Vanderbilt Cup - Revival Trophy

Revival Trophy

The Vanderbilt Cup name disappeared for another 36 years until 1996. In recognition of William Kissam Vanderbilt's place in automotive racing history, a copy of the original cup was created as the trophy for the CART U.S. 500 race. In 2000, CART designated the Vanderbilt Cup as its series championship trophy. Names of U.S. 500 winners from 1996–99 and the CART series winners since 2000, are etched into the new Cup.

Year Winning Driver Car Report
U.S. 500
1996 Jimmy Vasser Reynard-Honda report
1997 Alex Zanardi Reynard-Honda report
1998 Greg Moore Reynard-Mercedes report
1999 Tony Kanaan Reynard-Honda report
CART/Champ Car Season Championship
2000 Gil de Ferran Reynard-Honda report
2001 Gil de Ferran Reynard-Honda report
2002 Cristiano da Matta Lola-Toyota report
2003 Paul Tracy Lola-Ford report
2004 Sébastien Bourdais Lola-Ford report
2005 Sébastien Bourdais Lola-Ford report
2006 Sébastien Bourdais Lola-Ford report
2007 Sébastien Bourdais Panoz-Cosworth report

With the bankruptcy of Champ Car and purchase of the assets by the IRL, Tony George has mentioned interest in using the Vanderbilt Cup as the Series Championship Trophy for the IndyCar Series.

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