American Indycar Series

I'm looking for information about the American Indycar Series (AIS) for. It was established in the late 80s by Bill Tempero (?) and existed until the mid 90s if I'm not mistaken. Buddy Lazier was champion in 1988 and later Robby Unser was crowned as well. I'm looking for results and point standings.

As their website seems to be down, here are some tables from motorsport.com as supplied to them by Jon Payne. Further results can be obtained here .

						  AMERICAN INDYCAR SERIES

						1994 FINAL POINT STANDINGS





DRIVER POINT STANDINGS			 TEAM POINT STANDINGS



Bill Tempero		150			Bill Tempero Racing	  233

Scott Knudsen	   123			Sludgebuster Team		187

John McDonald	   116			Wheel Works Racing	   148

Don Johnson		 102			VanSiclen-Wells Rac	  111

Shawn Schmidt		95			McDonald Racing		  108

Ken Petrie		   95			Precision Racing		  96

Joe Simmons		  94			Johnson Bros. Racing	  94

Racin Gardner		89			S. V. S. Racing		   88

Jon Field			89			Rod Shark Racing		  85

Jay Hansen		   86			Streeter Racing		   79

Rick Sutherland	  69			Decker Racing			 54

Bret Decker		  57			Loophole Racing		   42

J. W. Mitchell	   37			Turco Motorsports		 34

Jeff Glowniak		35			Field Motorsports		 30

Tony Turco		   34			Sphinx Racing			 27

Sherif Fathy		 30			Glenn Motorsports		  9

Dave Hoffpauir	   14			Buick Racing			   7

Arlon Koope		  10

Jim Buick			 9



LITE DRIVER POINT STANDINGS	   ROOKIE POINT STANDINGS



David Morgan-Busby  162		   Scott Knudsen			120

Ian Bland			98		   John McDonald			116

Michael Brockman	 19		   Shawn Schmidt			 95

Gerry Glenn		  18		   Jon Field				 81

								  Bret Docker			   57

								  J. W. Mitchell			37

								  Jeff Glowniak			 35

								  Sherif Fathy			  30



								   LITE ROOKIE PT STANDINGS



								   David Morgan-Busby	   159

								   Ian Bland				 96

								   Michael Brockman		  19

								   Gerry Glenn			   18





Jon Payne

AIS Freelance Writer

[email]JPRACER@aol.com[/email]

















AIS: 1995 entry list



1995 AMERICAN INDYCAR SERIES DRIVER ROSTER



NO. DRIVER/HOMETOWN		   SPONSORS/TEAM/CHASSIS-ENGINE



 1.  BILL TEMPERO			 KLEIN ENGINES

	 Ft. Collings, Colorado   Bill Tempero Racing Lola-Buick



 2.  SCOTT KNUDSEN			Van Siclen/Wells

	 Ephrata, Washington	  Van Siclen/Wells/TKO Racing

										  Lola-Ford



 3.  JOHN MCDONALD			MCDONALD RACING

	 Simi Valley, California  McDonald Racing March-Chevrolet



 5.  SHAWN SCHMIDT			NATURAL HEALTH CTR/BODY

											FORM, INC.

	 Omaha, Nebraska		  Red Shark Racing Lola-Pontiac



 8.  CURTIS SPICER - R		SYNCROS, RASTON, O-TOOZ,

										   ROLEX

	 Vancouver, BC			Bill Tempero Racing Lola-Pontiac



 9.  JON FIELD				FIELD MOTORSPORTS

	 Dublin, Ohio			 Lola-Buick



10.  DAVE HOFFPAUIR - R	   LOOPHOLE RACING

	 Black Forest, California		 Lola-Buick



11.  DAVID MORGAN-BUSBY	   SLUDGEBUSTER--"THE

												 INTERNAL ENGINE

	 Beverly Hills, Calif.	CLEANING SYSTEM" - Sludgebuster

											Team/Indy/Lite



14.  TONY TURCO			   TURCO MOTORSPORTS

	 Hamilton, Ohio		   Lola-Cosworth



17.  GERRY GLENN - R		  GLENN MOTORSPORTS

	 Moorpark, California	 March-Buick/Indy Lite



18.  JAY HANSEN			   STREETER RACING

	 Fairfax, California	  Streeter Racing Lola-Cosworth



20.  ED EIDE - R			  EIDE MOTORSPORTS

	 Troutdale, Oregon		March-Chevrolet



25.  JIMMY SANTOS			 JIMMY SANTOS RACING

	 San Mateo, California	  Lola-Chevrolet



27.  BILL FELTS - R		   MJB RACING

	 Rialto, California		   Lola-Chevrolet



28.  JOE SIMMONS			  TRIBOTECH/DEIST SAFETY

	 North Hills, California  S.V.S. Motorsports March-Chevrolet



29.  DON JOHNSON			  JOHNSON BROTHERS RACING

	 Northglenn, Colorado	 Johnson Brothers March-Chevrolet



30.  GREG GORDEN			  GORDEN MOTORSPORTS

	 Colorado Springs, Colo	  Lola-Buick



33.  JIM BRYANT			   BLACK SHARK RACING

	 Manchester, N.H.		 March-Chevrolet



34.  BRET DECKER			  GOLD STANDARD-SURE OIL

	 Salt Lake City, Utah	 Decker Motorsports March-Chevrolet



37.  J. W. MITCHELL - R	   MITCHELL RACERS

	 Irvine, California				March-Chevrolet



39.  RON JOHNSON - R		  JOHNSON BROTHERS RACING

	 Northglenn, Colorado	 March-Chevrolet



40.  DALE BUCKLEY - R		 BUCKLEY & CO.

	 Commerce City, Colo	  Lola-Pontiac



59.  DAN VELASCO			  VELASCO RACING

	 Lancaster, California	   Lola-Chevrolet



60.  JAY SPITLER - R		  TEAM ALLEN TYLER

	 Rossford, Ohio		   March-Chevrolet/Indy Lite



88.  JACQUES LAZIER - R	   WILLOW SPRINGS RACEWAY

	 Vail, Colorado		   March-Chevrolet/Indy Lite



90.  SHERIF FATHY			 SPRINX RACING

	 Palmdale, California	 Indy Lite



95.  KEN PETRIE			   PRECISION RACING

	 Parker, Colorado		 Precisions Racing March-Chevrolet





R = Rookie



Jon Payne

Freelance Writer







AIS: Final 1998 Point Standings

Racing series	  OPENWHEEL 



Date 	1998-10-27



October 25, 1998



OFFICIAL 1998 AMERICAN INDYCAR SERIES DRIVER POINT STANDING

(End of Season Results)





1.  Greg Gorden	   Tour Ice Racing, Colorado Springs, CO.	  92

2.  Ken Petrie		Precision Racing, Parker, CO				91

3.  Bill Tempero	  Bill Tempero Racing, Ft. Collins, CO		86

4.  Joe Truscelli	 Truscelli/EDDS Racing, Colorado Springs, CO 62

5.  Jimmy Santos	  Santos Racing, San Mateo, CA				56

6.  Don Warren		Loophole Racing, Aberdeen, WA			   51

7.  J.W. Mitchell	 Mitchell Racing, Irvine, CA				 45

8.  John McDonald	 McDonald Racing, Simi Valley, CA			44

9.  Avik Avedisian	Performance Unlimited, Palmdale, CA		 42

10. Keith Benchley	KBE/Grizzly Racing, Folsom, CA			  41

11. John Luch		 Luch Racing, Denver. CO					 35

12. Jim Bryant		Bryant Racing, New Hampshire				34

13. Joe Simmons	   SVS Motorsports, North Hills, CA			27

14. Dave Hoffpauir	Loophole Racing, Colorado Springs, CO	   26

15. Eric Koselke	  Performance Unlimited, Speedway, IN		 25

16. Ken Dickson	   KBE/Grizzly Racing, El Dorado Hills, CA	 25

Originally posted by Rainer Nyberg

Sherif Fathy 30

Heh, I'm sure Carter USM did a song about him...;)

Couldn't have been that good a series if Bill Tempero won. Didn't he twice get turned away from "main" races (CART and IRL) for being too slow?

ISTR Tempero started a series for old Indycars - was this the one?

Yes, this is the series created by Bill Tempero, for old indycars, with normally aspirated stock block engines.

A typical car shown below.

The Chilean Juan Carlos Carbonell driving in the AIS in 1997 in The Tempero Giuffre Motorsport.

Carbonell also driving in a urban circuit en Puerto Rico for the AIS.

Is there a decent summary anywhere of what happened to the AIS? - as far as I can tell, Tempero set it up so he and his mates could play with recent-ish chassis with cheap stockblock engines, then he sold out in the late 90s, and then.... the series seemed to disappear from the radar - there seemed to be ambitions to make it a second-level series competing in new markets in the US and around Central and South America. Something that looked very much like it still seemed to be around last year as the "United States Speedway Series" so I assume its wings were clipped somewhat....