ChampCar Endurance Series

Not to be confused with Champ Car World Series.

ChampCar Endurance Series
CategoryEndurance racing
CountryUnited States United States
Inaugural season2009 (as ChumpCar World Series)
2017 (as ChampCar Endurance Series)
DriversAmateur auto racing
Official websitehttps://ChampCar.org
ChumpCar logo

The ChampCar Endurance Series is a budget class endurance race held on paved road race courses across North America, formerly known as the ChumpCar World Series, run by ChumpCar International Inc. Founded in 2009, the group changed its name in 2017, with registered trademark granted by the USPTO on August 28, 2018. ChumpCar was a parody of the now defunct Champ Car World Series, an open wheel professional racing series that has since merged into the IndyCar Series. The initial concept was an endurance racing series for cars of $500 in value or less similar to the 24 Hours of LeMons endurance racing series. The series has a different overall philosophy, however, placing more emphasis on racing and less on decorations, costumes, and themes.[1] ChumpCar's slogan is "Real Racing, Real Tracks, Real Cheap Cars", and its stated mission, as stated on its website, is "It's all about racing. It's all about tearing down those high-dollar roadblocks that, in the past, have restricted people with a passion for cars and racing from getting fully engaged and involved in motorsports. It's about enjoyment, friends and bringing road racing back to where it was fifty years ago - when racing was fun, cheap and nobody cared whether you had Snap-On tools or a mix-match of hand-me-downs in your toolbox."[2] Competitors generally refer to themselves as "Chumps".

In 2015, ChumpCar Canada was split off as a separate entity, although there is still close coordination between the US ChampCar Endurance Series and the Canadian ChumpCar organization. ChumpCar World Series began referring to itself as ChampCar Endurance Series in November 2017.[3][4]

The races range in length from 6 to 38 hours. Races are sanctioned throughout the United States, as well as in Canada and Mexico.

  1. ^ Gitlin, Jonathan. "Hit the track for the ChumpCar World Series". Autoweek. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "What We're About". Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "ChumpCar become ChampCar". Grassroots Motorsports Magazine. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "ChampCar shines under overcast skies at Sebring". Sports Car Illustrated. January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.