Originally Posted by aussiemidgetfan:
USAC owning it would serve no purpose anyway. Around the world, Indycars not used at Indianapolis are known as Champ Cars. Start throwing the term Champ Car around for the Silver Crown class (which never were Champ Cars) and you will confuse one hell of a lot of people.
In a friendly effort to further educate you, please find below, a paragraph from a great article by
automotive historian Dean Case. I've included the link to the entire article, if you actually want to know what you're talking about. :thumb
David.
"In the two decades since WWII, the engine of choice at Indy, and for all of AAA/USAC "Champ Car" (Note: The terms "Champ Car", "Indycar", and "Big Car" have all been used somewhat interchangeably to describe the cars that raced at the Indianapolis 500."
http://www.allamericanracers.com/dino/case.html