1996 Indy Lights season

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The 1996 PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship Powered By Buick consisted of 12 races. Canadian David Empringham captured three wins on his way to the championship.[1]

Calendar[]

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 Homestead Florida March 3, 1996 37 2.4574011=90.9238407 km 0'31:51.723 171.220 km/h David Empringham David Empringham David Empringham ?
2 Long Beach California April 14, 1996 44 2.558787=112.586628 km 0'54:17.817 124.412 km/h David Empringham Gualter Salles David Empringham ?
3 Nazareth Pennsylvania April 28, 1996 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'49:08.616 139.404 km/h Claude Bourbonnais ?
4 Brooklyn Michigan May 25, 1996 50 3.2186=160.93 km 0'32:30.239 297.065 km/h David Empringham David Empringham David Empringham ?
5 Milwaukee Wisconsin June 2, 1996 75 1.6607976=124.55982 km 0'38:39.070 193.360 km/h Mark Hotchkis Mark Hotchkis Mark Hotchkis ?
6 Detroit Michigan June 9, 1996 36 3.6482831=131.338192 km 0'56:39.773 139.073 km/h Tony Kanaan David Empringham Tony Kanaan ?
7 Portland Oregon June 23, 1996 39 3.138135=122.387265 km 0'44:55.609 163.449 km/h Gualter Salles Tony Kanaan Gualter Salles ?
8 Cleveland Ohio June 30, 1996 32 3.8124317=121.9978144 km 0'43:04.913 169,910 km/h Gualter Salles Mark Hotchkis Gualter Salles ?
9 Toronto  Canada July 14, 1996 41 2.8709912=117.710639 km 0'49:52.728 141.596 km/h Gualter Salles Jeff Ward Gualter Salles ?
10 Trois-Rivières  Canada August 4, 1996 50 2.4477453=122.387265 km 0'58:44.951 125.192 km/h Hélio Castro-Neves Hélio Castro-Neves Hélio Castro-Neves ?
11 Vancouver  Canada September 1, 1996 44 2.7406379=120.588068 km 0'53:55.713 134.164 km/h Claude Bourbonnais Jeff Ward Tony Kanaan ?
12 Monterey California September 8, 1996 34 3.6016134=122.454856 km 0'43:55.832 167.248 km/h Tony Kanaan Tony Kanaan Tony Kanaan ?

Race summaries[]

Homestead race[]

Held March 3 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. David Empringham won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. David Empringham
  2. Chris Simmons
  3. Mark Hotchkis
  5. Jeff Ward

Long Beach race[]

Held April 14 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Gualter Salles won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. David Empringham
  2. Tony Kanaan
  3. Gualter Salles
  4. Hélio Castro-Neves
  5. Alex Padilla

Nazareth race[]

Held April 28 at Nazareth Speedway. Claude Bourbonnais won the pole.

Top Five Results

  2. David Empringham
  3. Mark Hotchkis
  4. Chris Simmons
  5. Jeff Ward

Michigan race[]

Held May 25 at Michigan International Speedway. David Empringham won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. David Empringham
  2. Mark Hotchkis
  3. Jeff Ward
  4. Robby Unser
  5. Hélio Castro-Neves

Milwaukee race[]

Held June 2 at The Milwaukee Mile. Mark Hotchkis won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mark Hotchkis
  2. Greg Ray
  3. David Empringham
  4. Gualter Salles
  5. Chris Simmons

Detroit race[]

Held June 9 at Belle Isle Raceway. David Empringham won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Tony Kanaan
  2. Alex Padilla
  3. Claude Bourbonnais
  4. José Luis Di Palma

Portland race[]

Held June 23 at Portland International Raceway. Tony Kanaan won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Gualter Salles
  2. Alex Padilla
  3. David Empringham
  4. Claude Bourbonnais
  5. Tony Kanaan

Cleveland race[]

Held June 30 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Mark Hotchkis won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Gualter Salles
  2. Claude Bourbonnais
  3. Hélio Castro-Neves
  4. Nick Firestone
  5. Hideki Noda

Toronto race[]

Held July 14 at Exhibition Place. Jeff Ward won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Gualter Salles
  2. Claude Bourbonnais
  3. Hideki Noda
  4. Shigeaki Hattori
  5. Alex Padilla

Trois-Rivières race[]

Held August 4 at the Trois-Rivières, Quebec Street Circuit. Hélio Castro-Neves won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Hélio Castro-Neves
  2. Tony Kanaan
  3. Alex Padilla
  4. David Empringham

Vancouver race[]

Held September 1 at Pacific Place. Jeff Ward won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Claude Bourbonnais
  2. Tony Kanaan
  4. Alex Padilla
  5. David Empringham

Laguna Seca race[]

Held September 8 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tony Kanaan won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Tony Kanaan
  2. Hélio Castro-Neves
  3. Claude Bourbonnais
  4. Alex Padilla
  5. Jeff Ward

Final points standings[]

Driver[]

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).

Place Name Country Team Total Points United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States Canada Canada Canada United States
1 David Empringham  Canada Forsythe Racing 148 22 21 16 22 14 1 14 - 8 12 10 8
2 Tony Kanaan  Brazil Tasman Motorsports 113 3 16 1 - 6 21 11 - - 16 17 22
3 Gualter Salles  Brazil 108 8 15 2 8 12 - 21 21 21 - - -
4 Claude Bourbonnais  Canada Forsythe Racing 104 - 6 1 - 5 14 12 16 16 - 20 14
5 Mark Hotchkis  United States 102 14 4 14 16 22 4 3 1 4 - 14 6
6 Alex Padilla  United States 90 - 10 - - - 16 16 - 10 14 12 12
7 Hélio Castro-Neves  Brazil Tasman Motorsports 84 - 12 - 10 2 - 5 14 - 22 3 16
8  United States Genoa Racing 61 12 3 21 6 - 8 1 - - 6 - 4
9 José Luis Di Palma  Argentina Tasman Motorsports 56 - 8 8 5 - 12 2 6 5 2 8 -
10 Chris Simmons  United States Team Green 54 16 - 12 1 10 6 - 2 - - 6 1
11 Jeff Ward  United States 53 10 5 10 14 - 2 - - 1 - 1 10
12 Greg Ray  United States Team Green 48 6 2 - - 16 5 8 3 - 8 - -
13 Shigeaki Hattori  Japan 42 4 - 3 - 8 - 6 4 12 5 - -
14 Hideki Noda  Japan Indy Regency Racing 34 2 - 6 - 1 - - 10 14 1 - -
15 Robby Unser  United States PacWest Lights 25 - - - 12 3 3 - - 3 4 - -
16  Canada Forsythe Racing 21 - - - - - - - - 6 10 2 3
17 Felipe Giaffone  Brazil 20 - - - 3 4 - - 8 - - -
5
Nick Firestone  United States 18 - - - 2 - - 4 12 - - - -
19 Jack Miller  United States 12 - - 5 - - - - - - 3 4 -
 South Africa 12 - - - - - 10 - - - - - 2
21  Paraguay 8 - - 4 4 - - - - - - - -
22  Mexico 7 - - - - - - - 1 1 - 5 -
23 Doug Boyer  United States 5 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
Casey Mears  United States 5 - - - - - - - 5 - - - -
25 Robbie Buhl  United States 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - -
Rodolfo Lavín, Jr.  Mexico 2 - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 -
27  Brazil 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
 United States 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - -

Complete Overview[]

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R21=retired, but classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify (18)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

Place Name Country Team United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States Canada Canada Canada United States
1 David Empringham  Canada Forsythe Racing 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 6 3 1 R21 7 3 11 R21 8 6 11 4 14 5 9 6
2 Tony Kanaan  Brazil Tasman Motorsports 9 10 3 2 11 R12 4 R17 13 7 5 1 1 5 3 R19 4 R24 2 2 6 2 1 1
3 Gualter Salles  Brazil 5 6 1 3 14 R11 3 6 7 4 2 R22 2 1 2 1 2 1 6 R15 16 R21 13 19
4 Claude Bourbonnais  Canada Forsythe Racing 24 NQ 8 7 1 R16 2 R18 5 8 4 3 9 4 6 2 6 2 9 R20 7 1 2 3
5 Mark Hotchkis  United States 2 3 11 9 5 3 6 2 1 1 7 9 14 10 1 R18 11 9 7 R19 10 3 6 7
6 Alex Padilla  United States 12 17 7 5 19 R15 - - 18 17 6 2 5 2 7 R20 7 5 4 3 2 4 5 4
7 Hélio Castro-Neves  Brazil Tasman Motorsports (18) NS 5 4 7 R17 15 5 10 11 12 R17 8 8 5 3 3 R23 1 1 3 R10 4 2
8  United States Genoa Racing 3 4 10 10 2 1 7 7 2 R19 9 6 12 12 16 16 14 R15 12 7 5 R18 7 9
9 José Luis Di Palma  Argentina Tasman Motorsports 13 15 4 6 9 6 14 8 14 14 10 4 15 11 8 7 13 8 5 11 8 6 19 13
10 Chris Simmons  United States Team Green 4 2 16 R23 8 4 11 12 3 5 17 7 11 R21 13 11 16 R14 13 R17 13 7 11 12
11 Jeff Ward  United States 8 5 13 8 4 5 9 3 (7) NS 8 11 6 R17 4 13 1 R20 3 R16 1 R20 3 5
12 Greg Ray  United States Team Green 7 7 14 11 12 R18 12 15 4 2 19 8 13 6 12 10 19 R16 8 6 17 R17 15 16
13 Shigeaki Hattori  Japan 11 9 27 NQ 6 10 8 R19 9 6 14 13 16 7 9 9 5 4 15 8 15 R16 16 14
14 Hideki Noda  Japan Indy Regency Racing 14 11 9 R16 10 7 17 13 8 12 11 R16 4 R20 10 5 9 3 14 12 4 R13 8 15
15 Robby Unser  United States PacWest Lights 16 13 24 R15 13 R14 5 4 12 10 18 10 21 15 - - 17 10 17 9 12 R14 18 20
16  Canada Forsythe Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 7 10 5 11 11 10 10
17 Felipe Giaffone  Brazil 17 14 15 R24 15 R13 13 10 11 9 15 R18 3 R16 13 6 - - - -
9 R22 12 8
Nick Firestone  United States - - - - - - 10 11 16 16 16 R20 18 9 14 4 15 R19 - - - - - -
19 Jack Miller  United States 19 21 17 R18 18 6 20 R20 19 18 22 R15 19 19 20 14 21 R21 20 10 22 9 22 23
 South Africa - - - - - - - - - - 3 5 10 R18 - - - - - - - - 14 11
21  Paraguay - - 19 R20 17 9 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22  Mexico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 12 10 12 18 13 21 8 17 17
23 Doug Boyer  United States 6 8 6 R22 ? NQ 19 16 15 13 13 R19 - - - - - - - - ? NS - -
Casey Mears  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 8 - - - - - - - -
25 Robbie Buhl  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 11 - - - - - -
Rodolfo Lavín, Jr.  Mexico 18 16 22 R19 ? NQ 18 14 17 15 21 12 20 14 21 15 21 R13 19 R18 20 R12 20 21
27  Brazil 15 12 18 R25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 United States - - 26 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ? NS 23 22
-  Brazil - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 13 17 R17 18 R18 - - - - - -
- Mattias Andersson  Sweden 21 20 21 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-  Canada - - - - - - - - - - 20 14 - - - - 23 R17 - - - - - -
-  Brazil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 R14 19 R19 21 18
- Andy Boss  United States Performance Racing 20 19 20 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-  United States Performance Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 R15 - -
- Niclas Jönsson  Sweden - - 25 R17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-  Colombia 10 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-  United States - - - - 16 R19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Paulo Carcasci  Brazil - - 12 R21 - - 21 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 R15 - -
-  Paraguay 22 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-  United States ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 R22 - - - - - -
-  United States 23 23 - - (20) NS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

References[]

  1. ^ "Standings".
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