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| Sport | Auto Racing |
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| Category | Open-wheel cars |
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Affiliation | ACCUS-FIA |
| Affiliation date | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, IN |
| President | Jay Frye |
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INDYCAR is an American-based auto racing sanctioning body for Championship auto racing. The organization sanctions four racing series: the premier IndyCar Series (often abbreviated ICS) with its centerpiece Indianapolis 500, and developmental series Indy Lights, the Pro Mazda Championship and the U.S. F2000 National Championship, which are all a part of The Road To Indy.
The sanctioning body was formed in 1994 under the name Indy Racing League, and began competition in 1996. The trademark name INDYCAR was officially adopted on January 1, 2011.
INDYCAR is owned by Hulman & Company, which also owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex and the Clabber Girl brand.
The League's premier series was named the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series in 2003. In 2013, IZOD announced that they would be leaving the series. Verizon took over as title sponsor in 2014, and the name became the Verizon IndyCar Series.
The series initially raced exclusively on oval tracks, as the series was founded partly in response to the increasing prominence of road and street courses on the CART schedule. In 2005, the series abandoned its unofficial ovals-only stance, and added three road–street course events. By 2009, the series had a roughly 50/50 split of ovals and road/street courses. Presently, the series currently runs one-third of its schedule on ovals and the rest on road and street circuits.
Indy Lights is the development series for the IndyCar series. It originally started in 2002, as the IRL Infiniti Pro Series coincidentally in the same year as CART's own Indy Lights series came to an end. Since the 2008 reunification, the Indy Lights name returned. The Indy Lights run as support races to IndyCar Series races. In the past, a round during the United States Grand Prix was also a part of the schedule, and the League also added a stand-alone race as part of the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres. The series is now promoted by Andersen Promotions.
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