American Auto Racing Championships

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    • alpal2214

    1979: The USAC rebrands itself into the American Auto Racing Championships, or the AARC, in partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This agreement makes the AARC the only league that is allowed to run the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, and gives IMS a permanent home with a league.

    Welcome to the history of the AARC. Here, we will discuss the premier open wheel racing series in the United States. Due to the creation of a series with the speedway, the Split does not happen, and there is only one series.

    We begin in 1996, the first year of two series IOTL.

    Next up: 1996 AARC Driver Lineup
     
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    • stratonapba

    I did the same in the Think It Over thread in which the CART-IRL Split never happened so good luck and I'm looking forward to it!
     
    1996 Driver Lineup
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    • alpal2214

    Only Playoff drivers are listed (Yes, the series develops a 16 car, 4 race playoff).

    Brahma Motorsports
    Sponsor: Brahma
    Reynard Ford
    #1: Raul Boesel

    Malboro Team Penske
    Sponsor: Malboro
    Penske Mercedes
    #2: Al Unser, Jr
    #3: Tony Stewart

    Target/Chip Ganasi Racing
    Sponsor: Target
    Reynard Honda
    #4: Alex Zanardi
    #12: Jimmy Vasser

    Walker Racing
    Sponsor: Valvoline
    Reynard Ford
    #5: Robby Gordon
    #15: Scott Goodyear

    Newman/Hass Racing
    Lola Ford
    Texaco-Havoline #6: Michael Andretti
    Budweiser #11: Christian Fittipaldi

    Hall Racing
    Sponsor: Pennzoil
    Reynard Honda
    #8: Gil de Ferran

    Hogan Penske Racing
    Sponsor: Mobil 1
    Penske Mercedes
    #9: Jan Magnussen

    Bettenhaussen Motorsports
    Sponsor: Alumax
    Reynard Mercedes
    #16: Stefan Johansson

    Team Rahal
    Reynard Mercedes
    Miller #18: Bobby Rahal
    Shell #28: Bryan Herta

    Patrick Racing
    Sponsor: Firestone
    Lola Ford
    #20: Scott Pruett

    PDM Racing
    Sponsor: Goodyear
    Lola Toyota
    #19: John Paul, Jr.

    Next up: AARC Playoff System
     
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    • AARC Playoff System
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    • alpal2214

    The AARC has a 4 race, 16 car Playoff that must include: 1 Oval, 1 Street Circuit, 1 Road Course, and 1 track of any type.

    Round 1: 16 drivers, Road/Street/Oval
    Round 2: 12 drivers, Road Course
    Round 3: 8 drivers, Street Circuit
    Round 4: 4 drivers, Oval 500 miler (so completing the 500 triple crown makes you champion)

    Next up: 1996 Schedule
     
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    • 1996 Schedule
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    • alpal2214

    The 1996 AARC Schedule

    1: Malboro Grand Prix of Miami: Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL; 200 laps, 300 miles
    2: Bank of America 300: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA; 84 laps, 187.89 miles (302.57 km)
    3: Gold Coast Indy 300: Surfers' Paradise Street Street Circuit, Surfers' Paradise, Queensland, Australia; 65 laps, 181.61 miles (292.272 km)
    4: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach: Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA; 105 laps, 166.95 miles
    5: Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix: Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, PA; 200 laps, 189.2 miles
    6: 80th Indianapolis 500: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN; 200 laps, 500 miles
    7: Miller 200: Milwaukee Mile, West Alis, WI; 200 laps, 206.4 miles
    8: ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix: The Raceway at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, MI; 77 laps, 161.7 miles
    9: Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200: Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR; 98 laps, 191.1 miles
    10: Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland: Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, OH; 95 laps, 200.07 miles
    11: US 500: Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI: 250 laps, 500 miles
    12: Molson Indy 300: Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 103 laps, 183.34 miles (295.057 km)

    Playoffs:
    13: Malboro 300: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH; 83 laps, 186.75 miles (300.544 km)
    14: Texaco/Havoline 200: Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI; 50 laps, 202.4 miles
    15: Houston Indy 100: Streets of Houston, Houston, TX: 100 laps, 152.7 miles
    16: California 500: California Speedway, Fontana, CA: 250 laps, 500 miles

    Next: Season begins!
     
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    • FickleCrossroad

    FickleCrossroad

    A POD that far back, (assuming Dan Gurney's White Paper doesn't gain traction), and a butterfly net that has such a similar lineup that even Boesel has his #1 Brahama in 96? (Where the #1 was only vacant because Jacques Villeneve left Forsythe-Green for Williams after his title?)

    @TheMann and I have done some open wheel TL's here before. You might want to take a look at them and some of our source material to further flesh this out.

    Laguna Seca in the spring is just...wrong BTW.
     

    alpal2214

    Weather is good in CA, and I don't want Laguna Seca in the playoffs cause that would mean 2 California Races.

    Remember, the IRL was only 3 races that year IOTL, so huge butterflies in the 97 season, adding more drivers from both sides.
     
    Grand Prix of Miami; Points System
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    • alpal2214

    In the first race of 1996, Jan Magnussen takes the pole and dominates, leading about 2/3rds of the race, but strategy is his failure. As he runs out of fuel on the final lap, Scott Pruett takes the lead, wins the race, and secures himself a spot in the Playoffs.

    There will always be 33 drivers or less in a race, unless there is enough to fill a full row at the crown jewels (Indy, Long Beach, other 2 500s). Points go 33-32-31 etc, and 1 point for pole and 1 for most laps led.
     
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    • alpal2214

    DEAD THREAD

    I am not that huge into this, so I am killing the thread. Sorry everyone if you wanted this, I just can't think of Indycar ideas. Sorry.
     
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