Notable Drivers
Further information: List of American Championship Car winners- The driver with the most championship titles and race wins is A. J. Foyt. From 1959 to 1981 Foyt won 67 USAC championship races and seven USAC titles.
- Ralph DePalma is credited with the most AAA-sanctioned victories (25).
- Michael Andretti has won the most CART/Champ Car-sanctioned races (42).
- Scott Dixon has the most IRL-sanctioned wins (26).
- Mario Andretti is the most successful driver born outside the United States with 52 wins and 4 titles.
- France's Sebastien Bourdais is the most successful non-U.S. citizen (31 wins, 4 titles).
- Danica Patrick is the only woman to ever win a National Championship-level open wheel race (Motegi, 2008). Sarah Fisher was the first female driver to win a pole position (Kentucky, 2002).
- Four drivers have held the crowns of CART Champion and Formula One World Driving Champion.
- Mario Andretti
- Emerson Fittipaldi
- Nigel Mansell
- Jacques Villeneuve
- Six other drivers have won both a National Championship race as well as at least one Formula One Grand Prix (except the Indianapolis 500 when it was part of the World Driving Championship). They are as follows:
- Peter Revson
- Dan Gurney
- Jim Clark
- Graham Hill
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Jackie Stewart
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