Jeff Wood made his debut in CART at the race that was part of what championship from 1981 to 1982?
Formula One World Championship
Caesars Palace Grand Prix
The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was a car race held between 1981 and 1984.
 For the first two years, the race was part of the Formula One World Championship, before becoming a round of the CART series in 1983.
 Nissan/Datsun was a presenting sponsor of both races.
Jeff Wood (racing driver)
Jeff Wood (born January 20, 1957) is an American former race car driver born in Wichita, Kansas.
 He was Formula Atlantic Rookie of the Year in 1977.
 He drove in the CanAm series for Carl Haas in 1981 and finished 5th in the series behind Danny Sullivan.
 In 1982, driving for Bob Garnetson Racing, finished 3rd place in the 24 Hours of Daytona.
 He then made his CART debut in 1983 at the Caesars Palace Grand Prix driving for Dan Gurney.
 He then drove in the Formula Atlantic West Series where he won the 1985 championship.
 He returned to CART in 1987 and made 4 starts for Dick Simon with his best finish being 10th.
 He was away from the series in 1988, then returned in 1989 to make 5 starts for Gohr Racing, where he finished 12th at the Michigan 500.
 In 1990 he drove for a new team, Todd Walther Racing, where he made his first attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, but crashed in practice.
 He made 10 other starts, with a 10th-place finish at Phoenix, finishing 22nd in points.
 In 1991 he made 8 starts for Dale Coyne Racing, Arciero Racing, and Euromotorsports with the best finish being 13th.
 7 starts in '92 for Arciero netted Wood a 12th-place finish and a single point.
 In 1993 Wood attempted a nearly full season for Andrea Moda Formula/Euromotorsports but failed to qualify for 6 races and only made 8 starts and again failed to score points.
 He made four more unsuccessful starts in 1994 for Euromotorsports in what would be his final races in the series.
 He was named to an entry for the 1996 Indianapolis 500, but the car failed to appear.
 His best finish in his 49 CART races was an 8th place that came in his second series start back in 1983 at Laguna Seca Raceway.
Mike Wood (fencer)
Michael Brian "Mike" Wood (born 8 February 1971 in Durban) is a South African épée fencer.
 At age thirty-seven, Wood made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two épée events.
 He is also the husband of Elvira Wood, who qualified for the women's sabre at these Olympic games. Bob Frey
Robert C. Frey (born October 25, 1950) is a former American racing driver from Elyria, Ohio.
 He was a notable sprint car driver who won some of the country's most prestigious races when he attempted to try his hand at CART Championship Car racing in 1980.
 His first attempt to qualify for a race at the Pocono Raceway ended in a practice crash.
 His first race came in September of that year at the Michigan International Speedway and he finished 17th.
 The following year Frey notched his best CART finish of 13th at Phoenix International Raceway but then failed to qualify his eight-year-old Eagle-Offy for the 1981 Indianapolis 500.
 He returned the week after the Indy 500 and drove in the Milwaukee Mile race, finishing 17th.
 Frey returned in 1982 with a much newer 1981 Eagle chassis but failed to qualify for both the Indy 500 and the Milwaukee race, after which he returned to sprint cars. Kenneth Berridge Wood
Kenneth Berridge Wood known as Ken Wood was a rugby union centre who played 121 times for Leicester Tigers between 1906 and 1919, scoring 33 tries and 4 drop goals for points total of 115.
 Wood made his Leicester debut on 13 October 1906 at Welford Road against Bristol.
 He played in two Midlands Counties Cup-winning sides and in 1908 represented Midlands and East Midlands Counties in their win against Australia. 2002 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante
The 2002 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante was the nineteenth and final round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on November 17, 2002 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico.
 It was the first Champ Car race at the track since the 1981 season.
 The race preceded a mass exodus of significant drivers and teams who all competed in their final Champ Car event, most of whom knew beforehand that they would not return.
 Most rued the fact that they were leaving for the rival Indy Racing League, wishing to continue in CART rather than endure a more stable future in the IRL.
 CART's winningest driver (42 wins), Michael Andretti, along with Kenny Brack, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan, and Japan's most successful driver in U.S. open wheel racing Tora Takagi would all bid CART adieu in favor of the IRL.
 Other entities leaving CART included 1996-1999 champions Chip Ganassi Racing, 1995 champions Team KOOL Green, and Mo Nunn Racing permanently switched to the IRL, and Japanese automotive industry giants Honda and Toyota likewise left CART for the IRL.
 Season champion Cristiano da Matta was set to leave CART for Formula One with his engine supplier's F1 team, and Christian Fittipaldi attempted a stock car career. Bill Alsup
Bill Alsup (July 15, 1938 in Honolulu – August 9, 2016) was an American race car driver.
 He was the first Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Rookie of the Year in 1979 and competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500, finishing 11th.
 He made 57 CART & USAC Champ Car starts in his career.
 His best race finish of third came 3 times and he was the 1981 CART Championship runner-up, putting in a winless but consistent season for Penske Racing, his only effort with a top-level team.
 He returned to his own team the next year and struggled until leaving Champ Car following the 1984 Sanair Super Speedway race. Elvira Wood (fencer)
Elvira Wood (born 21 September 1973 in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal) is a South African sabre fencer.
 At age thirty-four, Wood made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two sabre events.
 She is also the wife of Mike Wood, who qualified for the men's épée at these Olympic games. Phil Caliva
Phil Caliva (born January 1, 1945 in Palermo, Sicily) is an Italian-born American racing driver who competed in the CART Championship Car series from 1979 to 1984.
 After racing in the North American Formula Super Vee series in 1977 and 1978, he made his CART debut in 1979 driving for Spike Gehlhausen at Ontario Motor Speedway.
 Caliva returned the next year and made five starts for Bill Alsup and tried but failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.
 Caliva attempted a second time to qualify for the "500" for Alsup in 1981 but again failed to make the field.
 He made 3 more starts later that year, including his best series finish of 8th place at the Michigan International Speedway in July.
 He tried 3 races including the Indy 500 in 1982 but failed to qualify for all of them.
 He tried the Indy 500 again in 1983 and missed the field again, but made the race at Riverside International Raceway in what would be his last Champ Car start.
 He tried the Long Beach race and the Indy 500 again in 1984 but again missed both races. 2001 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey
The 2001 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on March 11, 2001 at Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico in front of a crowd of 116,000 people.
 It was the first round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season and the inaugural open-wheel race at Monterrey (not to be confused with the Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in California).
 It was the first time CART had raced in Mexico since 1981.
 Newman/Haas Racing driver Cristiano da Matta led 32 laps of a timed race en route to his second career victory and his first with the team.
 Defending series champion Gil de Ferran finished 2nd and Paul Tracy finished 3rd.