HISTORIC INDY
The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will go back in time as the Indy cars from the past take the green flag this weekend in the Historic Indy Car Challenge. The two 20-minute races are sanctioned by the Historic Motor Sports Association.
The upper arm is usually shorter to induce negative camber as the suspension rises, and often this arrangement is titled an "SLA" or "short, long arms" suspension. When the vehicle is in a turn, body roll results in positive camber gain on the lightly loaded inside wheel, while the heavily loaded outer wheel gains negative camber.
The French term for “sing shell” is the structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an eggshell.
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HALL OF FAME DRIVER
Ford-Cosworth DFZ 2.65 L, V-8 mid-engined, 6-speed manual, 800 hp
has conquered the streets of Long Beach six times, including four victories in a row from 1988-91. In his 1994 debut season with Team Penske, Al Jr. had 8 victories out of 16 races including the Indianapolis 500, cornering the 1994 PPG national IndyCar champion title and ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year honor. In 1995, Al earned four victories out of 17 races (seven podium finishes overall), coming in second in the overall national points standing.
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During his career, Rutherford won the National Sprint Car Champion in 1965, and the first of his Indy 500 wins in 1974. He followed that win with two more victories at Indy in 1976 and 1980. In 1980, he also won the US Auto Club Championship and was CART champion. He started in 315 Indy car races, taking pole position in 23 and winning 27. He is one of three drivers to have started in more than 300 IndyCar events.
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March 12, 1938 86 1963-1989 314 1962 1989 1965 1986 27 60 23
The Lola T87/00 is an open-wheel racing car chassis, designed and built by Lola Cars that competed in the CART open-wheel racing series, for competition in the 1987 IndyCar season. It won a total of 2 races and took 8 pole positions that season, including the prestigious Indianapolis 500, all with Mario Andretti. It was powered by the 800 hp (600 kW) Ford-Cosworth
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In 1987, Al Unser Jr. arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway without a car for that year’s 500. When Danny Ongais was hospitalized from a crash during practice, team owner Roger Penske replaced Ongais with Unser. He brought a 1-year-old March/Cosworth that had been a show car in the lobby of a hotel to replace Ongais’ car. With that car, Unser qualified 20th on the pole and won the race.
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These feed cool air in toward the side-mounted radiators while hot air exits through ducts at the top. This has the effect of creating an artificial depression below the car, increasing downforce. 1960-A.J. Foyt (USAC)
1961-A.J. Foyt (USAC)
1962-Rodger Ward (USAC)
1963-A.J. Foyt (USAC)
1964-A.J. Foyt (USAC)
1965-Mario Andretti (USAC)
1966-Mario Andretti (USAC)
1967-A.J. Foyt (USAC)
1968-Bobby Unser (USAC)
1969-Mario Andretti (USAC)
1970-Al Unser (USAC)
1971-Joe Leonard (USAC)
1972-Joe Leonard (USAC)
1973-Roger McCluskey (USAC) 1974-Bobby Unser (USAC)
1975-A.J. Foyt (USAC)
1976-Gordon Johncock (USAC)
1977-Tom Sneva (USAC)
1978-Tom Sneva (USAC)
1979-Rick Mears (CART), A.J. Foyt (USAC) 1980-Johnny Rutherford (CART & USAC) 1981-Rick Mears (CART) 1981-82-George Snider (USAC)
1982-Rick Mears (CART)
1982-83-Tom Sneva (USAC)
1983-Al Unser (CART)
1983-84-Rick Mears (USAC)
1984-Mario Andretti (CART) 1984-85-Danny Sullivan (USAC)
1985-Al Unser (CART) 1985-86-Bobby Rahal (USAC) 1986-Bobby Rahal (CART)
1986-87-Al Unser (USAC)
1987-Bobby Rahal (CART)
1987-88-Rick Mears (USAC)
1988-Danny Sullivan (CART) 1988-89-Emerson Fittipaldi (USAC) 1989-Emerson Fittipaldi (CART) 1989-90-Arie Luyendyk (USAC)
1990-Al Unser Jr. (CART)
1990-91-Rick Mears (USAC) 1991-Michael Andretti (CART)
1991-92-Al Unser Jr. (USAC)
1992-Bobby Rahal (CART) 1992-93-Emerson Fittipaldi (USAC) 1993-Nigel Mansell (CART)
1993-94-Al Unser Jr. (USAC)
1994-Al Unser Jr. (CART) 1994-95-Jacques Villeneuve (USAC) 1995-Jacques Villeneuve (CART) 1996-Buzz Calkins/Scott Sharp (IRL), Jimmy Vasser (CART)
1996-97-Tony Stewart (IRL)
1997-Alex Zanardi (CART)
1998-Kenny Brack (IRL), Alex Zanardi (CART) 1999-Greg Ray (IRL), Juan Pablo Montoya (CART) 2000-Buddy Lazier (IRL), Gil de Ferran (CART) 2001-Sam Hornish Jr. (IRL); Gil de Ferran (CART) 2002-Sam Hornish Jr. (IRL), Cristiano da Matta (CART) 2003-Scott Dixon (IRL), Paul Tracy (CART) 2004-Tony Kanaan (IRL), Sebastien Bourdais (CC) 2005-Dan Wheldon (IRL), Sebastien Bourdais (CC) 2006-Sam Hornish Jr. (IRL), Sebastien Bourdais (CC) 2007-Dario Franchitti (IRL), Sebastien Bourdais (CC) 2008-Scott Dixon (IRL)
2009-Dario Franchitti (IRL)
2010-Dario Franchitti (IRL)
2011-Dario Franchitti (IC)
2012-Ryan Hunter-Reay (IC)
2013-Scott Dixon (IC)
2014-Will Power (IC)
2015-Scott Dixon (IC)
2016 Simon Pagenaud
2017 Josef Newgarden
2018 Scott Dixon
2019 Josef Newgarden
2020 Scot Dixon
2021 Alex Palou
2022 WIll Power
2023 Alex Palou I
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