuke Matsuura Sam Hornish, Jr.
2005 Dan Wheldon Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda Danica Patrick Danica Patrick
20063 Sam Hornish, Jr. Penske Racing Dallara Honda Marco Andretti Danica Patrick
2007 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda Ryan Hunter-Reay Danica Patrick
2008 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda Hideki Mutoh Danica Patrick4
2009 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda Raphael Matos Danica Patrick
2010 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda Alex Lloyd Danica Patrick
20115 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda James Hinchcliffe Dan Wheldon6
2012 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara Chevrolet Simon Pagenaud James Hinchcliffe
  1. ^ In 1996, Scott Sharp and Buzz Calkins were tied in the final standings and were declared co-champions. Calkins had one win, as opposed to Sharp being winless, but no tiebreakers were in place.
  2. ^ Although it was Dixon's first year in IndyCar and he won the championship, he was not considered a rookie because of earlier ChampCar experience.
  3. ^ In 2006, Sam Hornish, Jr. and Dan Wheldon tied in the final standings for first place. This time, IndyCar had tiebreakers, and Hornish clinched the championship by having more victories than Wheldon during the season.
  4. ^ Although no report was officially released about it in 2008, IndyCar.com confirmed in 2009 that Danica Patrick being named Most Popular Driver was her "fifth consecutive" win of the award.
  5. ^ The 2011 season was originally supposed to end at Las Vegas, but the death of Dan Wheldon in an early crash caused IndyCar to abandon the race. The points reset to the standings as of the scheduled penultimate race at Kentucky, with Franchitti winning the championship.
  6. ^ Posthumously awarded to Dan Wheldon by a vote of members on the official IndyCar Nation website. This marked the first time a part-time driver won the award.

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