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The G Force chassis was introduced in 1997 and won the 19 Indy 500 races.

After the withdrawal of factory support from Panoz Auto Development, they are the only supplier of new chassis. Dallara was also tabbed to build the Firestone Indy Lights machines. As of 2017, a Dallara chassis has been used by 17 Indy 500 winners, although there have not been any competing manufacturers since 2008. This caused more teams to switch to the Dallara, further increasing their success. The Dallara and G Force chassis were relatively evenly matched over their first few seasons, but eventually, the Dallara began to win more races. In total, four manufacturers have built Ind圜ar chassis.ĭallara began producing Indycars for the 1997 season. Prior to that, any interested party could build a car, provided it met the rules and was made available to customers at the league-mandated price.

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Starting with the 2003 season, the series rules were changed to require chassis manufacturers to be approved by the league before they could build cars. G-Force GF05 IRL car in which Juan Pablo Montoya won the 2000 Indianapolis 500. White text indicates name of racing series (when applicable).Ĭars and technology history and current specifications Golden bar indicates which body sanctioned the Indy 500 each year. American open-wheel car racing (Indy car) sanctioning timeline In January 2019, it was announced that Japanese communications company NTT would become title sponsor and official technology partner of the Ind圜ar Series. In 2014, Verizon Communications became title sponsor of the series through 2018. Izod ended its sponsorship after the 2013 season. Izod was announced as the series title sponsor beginning on November 5, 2009. The series began to progressively downplay the former IRL name, changing its name to simply Ind圜ar for the 2008 season. The Ind圜ar Series name was officially adopted beginning in 2003, as the series was now legally entitled to use it due to the expiration of a 1996 legal settlement with CART. In 2000, the series sold its naming rights to Internet search engine Northern Light, and the series was named the Indy Racing Northern Light Series. For 1998–1999, the series garnered its first title sponsor, and was advertised as the Pep Boys Indy Racing League. 7.3 Championships by engine manufacturerįor 1996–1997, the series was simply referred to as the Indy Racing League.2 Cars and technology history and current specifications.