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U.S. 500

Sunday, May 26, 1996


Track:   Brooklyn, MI
Track Type:   Paved Oval Lap Distance: 2.000 Miles
Race Distance:   500 Miles Margin of Victory: 10.995 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Jimmy Vasser 232.025 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   1   12   Jimmy Vasser   Reynard 96   0:31.031   250   3:11:48.712 156.403
  Target   Honda   232.025 mph  
  2   14   17   Mauricio Gugelmin   Reynard 96   0:31.911   250   3:11:59.707 156.254
  Hollywood   FordXB   225.625 mph  
  3   20   34   Roberto Moreno   Lola T9600   0:32.513   249   Flagged
  The Data Control Car   FordXB   221.447 mph  
  4   6   31   Andre Ribeiro   Lola T9600   0:31.344   249   Flagged
  LCI International   Honda   229.710 mph  
  5   19   21   Mark Blundell   Reynard 96   0:32.508   249   Flagged
  VISA/PacWest   FordXB   221.487 mph  
  6   18   10   Eddie Lawson   Lola T9600   0:32.488   249   Flagged
  Delco Electronics   Merced   221.618 mph  
  7   7   3   Paul Tracy   PC-25/96   0:31.444   248   Flagged
  Marlboro   Merced   228.980 mph  
  8   5   2   Al Unser, Jr   PC-25/96   0:31.275   246   Flagged
  Marlboro   Merced   230.213 mph  
  9   13   8   Gil de Ferran   Reynard 96   0:31.864   245   Flagged
  Pennzoil Special   Honda   225.957 mph  
  10   8   9   Emerson Fittipaldi   PC-25/96   0:31.604   241   Flagged
  Marlboro   Merced   227.816 mph  
  11   16   49   Parker Johnstone   Reynard 96   0:32.090   236   Broken gearbox
  Motorola   Honda   224.372 mph  
  12   12   11   Christian Fittipaldi   Lola T9600   0:31.824   232   Engine
  Kmart/Budweiser   FordXD   226.246 mph  
  13   17   99   Greg Moore   Reynard 96   0:32.139   225   Engine
  Player's Ltd/Indeck   FordXB   224.025 mph  
  14   25   19   Hiro Matsushita   Lola T9600   0:33.326   217   Flagged
  Panasonic/DUSKIN   FordXB   216.048 mph  
  15   3   28   Bryan Herta   Reynard 96   0:31.199   216   Engine
  Shell   Merced   230.774 mph  
  16   22   16   Stefan Johansson   Reynard 96   0:32.865   195   Engine
  Alumax Aluminum   Merced   219.081 mph  
  17   4   4   Alex Zanardi   Reynard 96   0:31.202   175   Engine
  Target   Honda   230.751 mph  
  18   24   25   Jeff Krosnoff   Reynard 96   0:33.128   143   Engine
  Arciero/Wells Racing   Toyota   217.341 mph  
  19   15   18   Bobby Rahal   Reynard 96   0:31.934   130   Wrecked
  Miller Genuine Draft   Merced   225.464 mph  
  20   21   5   Robby Gordon   Reynard 96   0:32.597   94   Engine
  Valvoline/Cummins   FordXD   220.877 mph  
  21   27   26   Gary Bettenhausen   PC-94   0:34.515   79   Wrecked
      Mreced   208.607 mph  
  22   26   36   Juan Fangio II   Eagle MK V   0:34.371   69   Engine
  All American Racers   Toyota   209.476 mph  
  23   11   6   Michael Andretti   Lola T9600   0:31.774   67   CV joint
  Kmart/Texaco Havoline   FordXD   226.602 mph  
  24   10   1   Raul Boesel   Reynard 96   0:31.640   54   Electrical
  Brahma Sports Car   FordXD   227.561 mph  
  25   23   15   Fredrik Ekblom   Reynard 96   0:32.952   11   Engine
  Valvoline DuraBlend   FordXD   218.501 mph  
  26   9   20   Scott Pruett   Lola T9600   0:31.618   3   Engine
  Firestone Patrick Racing   FordXD   227.718 mph  
          32   Adrian Fernandez   Lola T9600   0:31.154   0   Wrecked pacelap
  Tecate/Quaker State   Honda   231.108 mph  
          98   P.J. Jones   Eagle 96       0   Withdrew
  All American Racers   Topyot      
          37   Teo Fabi   Reynard 96       0   Withdrew
  PacWest   FordXB      

Race Information

1) 12 cars wrecked on pacelap. All restarted, either with repaired cars or backup cars, except for Fernandez. 2) Yellow flags: 3-6, Pruett blown engine; 11-14, Ekblom blown engine; 23-27, Debris on course; 47-53, Fangio tow-in; 84-96, Bettenhausen wrecked turn 4; 128-137, Rahal wrecked turn 3; 147-152, Fluid on course; 160-166, Moore spun turn 2; 175-182, Zanardi blown engine; 209-214, Johnstone tow-in; 217-220, Herta tow-in; 224-227, Moore blown engine. Total of 78 laps.

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Roberto Moreno 2 29-30
Greg Moore 2 164-165
Mauricio Gugelmin 9 26-28, 31-36
Andre Ribeiro 33 208-240
Jimmy Vasser 35 1-18, 200-206, 241-250
Parker Johnstone 35 166-199, 207
Alex Zanardi 134 19-25, 37-163
Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved

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