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1996-02 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 2 of 12 Sunday, April 14, 1996 at Long Beach Street Circuit, Long Beach, CA 44 laps on a 1.590 mile street course (69.960 miles) Time of race: 0:54:18 Average speed: 77.308 mph Pole speed: 99.726 mph Cautions: 4 for 14 laps Margin of victory: 1.645 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1996 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results   /   1996 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 2 33   Dave Empringham Player's / Indeck   (Forsythe Racing) Lola / Buick 44 running 44 21 2 3 37   Tony Kanaan Marlboro Lola / Buick 44 running 0 16 3 1 3   Gualter Salles Kibon / Tang / STP Lola / Buick 44 running 0 15 4 5 39   Helio Castroneves Marlboro Lola / Buick 44 running 0 12 5 7 11   Alex Padilla SP Aviation   (Team Medlin) Lola / Buick 44 running 0 10 6 4 38   Jose Luis DiPalma Marlboro Lola / Buick 44 running 0 8 7 8 66   Claude Bourbonnais Players Ltd. / Indeck   (Forsythe Racing) Lola / Buick 44 running 0 6 8 13 32   Jeff Ward Primm Investment Co. Lola / Buick 44 running 0 5 9 11 23   Mark Hotchkis Fountainhead Water   (Mark Weida) Lola / Buick 44 running 0 4 10 10 24   Dave DeSilva DeSilva Gates Construction   (Angelo Ferro) Lola / Buick 44 running 0 3 11 14 27   Greg Ray Kool Car   (Team Green) Lola / Buick 44 running 0 2 12 26 34   Shan Groff Husqvarna / Capital Access Lola / Buick 44 running 0 1 13 21 2   Mattias Andersson Sharp / STP Lola / Buick 43 running 0 0 14 20 9   Andy Boss Cross Writing Instruments Lola / Buick 43 running 0 0 15 24 10   Robby Unser ADT Automotive   (PacWest Motorsports) Lola / Buick 39 crash 0 0 16 9 28   Hideki Noda Tenoras / Greddy   (Indy Regency Team) Lola / Buick 39 engine 0 0 17 25 35   Niclas Jonsson Husqvarna / Capital Access Lola / Buick 30 crash 0 0 18 17 61   Jack Miller Crest Lola / Buick 26 crash 0 0 19 22 77   Rodolfo Lavin Corona / America Batteries Lola / Buick 26 crash 0 0 20 19 89   Roque Aranda Breman Beer Lola / Buick 20 electrical 0 0 21 12 88   Paolo Carcasci Papirus Lola / Buick 17 clutch 0 0 22 6 20   Doug Boyer Red Line Oil   (Summit Motorsports) Lola / Buick 10 crash 0 0 23 16 26   Chris Simmons Kool Car   (Team Green) Lola / Buick 1 crash 0 0 24 15 4   Felipe Giaffone Noran / Bieffe Lola / Buick 0 crash 0 0 25 18 17   Jose Cordova Newport Lola / Buick 0 crash 0 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Shigeaki Hattori 31 Tobi Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 5 4   #26,4,17 accident   6 11 6     12 15 4   #89,9,24 accident   16 26 11     27 29 3   #61,77 accident   30 30 1     31 33 3   #35 accident   34 44 11       Percent of race run under caution: 31.8%             Average green flag run: 6.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dave Empringham 1 44 44 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dave Empringham 43     2   Gualter Salles 23   -20   3   Tony Kanaan 19   -24   4   Mark Hotchkis 18   -25   5   Chris Simmons 16   -27   6   Dave DeSilva 15   -28   6   Jeff Ward 15   -28   8   Helio Castroneves 12   -31   9   Alex Padilla 10   -33   10   Jose Luis DiPalma 8   -35   10   Greg Ray 8   -35   12   Claude Bourbonnais 6   -37   13   Doug Boyer 5   -38   14   Shigeaki Hattori 4   -39   15   Hideki Noda 2   -41   16   Jose Cordova 1   -42   16   Shan Groff 1   -42