1996 U.S. 500

Race 6 of 16

Michigan
250 laps
Time of race: 3:11:48.712
Average speed of winner: 156.403 mph
Margin of victory: 10.995 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 78 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Zanardi 233.493
Lap leaders: Vasser 1-18, Zanardi 19-25, Gugelmin 26-28, Moreno 29-30, Gugelmin 31-36, Zanardi 37-163, Moore 164-165, Johnstone 166-199, Vasser 200-206, Johnstone 207, Ribeiro 208-240, Vasser 241-250

Race notes: Finale for Gary Bettenhausen and Fredrik Ekblom.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	232.025	250	3	35	flagged	21
2	14	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	PacWest	225.625	250	2	9	flagged	16
3	20	Roberto Moreno	34	The Data Control Car	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	221.447	249	1	2	flagged	14
4	6	André Ribeiro	31	LCI International	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	229.710	249	1	33	flagged	12
5	19	Mark Blundell	21	VISA/PacWest	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	PacWest	221.487	249	0	0	flagged	10
6	18	Eddie Lawson	10	Delco Electronics	Lola	Mercedes	Goodyear	Galles	221.618	249	0	0	flagged	8
7	7	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	228.980	248	0	0	flagged	6
8	5	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	230.213	246	0	0	flagged	5
9	13	Gil de Ferran	8	Pennzoil Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Hall	225.957	245	0	0	flagged	4
10	8	Emerson Fittipaldi	9	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Hogan	227.816	241	0	0	flagged	3
11	16	Parker Johnstone	49	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Comptech	224.372	236	2	35	gearbox	2
12	12	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	226.246	232	0	0	engine	1
13	17	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Forsythe	224.025	225	1	2	engine	0
14	25	Hiro Matsushita	19	Panasonic-Duskin	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	216.048	217	0	0	flagged	0
15	3	Bryan Herta	28	Shell	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Rahal	230.774	216	0	0	engine	0
16	22	Stefan Johansson	16	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	219.081	195	0	0	engine	0
17	4	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	230.751	175	2	134	engine	1
18	24	Jeff Krosnoff	25	Arciero/Wells Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	217.341	143	0	0	engine	0
19	15	Bobby Rahal	18	Miller Genuine Draft	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Rahal	225.464	130	0	0	contact	0
20	21	Robby Gordon	5	Valvoline/Cummins	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Walker	220.877	94	0	0	engine	0
21	27	Gary Bettenhausen	26	Bettenhausen Motorsports	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	208.607	79	0	0	contact	0
22	26	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	All American Racers	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	209.476	69	0	0	engine	0
23	11	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	226.602	67	0	0	CV joint	0
24	10	Raul Boesel	1	Brahma Sports Car	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Green	227.561	54	0	0	electrical	0
25	23	Fredrik Ekblom	15	Valvoline DuraBlend	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Walker	218.501	11	0	0	engine	0
26	9	Scott Pruett	20	Firestone/Patrick Racing	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	227.718	3	0	0	engine	0
27	2	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	231.108	0	0	0	DNS (accident)	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Jimmy Vasser	94	6	2	4	4
2	Al Unser, Jr.	58	6	0	0	3
3	Scott Pruett	49	6	0	0	2
4	André Ribeiro	38	6	0	1	1
5	Gil de Ferran	37	6	1	0	1
6	Greg Moore	36	6	0	0	2
7	Christian Fittipaldi	33	6	0	0	0
8	Michael Andretti	31	6	0	1	1
9	Paul Tracy	31	6	2	0	0
10	Mauricio Gugelmin	28	6	0	0	1
11	Bobby Rahal	26	6	0	0	0
12	Roberto Moreno	24	6	0	0	1
13	Parker Johnstone	18	5	0	0	1
14	Eddie Lawson	18	6	0	0	0
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	17	6	0	0	0
16	Alex Zanardi	15	6	1	0	0
17	Robby Gordon	14	6	0	0	1
18	Adrián Fernández	13	6	0	0	0
19	Mark Blundell	10	3	0	0	0
20	Stefan Johansson	8	6	0	0	0
21	Raul Boesel	6	6	0	0	0
22	Bryan Herta	6	6	0	0	0
23	Hiro Matsushita	3	6	0	0	0
24	Richie Hearn	3	1	0	0	0
25	Scott Goodyear	1	1	0	0	0