1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia

1996 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 3 of 16 in the 1996 IndyCar season
Map of the track
Date	31 March, 1996
Official name	1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia
Location	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance	65 laps 181.675 mi / 292.370 km
Pole position
Driver	Jimmy Vasser (Target Chip Ganassi)
Time	1:35.940
Fastest lap
Driver	Jimmy Vasser (Target Chip Ganassi)
Time	1:37.854 (on lap 25 of 65)
Podium
First	Jimmy Vasser (Target Chip Ganassi)
Second	Scott Pruett (Forsythe Racing)
Third	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)

The 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia was the third round of the 1996 CART World Series season, held on 31 March 1996 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Australia.

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 96I Honda	1:35.265
2	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth	1:35.282
3	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 96I Honda	1:35.549
4	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz	1:35.987
5	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth	1:36.721
6	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth	1:36.863
7	Parker Johnstone	Comptech Racing	Reynard 96I Honda	1:37.023
8	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	Reynard 96I Ford XB Cosworth	1:37.026
9	André Ribeiro	Tasman Motorsports	Lola T96/00 Honda	1:37.162
10	Adrián Fernández	Tasman Motorsports	Lola T96/00 Honda	1:37.195
11	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	Reynard 96I Ford XB Cosworth	1:37.311
12	Gil de Ferran	Hall Racing	Reynard 96I Honda	1:37.325
13	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz	1:37.642
14	Robby Gordon	Walker Racing	Reynard 96I Ford XD Cosworth	1:37.695
15	Raul Boesel	Team Green	Reynard 96I Ford XD Cosworth	1:37.809
16	Al Unser, Jr.	Team Penske	Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz	1:38.189
17	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz	1:38.420
18	Emerson Fittipaldi	Hogan Racing	Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz	1:38.588
19	Roberto Moreno	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth	1:38.940
20	Stefan Johansson	Bettenhausen Racing	Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz	1:39.479
21	Carlos Guerrero	Scandia/Simon Racing	Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth	1:40.478
22	Eddie Lawson	Galles Racing International	Lola T96/00 Mercedes-Benz	1:40.655
23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racing	Eagle Mk. V Toyota	1:41.902
24	Jeff Krosnoff	Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 96I Toyota	1:42.056
25	Hiro Matsushita	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth	1:42.921

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	65	2:00:46.856	1	22
2	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	65	+7.7 secs	2	16
3	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	65	+12.3 secs	8	14
4	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	65	+20.2 secs	11	12
5	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	65	+26.8 secs	6	10
6	16	Stefan Johansson	Bettenhausen Racing	65	+44.2 secs	20	8
7	10	Eddie Lawson	Galles Racing International	65	+1:06.3 secs	22	6
8	31	André Ribeiro	Tasman Motorsports	65	+1:45.0 secs	9	5
9	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Team Penske	64	+ 1 lap	16	4
10	24	Hiro Matsushita	Payton/Coyne Racing	64	+ 1 lap	25	3
11	8	Gil de Ferran	Hall Racing	63	Fuel	12	2
12	34	Roberto Moreno	Payton/Coyne Racing	61	+ 3 laps	19	1
13	1	Raul Boesel	Team Green	60	Fuel	15
14	22	Carlos Guerrero	Scandia/Simon Racing	48	Contact	21
15	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racing	46	Fuel	23
16	5	Robby Gordon	Walker Racing	45	Electrical	14
17	28	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	40	Pit fire	17
18	25	Jeff Krosnoff	Arciero-Wells Racing	38	Contact	24
19	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	36	Electrical	5
20	18	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	33	Transmission	13
21	4	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	31	Transmission	3
22	3	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	16	Contact	4
23	32	Adrián Fernández	Tasman Motorsports	14	Contact	10
24	49	Parker Johnstone	Comptech Racing	10	Contact	7
25	9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Hogan Racing	8	Engine	18

Notes

Average Speed 90.218 mph

External links

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Previous race: 1995 Indycar Australia	1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia	Next race: 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival

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