Editing Indianapolis 500 (section)

===World Series===
[[File:Fittipaldi indy.jpg|thumb|left|[[Emerson Fittipaldi]] driving the [[Penske PC-23]] at the [[1994 Indianapolis 500|1994]] event]]

After foreign cars became the norm, foreign drivers began competing in the Indianapolis 500 regularly, choosing the United States as their primary base for their motor racing activities. [[Brazilians|Brazilian]] [[Emerson Fittipaldi]], [[Italian people|Italian]] [[Teo Fabi]], and [[Colombian people|Colombian]] [[Roberto Guerrero]] were able to obtain good outings in the 1980s, as was [[Dutch people|Dutchman]] [[Arie Luyendyk]]. In 1993, [[1992 Formula One World Championship|reigning]] [[Formula One]] World Champion [[Nigel Mansell]] shocked the racing world by leaving Formula One for [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]]. While he came in only third in [[1993 Indianapolis 500|the 500]], he won the [[1993 PPG Indy Car World Series|1993 CART championship]].<ref name="INDY23">{{cite web|title=Nigel Mansell|url=http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/43/|publisher=Formula One Administration|access-date=May 27, 2010|archive-date=March 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311070430/http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/43/|url-status=live}}</ref> Foreign-born drivers became a regular fixture of Indianapolis in the years to follow. Despite the increase in foreign drivers commonly being associated with the CART era, three of the first six [[List of Indianapolis 500 winners|Indianapolis 500 winners]] were non-American drivers.