1996 Indy Racing League

01 Jan 1996 Indy Racing League

Posted at 20:26h in IndyCar Series Seasons by GP Archivist

The 1996 Indy Racing League consisted of 3 races, held at 3 circuits across the United States of America. Buzz Calkins won the Drivers’ Championship.

1996 Races

Round	Date	Event	Circuit	Track Type	Winner	Car/Engine	Avg. Speed
1	27 January 1996	Indy 200 at Walt Disney World	Walt Disney World Speedway	Oval	Buzz Calkins	Reynard/Ford	128.325
2	24 March 1996	Dura Lube 200	Phoenix Raceway	Oval	Arie Luyendyk	Reynard/Ford	117.386
3	26 May 1996	80th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Oval	Buddy Lazier	Reynard/Ford	130.934

1996 Driver Standings

Pos.	Driver	WDW	PHX	IND	Points
1	Buzz Calkins	105	87	54	246
2	Scott Sharp	72	99	75	246
3	Robbie Buhl	96	66	78	240
4	Roberto Guerrero	90	57	90	237
5	Richie Hearn	48	93	96	237
6	Mike Groff	87	96	45	228
7	Arie Luyendyk	63	105	57	225
8	Tony Stewart	99	72	33	204
9	Davey Hamilton	69	54	69	192
10	Johnny O'Connell	84	90	18	192
11	Michele Alboreto	93	81	15	189
12	Lyn St. James	81	42	63	186
13	Stephan Gregoire	57	84	24	165
14	Buddy Lazier	54	0	105	159
15	John Paul Jr.	78	63	12	153
16	Eddie Cheever Jr.	75	0	72	147
17	Johnny Parsons	51	69	21	141
18	Scott Brayton	60	51	0	111
19	Dave Kudrave	30	50	0	80
20	Jim Guthrie	0	40	34	74
21	Michel Jourdain Jr.	0	30	44	74
22	Fermin Velez	0	32	28	60
23	Eliseo Salazar	0	0	58	58
24	Johnny Unser	0	52	4	56
25	Stan Wattles	44	0	0	44
26	Davey Jones	0	0	33	33
27	Paul Durant	0	26	6	32
28	Alessandro Zampedri	0	0	31	31
29	Danny Ongais	0	0	28	28
30	Hideshi Matsuda	0	0	27	27
31	Racin Gardner	0	0	20	20
32	Scott Harrington	0	0	20	20
33	Mark Dismore	0	0	16	16
34	Joe Gosek	0	0	13	13
35	Brad Murphey	0	0	12	12
36	Marco Greco	0	0	9	9