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1996-01 Previous race results Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 1 of 12 Sunday, March 3, 1996 at Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead, FL 37 laps on a 1.527 mile paved track (56.499 miles) Time of race: 0:31:52 Average speed: 106.394 mph Pole speed: 167.229 mph Cautions: 2 for 18 laps Margin of victory: .982 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1996 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results   /   1996 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 33   Dave Empringham Player's / Indeck   (Forsythe Racing) Lola / Buick 37 running 37 22 2 4 26   Chris Simmons Kool Car   (Team Green) Lola / Buick 37 running 0 16 3 2 23   Mark Hotchkis Fountainhead Water   (Mark Weida) Lola / Buick 37 running 0 14 4 3 24   Dave DeSilva DeSilva Gates Construction   (Angelo Ferro) Lola / Buick 37 running 0 12 5 8 32   Jeff Ward Primm Investment Co. Lola / Buick 37 running 0 10 6 5 3   Gualter Salles Kibon / Tang / STP Lola / Buick 37 running 0 8 7 7 27   Greg Ray Kool Car   (Team Green) Lola / Buick 37 running 0 6 8 6 20   Doug Boyer Red Line Oil   (Summit Motorsports) Lola / Buick 37 running 0 5 9 11 31   Shigeaki Hattori Tobi Lola / Buick 37 running 0 4 10 9 37   Tony Kanaan Marlboro Lola / Buick 37 running 0 3 11 14 28   Hideki Noda Tenoras / Greddy   (Indy Regency Team) Lola / Buick 37 running 0 2 12 15 17   Jose Cordova Newport Lola / Buick 37 running 0 1 13 16 10   Robby Unser ADT Automotive   (PacWest Motorsports) Lola / Buick 37 running 0 0 14 17 4   Felipe Giaffone Noran / Bieffe Lola / Buick 37 running 0 0 15 13 38   Jose Luis DiPalma Marlboro Lola / Buick 37 running 0 0 16 19 77   Rodolfo Lavin Corona / America Batteries Lola / Buick 37 running 0 0 17 12 11   Alex Padilla SP Aviation   (Team Medlin) Lola / Buick 37 running 0 0 18 10 88   Diego Guzman – Lola / Buick 37 running 0 0 19 21 9   Andy Boss Cross Writing Instruments Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 20 22 2   Mattias Andersson Sharp / STP Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 21 20 61   Jack Miller Crest Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 22 23 89   Danny Candia Breman Beer Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 23 24 34   Harry Puterbaugh – Lola / Buick 35 running 0 0 24 18 39   Helio Castroneves Marlboro Lola / Buick 0 did not start 0 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Claude Bourbonnais 66 Player's Ltd. Indeck Forsythe Racing Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 5 4   debris   6 17 12     18 31 14   rain   32 37 6       Percent of race run under caution: 48.6%             Average green flag run: 6.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dave Empringham 1 37 37 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dave Empringham 22     2   Chris Simmons 16   -6   3   Mark Hotchkis 14   -8   4   Dave DeSilva 12   -10   5   Jeff Ward 10   -12   6   Gualter Salles 8   -14   7   Greg Ray 6   -16   8   Doug Boyer 5   -17   9   Shigeaki Hattori 4   -18   10   Tony Kanaan 3   -19   11   Hideki Noda 2   -20   12   Jose Cordova 1   -21