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1996 Australian Indy Car Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 3 of 16 Sunday, March 31, 1996 at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland 65 laps on a 2.794 mile street course (181.610 miles) Time of race: 2:00:46 Average speed: 90.218 mph Pole speed: 105.583 mph Cautions: 5 for 13 laps Margin of victory: 7.748 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1996 CART results   /   1996 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 12   Jimmy Vasser Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 65   running 60 22 2 2 20   Scott Pruett Firestone   (Pat Patrick) Lola / Ford 65   running 5 16 3 8 99   Greg Moore Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 65   running 0 14 4 11 17   Mauricio Gugelmin Hollywood Cigarettes   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Ford 65   running 0 12 5 6 11   Christian Fittipaldi Kmart / Budweiser   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Ford 65   running 0 10 6 20 16   Stefan Johansson Alumax Aluminum   (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.) Reynard / Mercedes 65   running 0 8 7 22 10   Eddie Lawson Delco Electronics   (Rick Galles) Lola / Mercedes 65   running 0 6 8 9 31   Andre Ribeiro LCI International   (Steve Horne) Lola / Honda 65   running 0 5 9 16 2   Al Unser, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 64   running 0 4 10 25 19   Hiro Matsushita Panasonic / Duskin   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 64   running 0 3 11 12 8   Gil de Ferran Pennzoil   (Hall Racing) Reynard / Honda 63   fuel 0 2 12 19 34   Roberto Moreno Data Control / Mi-Jack   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 61   running 0 1 13 15 1   Raul Boesel Brahma   (Brahma Sports Team) Reynard / Ford 60   fuel 0   14 21 22   Carlos Guerrero Herdez   (Scandia Simon Racing) Lola / Ford 48   crash 0   15 23 36   Juan Manuel Fangio II Castrol   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Toyota 46   fuel 0   16 14 5   Robby Gordon Valvoline / Cummins   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Ford 45   electrical 0   17 17 28   Bryan Herta Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Mercedes 40   pit fire 0   18 24 25   Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Toyota 38   crash 0   19 5 6   Michael Andretti Kmart / Texaco-Havoline   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Ford 36   electrical 0   20 13 18   Bobby Rahal Miller   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Mercedes 33   transmission 0   21 3 4   Alex Zanardi Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 31   transmission 0   22 4 3   Paul Tracy Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 16   crash 0   23 10 32   Adrian Fernandez Tecate Beer / Quaker State   (Steve Horne) Lola / Honda 14   crash 0   24 7 49   Parker Johnstone Motorola   (Brix Comptech Racing) Reynard / Honda 10   crash 0   25 18 9   Emerson Fittipaldi Mobil 1 / Marlboro   (Hogan Penske Racing) Penske / Mercedes 8   engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jimmy Vasser 1 36 36   Scott Pruett 37 41 5   Jimmy Vasser 42 65 24 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jimmy Vasser 47     2   Scott Pruett 42   -5   3   Christian Fittipaldi 28   -19   4   Andre Ribeiro 25   -22   4   Al Unser, Jr. 25   -22   6   Gil de Ferran 21   -26   7   Greg Moore 20   -27   8   Bobby Rahal 18   -29   9   Robby Gordon 14   -33   9   Alex Zanardi 14   -33   11   Mauricio Gugelmin 12   -35   12   Stefan Johansson 8   -39   13   Eddie Lawson 6   -41   13   Raul Boesel 6   -41   15   Roberto Moreno 5   -42   16   Michael Andretti 4   -43   17   Hiro Matsushita 3   -44   17   Bryan Herta 3   -44   19   Emerson Fittipaldi 2   -45   19   Adrian Fernandez 2   -45   19   Paul Tracy 2   -45