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Championship Auto Racing Teams

CART ceased to exist in 2008, when it merged with IndyCars.
14 CART quizzes and 180 CART trivia questions.
1.
  The Toyota Atlantic Series    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz to see how well you know Champ Car's highest level development series. Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, mattfeth, Jan 13 07
Tough
mattfeth
249 plays
2.
  CART Season 2003    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
Here is a quiz based on the 2003 Season of the CART Champ Car World Series. Good Luck!
Average, 25 Qns, mattfeth, May 31 05
Average
mattfeth
357 plays
3.
  CART Season 1993    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Quiz based on the 1993 CART Championship Season.
Difficult, 20 Qns, minardifan, Jan 04 05
Difficult
minardifan
476 plays
4.
  CART Season 2001    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will test your knowledge of the drivers, teams and tracks of the 2001 season for Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART).
Tough, 10 Qns, Balin, Jan 04 05
Tough
Balin
464 plays
5.
  CART History    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Fairly easy quiz on the history of CART.
Difficult, 15 Qns, minardifan, Aug 07 07
Difficult
minardifan
606 plays
6.
  Champ Car 2004 [1]    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the first quiz in a series of several based on the 2004 Champ Car World Series. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, mattfeth, Dec 13 09
Average
mattfeth
274 plays
7.
  Champ Car 2004 [2]    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the second quiz in a series of several based on the 2004 Champ Car World Series. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, mattfeth, Dec 13 09
Average
mattfeth
236 plays
8.
  Cart Drivers and Teams    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Questions Cart series drivers and teams.
Average, 10 Qns, cade1, Jul 26 07
Average
cade1
815 plays
9.
  CART Racing: 1979-2001    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Very challenging quiz on specific items and events that happened between 1979 and 2001 in the CART series.
Difficult, 20 Qns, mattfeth, Jan 04 05
Difficult
mattfeth
584 plays
10.
  Champ Car 2004 [3]    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is part three of my series on the 2004 Champ Car season! Good Luck and enjoy.
Average, 10 Qns, mattfeth, Dec 13 09
Average
mattfeth
262 plays
trivia question Quick Question
At what track did Kenny Brack win his first career CART race in 2001?

From Quiz "CART Season 2001"




11.
  CART Racing Challenge    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Well, I thought I'd give it another stab. Let's see how you like this one!
Difficult, 20 Qns, mattfeth, Jan 04 05
Difficult
mattfeth
440 plays
12.
  CART Champions    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
A CART Champions quiz for you.
Tough, 5 Qns, mattfeth, Jan 04 05
Tough
mattfeth
453 plays
13.
  CART Tracks    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
This quiz is based on tracks raced in the CART FedEx Championship Series. Only die-hard fans can correctly answer all questions. Have fun!
Difficult, 5 Qns, colinsnlphan, Jan 04 05
Difficult
colinsnlphan
577 plays
14.
  A Little CART Miscellaneous    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Just a few CART questions for you open-wheel racing fans to try!
Difficult, 10 Qns, leann_jason, Mar 14 02
Difficult
leann_jason
445 plays

CART Trivia Questions
1. Which driver listed below has not won at least two Formula Atlantic Championships?

From Quiz The Toyota Atlantic Series

Answer: Brian Till

Brian Till was a champion in 1990, and moved up to CART competition unsuccessfully before retiring to be a TV commentator. Jon Fogarty won the 2004 title while also winning it in 2002. Canadian driver David Empringham won the title twice back in 1993 and 1994 before moving up to Indy Lights and winning that championship in 1995. Jacques Villeneuve (I) won the title twice as well, back in 1981 and 1982. This is the brother of Gilles Villeneuve and the Uncle of CART and F1 Champion Jacques Villeneuve (II).

2. What was the first street circuit raced on in CART?

From Quiz CART Tracks

Answer: Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace was originally used as a Formula 1 track. It became a CART track in 1983, and won by Mario Andretti.

3. Who was the 1995 CART ChampCar champion?

From Quiz CART Champions

Answer: Jacques Villenueve

Mansell was the '93 Champion, Unser was the '94 Champion, and Vasser was the '96 Champion.

4. What 2 CART drivers were past teammates in Toyota Atlantic?

From Quiz CART Racing Challenge

Answer: Memo Gidley and Alex Barron

Memo and Alex were teammates at Lynx.

5. Who was the newest Barry Green driver in late 2000?

From Quiz Cart Drivers and Teams

Answer: Michael Andretti & Andretti

Barry Green is the owner of Team Kool Green (Dario and Paul) and the Motorola team (Andretti).

6. Which former 'non-winning' CART driver was a former Toyota Atlantic champion?

From Quiz The Toyota Atlantic Series

Answer: Hiro Matsushita

Believe it or not, former CART back-marker Hiro Matsushita was a Toyota Atlantic Champion back in 1988. Hiro used his family sponsorship from Panasonic to get drives with Walker, Simon and PPI Racing during his Champ Car career. Hiro is now a major player at Swift Engineering (former Champ Car and current Atlantic chassis constructor).

7. When did CART move from downtown Detroit to Belle Isle Park?

From Quiz CART Tracks

Answer: 1992

The winner of the first race on Belle Isle was Bobby Rahal.

8. Who was the 1999 Dayton Indy Lights champion?

From Quiz CART Champions

Answer: Oriol Servia

Kanaan was the '98 Champion, Castroneves was the '98 Runner-up, Servia in '99, and Dixon was the 2000 Champion.

9. Patrick Carpentier was what?

From Quiz CART Racing Challenge

Answer: 1996 Atlantic Champ

Pat was the 96 Toyota Atlantic Champion with Lynx Racing.

10. Who drove for Mo Nunn Racing in the 2001 season?

From Quiz A Little CART Miscellaneous

Answer: Tony Kanaan and Alex Zanardi

11. When was CART's first season?

From Quiz CART History

Answer: 1979

CART drivers in 1979 were initially barred from competing in the USAC-sanctioned Indy 500, but a court-order allowed them to. Since then, CART has grown and USAC declined.

12. Which driver had the most wins on street or road courses in 1993?

From Quiz CART Season 1993

Answer: Paul Tracy

Paul Tracy, in only his second season, won his first race in Long Beach, followed by wins in Cleveland, Toronto, Road America and Laguna Seca.

13. In 1999 which driver was unfortunatley killed in the final race of the season?

From Quiz Cart Drivers and Teams

Answer: Greg Moore

Tragic crash at over 230mph tragically ended Greg Moore's life.

14. How many different American drivers took the Toyota Atlantic title between 1995 and 2004?

From Quiz The Toyota Atlantic Series

Answer: Six

There were six American champions in the 10 year period from 1995 through 2004. They were Jon Fogarty (2002 & 2004), A.J. Allmendinger (2003), Buddy Rice (2000), Anthony Lazzaro (1999), Alex Barron (1997) and Richie Hearn (1995).

15. What year did Long Beach join the calender?

From Quiz CART Tracks

Answer: 1984

This track was also orginally a Formula 1 track, from 1977 to 1983. Michael Andretti won his first race in only his second start, in 1986. Ironically, it was the third Long Beach race for CART.

16. Who was the 1991 CART ChampCar champion?

From Quiz CART Champions

Answer: Michael Andretti

Unser was the '90 Champion, Rahal was the '92 Champion and Fittipaldi was the '89 Champion.

17. What do the 92, 93 and 94 series Champions all have in common?

From Quiz CART Racing Challenge

Answer: They were all in the first year with a new team

Mansell was with Newman-Haas, Rahal with his own team and Unser with Penske. It was the first year of the respective contracts with each team.

18. Who pulled their sponsorship of the car Bryan Herta was to drive just before the season began in 2000?

From Quiz A Little CART Miscellaneous

Answer: McDonald's

McDonald's seems to be developing a history of pulling their sponsorship at inopportune times.

19. Which company first sponsored the IndyCar World Series?

From Quiz CART History

Answer: PPG

PPG would have a long association with the CART series, only ending in the late 1990s.

20. The 1992 CART champion failed to make the Indianapolis 500 starting grid. Who was that driver?

From Quiz CART Season 1993

Answer: Bobby Rahal & Rahal

Rahal had a tough month at Indy, and was 'bumped' from the field on the last day of qualifying.

21. In 1999 a driver was unfortunatley killed in the final race of the season -- at which track?

From Quiz Cart Drivers and Teams

Answer: California

Greg Moore was killed in the final race of Cart Series, held in Fontana CA.

22. The 2004 rendition of the Indianapolis 500 was won by which former Atlantic Champion?

From Quiz The Toyota Atlantic Series

Answer: The 2000 Atlantic Champion

Buddy Rice, the 2000 Toyota Atlantic Champion, won the 2004 Indy 500 driving for Rahal-Letterman Racing.

23. Who was the 1999 Toyota Atlantic champion?

From Quiz CART Champions

Answer: Anthony Lazzaro

Rice was the 2000 champion, Bentham was the '98 champion, and Barron was the '97 champion.

24. As of 2001, who was the only Japanese driver to win the Toyota Atlantic Championship?

From Quiz CART Racing Challenge

Answer: Hiro Matsushita

Hiro actually won the championship, even though he was a consistent backmarker in ChampCars.

25. Which team began putting advertisements inside the wheel wells of its cars in 2001?

From Quiz A Little CART Miscellaneous

Answer: Newman Haas

The Newman Haas cars now say 'Toyota' inside the wheel wells as the cars go past you.

26. Who won the first CART championship?

From Quiz CART History

Answer: Rick Mears & Mears

Mears would be the first driver to claim the CART title. He would win 2 more CART titles in 1981-82, and would also win the Indianapolis 500 four times.

27. What was Nigel Mansell run off the road by in Detroit, causing him to crash?

From Quiz CART Season 1993

Answer: A safety truck

Mansell later commented it was the most bizzare incident he was ever involved in motor racing!

28. Late 1990s and early 2000s: which CART driver's trademark victory celebration, after a win, involved smoke and donuts?

From Quiz Cart Drivers and Teams

Answer: Alex Zanardi & Zanardi

Alex Zanardi's trademark was to do donuts with his Target car after every victory.

29. In a 10 year span between 1995 to 2004, how many Toyota Atlantic Champions had not raced in a single Champ Car race?

From Quiz The Toyota Atlantic Series

Answer: 4

The answer is four: Hover Orsi (2001 Champ), Anthony Lazzaro (1999 Champ), Lee Bentham (1998 Champ) and Jon Fogarty (2002 & 2004 Champ).

30. How many oval races were held in 1990 (not counting Indianapolis)?

From Quiz CART Tracks

Answer: 4

They were Phoenix, Milwaukee, Michigan, and Nazareth. Rick Mears won the Phoenix race. Al Unser Jr. won both the Milwaukee and Michigan races. Emerson Fittipaldi won the Nazareth race.

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