Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Date: Sunday, September 15, 1996
Start time: 2:00 PM PDT
Weather: unknown
IRL historical: #2 of 10 in 1997 season, IRL race #5 overall
Track historical: IRL race #1, Indy car race #1 at this track
Track configuration: 1.5-mile trioval, flat track
Wing package: N/A (old cars)
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Fin St Qual Car C/E/T Driver Entrant Laps Status Laps Pts
Spd # Led
1 8 221.511 4 R/F/G Ritchie Hearn DellaPenna 200 Running 90 36
2 22 212.615 22 L/F/G Michel Jourdain Scandia 200 Running 33
3 6 222.359 10 R/F/F Mike Groff Byrd-C'ham 199 Running 32
4 9 220.687 21 R/F/G Roberto Guerrero Pagan 198 Running 31
5 18 215.139 33 R/F/G Michele Alboreto Scandia 197 Running 30
6 16 215.991 12 R/F/F Buzz Calkins Bradley 197 Running 29
7 13 217.672 7 L/F/G Eliseo Salazar Scandia 196 Running 28
8 15 216.285 54 L/F/F Robbie Buhl Beck 195 Running 27
9 24 210.190 40 L/F/G Marco Greco Scandia 191 Running 26
10 23 211.243 34 L/F/G Affonso Giaffone Scandia 191 Running 25
11 5 222.818 14 L/F/G Davey Hamilton Foyt 187 Running 24
12 11 219.646 6 R/F/F Johnny OÕConnell Treadway 183 Crash FS 3 23
13 19 214.968 27 L/M/F Jim Guthrie Blueprint 182 Running 22
14 3 223.371 50 R/F/G Robby Gordon Walker 179 Engine 60 21
15 12 219.477 18 L/M/G John Paul Jr. PDM 170 Running 22 20
16 7 222.332 1 L/F/G Scott Sharp PDM 168 Whl Bearing 19
17 10 219.718 3 L/M/F Mark Dismore Menard 149 Crash T4 18
18 21 213.161 30 L/F/G Stan Wattles McCormack 119 Crash T4 17
19 28 181.208 15 L/B/G J. C. Carbonell Tempero 112 Overheating 16
20 1 226.491 5 R/F/F Arie Luyendyk Treadway 106 Crash T1 25 17
21 2 224.225 2 L/M/F Tony Stewart Menard 77 Crash T2 14
22 20 213.624 64 R/F/G Johnny Unser Proj. Indy 67 Whl Bearing 13
23 14 217.496 28 L/M/G Tyce Carlson PDM 53 Crash T2 12
24 4 222.938 91 R/F/F Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn 35 Handling 11
25 27 222.938 51 L/M/G Eddie Cheever Cheever 27 Crash T2 10
26 25 209.978 8 L/F/G Stephan Gregoire Scandia 27 Crash T2 9
27 26 205.958 9 R/F/F Brad Murphey Hemelgarn 26 Crash T2 8
28 17 215.853 16 L/B/F Johnny Parsons Jr. Blueprint 7 Crash T4 7
Laps under green: 125 of 200 laps (62.5%)
Caution flags: 9 for 75 laps (37.5%)
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Red flags: 1 for 20 minutes
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Lead changes:
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C/E/T finish averages (# started / avg finish):
Lola: 17 / 15.8
Reynard: 11 / 12.5
Buick: 2 / 23.5
Ford Cosworth: 20 / 12.3
Menard: 6 / 19.0
Firestone: 11 / 16.3
Goodyear: 17 / 13.4