1996 PPG Indy Car World Series

For the inaugural 1996 season of the Indy Racing League, see 1996 Indy Racing League season.
1996 CART IndyCar season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races 16
Start date March 3
End date September 8
Awards
Drivers' champion United States Jimmy Vasser
Constructors' Cup United Kingdom Reynard
Manufacturers' Cup Japan Honda
Nations' Cup United States United States
Rookie of the Year Italy Alex Zanardi
Chronology
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1995 1997 (CART)

The 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series season, the eighteenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 3 and concluding in Monterey, California on September 8, in which it was marred by the death of Jeff Krosnoff. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Jimmy Vasser. Rookie of the Year was Alex Zanardi. This was the first season after the split with the Indy Racing League and the last year that CART licensed the "IndyCar" trademark from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Indianapolis 500 was replaced in the Series by the U.S. 500, held in Brooklyn, Michigan.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1996 Indy Car World Series season.

Team Chassis Engine Tires No Drivers Rounds
Brazil Brahma Sports Team
United States Team Green
Reynard 96I Ford Cosworth G 1 Brazil Raul Boesel All
United States Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC-25 Mercedes IC 108C G 2 United States Al Unser, Jr. All
3 Canada Paul Tracy 1-12, 14-16
Denmark Jan Magnussen 13
United States Target Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda F 4 Italy Alex Zanardi (R) All
12 United States Jimmy Vasser All
United States Walker Racing Reynard 96I Ford Cosworth G 5 United States Robby Gordon All
15 Canada Scott Goodyear 1-2, 11, 15-16
United States Mike Groff 5
Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 6
United States Newman/Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Cosworth G 6 United States Michael Andretti All
11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi All
United States Dick Simon Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Cosworth G 7 Brazil Marco Greco 1-2
Chile Eliseo Salazar 7, 9, 12
22 Mexico Carlos Guerrero 1-3
Mexico Michel Jourdain, Jr. 7-9
United States Jim Hall Racing Reynard 96I Honda G 8 Brazil Gil de Ferran All
United States Hogan Penske Penske PC-25 Mercedes IC 108C G 9 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 1-12
Denmark Jan Magnussen 14-16
United States Galles Racing Lola T96/00 Mercedes IC 108C G 10 United States Eddie Lawson 1-11
United States Davy Jones 12-16
United States Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 96I Mercedes IC 108C G 16 Sweden Stefan Johansson All
Penske PC-23 26 United States Gary Bettenhausen 6
United States PacWest Racing Reynard 96I Ford Cosworth G 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin All
21 United Kingdom Mark Blundell (R) 1-2, 6-16
Italy Teo Fabi 3-5
United States Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes IC 108C G 18 United States Bobby Rahal All
28 United States Bryan Herta All
United States Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Cosworth F 19 Japan Hiro Matsushita All
G 34 Brazil Roberto Moreno All
United States Patrick Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Cosworth F 20 United States Scott Pruett All
United States Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 96I Toyota F 25 United States Jeff Krosnoff (R) 1-11
Italy Max Papis 13-14, 16
United States Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda F 31 Brazil André Ribeiro All
32 Mexico Adrián Fernández All
United States All American Racers Eagle MK-V Toyota G 36 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II All
98 United States P. J. Jones 6-16
United States Della Penna Motorsports Lola T96/00 Ford Cosworth G 44 United States Richie Hearn 4, 11, 16
United States Comptech Racing Reynard 96I Honda F 49 United States Parker Johnstone All
United States Project Indy Reynard 96I Ford Cosworth G 64 United States Dennis Vitolo 4
United States Forsythe Racing Reynard 96I Ford Cosworth F 99 Canada Greg Moore (R) All

Season Summary

Race results

Rnd Race Name Circuit City/Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 United States Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida March 3 Canada Paul Tracy Canada Greg Moore United States Jimmy Vasser Target Ganassi Racing Report
2 Brazil IndyCar Rio 400 Autódromo de Jacarepaguá Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 17 Italy Alex Zanardi Brazil Gil de Ferran Brazil André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Report
3 Australia Australian Indy Car Grand Prix Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia March 31 United States Jimmy Vasser United States Jimmy Vasser United States Jimmy Vasser Target Ganassi Racing Report
4 United States Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 14 Brazil Gil de Ferran Canada Paul Tracy United States Jimmy Vasser Target Ganassi Racing Report
5 United States Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania April 28 Canada Paul Tracy Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi United States Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Report
6 United States U.S. 500 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan May 26 United States Jimmy Vasser Italy Alex Zanardi United States Jimmy Vasser Target Ganassi Racing Report
7 United States Miller 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 2 Canada Paul Tracy United States Michael Andretti United States Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Report
8 United States ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix The Raceway on Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan June 9 United States Scott Pruett Brazil Christian Fittipaldi United States Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Report
9 United States Texaco/Havoline Presents Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 23 Italy Alex Zanardi Italy Alex Zanardi Italy Alex Zanardi Target Ganassi Racing Report
10 United States Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio June 30 United States Jimmy Vasser United States Jimmy Vasser Brazil Gil de Ferran Jim Hall Racing Report
11 Canada Molson Indy Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario July 14 Brazil André Ribeiro Italy Alex Zanardi Mexico Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports Report
12 United States Marlboro 500 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan July 28 United States Jimmy Vasser Mexico Adrián Fernández Brazil André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Report
13 United States Miller 200 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 11 Italy Alex Zanardi Italy Alex Zanardi Italy Alex Zanardi Target Ganassi Racing Report
14 United States Texaco/Havoline 200 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 18 Italy Alex Zanardi Canada Paul Tracy United States Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Report
15 Canada Molson Indy Vancouver Streets of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia September 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Italy Alex Zanardi United States Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Report
16 United States Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Bank of America 300 Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California September 8 Italy Alex Zanardi Italy Alex Zanardi Italy Alex Zanardi Target Ganassi Racing Report
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

Final driver standings

Pos Driver MIA United States RIO Brazil SUR Australia LBH United States NAZ United States US500 United States MIL United States DET United States POR United States CLE United States TOR Canada MIC United States MDO United States ROA United States VAN Canada LAG United States Pts
1 United States Jimmy Vasser 1 8 1* 1 7 1 10 12 13 10 8 9 2 6 7 4 154
2 United States Michael Andretti 9 22 19 7 1* 23 1 1 11 19 22 22 3 1 1* 9 132
3 Italy Alex Zanardi 24 4* 21 24 13 17* 13 11 1* 2 2* 21 1* 3 26 1* 132
4 United States Al Unser, Jr. 8 2 9 3 3 8 2* 22 4 4 13 4 13 10* 5 16 125
5 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 6 5 5 21 9 12 6 2* 3 7 7 10 7 16 3 10 110
6 Brazil Gil de Ferran 2 10 11 5* 23 9 9 3 2 1* 18 19 17 25 4 25 104
7 United States Bobby Rahal 5 6 20 14 6 19 7 21 6 15 3 24 5 2 2 7 102
8 United States Bryan Herta 10 13 17 12 11 15 14 13 26 5 6 2 4 5 6 2 86
9 Canada Greg Moore 7 18 3 22 2 13 5 20 25 3 4 17 9 23 25 6 84
10 United States Scott Pruett 4 3 2 11 8 26 12 10 23 8 10 13 21 7 20 3 82
11 Brazil André Ribeiro 16 1 8 27 12 4 8 24 7 20 21 1* 8 19 21 19 76
12 Mexico Adrián Fernández 11 14 23 6 10 DNS 11 4 12 6 1 20 6 13 8 11 71
13 Canada Paul Tracy 23* 19 22 4 5 7 3 17 27 9 5 DNS 12 18 29 60
14 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin 26 25 4 15 15 2 15 16 16 21 12 3 26 21 24 5 53
15 Sweden Stefan Johansson 19 23 6 19 19 16 27 7 9 12 17 5 11 4 17 21 43
16 United Kingdom Mark Blundell 17 27 5 22 5 8 11 11 6 10 20 12 24 41
17 United States Parker Johnstone DNS 16 24 2 20 11 16 14 5 25 26 18 12 11 11 13 33
18 United States Robby Gordon 3 15 16 13 22 20 17 26 10 18 9 8 18 17 10 15 29
19 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 13 11 25 20 4 10 4 25 20 22 14 25 29
20 United States Eddie Lawson 15 21 7 9 17 6 20 6 15 24 15 26
21 Brazil Roberto Moreno 27 9 12 8 24 3 25 23 19 14 23 23 23 22 27 12 25
22 Brazil Raul Boesel 14 7 13 16 21 24 26 8 28 26 24 7 22 14 23 20 17
23 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II 21 17 15 25 25 22 19 18 14 13 28 14 20 8 19 28 5
24 Denmark Jan Magnussen 14 26 22 8 5
25 Canada Scott Goodyear 12 DNS 19 9 18 5
26 United States P. J. Jones Wth 24 9 24 23 20 16 25 18 13 27 4
27 Italy Max Papis 24 9 22 4
28 Japan Hiro Matsushita 18 24 10 28 26 14 28 19 21 17 27 15 19 15 15 23 3
29 United States Richie Hearn 10 25 17 3
30 Chile Eliseo Salazar 21 18 11 15 2
31 United States Davy Jones 12 16 24 14 14 1
32 Brazil Marco Greco 25 12 1
33 Mexico Carlos Guerrero 20 20 14 0
34 United States Mike Groff 14 0
35 United States Jeff Krosnoff 22 26 18 26 18 18 18 15 17 16 161 0
36 Italy Teo Fabi 18 16 Wth 0
37 Mexico Michel Jourdain, Jr. 23 23 DNS 22 16 26 0
38 United States Dennis Vitolo 17 0
39 United States Gary Bettenhausen 21 0
40 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 25 0
Pos Driver MIA United States RIO Brazil SUR Australia LBH United States NAZ United States US500 United States MIL United States DET United States POR United States CLE United States TOR Canada MIC United States MDO United States ROA United States VAN Canada LAG United States Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

Note: 1 Jeff Krosnoff died in an accident at the Molson Indy Toronto.

Nation's Cup

Pos Country Pts
1 United States United States 292
2 Brazil Brazil 212
3 Italy Italy 132
4 Canada Canada 114
5 Mexico Mexico 71
6 Sweden Sweden 43
7 United Kingdom United Kingdom 41
8 Argentina Argentina 5
9 Denmark Denmark 5
10 Japan Japan 3
11 Chile Chile 2
Pos Country Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup

Pos Chassis Pts
1 United Kingdom Reynard 96I 295
2 United Kingdom Lola T9600 266
3 United States Penske PC-25/PC-23 145
4 United States Eagle MK V/96 9
Pos Chassis Pts

Engine Manufacturer's Cup

Pos Engine Pts
1 Japan Honda 292
2 United States Ford XD/XB 252
3 Germany Mercedes 214
4 Japan Toyota 9
Pos Engine Pts

Drivers Breakdown

Pos ↓ Car Driver ↓ Team ↓ Starts ↓ Wins ↓ Podiums ↓ Top 5's ↓ Top 10's ↓ Poles ↓ Points ↓
1 12 United States Vasser United States Target Ganassi Racing 16 4 5 6 14 4 154
2 6 United States Andretti United States Newman Haas Racing 16 5 6 6 9 131
3 4 Italy Zanardi United States Target Ganassi Racing 16 3 6 7 7 6 130
4 2 United States Unser, Jr. United States Marlboro Team Penske 16 0 4 8 12 124
5 11 Brazil C. Fittipaldi United States Newman Haas Racing 16 0 3 5 13 110
6 8 Brazil de Ferran United States Jim Hall Racing 16 1 4 6 9 1 104
7 18 United States Rahal United States Team Rahal 16 0 3 5 10 102
8 28 United States Herta United States Team Rahal 16 0 2 5 8 86
9 99 Canada Moore Canada Forsythe Racing 16 0 3 5 8 84
10 20 United States Pruett United States Patrick Racing 16 0 3 4 9 1 82
11 31 Brazil Ribeiro United States Tasman Motorsports 16 2 2 3 7 1 76
12 32 Mexico Fernandez United States Tasman Motorsports 15 1 1 2 7 71
13 3 Canada Tracy United States Marlboro Team Penske 14 0 1 4 6 3 60
14 17 Brazil Gugelmin United States PacWest Racing 16 0 2 4 4 53
15 16 Sweden Johansson United States Bettenhausen Racing 16 0 0 2 5 43
16 21 United Kingdom Blundell United States PacWest Racing 13 0 0 2 5 41
17 49 United States Johnstone United States Comptech Racing 15 0 1 2 2 33
18 5 United States Gordon United States Walker Racing 16 0 1 1 5 29
18 9 Brazil E. Fittipaldi United States Hogan Penske 12 0 0 2 3 29
20 10 United States Lawson United States Galles Racing 11 0 0 0 4 26
21 34 Brazil Moreno United States Payton/Coyne Racing 15 0 1 1 3 25
22 1 Brazil Boesel United States Brahma Sports Team 16 0 0 0 3 17
23 36 Argentina Fangio United States All American Racing 16 0 0 0 1 5
23 9 Denmark Magnussen United States Hogan Penske 4 0 0 0 1 5
23 15 Canada Goodyear United States Walker Racing 4 0 0 0 1 5
26 98 United States P.J. Jones United States All American Racing 10 0 0 0 1 4
26 25 Italy Papis United States Arciero-Wells Racing 3 0 0 0 1 4
28 19 Japan Matsushita United States Payton/Coyne Racing 16 0 0 0 1 3
28 44 United States Hearn United States Della Penna Motorsports 3 0 0 0 1 3
30 7 Chile Salazar United States Dick Simon Racing 4 0 0 0 0 2
31 10 United States D. Jones United States Galles Racing 5 0 0 0 0 1
31 7 Brazil Greco United States Dick Simon Racing 2 0 0 0 0 1
33 25 United States Krosnoff United States Arciero-Wells Racing 11 0 0 0 0 0
33 22 Mexico Jourdain United States Della Penna Motorsports 5 0 0 0 0 0
33 22 Mexico Guerrero United States Dick Simon Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0
33 21 Italy Fabi United States PacWest Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0
33 15 Sweden Ekblom United States Walker Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 15 United States Groff United States Walker Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 26 United States Bettenhausen United States Bettenhausen Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 64 United States Vitolo United States Project Indy 1 0 0 0 0 0

References

See also

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