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1996 Indianapolis 500 in IRL at the Indianapolis circuit. Full information

1996 Indianapolis 500

1996 Indianapolis 500 is 3rd IRL race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Tony Stewart won the pole position, Buddy Lazier won this race. Davy Jones and Richie Hearn also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1996 Phoenix Indycars
Next race: 1996 New Hampshire Indycars
Race Start: 26th May 1996

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1996 Indianapolis 500

1st victory for the Hemelgarn Racing team
1st victory for the Buddy Lazier
1st podium for the Buddy Lazier
1st podium for the Davy Jones
1st podium for the Richie Hearn

1996 Indianapolis 500

Reynard 95I #91 - 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner

1996 Indianapolis 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Buddy Lazier	Reynard 95I, #91	35	3h 22m 45.753s	Hemelgarn Racing
2	Davy Jones	Lola T95/00, #70	33	3h 22m 46.448s	Galles Racing
3	Richie Hearn	Reynard 95I, #4	32	3h 22m 52.733s	Della Penna Motorsports
4	Alessandro Zampedri	Reynard 95I, #8	31	199 laps Accident	Team Scandia
5	Roberto Guerrero	Reynard 95I, #21	30	198 laps Accident	Pagan Racing
6	Eliseo Salazar	Lola T95/00, #7	29	197 laps Accident	Team Scandia
7	Danny Ongais	Lola T95/00, #32	28	197 laps	Team Menard
8	Hideshi Matsuda	Lola T94/00, #52	27	197 laps	Beck Motorsports
9	Robbie Buhl	Lola T94/00, #54	26	197 laps	Beck Motorsports
10	Scott Sharp	Lola T95/00, #11	25	194 laps Accident	AJ Foyt Racing
11	Eddie Cheever	Lola T95/00, #3	24	189 laps	Team Menard
12	Davey Hamilton	Lola T95/00, #14	23	181 laps	AJ Foyt Racing
13	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T95/00, #22	22	177 laps	Team Scandia
14	Lyn St James	Lola T94/00, #45	21	153 laps Accident	Zunne Group Racing
15	Scott Harrington	Reynard 95I, #44	20	150 laps Accident	Della Penna Motorsports
16	Arie Luyendyk	Reynard 95I, #5	19	149 laps Accident	Treadway Racing
17	Buzz Calkins	Reynard 95I, #12	18	148 laps Brakes	Bradley Motorsports
18	Jim Guthrie	Lola T93/00, #27	17	144 laps Engine	Blueprint Racing Enterprises
19	Mark Dismore	Lola T95/00, #30	16	129 laps Engine	Team Menard
20	Michael Groff	Reynard 95I, #60	15	122 laps Fire	Walker Motorsport
21	Fermin Velez	Lola T95/00, #34	14	107 laps Engine	Team Scandia
22	Joe Gosek	Lola T94/00, #43	13	106 laps Radiator	Team Scandia
23	Brad Murphey	Reynard 94I, #10	12	91 laps Suspension	Hemelgarn Racing
24	Tony Stewart	Lola T95/00, #20	11	82 laps Engine	Team Menard
25	Racin Gardner	Lola T94/00, #90	10	76 laps Suspension	Team Scandia
26	Marco Greco	Lola T94/00, #41	9	64 laps Engine	AJ Foyt Racing
27	Stephan Gregoire	Reynard 95I, #9	8	59 laps Fire	Hemelgarn Racing
28	Johnny Parsons jr	Lola T93/00, #16	7	48 laps Radiator	Blueprint Racing Enterprises
29	Johnny O'Connell	Reynard 95I, #75	6	47 laps Fuel system	Cunningham Racing
30	Michele Alboreto	Reynard 95I, #33	5	43 laps Gearbox	Team Scandia
31	John Paul, Jr.	Lola T93/00, #18	4	10 laps Ignition	PDM Racing
32	Paul Durant	Lola T92/00, #96	3	9 laps Engine	ABF Motorsports
33	Johnny Unser	Reynard 95I, #64	2	Transmission	Project Indy
0	Tyce Carlson	Lola ? 1996, #77	0		Brickell Racing
0	Billy Boat	Reynard ? 1996, #99	0		Pagan Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1996 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Tony Stewart	Lola T95/00, #20	2m 34.44s	Team Menard
2	Davy Jones	Lola T95/00, #70	2m 34.585s	Galles Racing
3	Eliseo Salazar	Lola T95/00, #7	2m 34.716s	Team Scandia
4	Eddie Cheever	Lola T95/00, #3	2m 35.319s	Team Menard
5	Buddy Lazier	Reynard 95I, #91	2m 35.529s	Hemelgarn Racing
6	Roberto Guerrero	Reynard 95I, #21	2m 35.593s	Pagan Racing
7	Alessandro Zampedri	Reynard 95I, #8	2m 36.798s	Team Scandia
8	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T95/00, #22	2m 36.945s	Team Scandia
9	Buzz Calkins	Reynard 95I, #12	2m 37.196s	Bradley Motorsports
10	Davey Hamilton	Lola T95/00, #14	2m 37.283s	AJ Foyt Racing
11	Michael Groff	Reynard 95I, #60	2m 37.409s	Walker Motorsport
12	Michele Alboreto	Reynard 95I, #33	2m 37.736s	Team Scandia
13	Stephan Gregoire	Reynard 95I, #9	2m 38.203s	Hemelgarn Racing
14	Mark Dismore	Lola T95/00, #30	2m 38.409s	Team Menard
15	Richie Hearn	Reynard 95I, #4	2m 38.926s	Della Penna Motorsports
16	Johnny Unser	Reynard 95I, #64	2m 39.211s	Project Indy
17	John Paul, Jr.	Lola T93/00, #18	2m 40.173s	PDM Racing
18	Lyn St James	Lola T94/00, #45	2m 40.289s	Zunne Group Racing
19	Jim Guthrie	Lola T93/00, #27	2m 41.875s	Blueprint Racing Enterprises
20	Arie Luyendyk	Reynard 95I, #5	2m 31.908s	Treadway Racing
21	Scott Sharp	Lola T95/00, #11	2m 35.709s	AJ Foyt Racing
22	Marco Greco	Lola T94/00, #41	2m 37.315s	AJ Foyt Racing
23	Robbie Buhl	Lola T94/00, #54	2m 39.139s	Beck Motorsports
24	Paul Durant	Lola T92/00, #96	2m 39.713s	ABF Motorsports
25	Racin Gardner	Lola T94/00, #90	2m 40.39s	Team Scandia
26	Brad Murphey	Reynard 94I, #10	2m 39.255s	Hemelgarn Racing
27	Johnny Parsons jr	Lola T93/00, #16	2m 40.827s	Blueprint Racing Enterprises
28	Fermin Velez	Lola T95/00, #34	2m 41.807s	Team Scandia
29	Johnny O'Connell	Reynard 95I, #75	2m 41.899s	Cunningham Racing
30	Hideshi Matsuda	Lola T94/00, #52	2m 38.691s	Beck Motorsports
31	Joe Gosek	Lola T94/00, #43	2m 41.585s	Team Scandia
32	Scott Harrington	Reynard 95I, #44	2m 42.027s	Della Penna Motorsports
33	Danny Ongais	Lola T95/00, #32	2m 34.032s	Team Menard
34	Billy Boat	Reynard ? 1996, #99	2m 42.291s	Pagan Racing
35	Tyce Carlson	Lola ? 1996, #77	2m 42.748s	Brickell Racing