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J. Foyt has the most career victories in Championship Car racing with 67.The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in open wheel American Championship car racing. The list recognizes “Indy car” or “Champ car” victories under the following auspices:Table of ContentsSanctioning bodies[edit]National Championships chart[edit]Notes[edit]Race wins chart[edit]Winners of non-championship events[edit]Race wins at different tracks[edit]Paved Ovals[edit]Permanent Road Courses[edit]Temporary Street Courses[edit]Notes[edit]Race wins by nationality[edit]Race wins by teams[edit]External links[edit]See also[edit]Sanctioning bodies[edit]The AAA Contest Board began sanctioning races as early as 1904. In the early years of the sport, only two seasons (1905 and 1916) an official national championship was recognized and awarded. Individual events from 1904, 1906\u20131915, and 1917\u20131919 are specifically excluded from the table below, due to the fact that they were not part of an official “championship” season.The national championship was re-instated by AAA for 1920 and beyond. Retroactively awarded titles for the other years were later researched, although most historians consider them to be revisionist, and do not deem them as suitable for official record. All racing was suspended from 1942 to 1945, due to WWII. The 1946 season is a source of a statistical anomaly. The AAA Contest Board included a substantial number of “Big Car” races in the national championship for 1946, swelling the season to 77 events (6 Champ Car races and 71 Big Car races). Some later texts chose to dismiss the 71 Big Car races from record, but reliable records and historians contend that the season should be regarded as the full 77-race schedule.Note that victories in the Indianapolis 500 from 1979 to 1995 are listed under the heading of USAC. While CART sanctioned the primary year-long season of races, the Indianapolis 500 itself remained under the sanctioning of USAC.For 1996\u20131997, victories in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League are listed solely under the heading of IndyCar. For the first nine races of its existence (five in 1996 and four in 1997), the Indy Racing League fell under the sanctioning umbrella of USAC. After two controversial races in early 1997, sanctioning abruptly switched to in-house oversight by the IRL. In 2010, the series retired the term “IRL” in favor of “IndyCar.”Non-points races such as the Race of Two Worlds, Marlboro Challenge, and the 2008 Nikon Indy 300 are not reflected in the totals below.National Championships chart[edit]Notes[edit]The retroactively-awarded (unofficial) champions published by Haresnape & Means, and later Russ Catlin, are not reflected in the totals.Winners of the largely ceremonial USAC Gold Crown Championship (awarded from 1981 to 1995) are not included. During that period, the CART series conducted the national championship. Except for a dwindling “rump” period from 1980 to 1982, the Gold Crown title consisted of only the Indianapolis 500. Therefore, the Indy 500 winner was the de facto Gold Crown champion.Due to sanctioning body splits in the sport of American Open Wheel racing from 1979 to 2007, several years saw two separate champions awarded for separately sanctioned championship circuits. It is reflected in the table for 1979, and 1996\u20132007.Buzz Calkins and Scott Sharp tied for the three-race 1996 Indy Racing League championship. No rule existed to provide for a tiebreaker, and the two were declared co-champions.Race wins chart[edit]\u00a0 Indicates active driver.Winners of non-championship events[edit]A substantial number of non-championship races were sanctioned by the AAA Contest Board, namely from the periods from 1902\u20131904, 1906\u20131915, and 1917\u20131920. That includes the Indianapolis 500 in 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, and 1919. Various other non-championship races have been conducted over the years by AAA, USAC, CART, and IRL from 1920\u20132008. The winners from those races are specifically not included in the main table above. Below is an abridged list of race winners from non-championship AAA races.NotesThe USAC Race of Two Worlds was considered a non-championship event. Likewise, the 1966 event at Fuji was a non-championship event. In some seasons, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was a championship event, and in some seasons it was not.CART conducted the Marlboro Challenge all-star race from 1987\u20131992. This was considered a non-championship event.Two INDYCAR races were abandoned as they were stopped before the legal definition of an official race by the sanctioning body, half distance plus one lap, unlike the FIA Code, which requires three green flag laps to be conducted for an official race.  The 1999 IRL VisionAire 500K at Charlotte Motor Speedway was cancelled after 79 laps, and struck from record, with no winner officially declared following a Lap 62 crash where a tire went into the grandstand, killing three spectators. Buddy Lazier was leading at the time of the Lap 61 caution, while Greg Ray was leading at the formal race abandonment after Lap 79.  The 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was halted and formally abandoned after 11 laps as a result of a multiple-car crash that involved the death of Dan Wheldon, with Tony Kanaan leading. Therefore, the total number of IRL\/IndyCar races reflected in the chart is two fewer than the number of actual events. Both races are recognised as “cancelled events” with the box scores listed based on standings at the time of abandonment on Racing Reference.In the aftermath of the open wheel unification in early 2008, due to a scheduling conflict, the 2008 Long Beach Grand Prix was contested with former Champ Car teams and chassis. It was uniquely regarded as the “final” Champ Car race. However, it was officially contested under IndyCar sanction, awarded points towards the IndyCar championship, and race winner Will Power is credited with an IndyCar victory to his credit from the event. Furthermore, the Nikon Indy 300 was included on the 2008 schedule as a non-points exhibition race. Therefore, race winner Ryan Briscoe was not credited with an official victory for that event.In 1952, another open wheel series was formed alongside the AAA, the NASCAR Speedway Division. Only one full season, along with a second partial season, was held, and the division folded after only ten points races. Of the ten race winners, none of the drivers (seven total) managed to win any races under AAA or USAC sanctioning.Race wins at different tracks[edit]This is an overview of which drivers have achieved a win on which race track. Only the number of different racetracks is displayed. Several victories on a particular track are not highlighted. The number of wins per driver is therefore smaller than the total number of career victories.Paved Ovals[edit]DriverTotalAMSCHACHICMSDOVFONGATHMSIMSIOWKANKENLAULVSMILMISMOTNAZNHSNSSONTPHXPOCPPRRIORIRROCSANTMSTWSTREWDWScott Dixon14–––XXX–XX––X–XX–XXXXX–XTony Kanaan12––X––XXXX––XXX–XX–––X–XDario Franchitti11X–X–XXX–––X––––X––XXXXH\u00e9lio Castroneves11X––X–XX–X–––XXX––X–––X–XJohnny Rutherford10XXXXXXXXXXSam Hornish Jr.10–XX–XX–XXX––––X–XX–Dan Wheldon9X–XXXX––––XX––XX–A.J. Foyt8–XXXXXXXXBobby Rahal8–XXXXXXXXKenny Br\u00e4ck8XX–X––––X––X–X–X––––X–––––Scott Sharp8X––X––––––X–––XXX–X––X–Juan Pablo Montoya8XX–X–XX–X–XX–Bobby Unser7–XXXXXX–XAl Unser7–XXXXXX–X–Rick Mears7XXXX––XX–XMichael Andretti7––XX––XXXX–X––––Al Unser Jr.7––––X–X––XXX––X–––––––X–Gil de Ferran7–––X–X––––––XX–X––XXMario Andretti6–XXX–XX––XGordon Johncock6XXXX–X–––XTom Sneva6–XXX–XX–X–Buddy Lazier6–X–––––X–X––––––XXX–––Will Power6–XX–X––––X–––––X–XDanny Sullivan5–X–XX––XXJimmy Vasser5–X–X––XX–X––––Arie Luyendyk5–––XX––X–X–X–Adri\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez5X–X––––X–––X––––X–––Ryan Hunter-Reay5––––XX––––X–––X––X––Joe Leonard4–XXX–X––Danny Ongais4––XXX––X–Emerson Fittipaldi4X–XX–X––Nigel Mansell4–XXXX–Paul Tracy4––X––––X––X––X––Greg Moore4–––XXX––XEddie Cheever Jr.4–––––––XX–––––––––X––XRyan Briscoe4X–––––XX–––––––XJosef Newgarden4–X–X–X–XMark Donohue3X–X––X––Wally Dallenbach3––X–X–––XMike Mosley3––X––X––XAndr\u00e9 Ribeiro3––––X––X–XScott Goodyear3––––––––X––X–X–Tony Stewart3–––––X–X–XGreg Ray3X––X–––––––––––––X–––S\u00e9bastien Bourdais3–––––––––XXX–––––––––Buddy Rice3––––X–X––X––––––––Ed Carpenter3–X–––––X––––––––––XSimon Pagenaud3––XX–X––Roger McCluskey2––XX–––––Teo Fabi2––––XX–John Paul Jr.2––––––X––––X–Alex Zanardi2––X–––X–––Robbie Buhl2–––––––––––––––X–––––XCristiano da Matta2XX––––––––––Alex Barron2––––––––X––X––––Tomas Scheckter2–––––––––X–––––––XBryan Herta2––––––X–––X––––––––––Graham Rahal2–X––––––––––––––XAlexander Rossi2–X––X–Takuma Sato2––X–X––––––––––Pato O’Ward2––XXGary Bettenhausen1––––––XXBill Vukovich Jr.1––X–––––Pancho Carter1–––X–––––Mike Mosley1––X––––Kevin Cogan1–––––X––Roberto Guerrero1––––––––X–––––Robby Gordon1––––––––––X–Jacques Villeneuve1X–––––Scott Pruett1–––––X–––––Buzz Calkins1–––––––––––––––––XRichie Hearn1–––––––X––––––––––––Jim Guthrie1–––––X––Eliseo Salazar1––––––––––X––––––––––Mark Blundell1–X–––––––Billy Boat1––––––––––––––––––X–Sam Schmidt1––––X–––––Mark Dismore1––––––––––––––––––X–Max Papis1––X––––––––––Christian Fittipaldi1–X––––––––––––Patrick Carpentier1–––––––––––X–––––––––Jaques Lazier1––X––––––––––––––––––––Bruno Junqueira1––––––––––––X–––––Jeff Ward1–––––––––––––––––X–Airton Dare1––––––X––––––––––Felipe Giaffone1–––––––X–––––––––Michel Jourdain Jr.1–––––––X––––––Danica Patrick1–––––––––X––––––Justin Wilson1––––––––––––––––XMarcus Ericsson1–X–––Permanent Road Courses[edit]DriverTotalASSBARBHACOAIGBLAGMEXMDOMOSMTTNOLPORROARIVSILSNMWGLZOLWill Power7–X–X––X––XXXX–S\u00e9bastien Bourdais6––X––XX–––XX––XMario Andretti6X–XXXXX–Rick Mears5XXX––––X–XScott Dixon5––X–X––XXXMichael Andretti4XXXXAlex Zanardi4XXXXPaul Tracy4––XXX––X–Simon Pagenaud4X–X–X–––X–Josef Newgarden4X–X–X––X––Bobby Rahal4X–XX–X–Colton Herta4–XXXX––Alexander Rossi4––X–X–X–X\u00c1lex Palou4X–X–XXDan Gurney3XXXEmerson Fittipaldi3–XXX–Danny Sullivan3X––XX––Cristiano da Matta3X––XXH\u00e9lio Castroneves3––XX–––X–Justin Wilson3X–––X––––––X–Dario Franchitti3–––X–XX–Ryan Hunter-Reay3X–––––––XXA.J. Foyt2–XXBobby Unser2––––X––––XTeo Fabi2X–X––––Al Unser Jr.2–XX–Gil de Ferran2X–X–Max Papis2X–X–Patrick Carpentier2–X–X–Adri\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez2–––XX–A. J. Allmendinger2–––XXRyan Briscoe2––XX–Takuma Sato2X–––––X–––Scott McLaughlin2–––XX–Danny Ongais1–X–Johnny Rutherford1–––X––––––H\u00e9ctor Rebaque1––––X––Roberto Guerrero1––X––––Jacques Villeneuve Sr.1––––X––Jacques Villeneuve Jr.1–––XMark Blundell1––X–Jimmy Vasser1–X––––Bryan Herta1X––––Christian Fittipaldi1––––XJuan Pablo Montoya1–––X–––––Bruno Junqueira1–––––––X–Kenny Br\u00e4ck1–X–––Alex Tagliani1––––––––X–Robert Doornbos1––––––X–––Tony Kanaan1––––––––X–Marco Andretti1–––––––X–Charlie Kimball1––––X–––––Graham Rahal1––––––X–––––––James Hinchcliffe1–––––X––––Felix Rosenqvist1––––––XRinus VeeKay1–X––––Pato O’Ward1X–––––––Temporary Street Courses[edit]DriverTotalBaltimoreClevelandDenverDetroitEdmontonHoustonLas VegasLong BeachMiamiMonterreyMontrealNashvilleNew YorkSan JoseS\u00e3o PauloSt. PetersburgSurfers ParadiseTorontoVancouverINHBLACIVPEPDETBELEDMGBCNRGCPLFRELBHTAMBICBAYFUNCGVNASMEASJOSAOAWASUREXHCPP1CPP2S\u00e9bastien Bourdais12–XXXXX–X–XX–XXXX–Michael Andretti9X––XX––XX––––XXXX–Paul Tracy9X––X–X––X––X––XXX–XDario Franchitti9–X–XX–X––X–XXXXWill Power9X––XXXXX––––XX–XAl Unser Jr.7XX––––XX–X–XX–Scott Dixon6–––XX–XX–––X–––X–Danny Sullivan5X––X–XX–X–––Alex Zanardi5XX–X–XX––Ryan Hunter-Reay5X––X––X–––––––XX–Simon Pagenaud5XX–XX–––XMario Andretti4X–––XX–X–––Emerson Fittipaldi4X–X––––––XX–Juan Pablo Montoya4X–––XX––XCristiano da Matta4–––––––XX–––XX–H\u00e9lio Castroneves4––XX––X–X–––Bruno Junqueira4–X–––––––XX––X––Josef Newgarden4X––X––XXBobby Rahal3X––X–––––X––––Jimmy Vasser3––––XX––––––X–––A. J. Allmendinger3XX–––––––––X–Mike Conway3–X–X––XJames Hinchcliffe3––––X–XX–Marcus Ericsson3X–XX–Jacques Villeneuve2X–X–––Adri\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez2––––––––––––XX––Roberto Moreno2X––––––––––––XGil de Ferran2X–X–––––––Mario Dom\u00ednguez2–––––––X––––X––Graham Rahal2––X–––––––X––Colton Herta2–X–X–Al Unser1X–––––Tom Sneva1––X––––John Andretti1–––––––X––Nigel Mansell1–––X––Robby Gordon1–X––––––Scott Pruett1––––––––X–––Greg Moore1–X––––––Mark Blundell1–––––X––Maur\u00edcio Gugelmin1–––––––X–Patrick Carpentier1X––––––––––––Michel Jourdain Jr.1–––––––X–––––Justin Wilson1––––X––––––––––X–Dan Wheldon1–––X––Oriol Servi\u00e01––––––––––X––––––Nelson Philippe1––––––––––X–Robert Doornbos1–––––X––Tony Kanaan1–X––––––––Ryan Briscoe1––––––Xx–Takuma Sato1–––X––––Carlos Huertas1–X–––Carlos Mu\u00f1oz1X––––Alexander Rossi1–X–––Pato O’Ward1X––––Scott McLaughlin1–––X–Notes[edit]Track ColorsTrack is part of 2023 seasonTrack was part of the CART\/IndyCar Series between 1979 and 2021Track was part of the USAC Championship Car Series between 1971 and 1981KeyX – at least one win in a points racex – at least one win in a non-points race– –  participation, but no winno entry = no participationRace wins by nationality[edit]Race wins by teams[edit]Total all-time victories for Indy car teams (selected teams & active teams). All figures current through the 2023 PPG 375.External links[edit]See also[edit]LeadershipTitle\/Presenting SponsorsMajor EventsSeasonsIndianapolis 500sChampionsTracksFeeder SeriesTelevision PartnersListsTopics  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/list-of-american-championship-car-winners\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"List of American Championship Car winners"}}]}]