During the USAC years, the Eagle chassis was very successful in the late 1960s and 1970s. Eagles won 51 Champ Car races, including the 1968 and 1975 Indy 500's won by
Bobby Unser and the 1973 race won by
Gordon Johncock. During this two-decade period, Bobby Unser, who drove Eagle cars for most of his teams, joined AAR as the sole driver, winning the 1975 Indianapolis 500. Unser also claimed 22 wins and 52 podiums with Eagle cars. After Unser's departure from the team for
Team Penske, All American Racers started to lose their edge in IndyCar competition. Mike Mosley won a few races for the team before being dismissed at the end of 1982. By 1984, AAR merged with
Mike Curb's team to form Curb-All American Racers. After a two-year partnership with Curb, Gurney and Curb parted ways, and this marked the beginning of the end of AAR's time in IndyCar. The All American Racers team was inactive in single-seaters from 1987 to 1995 and returned in 1996 again building their own chassis and using new
Toyota engines. However, this new effort, a combination of new and untested equipment, did not prove to be successful, never winning a race and collecting only occasional top-tens. The team ceased active racing after the 1999 CART season. File:Eagle Rislone Special front Honda Collection Hall.jpg|
1968 Indianapolis 500-winning chassis, driven by
Bobby Unser,
Offenhauser turbo File:JoeLeonardEagle.jpg|The Eagle 68, powered by a turbocharged
Ford Indy V8 engine, driven to 6th place in the
1969 Indianapolis 500 by
Joe Leonard File:1972 Mark Donohue Indycar Gurney Eagle.jpg|1972 Gurney-Eagle Indycar chassis driven by
Mark Donohue File:Robby Gordon 1998 Gurney Eagle.jpg|The
Eagle 997 was the final CART car designed by AAR.
CART/USAC drivers •
Alex Barron (1998–1999) •
Raul Boesel (1999) •
Geoff Brabham (1981) •
Mike Chandler (1982, 1984) •
Kevin Cogan (1984–1985) •
Juan Manuel Fangio II (1996–1997) •
Pete Halsmer (1984) •
P. J. Jones (1996–1998) •
Jan Lammers (1986) •
Bobby Unser (1972–1978, USAC) •
Andrea Montermini (1999) •
Rocky Moran (1981) •
Mike Mosley (1979–1981) •
Ed Pimm (1984–1985) •
Gualter Salles (1999) •
Tom Sneva (1985) •
Vincenzo Sospiri (1998)
Eagle MK-V The Eagle MK-V was the third to last Eagle
CART, and the first original chassis following post-1986 inactivity. It was entered exclusively by Eagle and only for the 1996 season, because it was unsuccessful, even though it had 2 races in which it scored points, and a further 2 other races where it finished 1 place down from points. The drivers were
Juan Manuel Fangio II and
P. J. Jones. The Mk-V would be the first CART chassis developed by Eagle after being inactive after the
1986 CART Series. This new car, called the Mk-V would be a unique chassis, but would be structurally similar to the
Reynard 94I. The CART would be almost completely untested before the season, and during the season would prove to be extremely bad in the corners.
Eagle 987 The
Eagle 987 was the second to last chassis built by All American Racers. The car was raced only by Eagle, and was driven by
Vincenzo Sospiri and
Alex Barron. The car was entirely unsuccessful, and would be replaced by the
Eagle 997 for the
1999 CART Championship. == IMSA GT ==