American Championship Car Racing

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American Championship Car Racing is a premier open-wheel motorsport series in the United States that has historically featured top drivers competing in high-speed, single-seater races on ovals, road courses, and street circuits.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
AAA Championship Car 1
American Championship Car Racing canonical 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf motorsport series ⓘ
audience North American motorsport fans ⓘ
carType single-seater ⓘ
circuitType oval tracks ⓘ
road courses ⓘ
street circuits ⓘ
competitiveFormat individual race victories ⓘ
season-long points championship ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
features high-speed races ⓘ
professional drivers ⓘ
purpose-built racing circuits ⓘ
temporary street circuits ⓘ
globalRecognition one of the major open-wheel series worldwide ⓘ
governingBody AAA Contest Board ⓘ
Championship Auto Racing Teams ⓘ
Indy Racing League ⓘ
IndyCar Series ⓘ
linked to: IndyCar

United States Auto Club ⓘ
historicalName AAA National Championship ⓘ
CART PPG Indy Car World Series ⓘ
Champ Car World Series ⓘ
National Championship Trail ⓘ
USAC Championship Car ⓘ
notableCharacteristic long-distance 500-mile races ⓘ
mix of oval and road racing ⓘ
short oval events ⓘ
temporary downtown street races ⓘ
notableEvent Indianapolis 500 ⓘ
raceType open-wheel ⓘ
relatedDiscipline Formula One ⓘ
NASCAR ⓘ
sports car racing ⓘ
safetyFeatures aero screen or cockpit protection (modern era) ⓘ
open cockpit (historically) ⓘ
sport auto racing ⓘ
topLevelStatus premier open-wheel series in the United States ⓘ
vehicleEnginePosition mid-engine layout (modern era) ⓘ
vehicleLayout rear-wheel drive ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gaston Chevrolet → participantIn → American Championship Car Racing ⓘ
Daytona Beach Road Course → hostedSeries → AAA Championship Car ⓘ
linked to: American Championship Car Racing