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The 2008 Atlantic Championship Season is the thirty-fifth Atlantic Championship season. It will begin on April 20th, 2008 and will end on a date to be determined after 12 races. This season was meant to be run under the Champ Car World Series sanction before the series ceased operations due to its merger with the Indy Racing League. The Champ Car ownership group will continue to operate the series.

Events

Due to the ceasing of operations of the Champ Car World Series, the previously announced schedule will change. Currently the only confirmed event is the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. [1]

Rd Race Name Circuit City/Location TV Date
1 United States Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach[2] Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 20
Events with Unknown Status
United States Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston[2] JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park Houston, Texas ESPN2 April 27
United States Laguna Seca Atlantic Grand Prix[2] Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California ESPN2 May 18
Canada Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton[2] Blatchford Field Airport Edmonton, Alberta ESPN2 July 20
United States Generac Atlantic Grand Prix[2] Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin ESPN2 August 10
Canada Atlantic Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières[2] Streets of Trois-Rivières Trois Rivières, Québec ESPN2 August 17
United States Atlantic Grand Prix of Utah [2] Miller Motorsports Park Salt Lake City, Utah ESPN2 September 21
Events not Likely to Occur
United States Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland[2] Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio ESPN2 June 22
Canada Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant[2] Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec ESPN2 June 29
Canada Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto[2] Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario ESPN2 July 6
United States Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland - Race 1[2] Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon ESPN2 July 26
United States Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland - Race 2[2] Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon ESPN2 July 27
Mexico Atlantic Gran Premio Tecate[2] Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Mexico City, Mexico ESPN2 November 9

Drivers and Teams

The following teams and drivers are confirmed to be competing in the 2008 Atlantic Championship season. All teams are using the Swift 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda-Cosworth 2.3 liter inline-4 engine and Cooper tires.

Team No Drivers Sponsor
United States Brooks Associates Racing 8 Finland Markus Niemela[3]
10 Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda[3]
United States Condor Motorsports TBA
TBA
United States Conquest Racing TBA
TBA
Italy EuroInternational 16 Italy Edoardo Piscopo[4]
70 Canada Daniel Morad[5]
United States Forsythe Championship Racing 3 Canada James Hinchcliffe[6]
7 Mexico David Garza Pérez[7] Axtel
United States Genoa Racing TBA
TBA
Canada Jensen MotorSport TBA
TBA
United States Mathiasen Motorsports TBA
TBA
United States Pacific Coast Motorsports[8] 28 United States Carl Skerlong[8] King Taco
29 United States Frankie Muniz[8]
United States Paladin Motorsports 45 Canada Adrien Herberts[9]
United States PR1 Motorsports TBA
32 Canada Mike Forest
United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises 6 United States Jonathan Bomarito][10]
9 United States Dane Cameron[10]
United States Walker Racing 5 United Kingdom Greg Mansell[11]
15 United Kingdom Leo Mansell[11]
25 Canada Kevin Lacroix[12] Uni-Select

References

  1. ^ ""Set For 35th Anniversary Season"". champcaratlantic.com. 2007-02-27. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m ""Champ Car Announces 2008 Schedules"". champcaratlantic.com. 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
  3. ^ a b ""Brooks Associates Racing Announces Its 2008 Drivers"". champcaratlantic.com. 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  4. ^ ""Eurointernational and Italian Racer Edoardo Piscopo Join Forces for Assault on 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship"". champcaratlantic.com. 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  5. ^ ""Daniel Morad signs with Eurointernational"". champcarworld.net. 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  6. ^ ""James Hinchcliffe Reunites with Forsythe Championship Racing for Assault on 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship"". champcaratlantic.com. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  7. ^ ""Mexican Rising Star David Garza Signs with Forsythe Championship Racing Team for 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship Season"". champcaratlantic.com. 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  8. ^ a b c ""2004 Series Champions, Pacific Coast Motorsports Return to Atlantic Competition"". champcaratlantic.com. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  9. ^ ""Herberts back with Paladin for 2008!"". champcarworld.net. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  10. ^ a b ""Sierra Sierra Enterprises Signs Jonathan Bomarito to "All American" Lineup for 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship"". champcaratlantic.com. 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  11. ^ a b ""Walker Racing Signs Greg and Leo Mansell for 2008"". champcaratlantic.com. 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  12. ^ ""Kevin Lacroix to Pilot Uni-Select Entry for Walker Racing in 2008"". champcaratlantic.com. 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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