Indy Champ Car Pro Series

INDY Champ Car Pro Series	INDY Champ Car Pro Series
 	
Category 	Open-wheel
Countries 	United States
 	Canada
Inaugural season 	2012
Manufacturers 	Chevrolet
 	Honda
 	Mazda
Tire suppliers 	Firestone
 	Goodyear
Drivers' champion 	Georgie Carter
Teams' champion 	Team Ligier
Makes' champion 	Honda
Current season 	2020
The INDY Champ Car Pro Series presented by Advance Auto Parts is a developmental open-wheel racing series owned and operated by INDYCAR, LLC. Alongside Indy Lights, the series represents the highest step on the Road to Indy, a program of racing series leading up to the IndyCar Series as well as the Champ Car World Series. The series was originally formed in 2012 as the ASCRA Carquest Open Wheel Jr. Series, the developmental series for the ASCRA Lucas Oil Formula Series. The series was owned by the American Stock Car Racing Association from its inception until 2021.
Prior to the 2022 season, the series was sold to INDYCAR, LLC as a result of the strain the COVID-19 pandemic put on the ASCRA. INDYCAR, LLC announced the series would operate under the name "INDY Champ Car Pro Series" with title sponsorship originally being announced as Carquest before parent company Advance Auto Parts revealed their support of the series. The name "Indy Champ Car" was chosen to represent the series' position as a development stop for both IndyCar and Champ Car.
History
Formed in 2012 as the ASCRA Carquest Open Wheel Jr. Series, it took on its current moniker for the 2015 season. Since its inception, the Junior Series has fielded developmental entries for every single AFS team with races being held the day before AFS events.
Rules and regulations
Points
The Formula Junior Series tries to incentify winning races and finishing on the podium by providing a higher point value as well as bonus points. Bonus points are awarded to the top five finishers with first place receiving 10, second and third place receive 5, and fourth and fifth receive 1 bonus point each. Bonus points are immediately added to a driver's overall points total, although bonus points earned are also used as a tie-breaker in the standings.
Pos.	Pts earned	Bonus pts
1 	35 	10
2 	30 	5
3 	25 	5
4 	22 	1
5 	20 	1
6 	18 	-
7 	16 	-
8 	14 	-
9 	12 	-
10 	10 	-
11 	9 	-
12 	8 	-
13 	7 	-
14 	6 	-
15 	5 	-
Cars
The Formula Junior Series is not an open formula motor sport archetpye. A spec series, the league mandates chassis and engine manufacturers which teams must use each season. Currently, Dallara provides a specification chassis to all teams, with Chevrolet, Honda and Mazda providing teams engines.
====First gen car (2012-2020)====
The First-Gen cars debuted alongside the series in 2012 and were designed to be cheaper versions of the Second-Gen Formula Series cars being used in the parent division. The cars featured a chassis provided by Dallara (Dallara OWJ-12) and teams could run their choice of Chevrolet or Honda engines. A second version of the Dallara chassis was built for the 2017 season dubbed the Dallara FJS-17 which all teams adopted by the 2019 season. It featured a number of safety improvements and directly led to the development of the Second-Gen cars.
====Second gen car (2021-future)====
The Second-Gen cars 
were originally scheduled to debut in the 2020 season, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been delayed to 2021. originally scheduled debuted in the 2012 season, the eleventh for the series. The cars will feature a chassis provided by Dallara (Dallara FJS-21) and teams will be able to pick from Chevrolet, Honda or Mazda engines. 2021 will mark the first season of competition for Mazda.
Tires
The Formula Junior Series has fielded Firestone exclusively since their debut in 2012. They provide the teams with five different tire compounds to use throughout the year although the league mandates which three may be used any given event. These compounds include three dry or slick tires (Soft, Medium, Hard) and two wet tires (Intermediate, Wet). In order to quickly differentiate one compound from the other, the league has mandated a color to match each compound. Soft are red, Medium are yellow, Hard are white, Intermediates are green and Wet are blue. These colors largely match those used in F1.
List of champions
Season	Champion 	Manufacturer
2002 	Geoff Ramsay (Team Hunter Racing) 	Chevrolet
1989 	 	Dodge
1990 	 	
1991 	Geoff Ramsay (Team Hunter Racing) 	Chevrolet
1992 	Geoff Ramsay (Team Hunter Racing) 	Chevrolet
1993 	Tim Miller (Tim Miller Racing) 	Dodge
1994 	Mark Zorn (Team Hunter Racing) 	Chevrolet
1995 	William Dautrieve (Dautrieve Racing) 	Dodge
1996 	Geoff Ramsay (Team Hunter Racing) 	Chevrolet
1997 	Ricky Norton (Roush Racing) 	Ford
1998 	Michael Diggs (Roush Racing) 	Ford
1999 	Geoff Ramsay (Team Hunter Racing) 	Chevrolet
2000 	William Dautrieve (Dautrieve Racing) 	Dodge
2001 	Kevin Thompson (Joe Gibbs Tour Racing) 	Pontiac
2002 	Kevin Thompson (Joe Gibbs Tour Racing) 	Pontiac
2003 	Steve Barnes (Whitestar Racing) 	Pontiac
2004 	Kevin Thompson (Joe Gibbs Tour Racing) 	Chevrolet
2005 	Steve Barnes (Whitestar Racing) 	Chevrolet
2006 	Steve Barnes (Whitestar Racing) 	Chevrolet
2007 	Dick Hill (Star Championship Motorsports) 	Ford
2008 	Jeff "Lucky" Scott (Star Championship Motorsports)	Ford
2009 	Kevin Thompson (Joe Gibbs Tour Racing) 	Toyota
2010 	Richard Mason (Whitestar Racing) 	Chevrolet
2011 	Dave Huang (Star Championship Motorsports) 	Ford
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2018 	 	
2019 	Khanpasha Tatton (Manor Marussia) 	Honda
2020 	Georgie Carter (Team Ligier) 	Honda
===Most championships===
Championships	Driver
5 	Geoff Ramsay (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999)
4 	Kevin Thompson (2001, 2002, 2004, 2009)
3 	Steve Barnes (2003, 2005, 2006)
3 	Dave Huang (2011, 2015, 2017)
3 	Brandon Walker (2012, 2013, 2014)
2 	Tim Miller (1989, 1993)
2 	William Dautrieve (1995, 2000)
1 	Brian Williams (1990)
1 	Mark Zorn (1994)
1 	Ricky Norton (1997)
1 	Michael Diggs (1998)
1 	Dick Hill (2007)
1 	Jeff "Lucky" Scott (2008)
1 	Richard Mason (2010)
1 	James Butler (2016)
1 	Chris Wood (2018)
1 	Riley Evans (2019)