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1996 Road America Champ Cars in CART at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Full information

1996 Road America Champ Cars

1996 Road America Champ Cars is 267th CART race. Passed at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Alessandro Zanardi won the pole position, Michael Andretti won this race. Bobby Rahal and Alessandro Zanardi also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 50 laps (326 km).

Previous race: 1996 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars
Next race: 1996 Vancouver Champ Cars
Race Start: 18th August 1996

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1996 Road America Champ Cars

50th victory for the Newman-Haas Racing team
34th victory for the Michael Andretti
68th podium for the Michael Andretti
85th podium for the Bobby Rahal
5th podium for the Alessandro Zanardi

1996 Road America Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Michael Andretti	Lola T96/00, #6	20	1h 56m 33.859s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 96I, #18	16	1h 56m 34.4s	Team Rahal
3	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 96I, #4	15	1h 56m 39.234s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4	Stefan Johansson	Reynard 96I, #16	12	1h 56m 40.89s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
5	Bryan Herta	Reynard 96I, #28	10	1h 56m 42.339s	Team Rahal
6	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 96I, #12	8	1h 56m 53.525s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
7	Scott Pruett	Lola T96/00, #20	6	1h 56m 55.834s	Patrick Racing
8	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Eagle Mk5, #36	5	1h 57m 16.864s	All-American Racers
9	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 96I, #25	4	1h 58m 14.692s	Arciero-Wells Racing
10	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC25, #2	4	49 laps Engine	Marlboro Team Penske
11	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 96I, #49	2	49 laps Accident	Brix Comptech Racing
12	Paul Tracy	Penske PC25, #3	1	49 laps	Marlboro Team Penske
13	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T96/00, #32	0	48 laps	Tasman Motorsports Group
14	Raul Boesel	Reynard 96I, #1	0	46 laps Electrics	Brahma Sports Team
15	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T96/00, #19	0	45 laps Transmission	Payton-Coyne Racing
16	Christian Fittipaldi	Lola T96/00, #11	0	44 laps Engine	Newman-Haas Racing
17	Robby Gordon	Reynard 96I, #5	0	41 laps Electrics	Walker Motorsport
18	P.J. Jones	Eagle Mk5, #98	0	27 laps Transmission	All-American Racers
19	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T96/00, #31	0	20 laps Accident	Tasman Motorsports Group
20	Mark Blundell	Reynard 96I, #21	0	19 laps Accident	PacWest Racing Group
21	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 96I, #17	0	19 laps Accident	PacWest Racing Group
22	Roberto Moreno	Lola T96/00, #34	0	17 laps Transmission	Payton-Coyne Racing
23	Greg Moore	Reynard 96I, #99	0	13 laps Accident	Forsythe Racing
24	Davy Jones	Lola T96/00, #10	0	13 laps Accident	Galles Racing
25	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 96I, #8	0	Accident	Hall Racing
26	Jan Magnussen	Penske PC25, #9	0	Accident	Hogan-Penske Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1996 Road America Champ Cars on the Elkhart Lake circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 96I, #4	1m 41.998s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 96I, #8	1m 42.26s	Hall Racing
3	Michael Andretti	Lola T96/00, #6	1m 42.294s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Christian Fittipaldi	Lola T96/00, #11	1m 42.38s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 96I, #17	1m 42.478s	PacWest Racing Group
6	Bryan Herta	Reynard 96I, #28	1m 42.648s	Team Rahal
7	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 96I, #12	1m 42.784s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Paul Tracy	Penske PC25, #3	1m 42.899s	Marlboro Team Penske
9	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 96I, #18	1m 42.947s	Team Rahal
10	Jan Magnussen	Penske PC25, #9	1m 43.292s	Hogan-Penske Racing
11	Greg Moore	Reynard 96I, #99	1m 43.413s	Forsythe Racing
12	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC25, #2	1m 43.433s	Marlboro Team Penske
13	Mark Blundell	Reynard 96I, #21	1m 43.609s	PacWest Racing Group
14	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T96/00, #32	1m 43.643s	Tasman Motorsports Group
15	Robby Gordon	Reynard 96I, #5	1m 43.656s	Walker Motorsport
16	Scott Pruett	Lola T96/00, #20	1m 43.686s	Patrick Racing
17	Raul Boesel	Reynard 96I, #1	1m 44.664s	Brahma Sports Team
18	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T96/00, #31	1m 44.992s	Tasman Motorsports Group
19	Davy Jones	Lola T96/00, #10	1m 45.253s	Galles Racing
20	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 96I, #49	1m 45.269s	Brix Comptech Racing
21	Stefan Johansson	Reynard 96I, #16	1m 45.375s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
22	Roberto Moreno	Lola T96/00, #34	1m 45.737s	Payton-Coyne Racing
23	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 96I, #25	1m 46.104s	Arciero-Wells Racing
24	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Eagle Mk5, #36	1m 46.934s	All-American Racers
25	P.J. Jones	Eagle Mk5, #98	1m 47.586s	All-American Racers
26	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T96/00, #19	1m 49.005s	Payton-Coyne Racing