The following is a list of CART Championship Car drivers who practiced and intended to qualify for one or more sanctioned races but failed to qualify for a race.
Mark Alderson1
Steve Barclay
Neil Bonnett
Buddie Boys
John Brooks
Bob Brutto
Steve Butler
Earle Canavan
Dana Carter1
Frank Chianelli
Rick DeLorto
Ed Finley1
Woody Fisher
Giupponi Franca
Todd Gibson1
Davey Hamilton2
Milt Harper
Bill Henderson1
Bruce Hill
Steve Hostetler
Richard Hubbard1
Jim Hurtubise1
Ray Lipper
Mack McClellan
Larry McCoy1
Kenji Momota
Brad Murphey2
Bobby Olivero1
Jan Opperman1
Wally Pankratz
Dave Peperak
Bill Puterbaugh1
José Romano
Barry Ruble
Harry Sauce
Ken Schrader1
Orio Trice
Tod Tuttle
Robby Unser2
Leroy Van Conett
Dean Vetrock1
Jeff Ward2
Kevin Whitesides
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1Successfully qualified for one or more USAC Champ Car race.
2Later qualified for Indy Racing League IndyCar Series races