2008 IndyCar Series season
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The <entity_0> was the 13th season of the <entity_3>. <entity_4> driving for Chip Ganassi Racing won the first unified title for 13 years after completing the <entity_3>–Indy 500 double. On <entity_1>, Robin Miller reported that Tony George had offered to Champ Car management a proposal that included free cars and engine leases to Champ Car teams willing to run the entire <entity_0> schedule in exchange for adding Champ Car's dates at Long Beach, Toronto, Edmonton, Mexico City, and Australia to the <entity_3> schedule, effectively reuniting American open wheel racing. In an effort to enhance full-time participation, the <entity_3> announced a revenue sharing plan entitled <entity_3> TEAM (Team Enhancement and Allocation Matrix) for <entity_1>. The following open tests were held: The original 16 race schedule, which was released on September 16, <entity_5>, became a <entity_2> race schedule (18 championship and 1 Non-Championship) on <entity_1>. Points were awarded for the <entity_0> championship to those drivers and teams which moved to the <entity_3> under the open wheel racing unification agreement between the owners of CCWS and the IRL. At <entity_2> years, 93 days old, Rahal became the youngest driver ever to win an Indy-style race, as well as the youngest winner in <entity_3> history. He also became the fourth driver to win an <entity_3> race in his first start, joining Buzz Calkins, Juan Pablo Montoya and <entity_4>. Teams which raced in ChampCars in <entity_5> stayed in North America for the 34th annual Long Beach Grand Prix, while teams which planned to compete in the <entity_3> before the merger raced at Motegi. All participants entering other <entity_3> races earned points towards the <entity_0> championship. Wheldon pulled away and led the final 49 laps to record his first <entity_3> victory since April <entity_5>.
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