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| Sport | Auto Racing |
|---|---|
| Category | Open-wheel cars |
| Jurisdiction |  United States Canada |
| Founded | 1911[1] |
| Affiliation | ACCUS-FIA |
| Affiliation date | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| President | Jay Frye |
| CEO | Mark Miles |
| Official website | |
| indycar | |
IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization sanctions two racing series: the premier IndyCar Series with the Indianapolis 500 as its centerpiece, and the developmental series Indy NXT. IndyCar is recognized as a member organization of the FIA through the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States.
The sanctioning body was formed in 1994 under the name Indy Racing League by Hulman & Company, which also owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex, and began competition in 1996. The trademark name INDYCAR was officially adopted on January 1, 2011. The sport of open-wheel car racing, also historically referred to as championship car racing or Indy car racing, traces its roots to as early as 1905. It is the fourth major sanctioning body to govern the sport of Indy car racing, following the American Automobile Association's AAA Contest Board, the United States Auto Club (USAC), and Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), and operated alongside the Champ Car World Series before acquiring the latter.
Today, IndyCar is owned by Roger Penske via Penske Entertainment Corp., a subsidiary of Penske Corporation. Penske purchased IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from Hulman & Co. in November 2019.[2]
- ^ "2011 Las Vegas Accident Information" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ^ "Roger Penske buys Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar Series from Hulman family". CBS Sports. Retrieved 7 November 2019.