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1996-12 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 12 of 12 Sunday, September 8, 1996 at Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA 34 laps on a 2.238 mile road course (76.092 miles) Time of race: 0:43:56 Average speed: 103.926 mph Pole speed: 106.334 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: .317 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1996 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results   /   1996 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 37   Tony Kanaan Marlboro Lola / Buick 34 running 34 22 2 4 39   Helio Castroneves Kiboa / Hudson Oil Lola / Buick 34 running 0 16 3 2 66   Claude Bourbonnais Players Ltd. / Indeck   (Forsythe Racing) Lola / Buick 34 running 0 14 4 5 11   Alex Padilla SP Aviation / Valvoline   (Team Medlin) Lola / Buick 34 running 0 12 5 3 32   Jeff Ward Primm Investment Co. Lola / Buick 34 running 0 10 6 9 33   Dave Empringham Player's / Indeck   (Forsythe Racing) Lola / Buick 34 running 0 8 7 6 23   Mark Hotchkis Fountainhead Water   (Mark Weida) Lola / Buick 34 running 0 6 8 12 2   Felipe Giaffone STP / Premier National Lease Lola / Buick 34 running 0 5 9 7 24   Dave DeSilva DeSilva Gates Construction   (Angelo Ferro) Lola / Buick 34 running 0 4 10 10 99   Bertrand Godin Player's / Indeck   (Forsythe Racing) Lola / Buick 34 running 0 3 11 14 17   Jaki Scheckter FRE / Kreepy Krawly Lola / Buick 34 running 0 2 12 11 26   Chris Simmons Kool Car   (Team Green) Lola / Buick 34 running 0 1 13 19 38   Jose Luis DiPalma Marlboro Lola / Buick 34 running 0 0 14 16 31   Shigeaki Hattori Sesmat / Ibaraki Lola / Buick 34 running 0 0 15 8 28   Hideki Noda Tenoras / Greddy   (Indy Regency Team) Lola / Buick 34 running 0 0 16 15 27   Greg Ray Kool Car   (Team Green) Lola / Buick 33 running 0 0 17 17 88   Freddy Van Beuren Herdez Viva Mexico Lola / Buick 33 running 0 0 18 21 4   Jose Giaffone Banco Sofisa Lola / Buick 33 running 0 0 19 13 3   Gualter Salles Premier National Lease Lola / Buick 33 running 0 0 20 18 12   Robby Unser ADT Automotive   (PacWest Motorsports) Lola / Buick 33 running 0 0 21 20 77   Rodolfo Lavin Corona / America Batteries Lola / Buick 33 running 0 0 22 23 34   Shan Groff Husqvarna / Capital Assets Lola / Buick 32 running 0 0 23 22 61   Jack Miller Crest Lola / Buick 31 running 0 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tony Kanaan 1 34 34 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dave Empringham 148     2   Tony Kanaan 113   -35   3   Gualter Salles 108   -40   4   Claude Bourbonnais 104   -44   5   Mark Hotchkis 102   -46   6   Alex Padilla 90   -58   7   Helio Castroneves 84   -64   8   Dave DeSilva 61   -87   9   Jose Luis DiPalma 56   -92   10   Chris Simmons 54   -94   11   Jeff Ward 53   -95   12   Greg Ray 48   -100   13   Shigeaki Hattori 42   -106   14   Hideki Noda 34   -114   15   Robby Unser 25   -123   16   Bertrand Godin 21   -127   17   Felipe Giaffone 20   -128   18   Nick Firestone 18   -130   19   Jaki Scheckter 12   -136   19   Jack Miller 12   -136   21   Roque Aranda 8   -140