Champ Car World Series

"Champ Car" redirects here. For the predecessor series that ran between 1979 and 2003, see Championship Auto Racing Teams. For the type of racecar, see American open-wheel car racing.

Not to be confused with ChampCar Endurance Series.

Champ Car World Series

Category	Open-wheel
Country	International (mostly in United States)
Inaugural season	2004
Folded	2008
Fate	Assets merged with IndyCar Series
Chassis suppliers	Lola (2004–2006) Panoz (2007)
Engine suppliers	Ford (2004–2006) Cosworth (2007)

Champ Car World Series (CCWS) was an American open-wheel car racing series sanctioned by Open-Wheel Racing Series Inc., a sanctioning body that operated from 2004 to 2008. It was the successor to Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), which sanctioned open-wheel racing from 1979 until dissolving after the 2003 season.