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Pikes Peak International Raceway

Pikes Peak International Raceway, also known as PPIR, is a racetrack located in Fountain, Colorado

Fountain, Colorado

The City of Fountain is a Colorado municipalities#Home_Rule_Municipality located in El Paso County, Colorado, Colorado, United States. Fountain is located just ten miles south of Colorado Springs, Colorado and just east of Fort Carson....
, south of Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a Colorado municipalities#Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
and north of Pueblo

Pueblo, Colorado

Pueblo is a Colorado municipalities#Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
. Before its closure in 2005, the track hosted races in several series including 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 NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
's Busch (now Nationwide) Series and Craftsman Truck Series

Craftsman Truck Series

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR. It is the only series in all of NASCAR to race modified production pickup trucks and is one of the three national divisions of NASCAR, together with the Nationwide Series and the top level Sprint Cup....
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In addition to its one-mile (1.6 km), D-shaped oval, the infield forms part of a road course. Its grandstand capacity is 42,000, with a further 20,000 able to be seated in the infield for road races.

On September 30, 2005, it was announced that the track had been bought by the International Speedway Corporation

International Speedway Corporation

International Speedway Corporation is a corporation whose primary business is the ownership and management of NASCAR race tracks. ISC was founded by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr....
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Pikes Peak International Raceway, also known as PPIR, is a racetrack located in Fountain, Colorado

Fountain, Colorado

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a Colorado municipalities#Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
and north of Pueblo

Pueblo, Colorado

Indy Racing League

NASCAR

Craftsman Truck Series

International Speedway Corporation

International Speedway Corporation is a corporation whose primary business is the ownership and management of NASCAR race tracks. ISC was founded by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr....
. ISC shut the facility down in November of that year and petitioned NASCAR to move the track's Busch Series date to Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
for 2006

2006 in NASCAR Busch Series

The 25th season of the NASCAR Busch Series opened February 18, 2006, at Daytona International Speedway and concluded November 18, 2006, at Homestead-Miami Speedway....
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It was announced on July 24, 2008 that the track will reopen under new ownership with a concentration on participant motorsports events. The new owner plans further announcements over the next few months about its future plans for PPIR.

The National Auto Sport Association

National Auto Sport Association

The National Auto Sport Association is an American motorsports organization promoting road racing and high-performance driver education.Founded in 1991, NASA hosts High Performance Driving Events , automotive Rallying, time trials, autocross and amateur, club-level automotive racing, divided amongst regionally-based chapters within the Un...
(NASA) has scheduled the first event at the re-opened PPIR for the Labor Day 2008 weekend.

IRL
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....
Series race history

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine	Tea,
1997 1996-1997 in IRL The 1996-1997 Indy Racing League season was a result of the league abandoning the concept of ending each season with the Indianapolis 500. The 1996-97 season would ultimately comprise the events following the 1996 Indianapolis 500 in 1996, and all events contested in the calendar year of 1997....	June 29	Tony Stewart Tony Stewart Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....	G-Force Panoz Panoz Auto Development is an American manufacturer of high-performance automobiles founded in 1989 by Dan Panoz, son of pharmaceutical and motorsport mogul Don Panoz....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	Team Menard Team Menard Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing....
1998 1998 in IRL The 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League season was one of relative stability compared to the previous two seasons. For the first time the season consisted of a single and complete spring, summer, and fall like all other forms of motorsport....	August 16	Kenny Bräck Kenny Bräck Kenneth "Kenny" Br?ck is a race car driver from Sweden. Until his retirement from racing, he competed in the CART, Indy Racing League and the IROC series....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
1999 1999 in IRL The 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League season was highly competitive and parity was the order of the year. Team Menard had a very good season with their driver Greg Ray capturing 3 race wins in a row and the series championship....	June 27	Greg Ray Greg Ray Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	Team Menard Team Menard Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing....
1999 1999 in IRL The 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League season was highly competitive and parity was the order of the year. Team Menard had a very good season with their driver Greg Ray capturing 3 race wins in a row and the series championship....	August 29	Greg Ray Greg Ray Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	Team Menard Team Menard Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing....
2000 2000 in IRL The 2000 Indy Racing League Northern Lights Series season was another season that saw a high level of parity as only one driver, champion Buddy Lazier, won more than a single race....	June 18	Eddie Cheever Eddie Cheever Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Infiniti Infiniti Infiniti is the Luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Infiniti sales officially started in November 8, 1989 in North America and its global operations have since grown to include Mexico, the Middle East, South Korea, Taiwan, Russia, Switzerland, China and Ukraine....	Team Cheever
2001 2001 in IRL The 2001 Indy Racing League Northern Lights Series season saw the addition of five races and loss of one to bring the total to 13. Chip Ganassi Racing returned to the Indy 500 with four cars and were joined on the grid by Penske Racing and Andretti Green Racing....	June 17	Buddy Lazier Buddy Lazier Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and 2000 in IRL with driver Buddy Lazier....
2002 2002 in IRL The 2002 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Indy Racing League season was one of transition, with many CART teams participating in a partial IRL schedule while retaining "lame duck" status in their original series with their CART engine suppliers Toyota and Honda....	June 16	Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran , is a professional racing driver and team owner. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for the Penske Honda Team and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....	Team Penske
2003 2003 in IRL The 2003 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series season brought some of the biggest changes in its history. The league adopted the name IndyCar Series, after a settlement with Champ Car prohibiting its use, had expired....	June 15	Scott Dixon Scott Dixon Scott Ronald Dixon, New Zealand Order of Merit is a New Zealand motor racing driver who has twice won the Indy Racing League championship in the United States, in 2003 on his first attempt, and again in 2008....	G-Force Panoz Panoz Auto Development is an American manufacturer of high-performance automobiles founded in 1989 by Dan Panoz, son of pharmaceutical and motorsport mogul Don Panoz....	Toyota	Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
2004 2004 in IRL The 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series season was dominated by two teams, Andretti Green Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing. While there was great parity in 2003 between Honda and Toyota powered teams, in 2004 Honda began to outshine Toyota bringing their teams Penske Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing down with it, leaving Scott Dixon winles...	August 22	Dario Franchitti Dario Franchitti George Dario Marino Franchitti is a Scotland race car driver of Italian-Scots. He formerly competed in the Champ Car series before switching to the Indy Racing League where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Honda Honda is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....	Andretti Green Racing Andretti Green Racing Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, the American Le Mans Series, and A1 Grand Prix....
2005 2005 in IRL The 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series season began on Sunday, March 6 and ended on Sunday, October 16. The season, which consisted of 17 races, was the 10th season of the IRL since it split from Championship Auto Racing Teams in 1995....	August 21	Dan Wheldon Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Wheldon is a successful England auto racing driver. The 2005 Indy Racing League champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, Wheldon is nicknamed "Difficult Dan" in the IRL pit lane for his choleric temperament....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Honda Honda is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....	Andretti Green Racing Andretti Green Racing Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, the American Le Mans Series, and A1 Grand Prix....

NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
Busch Series
Busch Series

The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's "minor league" circuit , and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big league" circuit, the Sprint Cup....
history

Season	Winning Driver	Manufacturer
1998	Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
1999	Andy Santerre Andy Santerre 2004 Busch North Series Champion2003 Busch North Series Champion2002 Busch North Series Champion1998 in NASCAR Busch Series Busch Series NASCAR Rookie of the Year \|...	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
2000	Jeff Green Jeff Green (NASCAR) Jeff Green is an American stock car racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is currently employed with Key Motorsports driving the #40 NASCAR Craftsman Truck & #31 Nationwide Series race vehicles....	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
2001	Jeff Purvis Jeff Purvis Jeff Purvis is a former race car driver in NASCAR's Nationwide Series. He is a 15-year veteran with four wins and 25 top-five finishes. Purvis is still recovering from a massive brain injury suffered in 2002....	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
2002	Hank Parker Jr. Hank Parker Jr. Hank Parker Jr. is a former NASCAR driver. Parker has run a total of 137 NASCAR Busch Series races, scoring 2 wins and 31 top tens in four full seasons, and finishing a best of 14th in the championship....	Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
2003	Scott Wimmer Scott Wimmer Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver who was born in Wausau, Wisconsin January 26, 1976. He drives the #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS part-time for JR Motorsports....	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
2004	Greg Biffle Greg Biffle Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....	Ford Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
2005	David Green David Green (NASCAR) David A. Green is a NASCAR driver. His two younger brothers, Jeff Green and Mark Green also compete on the NASCAR circuit. He currently drives the #07 SK Motorsports car in the Nationwide Series....	Ford Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Craftsman Truck Series

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR. It is the only series in all of NASCAR to race modified production pickup trucks and is one of the three national divisions of NASCAR, together with the Nationwide Series and the top level Sprint Cup....
race history

Season	Winning Driver	Manufacturer
1998	Ron Hornaday Ron Hornaday Ronald Hornaday, Jr. is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and son of the late Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two time Winston West Champion....	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
1999	Mike Wallace Mike Wallace (NASCAR) Mike Wallace is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace ....	Ford Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
2000	Greg Biffle Greg Biffle Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....	Ford Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
2001	Joe Ruttman Joe Ruttman Joe Ruttman , is an American former racecar driver in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series and is a 13 time winner in the Truck Series, the seventh most wins by any driver in the Truck Series....	Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
2002	Mike Bliss Mike Bliss Michael Bliss is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #1 Miccosukee Indian Gaming Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing in the Nationwide Series. He began racing at age 10....	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....

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