1996 Atlantic Championship

1996 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship
Season
Races	12
Start date	March 3rd
End date	September 7th
Awards
Drivers' champion	Patrick Carpentier
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The 1996 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was the 23rd season of the Atlantic Championship. It was contested over 12 races between March 3 and September 7, 1995. The Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Patrick Carpentier. All teams had to utilize Toyota engines. In C2-class 23 different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season.

Calendar[]

Note:

Race 1 was held on a combination track; cars used the esses off the backstretch for safety reasons.

Final points standings[]

Driver[]

Main championship[]

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were also able to score points in the main class.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Total Points
1	Patrick Carpentier	Canada		Ralt	239	14	16	21	12	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
2	Lee Bentham	Canada		Ralt	149	18	10	14	14	14	-	14	12	12	14	16	11
3	Paul Jasper	United States	BDJS	Ralt	132	6	12	9	12	12	14	16	16	-	12	14	9
4		United States		Ralt	129	9	22	10	16	-	16	-	11	14	9	6	16
5	Jeret Schroeder	United States		Ralt	77	12	4	-	10	16	-	-	-	16	-	5	14
6	Anthony Lazzaro	United States		Ralt	75	-	6	11	21	-	-	-	5	10	6	12	4
7	Alexandre Tagliani	Canada		Ralt	70	5	9	2	8	-	2	6	14	9	11	4	-
8		United States		Ralt	60	-	-	-	9	9	12	3	-	6	10	3	8
9		United States		Ralt	58	8	11	5	6	5	6	-	6	4	5	2	-
10	Stan Wattles	United States		Ralt	52	-	-	-	5	8	11	12	9	7	-	-	-
11		Sweden		Ralt	51	7	1	-	3	-	10	7	10	-	7	-	6
12		United States		Ralt	48	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	16	-	10
13		Canada		Ralt	42	-	-	8	-	6	9	-	-	5	4	10	-
14	Charles Nearburg	United States		Ralt	41	-	8	-	-	10	-	-	-	11	-	-	12
15	Tony Ave	United States		Ralt	31	20	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16		Canada		Ralt	29	10	-	12	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	Frank Allers	Canada		Reynard	25	-	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	11	2
18	Stuart Crow	United States	BDJS	Ralt	24	-	7	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	Mike Shank	United States	Shank Racing	Swift	20	-	-	6	-	4	-	1	8	1	-	-	-
20	Martin Roy	Canada	?		17	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-
21		Canada		Reynard	17	1	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	9	-
22		United States		Ralt	17	3	-	4	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Chris Smith	United States		Ralt	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	-	-	-	-
24		United States		Reynard	15	2	-	-	1	-	-	8	2	2	-	-	-
25	Dave Cutler	United States		Ralt	15	4	-	3	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
26		United States		Swift	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-
27	Bill Auberlen	United States	BDJS	Ralt	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
28		United States		Reynard	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	-
29	Joe Sposato	United States		Ralt	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5
30		United States		Reynard	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	-	-
31		United States		Ralt	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
32		Canada		Swift	8	-	-	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33		United States		Ralt	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
34		United States		Ralt	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
35		United States		Swift	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
36		United States		Ralt	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
37		Argentina		Reynard	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
	Zak Brown	United States		Ralt	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
39		United States		Ralt	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40		United States	intercar	Ralt	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41		United States	?	Ralt	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
42		United States		Ralt	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
43		United States	?	Swift	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Canada		Reynard	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
		United States		Ralt	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

C2-Class championship[]

Points system see above.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Total Points
1	Mike Shank	United States	Shank Racing	Swift	135	9	-	16	11	21	14	10	21	17	16	-	-
2		United States		Reynard	109	11	7	10	14	7	11	12	11	-	-	14	12
3		United States		Swift	107	14	-	11	11	10	-	14	12	14	-	11	10
4		United States		Reynard	106	21	-	-	21	12	-	16	15	21	-	-	-
5		Canada		Reynard	95	16	10	12	-	16	14	-	9	-	-	18	-
6	Frank Allers	Canada		Reynard	89	-	22	-	-	-	9	16	-	-	-	20	22
7		Canada		Swift	66	10	8	22	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8		United States		Reynard	52	-	14	-	16	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
9		United States		Reynard	47	-	-	-	-	6	20	11	10	-	-	-	-
10		United States		Swift	42	-	-	-	-	4	-	22	16	-	-	-	-
11		United States	?	Swift	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	9	-
12		United States	?	Reynard	24	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13		United States		Swift	23	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
14		United States	?	Swift	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	-
15		Argentina		Reynard	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
16		United States	?	Swift	16	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		United States	?	Reynard	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
18		United States	?	Swift	14	-	-	14	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19		Canada		Reynard	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-
20	John Brooks	United States		Swift	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		United States	?	Swift	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
22		United States		Swift	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23		Canada		Swift	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note:

No more competitors in C2-class.

See also[]

• 1996 IndyCar season
• 1996 Indy Lights season
• 1996 Indy Racing League season
• 1996–1997 Indy Racing League season

External links[]

• ChampCarStats.com