Indy Racing League 1996
The 1996 IRL season was the first season of the US Indy Racing League . It began on January 27, 1996 in Orlando and ended on May 26, 1996 in Indianapolis . The championship title won Scott Sharp and Buzz Calkins , who ended the season tied.
Race results
date | route | winner | team | Pole position |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 27th | Orlando | Buzz Calkins | Bradley Motorsports | Buddy Lazier |
March 24th | Phoenix | Aria Luyendyk | Byrd Leberle Treadway Racing | Aria Luyendyk |
May 26 | Indianapolis | Buddy Lazier | Hemelgarn Racing | Tony Stewart |
Score
driver
Pl. | driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1. | Buzz Calkins | 246 |
Scott Sharp | 246 | |
3. | Robbie Buhl | 240 |
4th | Richie Hearn | 237 |
Roberto Guerrero | 237 | |
6th | Mike Groff | 228 |
7th | Aria Luyendyk | 225 |
8th. | Tony Stewart | 204 |
9. | Davey Hamilton | 192 |
Johnny O'Connell | 192 | |
11. | Michele Alboreto | 189 |
12. | Lyn St. James | 186 |
Pl. | driver | Points |
---|---|---|
13. | Stéphan Grégoire | 165 |
14th | Buddy Lazier | 159 |
15th | John paul jr. | 153 |
16. | Eddie Cheever | 147 |
17th | Johnny Parsons | 141 |
18th | Scott Brayton | 111 |
19th | Dave Kudrave | 80 |
20th | Jim Guthrie | 74 |
Michel Jourdain junior | 74 | |
22nd | Fermín Vélez | 60 |
23. | Eliseo Salazar | 58 |
24. | Johnny Unser | 56 |
Pl. | driver | Points |
---|---|---|
25th | Stan Wattles | 44 |
26th | Davy Jones | 33 |
27. | Paul Durant | 32 |
28. | Alessandro Zampedri | 31 |
29 | Danny Ongais | 28 |
30th | Hideshi Matsuda | 27 |
31. | Racin Gardner | 20th |
Scott Harrington | 20th | |
33. | Mark Dismore | 16 |
34. | Joe Gosek | 13 |
35. | Brad Murphy | 12 |
36. | Marco Greco | 9 |