2008 Champ Car World Series

The 2008 Champ Car World Series season was originally have been the 5th season of the Champ Car World Series and 30th season of the series dating back to the 1979 formation of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008, and end on November 9. However the planned season would never take place due to the reunification of American open-wheel racing in 2008.

The season was canceled on February 22, 2008, because of the buyout of Champ Car by the rival IndyCar Series, resulting in the unification of American open-wheel racing. As per the conditions of the agreement between series, Champ Car was dissolved as an entity, with IndyCar acquiring the historical records of the series as part of the "non-tangible and tangible assets of Champ Car". Some of the teams, drivers and events went on to compete in the unified series, and the remnants of the former Champ Car series filed for bankruptcy. The Long Beach Grand Prix would eventually go ahead following unification being run under Champ Car rules with points scored towards the 2008 IndyCar Series standings (though only for drivers who had competed or intended to compete in other Indycar events in 2008) with the race featuring most of the teams who competed in the 2007 Champ Car World Series season and the Panoz DP01 chassis complete with their Cosworth XFE turbocharged V8 engines, thus serving as a farewell to the Champ Car World Series as a whole. Race victory in the "Champ Car finale" held on the April 20, 2008 was taken by Will Power.