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In American Championship Car Racing
American Championship Car Racing

Since 1916 there has been a recognized United States national automobile racing National Championship for drivers of professional-level, single-seat open wheel race cars....
, "Indy car" is a descriptive name for a type of open wheel car
Open wheel car

Open-wheel car describes cars with the wheels outside the car's main body and, in most cases, one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, stock car racings, and touring car racing, which have their wheels below the body or fenders....
that has participated in the Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
Mile Race. Originally, the machines were generally referred to as "Championship cars," or the more ambiguous term of "Big cars." Both terms were used to differentiate the machines from lower-level, similar-looking open-wheeled cars of the time such as sprints
Sprint car racing

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt track racing or paved tracks....
and midgets
Midget car racing

Midget cars, also Speedcars in Australia, are very small race cars with a very high power-to-weight ratios and typically using four-cylinder engines....
. However, as the result of the genre's fundamental link to the Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
-Mile Race, many people started to use the Indy car name in order to differentiate the Indianapolis-style open-wheel cars from other types of open-wheel cars, such as those of Formula One
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
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The IndyCar Series
IndyCar Series

The IndyCar Series is the premier level of American Championship Car Racing. The championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART....
is an open wheel racing series sanctioned by the Indy Racing League
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
, and is currently the principal context in which the trademark IndyCar has been used since 2003. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc., a subsidiary of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation, is the current owner of the IndyCar trademark and licenses that mark to the Indy Racing League for use in connection with the IndyCar Series.

The Indy Car World Series
Champ Car

Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of automobiles used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race....
was the name adopted by governing body Championship Auto Racing Teams
Champ Car

Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of automobiles used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race....
(CART) from 1980-1997 for the year-long schedule of the premiere open wheel series in the United States. The mark Indy Car was first registered by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1992. As a result, the Indy Car trademark was licensed to CART from 1992-1997. After a legal battle with Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner and Indy Racing League founder Tony George, the series became known as the CART FedEx Championship Series, and later as the Champ Car World Series before merging with the IRL in 2008.