Model Indy Cars

Dave — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:16:05 +0000

Indy Car

It is a descriptive name for a type of open wheel cars that participate in the Indianapolis 500.

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The name is used in American Championship Car Racing. Some time ago the race cars were referred to as “Championship Cars” or a more ambiguous term “Big Cars”.

The terms were used to separate them from the similar Sprint and Midgets which were also open-wheel cars. Somewhere along the way the name changed to “Indy Car” as a fundamental link to the Indianapolis 500 racing.

Indy Car also separated the open-wheel car from others like the ones used in “Formula One” also.

Also IndyCar Series an open-wheel racing series sanctioned by the “Indy Racing League”.

The trademark IndyCar has been in use since 2003. A subsidiary of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation is the owner of the IndyCar trademark at this time and licenses its use to the Indy Racing League to be used in connection with the IndyCar Series.

Championship Auto Racing Teams a governing body adopted the name Indy Car World Series for the premiere open-wheel series in the United States.

First registered by Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1992 the Indy Car trademark was licensed to CART from 1992-1997.