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1996 U.S. 500

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CART race number 6 of 16
Sunday, May 26, 1996 at Michigan Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:11:48
Average speed: 156.403 mph
Pole speed: 232.025 mph

Cautions: 12 for 78 laps
Margin of victory: 10.995 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 1996 CART results / 1996 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	12	Jimmy Vasser	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	250	1145000	running	35	21
2	14	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood Cigarettes (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Ford	250	250000	running	9	16
3	20	34	Roberto Moreno	Data Control (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	249	100000	running	2	14
4	6	31	Andre Ribeiro	LCI International (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	249		running	33	12
5	19	21	Mark Blundell	VISA / PacWest (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Ford	249		running	0	10
6	18	10	Eddie Lawson	Delco Electronics (Rick Galles)	Lola / Mercedes	249		running	0	8
7	7	3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	248		running	0	6
8	5	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	246		running	0	5
9	13	8	Gil de Ferran	Pennzoil (Hall Racing)	Reynard / Honda	245		running	0	4
10	8	9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Mobil 1 / Marlboro (Hogan Penske Racing)	Reynard / Mercedes	241		running	0	3
11	16	49	Parker Johnstone	Motorola (Brix Comptech Racing)	Reynard / Honda	236		gearbox	35	2
12	12	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart / Budweiser (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Ford	232		engine	0	1
17	4	4	Alex Zanardi	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	175		engine	134	1
13	17	99	Greg Moore	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Ford	225		engine	2
14	25	19	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic / Duskin (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	217		running	0
15	3	28	Bryan Herta	Shell (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Mercedes	216		engine	0
16	22	16	Stefan Johansson	Alumax Aluminum (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	Reynard / Mercedes	195		engine	0
18	24	25	Jeff Krosnoff	Arciero-Wells Racing (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	143		engine	0
19	15	18	Bobby Rahal	Miller (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Mercedes	130		crash	0
20	21	5	Robby Gordon	Valvoline / Cummins (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Ford	94		engine	0
21	27	26	Gary Bettenhausen	Alumax Aluminum (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	Penske / Mercedes	79		crash	0
22	26	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Castrol (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Toyota	69		engine	0
23	11	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Texaco-Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Ford	67		cv joint	0
24	10	1	Raul Boesel	Brahma (Brahma Sports Team)	Reynard / Ford	54		electrical	0
25	23	15	Fredrik Ekblom	Valvoline DuraBlend (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Ford	11		engine	0
26	9	20	Scott Pruett	Firestone (Pat Patrick)	Lola / Ford	3		engine	0
27	2	32	Adrian Fernandez	Tecate Beer / Quaker State (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	0		crash	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
WD	Teo Fabi	37	PacWest	Bruce McCaw	Reynard / Ford
WD	P.J. Jones	98	All American Racers	Dan Gurney	Eagle / Toyota

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3
	4	7	4	#20 engine
	8	11	4
	12	14	3	#15 engine
	15	23	9
	24	28	5	debris turn 1
	29	47	19
	48	54	7	#36 slow on track
	55	84	30
	85	96	12	#26 accident turn 4
	97	128	32
	129	138	10	#18 brushed wall backstretch
	139	145	7
	146	153	8	#25 engine
	154	162	9
	163	167	5	#99 spun turn 2
	168	175	8
	176	183	8	#4 engine
	184	208	25
	209	215	7	#49 tow-in
	216	216	1
	217	221	5	#28 stopped on track
	222	224	3
	225	228	4	#99 engine
	229	250	22
Percent of race run under caution: 31.2% Average green flag run: 13.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jimmy Vasser	1	18	18
Alex Zanardi	19	25	7
Mauricio Gugelmin	26	28	3
Roberto Moreno	29	30	2
Mauricio Gugelmin	31	36	6
Alex Zanardi	37	163	127
Greg Moore	164	165	2
Parker Johnstone	166	199	34
Jimmy Vasser	200	206	7
Parker Johnstone	207	207	1
Andre Ribeiro	208	240	33
Jimmy Vasser	241	250	10

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Jimmy Vasser	94
2	Al Unser, Jr.	58	-36
3	Scott Pruett	49	-45
4	Andre Ribeiro	38	-56
5	Gil de Ferran	37	-57
6	Greg Moore	36	-58
7	Christian Fittipaldi	33	-61
8	Michael Andretti	31	-63
8	Paul Tracy	31	-63
10	Mauricio Gugelmin	28	-66
11	Bobby Rahal	26	-68
12	Roberto Moreno	24	-70
13	Parker Johnstone	18	-76
13	Eddie Lawson	18	-76
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	17	-77
16	Alex Zanardi	15	-79
17	Robby Gordon	14	-80
18	Adrian Fernandez	13	-81
19	Mark Blundell	10	-84
20	Stefan Johansson	8	-86
21	Raul Boesel	6	-88