The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Jimmy Vasser, whose Honda/Reynard won four of the first six races, including the inaugural US 500. Rookie of the Year was Alex Zanardi. The competition soon starting catching up to Vasser, who had to fend off two late challenges from veterans: Al Unser Jr.'s consistent performance saw him come close to tying Vasser late in the season, but his hopes evaporated after a last-lap crash at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and an engine failure while leading on the final turn at Road America. Michael Andretti's resulting victory there and in Vancouver put him in contention at the final race, but a disappointing result at Laguna Seca gave Vasser the championship. Rookie driver Jeff Krosnoff and a course worker died in an accident at the Toronto round, and one week later, Emerson Fittipaldi was in a serious accident at the start of the Marlboro 500 and had to retire.
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For the inaugural 1996 season of the Indy Racing League see 1996 Indy Racing League The 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series season was the eighteenth in the Championship Auto Racing Teams CART era of American open wheel car racing It consisted of 16 races beginning in Homestead Florida on March 3 and concluding in Monterey California on September 8 This was the first season after the split with the Indy Racing League and the last year that CART operated as IndyCar with the trademark reverting to Indianapolis Motor Speedway The Indianapolis 500 was replaced by the U S 500 held in Brooklyn Michigan 1996 CART IndyCar seasonPPG Indy Car World SeriesSeasonRaces16Start dateMarch 3End dateSeptember 8AwardsDrivers championJimmy VasserConstructors CupReynardManufacturers CupHondaNations CupUnited StatesRookie of the YearAlex Zanardi 19951997 CART The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers Champion was Jimmy Vasser whose Honda Reynard won four of the first six races including the inaugural US 500 Rookie of the Year was Alex Zanardi The competition soon starting catching up to Vasser who had to fend off two late challenges from veterans Al Unser Jr s consistent performance saw him come close to tying Vasser late in the season but his hopes evaporated after a last lap crash at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course and an engine failure while leading on the final turn at Road America Michael Andretti s resulting victory there and in Vancouver put him in contention at the final race but a disappointing result at Laguna Seca gave Vasser the championship Rookie driver Jeff Krosnoff and a course worker died in an accident at the Toronto round and one week later Emerson Fittipaldi was in a serious accident at the start of the Marlboro 500 and had to retire Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Season Summary 2 1 Schedule 2 2 Race results 2 3 Final driver standings 2 4 Nations Cup 2 5 Chassis Constructors Cup 2 6 Engine Manufacturers Cup 2 7 Drivers breakdown 3 References 4 See alsoTeams and drivers editThe following teams and drivers competed in the 1996 Indy Car World Series season Team Chassis Engine Tires No Drivers Rounds Primary SponsorBrahma Sports Team Reynard 96I Ford Cosworth XD G 1 nbsp Raul Boesel All BrahmaMarlboro Team Penske Penske PC 25 Mercedes IC 108C G 2 nbsp Al Unser Jr All Marlboro3 nbsp Paul Tracy 1 12 14 16 nbsp Jan Magnussen 13Target Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda HRH F 4 nbsp Alex Zanardi R All Target12 nbsp Jimmy Vasser AllWalker Racing Reynard 96I Ford Cosworth XD G 5 nbsp Robby Gordon All ValvolineReynard 96I Ford Cosworth XB G 15 nbsp Scott Goodyear 1 2 11 15 16 Valvoline DuraBlend nbsp Mike Groff 5 nbsp Fredrik Ekblom 6Newman Haas Racing Lola T96 00 Ford Cosworth XD G 6 nbsp Michael Andretti All Texaco Havoline11 nbsp Christian Fittipaldi All BudweiserTeam Scandia Lola T96 00 Ford Cosworth XB G 7 nbsp Marco Greco 1 2 Int Sports Perry Ellis nbsp Eliseo Salazar 7 9 12 13 Cristal22 nbsp Carlos Guerrero 1 3 Herdez nbsp Michel Jourdain Jr R 4 7 9 15 16Hall Racing Reynard 96I Honda HRH G 8 nbsp Gil de Ferran All PennzoilHogan Penske Racing Penske PC 25 Mercedes IC 108C G 9 nbsp Emerson Fittipaldi 1 12 Mobil 1 nbsp Jan Magnussen R 14 16Galles Racing International Lola T96 00 Mercedes IC 108C G 10 nbsp Eddie Lawson R 1 11 Delco Electronics nbsp Davy Jones 12 16Bettenhausen Motorsports Reynard 96I Mercedes IC 108C G 16 nbsp Stefan Johansson All AlumaxPenske PC 23 Mercedes IC 108C G 26 nbsp Gary Bettenhausen 6 AlumaxPacWest Racing Group Reynard 96I Ford Cosworth XB G 17 nbsp Mauricio Gugelmin All Hollywood Cigarettes21 nbsp Mark Blundell R 1 2 6 16 Visa nbsp Teo Fabi 4 5Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes IC 108C G 18 nbsp Bobby Rahal All Miller28 nbsp Bryan Herta All ShellPayton Coyne Racing Lola T96 00 Ford Cosworth XB F 19 nbsp Hiro Matsushita All Panasonic34 nbsp Roberto Moreno All Data ControlPatrick Racing Lola T96 00 Ford Cosworth XD F 20 nbsp Scott Pruett All FirestoneArciero Wells Racing Reynard 96I Toyota RV8A F 25 nbsp Jeff Krosnoff R 1 11 Arciero Wells Racing 6MCI 8 nbsp Max Papis R 13 14 16Tasman Motorsports Group Lola T96 00 Honda HRH F 31 nbsp Andre Ribeiro All LCI International32 nbsp Adrian Fernandez All TecateAll American Racers Eagle MK V Toyota RV8A G 36 nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio II R All Castrol98 nbsp P J Jones R 6 16Della Penna Motorsports Reynard 95I Ford Cosworth XB G 44 nbsp Richie Hearn R 4 11 16 RalphsBrix Comptech Racing Reynard 96I Honda HRH F 49 nbsp Parker Johnstone All MotorolaProject Indy Reynard 95I Ford Cosworth XB G 64 nbsp Dennis Vitolo 4 SmithKline BeechamPlayer s Forsythe Racing Reynard 96I Mercedes IC 108C F 99 nbsp Greg Moore R All Player sSeason Summary editSchedule edit Rnd Date Race Name Circuit Location1 March 3 nbsp Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota O Homestead Motorsports Complex Homestead Florida2 March 17 nbsp IndyCar Rio 400 O Autodromo de Jacarepagua Rio de Janeiro Brazil3 March 31 nbsp Indy Carnival R Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise Australia4 April 14 nbsp Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach R Streets of Long Beach Long Beach California5 April 28 nbsp Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix O Nazareth Speedway Nazareth Pennsylvania6 May 26 nbsp U S 500 O Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Michigan7 June 2 nbsp Miller 200 O Milwaukee Mile West Allis Wisconsin8 June 9 nbsp ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix R The Raceway on Belle Isle Park Detroit Michigan9 June 23 nbsp Budweiser G I Joe s 200 R Portland International Raceway Portland Oregon10 June 30 nbsp Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland R Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland Ohio11 July 14 nbsp Molson Indy Toronto R Exhibition Place Toronto Ontario12 July 28 nbsp Marlboro 500 O Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Michigan13 August 11 nbsp Miller 200 R Mid Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington Ohio14 August 18 nbsp The Chicago Tribune Presents the Texaco Havoline 200 R Road America Elkhart Lake Wisconsin15 September 1 nbsp Molson Indy Vancouver R Concord Pacific Place Vancouver British Columbia16 September 8 nbsp Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Bank of America 300 R Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey California Toronto was scheduled to run 170 miles but was shortened due to the fatal accident of Jeff Krosnoff O Oval Speedway R Road Street course Race results edit Rnd Race Pole position Fastest lap Race Winner Race time ReportDriver Team Chassis Engine1 nbsp Homestead nbsp Paul Tracy nbsp Greg Moore nbsp Jimmy Vasser Target Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1 51 23 Report2 nbsp Rio nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Gil de Ferran nbsp Andre Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Lola Honda 2 06 08 Report3 nbsp Surfers Paradise nbsp Jimmy Vasser nbsp Jimmy Vasser nbsp Jimmy Vasser Target Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 2 00 46 Report4 nbsp Long Beach nbsp Gil de Ferran nbsp Paul Tracy nbsp Jimmy Vasser Target Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1 44 02 Report5 nbsp Nazareth nbsp Paul Tracy nbsp Emerson Fittipaldi nbsp Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing Lola Ford 1 25 08 Report6 nbsp Michigan 1 nbsp Jimmy Vasser nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Jimmy Vasser Target Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 3 11 48 Report7 nbsp Milwaukee nbsp Paul Tracy nbsp Michael Andretti nbsp Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing Lola Ford 1 33 32 Report8 nbsp Belle Isle nbsp Scott Pruett nbsp Christian Fittipaldi nbsp Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing Lola Ford 2 00 44 Report9 nbsp Portland nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Alex Zanardi Target Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1 50 25 Report10 nbsp Cleveland nbsp Jimmy Vasser nbsp Jimmy Vasser nbsp Gil de Ferran Jim Hall Racing Reynard Honda 1 35 39 Report11 nbsp Toronto nbsp Andre Ribeiro nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Adrian Fernandez Tasman Motorsports Lola Honda 1 41 59 Report12 nbsp Michigan 2 nbsp Jimmy Vasser nbsp Adrian Fernandez nbsp Andre Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Lola Honda 3 16 33 Report13 nbsp Mid Ohio nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Alex Zanardi Target Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1 46 49 Report14 nbsp Road America nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Paul Tracy nbsp Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing Lola Ford 1 56 33 Report15 nbsp Vancouver nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing Lola Ford 1 48 16 Report16 nbsp Laguna Seca nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Alex Zanardi nbsp Alex Zanardi Target Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1 48 32 ReportFinal driver standings edit Further information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver MIA nbsp RIO nbsp SUR nbsp LBH nbsp NAZ nbsp 500 nbsp MIL nbsp DET nbsp POR nbsp CLE nbsp TOR nbsp MIC nbsp MDO nbsp ROA nbsp VAN nbsp LAG nbsp Pts1 nbsp Jimmy Vasser 1 8 1 1 7 1 10 12 13 10 8 9 2 6 7 4 1542 nbsp Michael Andretti 9 22 19 7 1 23 1 1 11 19 22 22 3 1 1 9 1323 nbsp Alex Zanardi RY 24 4 21 24 13 17 13 11 1 2 2 21 1 3 26 1 1324 nbsp Al Unser Jr 8 2 9 3 3 8 2 22 4 4 13 4 13 10 5 16 1255 nbsp Christian Fittipaldi 6 5 5 21 9 12 6 2 3 7 7 10 7 16 3 10 1106 nbsp Gil de Ferran 2 10 11 5 23 9 9 3 2 1 18 19 17 25 4 25 1047 nbsp Bobby Rahal 5 6 20 14 6 19 7 21 6 15 3 24 5 2 2 7 1028 nbsp Bryan Herta 10 13 17 12 11 15 14 13 26 5 6 2 4 5 6 2 869 nbsp Greg Moore R 7 18 3 22 2 13 5 20 25 3 4 17 9 23 25 6 8410 nbsp Scott Pruett 4 3 2 11 8 26 12 10 23 8 10 13 21 7 20 3 8211 nbsp Andre Ribeiro 16 1 8 27 12 4 8 24 7 20 21 1 8 19 21 19 7612 nbsp Adrian Fernandez 11 14 23 6 10 DNS 11 4 12 6 1 20 6 13 8 11 7113 nbsp Paul Tracy 23 19 22 4 5 7 3 17 27 9 5 Wth 12 18 29 6014 nbsp Mauricio Gugelmin 26 25 4 15 15 2 15 16 16 21 12 3 26 21 24 5 5315 nbsp Stefan Johansson 19 23 6 19 19 16 27 7 9 12 17 5 11 4 17 21 4316 nbsp Mark Blundell R 17 27 5 22 5 8 11 11 6 10 20 12 24 4117 nbsp Parker Johnstone Wth 16 24 2 20 11 16 14 5 25 26 18 12 11 11 13 3318 nbsp Robby Gordon 3 15 16 13 22 20 17 26 10 18 9 8 18 17 10 15 2919 nbsp Emerson Fittipaldi 13 11 25 20 4 10 4 25 20 22 14 25 2920 nbsp Eddie Lawson R 15 21 7 9 17 6 20 6 15 24 15 2621 nbsp Roberto Moreno 27 9 12 8 24 3 25 23 19 14 23 23 23 22 27 12 2522 nbsp Raul Boesel 14 7 13 16 21 24 26 8 28 26 24 7 22 14 23 20 1723 nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio II 21 17 15 25 25 22 19 18 14 13 28 14 20 8 19 28 524 nbsp Jan Magnussen R 14 26 22 8 525 nbsp Scott Goodyear 12 Wth 19 9 18 526 nbsp P J Jones R Wth 24 9 24 23 20 16 25 18 13 27 427 nbsp Max Papis R 24 9 22 428 nbsp Hiro Matsushita 18 24 10 28 26 14 28 19 21 17 27 15 19 15 15 23 329 nbsp Richie Hearn R 10 25 17 330 nbsp Eliseo Salazar 21 18 11 15 231 nbsp Davy Jones 12 16 24 14 14 132 nbsp Marco Greco 25 12 133 nbsp Carlos Guerrero 20 20 14 034 nbsp Mike Groff 14 035 nbsp Jeff Krosnoff R 22 26 18 26 18 18 18 15 17 16 161 036 nbsp Teo Fabi 18 16 Wth 037 nbsp Michel Jourdain Jr R 23 23 DNS 22 16 26 038 nbsp Dennis Vitolo 17 039 nbsp Gary Bettenhausen 21 040 nbsp Fredrik Ekblom R 25 0Pos Driver MIA nbsp RIO nbsp SUR nbsp LBH nbsp NAZ nbsp 500 nbsp MIL nbsp DET nbsp POR nbsp CLE nbsp TOR nbsp MIC nbsp MDO nbsp ROA nbsp VAN nbsp LAG nbsp Pts Color ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen 4th 6th placeLight Blue 7th 12th placeDark Blue Finished Outside Top 12 Purple Did not finishRed Did not qualify DNQ Brown Withdrawn Wth Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Blank Did notparticipate DNP Not competingIn line notationBold Pole positionItalics Ran fastest race lap Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R RookieNote 1 Jeff Krosnoff died in an accident at the Molson Indy Toronto Nations Cup edit Top result per race counts towards Nations Cup Pos Country Pts1 nbsp United States 2822 nbsp Brazil 2063 nbsp Italy 1204 nbsp Canada 1115 nbsp Mexico 716 nbsp Sweden 437 nbsp United Kingdom 418 nbsp Argentina 59 nbsp Denmark 510 nbsp Japan 311 nbsp Chile 2Pos Country PtsChassis Constructors Cup edit Pos Chassis Pts Wins1 nbsp Reynard 96I 276 82 nbsp Lola T9600 260 83 nbsp Penske PC 25 PC 23 139 04 nbsp Eagle MK V 96 9 0Pos Chassis Pts WinsEngine Manufacturers Cup edit Pos Engine Pts Wins1 nbsp Honda 271 112 nbsp Ford XD XB 234 53 nbsp Mercedes 218 04 nbsp Toyota 9 0Pos Engine Pts WinsDrivers breakdown edit Pos Car Driver Team Starts Wins Podiums Top 5s Top 10s Poles Points 1 12 nbsp Vasser nbsp Target Ganassi Racing 16 4 5 6 14 4 1542 6 nbsp Andretti nbsp Newman Haas Racing 16 5 6 6 9 1313 4 nbsp Zanardi nbsp Target Ganassi Racing 16 3 6 7 7 6 1304 2 nbsp Unser Jr nbsp Marlboro Team Penske 16 0 4 8 12 1245 11 nbsp C Fittipaldi nbsp Newman Haas Racing 16 0 3 5 13 1106 8 nbsp de Ferran nbsp Jim Hall Racing 16 1 4 6 9 1 1047 18 nbsp Rahal nbsp Team Rahal 16 0 3 5 10 1028 28 nbsp Herta nbsp Team Rahal 16 0 2 5 8 869 99 nbsp Moore nbsp Forsythe Racing 16 0 3 5 8 8410 20 nbsp Pruett nbsp Patrick Racing 16 0 3 4 9 1 8211 31 nbsp Ribeiro nbsp Tasman Motorsports 16 2 2 3 7 1 7612 32 nbsp Fernandez nbsp Tasman Motorsports 15 1 1 2 7 7113 3 nbsp Tracy nbsp Marlboro Team Penske 14 0 1 4 6 3 6014 17 nbsp Gugelmin nbsp PacWest Racing 16 0 2 4 4 5315 16 nbsp Johansson nbsp Bettenhausen Racing 16 0 0 2 5 4316 21 nbsp Blundell nbsp PacWest Racing 13 0 0 2 5 4117 49 nbsp Johnstone nbsp Comptech Racing 15 0 1 2 2 3318 5 nbsp Gordon nbsp Walker Racing 16 0 1 1 5 2918 9 nbsp E Fittipaldi nbsp Hogan Penske 12 0 0 2 3 2920 10 nbsp Lawson nbsp Galles Racing 11 0 0 0 4 2621 34 nbsp Moreno nbsp Payton Coyne Racing 15 0 1 1 3 2522 1 nbsp Boesel nbsp Brahma Sports Team 16 0 0 0 3 1723 36 nbsp Fangio nbsp All American Racing 16 0 0 0 1 523 9 nbsp Magnussen nbsp Hogan Penske 4 0 0 0 1 523 15 nbsp Goodyear nbsp Walker Racing 4 0 0 0 1 526 98 nbsp P J Jones nbsp All American Racing 10 0 0 0 1 426 25 nbsp Papis nbsp Arciero Wells Racing 3 0 0 0 1 428 19 nbsp Matsushita nbsp Payton Coyne Racing 16 0 0 0 1 328 44 nbsp Hearn nbsp Della Penna Motorsports 3 0 0 0 1 330 7 nbsp Salazar nbsp Dick Simon Racing 4 0 0 0 0 231 10 nbsp D Jones nbsp Galles Racing 5 0 0 0 0 131 7 nbsp Greco nbsp Dick Simon Racing 2 0 0 0 0 133 25 nbsp Krosnoff nbsp Arciero Wells Racing 11 0 0 0 0 033 22 nbsp Jourdain Jr nbsp Della Penna Motorsports 5 0 0 0 0 033 22 nbsp Guerrero nbsp Dick Simon Racing 3 0 0 0 0 033 21 nbsp Fabi nbsp PacWest Racing 2 0 0 0 0 033 15 nbsp Ekblom nbsp Walker Racing 1 0 0 0 0 033 15 nbsp Groff nbsp Walker Racing 1 0 0 0 0 033 26 nbsp Bettenhausen nbsp Bettenhausen Racing 1 0 0 0 0 033 64 nbsp Vitolo nbsp Project Indy 1 0 0 0 0 0References editAberg Andreas PPG Indy Car World Series 1996 Driver Database Retrieved 2009 05 19 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series Champ Car Stats Retrieved 2009 05 19 Standings after Laguna Seca Champ Car World Series Archived from the original on 22 October 2008 Retrieved 2009 05 19 See also edit1996 Toyota Atlantic Championship season 1996 Indianapolis 500 1996 Indy Racing League 1996 97 Indy Racing League 1996 Indy Lights season Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series amp oldid 1176641979, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
